Things you can do at home

Follow an environmentally friendly lifestyle as far as possible:

• buy locally caught fish from sustainable sources
• avoid single use plastic bags & use long life shopping bags
• buy goods with less packaging or plastics
• use environmentally-friendly detergents
• don’t buy ‘marine curios’ that were once alive
• recycle and dispose of litter in appropriate places.

Information to promote marine conservation and encourage responsible fish practices can be found at:

• 13 ways to use less plastic & save cash (Jan 2018, MoneySavingExpert)
• Wildlife Trusts’ ‘Save Our Seas’ campaign
• Marine Stewardship Council website
• Marine Conservation Society’s Fishonline website

Useful sites for an environmentally friendly lifestyle linked to climate change:

• Act Now (UN Campaign for individual Action & App)
• 9 things you can do about climate change (Imperial College)
• 10 Ways to make Everyday Earth Day infographic (e-Learning Inforgraphics)
• Thanet – Energy & Climate Change and Biodiversity Emergency (TDC)