Thanks so so much to everyone who came along to support our monthly beach cleaning- which I am absolutely delighted has returned! Big thanks to Lightning Fibre for the use of their van to transport equipment! 40 volunteers (all maintaining SD as everyone arrived in waves and in their bubbles) 55.28kg of rubbish collected including […]
New petition over at Surfers Against Sewage highlighting the importance of the ocean in climate change talks, ahead of the UK hosting the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) WE ARE DECLARING AN OCEAN AND CLIMATE EMERGENCY! • Surfers Against Sewage (sas.org.uk)
As you are now aware, public gatherings of more than 6 are forbidden. Surfers Against Sewage have now issued their own guidelines to all campaigns and they are straight forward but they do mean beach cleans will be altered, ideally if you can attend in a group of 6 or less with those you know; […]
Our current situation with Covid-19 means we can’t get out in our communities and hold our usual beach cleans on the seafront. This month, as part of the Plastic Free Communities 2020Vision, hundreds of Plastic Free Communities would have been holding events as part of the SAS Summit to Sea Clean, collating data in the […]
If you went along to the fantastic ‘the green show’ put on by SCIP in August you may have seen this video in the cinema barn. It was filmed on the seafront here in Seaford and outlines why and how Claire runs the Plastic Free Seaford campaign. You can find out more about SCIP and […]
Have you been watching War on Waste on BBC1 these last three weeks? These were great eye-opening programmes highlighting some of the major issues around plastic waste and pollution. We are being called upon to lobby supermarkets on plastic packaging by returning it to stores along with a feedback message written on them and the […]
Claire and all at Plastic Free Seaford are thrilled at the response from Seaford schools who embraced the idea of collaborating on Plastic Action Week. We believe strongly that as a community, working together is the best way of measurably reducing plastic pollution within learning environments with a special focus on the reduction and ultimately […]
We had a very interesting guest speaker from Ovesco at our community meeting this month who told us all about their current renewable energy schemes and plans for future schemes in Seaford. The schemes are community owned and include solar panels on Harveys Brewery in Lewes and schools across East Sussex. They are hoping to […]
Next week in schools across Seaford is Plastic Free Action Week and we can’t wait to get started! Students and teachers from all age ranges will be taking part in cross-curricular activities to highlight the problems of plastic pollution, how plastic moves around the world and what we can do to reduce our personal plastic […]
We have been busy signing up our remaining Plastic Free Champions which we need in order to achieve Plastic Free Town status. This involves doing a free audit of the business to see what swaps have already been made and what further action could be taken to remove single use plastic. It is a very […]
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