Tag: litter
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Dead gulls and litter picking during Storm Floris
This week so far I’ve picked 5 dead baby gulls from the road. Two were on Crown Street and another three were on the Raik Road and Poynernook Road ear the intersection of the two. All the roads have speed limits of 30mph or less so I can only assume the motorists were speeding or…
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Elizabeth, litterers, chocolate, Easter
Elizabeth is an unusual girl. Up until last year she didn’t have a smart phone and vehemently opposed the idea of getting one. I eventually force one upon her for a school trip but since then it has sat with a flat battery, little used. She’s not on any social media sites and has no…
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Portlethen and vegan galette with friends
We had a lovely afternoon with friends in Portlethen today. Portlethen is a small village about 7 miles south of Aberdeen. It was originally a fishing village and there’s an old harbour there where the fishing boats used to come and go. Today it is more like a satellite suburb of Aberdeen with lots of…
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McPiggy and the meaning of life
Aberdeen Climate Action recently had a competition to design a mascot. Children completed entries at Climate Week North East earlier this month and the runner-up is my favourite. Meet McPiggy who eats plastic and poops paper. Designed and illustrated by the 8-year-old Ashton. I thought of McPiggy this morning when I read about a true…
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Litter bugs and pissing in the street
Ever since I read Gemma’s post about her Bishop’s Meadow litter pick, I have been thinking I should do the same. There are some lovely rose gardens and a small field of daffodils very close to our home and both seem to be permanently spoilt with litter. One afternoon this week as I was cycling…
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Recycling, rubbish and corporate responsbility
Last night, a Greenpeace-created TV advertisement was due to air on Channel 9 Australia but it was pulled at the 11th hour because TV bosses thought it was too offensive. Here’s the ad: I don’t find it offensive. Do you? Has Channel 9 bowed to pressure from Coca-Cola? We live in a disposable society. We…
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