Defend oceans

Last edited 25 February 2016 at 1:08pm

Our beautiful oceans are home to a staggering 80% of life on Earth. But destructive fishing, pollution and climate change are damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Species are being driven towards extinction because of overfishing and habitat destruction. We are campaigning for marine reserves, and for an end to unsustainable fishing.

Campaign updates

Orange roughy – a ‘sustainable’ fish certification too far.

Orange roughy are easy to over fish. So, humans do. But that doesn't seem to be stopping moves to re-define them as 'sustainable' by the Marine Stewardship...
Posted by Willie - 21 June, 2016 - 14:55

Orange roughy – a ‘sustainable’ fish certification too far.

Orange roughy are easy to over fish. So, humans do. But that doesn't seem to be stopping moves to re-define them as 'sustainable' by the Marine Stewardship...
Posted by Willie - 21 June, 2016 - 14:55

Can the Cosmetics Industry help win a microbead ban?

 On World Oceans Day, while we handed in our BanTheBead petition, I took a trip down to Parliament to attend the Environmental Audit Committee’s...
Posted by FariahSyed - 13 June, 2016 - 11:34

Can the Cosmetics Industry help win a microbead ban?

 On World Oceans Day, while we handed in our BanTheBead petition, I took a trip down to Parliament to attend the Environmental Audit Committee’s...
Posted by FariahSyed - 13 June, 2016 - 11:34
312,239 signatures on the microbeads petition

Taking Microbeads straight to No10!

Yesterday, on a rainy summer’s day we took the petition urging David Cameron to ban microbeads to Number 10 Downing Street, complete with 312,239 of YOUR...
Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 9 June, 2016 - 14:27

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