Why Penzance was Swimming in Plastic
Town's pool filled with 75,000 bottles
As part of its #EndPlasticPollution campaign, Surfers Against Sewage and Plastic Free Penzance filled the town’s Jubilee Pool with the equivalent of the amount of plastic bottles thrown away every week in Penzance - over 75,000, which had been collected by volunteers. Women’s swimming group @outofsink8 then staged a performance in the pool,
Watch the ITV News report here
The English right-wing press has already mounted a concerted anti-electric car campaign - now it looks like Big Oil may be launching a similarly cynical effort. A new, not-so-subtle ad for Exxon Mobil’s Mobil1 oil seeks to equate petrol-driven cars with freedom, while using electricity, apparently, leads to a life of grim, stifling drudgery (with, irony of ironies, terrible weather).
“How can we challenge the fashion narrative and inspire a cultural shift? Can consumption be ethical and how can we think about how degrowth approaches can provide solutions?” On September 14 at London’s Conway Hall, Fashion Declares is running a workshop which will “showcase leading brands and organisations who are creating circular systems and engaging brand partners to promote an industrywide transition”. Speakers include Caryn Franklin and Debbie Luffman. Details here
“Why aren't consumer durables durable?” asks designer Moray MacPhail on the RSA website. A tale of two toasters which recently came into the Suffolk Repair Shed where he volunteers demonstrates the trade-offs that need to be considered when designing products that can be repaired easily for a longer life. Read the post here.
“The collection of video evidence is one strategy in the fight for Earth Justice”. Witness has just launched its ‘Video as Evidence Environmental Defense Guide’, which “seeks to assist communities that are affected by extractive industries, to collect high-quality, actionable video and photo documentation of violations committed by Big Mining, governments, and many other perpetrators”. The guide “contains information and good practices to help community-based documenters collect visual documentation of environmental human rights crimes and violations so that the documentation can be effectively used in advocacy and accountability processes,” Witness say. More here