The Little Book of Going Green

Approximately one million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year because of plastics in our oceans.

The great Pacific garbage patch, an area of the ocean which is so highly concentrated in plastic debris that it looks like an island, is estimated to be 2.7 meters deep and twice the size of Texas.

While coral reefs only take up a small percentage of the ocean, they are home to a quarter of all marine life.

WHEN THE LAST TREE IS CUT DOWN, THE LAST FISH EATEN AND THE LAST STREAM POISONED, YOU WILL REALISE THAT YOU CANNOT EAT MONEY

WE LIVE IN A DISPOSABLE SOCIETY. IT’S EASIER TO THROW THINGS OUT THAN TO FIX THEM.
NEIL LABUTE

WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS.
JACQUES COUSTEAU

We bury our heads in the sand about the impact we have on the environment and spend little time addressing how we could change our lives for the good of the planet.

Consumerism has become a central focus in society: we have come to expect too many things and take too much for granted

million sea birds and a hundred thousand marine mammals die each year because of plastics in our oceans.

Around 300 million tonnes of plastic is produced worldwide each year. Of that, approximately ten per cent is recycled.