Things you can do at home
Follow an environmentally friendly lifestyle as far as possible:
- buy locally caught fish from sustainable sources
- avoid single use plastic bags & use long life shopping bags
- buy goods with less packaging or plastics
- use environmentally-friendly detergents
- don’t buy ‘marine curios’ that were once alive
- recycle and dispose of litter in appropriate places.
Information to promote marine conservation and encourage responsible fish practices can be found at:
- 13 ways to use less plastic & save cash (Jan 2018, MoneySavingExpert)
- Wildlife Trusts' 'Save Our Seas' campaign
- Marine Stewardship Council website
- Marine Conservation Society's Fishonline website
Useful sites for an environmentally friendly lifestyle linked to climate change:
- Act Now (UN Campaign for individual Action & App)
- 9 things you can do about climate change (Imperial College)
- 10 Ways to make Everyday Earth Day infographic (e-Learning Inforgraphics)
- Thanet - Energy & Climate Change and Biodiversity Emergency (TDC)
Thanet Coast (NEKMPA)
c/o Thanet District Council,
PO Box 9, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1XZ
United Kingdom
E-mail:
Tony Child
Thanet Coast (NE Kent Marine Protected Area) Officer
Telephone: +44 (0) 1843 577672
(based in Manston Road Depot)