water
The wet stuff. The very stuff of life. And our approach is cavalier, at best. Here are our Top Five Water Pearls of Wisdom, carefully planned so you could implement them all within a week:
1 Install a water meter - it will probably guarantee you use less, and heat less.
2 Buy a water butt for outside; plant up BIG, not small tubs; and use drought hardy plants in them.
3 Keep a batch of empty plastic bottles under the sink and fill them when you're running the tap to get hot water. Perfect for watering house plants! (thanks to Magie Jordan for this!)
4 Use your homemade compost as a mulch to suppress weeds and reduce water loss.
5 Use biodegradable washing products. It makes it easier to return water to its natural state.
Easy!
CoaSTie Bash 2018: Cornwall - Not Just a Pretty Face
We're back for the 2018 Gathering of the Clans to get our back behind some of the biggest issues facing the county..
And this time we're serious.
wonderful wonderful willow
Willow is awesome. It turns wetland into better habitat, helps store water, captures carbon, creates pollinator space and offers material for baskets, walls, fencing and staking. Awesome.
pond life!
Bottom feeders, top feeders and everything you can imagine in between. Ponds are a crucial part of positive water and habitat management ...
water v Nestle
Nestle is one of the most boycotted companies in the world; are currently pulling water out of California to bottle and sell; and have said water "is not a right". Really??
positive water
Water, water, everywhere...but how well is it?
bude's seas are sparkling
Bude is keeping its seas clean, green and gorgeous...
the bath bone's connected to the sea bone...
CoaST is working with Bude Cleaner Seas to develop bespoke towel cards - and they're doing the business!
Caravan and campsite pollution prevention guide
Caravan and campsite pollution prevention guide...useful help for owners and managers
what's nature ever done for us
Tony Juniper nails it. Wake up and smell the coffee of what the world does to keep us breathing.
clean, green and gorgeous hits Bodmin
How cleaning need not be a cardinal sin against the environment...
clean green and gorgeous hits Newquay
The Importance of Having Good Props....
clean, green and gorgeous in Penzance
Desiging out pollution with a new cleaning habit...
Looe Marine Conservation Group in action!
Looe Marine Conservation Group has hit the ground running...
Groundwater protection: Principles and practice update
what's a catchment when it's at home, then?
Catchment. What's one of those? And do I live in one?
fishy ambassador leads the way!
Fishy CoaST Ambassador Harbour Lights is a proper Positive Deviant - go for it, guys!
so - are you fogged up?
SAS have a new campaign: save our beaches - don't pour fats, oils and greases...simple!
coast towel card
CoaST member towel card. Saves money, water, detergent, waste and, crucially, gives an easy way for visitors to participate in our efforts. And they work. Now in Cornwall, Devon and "anywhere" flavours!
Cornwall Green Doors
Bristol started this! But we love it - a rolling programme of CoaSTies who throw open their doors to share their smart green expertise....
water framework what?
Water Framework? Directive? Wossat? It's a new bit of law. From the EU. And it'll help us clean up our waters....
there's a would be greenie in us all...
It could be as easy as just helping someone feel they're one of the good guys...
flood water impacts beaches, too
Marine Conservation Society warns of impact on beaches of flood run off
south west and midlands now in drought
Official drought zones have been declared in a further 17 English counties, as a warning came that water shortages could last until Christmas.
water wars around the corner?
Ed Davey warns of water wars to come
drought measures announced
Hosepipe bans are now in place in the east of England...
spelman holds drought summit
As drought spreads across multiple UK counties, another Number 10 summit is held to discuss our options...
water, water everywhere?
Food turns out to be the main source of water consumption for hotel chain
mcs pocket good fish guide
What it says. The fool-proof guide to getting into a Good Fish Habit.
trusting the tap
Did you know the National Trust are trusting their taps?
water efficiency
There are a heap of small actions, gadgets and calculators you can use to reduce the amount of water you use.
water rights
The right to clean water, would, one thinks, be a no-brainer.
campsite campaign
We work closely with the Environment Agency to help campsites tackle a whole heap of issues.
carbon footprint
There are many carbon calculators; household, business, on and off line.
coast linen card
CoaST has designed a linen card to go with its sister towel card
outstanding cornwall: towel card
Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Towel Card - available to all businesses in the AONB on request. With thanks to the Cornwall AONB Unit!