Well done to Abbie and Alisha

Alongside the bigger stories, we've always also got a load of small projects that we keep chipping way at.
Well done to Abbie and Alisha for heading out after dark in freezing rain today to get our Drain Campaign 'Please Flush Responsibly' stickers onto a few more toilets around the village, including wee visit to Heidi at Lochbroom and Ullapool Church of Scotland while she was hard at work setting up Ullapool Christmas Tree Festival 2024 and (taking it back to where it all began) a visit to Ullapool Medical Practice.
Give us a shout if you'd like some stickers!
More on the back ground of this campaign here:
 
 
Re-living yesterday's big assembly this evening

Re-living yesterday's big assembly this evening

Re-living yesterday's big assembly this evening with some of the sea savers that didn't get a chance to participate with the live event.
Amazing to think how many schools took part (770), and how many kids (15 000+) have now seen and maybe been inspired to be a part of the Drain Campaign!
 
A recording of the whole assembly is available here:
Or you can catch the film alone here:
And if you want to know where it all began, our website is worth a look:

We are always delighted to hear stories of our work having a positive impact

We are always delighted to hear stories of our work having a positive impact, so today was a really special day!!
With support from the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, the fabulous young people at Mearns Primary School in East Renfrewshire put together this brilliant film about their very own Drain Campaign, inspired by USS, but taking it to brilliant new levels!
This was shown this morning at the #WorldChildrensDay 2024 interactive assembly, attended by 770 schools & over 15,000 children from all across Scotland!!!

We have rubbish coming ashore from multiple sources

This film is over 3 minutes long and we know that is a lot (but took us a lot longer to do), so will try to make some shorter highlights later. But we feel it should be put out at full length first and ask you to watch to show how serious issue the issue is and the effort and time required to try and make even a small dent in what is washing ashore on our coast, isles and is left in our seas.
We have rubbish coming ashore from multiple sources, including fishing and fish farming in remote areas - we try to do what we can to collect and bring it ashore.
In this case a fish farm pipe reported by Noel Hawkins a year ago has been left out on one of the summer isles, not just a hazard to shipping while floating, but also breaking down into micro-plastics as it sat in the sun being bashed against the rocks.
Last week we managed to get out and bring it into Ullapool Harbour Trust who thankfully helped bring it ashore and chop it down. Turned out to be over 110 meters long and we still haven't managed a weight.
We realise this is an accidental byproduct of industry, however current systems are failing in addressing the issue. This level of ally industrial waste (not just litter) is beyond what we can keep up with, and we shouldn't have to.
If current levels of fish farming are to continue (and potentially expand, though whether that should be allowed in an 'MPA' is another debate!), there needs to be serious discussion at local and national level. We need intervention from industry, government and the agencies that are meant to be in place to protect our environment. As far as we can tell, they are all letting us down and failing our seas too.

Super-impressed with Sophie, one of our youngest sea savers!

Super-impressed with Sophie, one of our youngest sea savers! She is just back from a trip to South Africa and gave a really, really impressive presentation for her pod about all the amazing things she saw and learnt about the marine environment on her trip.... Inspirational stuff!
Did you know? A group of jellyfish is called a SMACK!

Gillies’ brilliant contribution

Gillies’ brilliant contribution this evening to our big collage about the creel project. Love it!

Making the most of this spell of beautiful weather

Making the most of this spell of beautiful weather, we crammed in a couple of trips out to the creels before the beach clean yesterday.
Some really brightly striped spineys that we are reliably informed (thanks, Chris Rickard!) are Galathea strigosa, a little baby monkfish, a massive starfish, quite a few lobsters and loads of other life. Fascinating stuff.
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