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Join McFly bassist and environmental activist Dougie Poynter on an inspiring journey to save our planet from plastic pollution!Plastic is everywhere and it sucks. It fills up our oceans, endangers our wildlife and never goes away. So it's time to take action, find ways to cut down our plastic use and help protect our environment. Together we can make a difference!
As a lifelong supporter of environmental causes and a key player in the campaign to ban microbeads in the UK, Dougie draws on his own experiences in the fight against plastic waste in
Plastic Sucks! You Can Make a Difference. This campaigning book, his first solo authored project, covers the history of plastic, introduces us to some key campaigners and eco entrepreneurs, and is full of top tips and infographics.
The clear and easy steps show us how we can all make small changes to reduce our plastic use and become champions for our planet. Includes contributions from Adam Lowry, Amanda Keetley, Anna Cummins, Marcus Eriksen, Dara McAnulty, Emily Penn, Jonathon Porritt, and more leading voices in environmentalism and conservation.
List of contents
Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: History of Plastic - It's Not All Bad Chapter - 2: What's the Problem? Chapter - 3: So Let's Do Something About It! Chapter - 4: The Culprit Line-up Chapter - 5: Smells Like Entrepreneurial Spirit Chapter - 6: Be Like The Bees Acknowledgements - ii: Acknowledgements and Further Reading
About the author
Dougie Poynter is a musician, songwriter, designer and author. Dougie has been obsessed with natural history and dinosaurs from the age of three when he visited the Natural History Museum with his mum. He is passionate about the natural world and a keen conservationist, working with charities such as WWF, Greenpeace and Five Gyres. He is committed to cleaning up the planet and was instrumental in the campaign to ban microplastics in the UK.
Dougie has been the bass player of the band Mcfly since 2003 and, along with bandmate Tom Fletcher, is behind the bestselling picture book series The Dinosaur That Pooped. Illustrated by Garry Parsons, the series has sold more than 1 million copies. He is also the author of Dinosaurs Rock! and Plastic Sucks! Dougie was also a member of the super-group McBusted and in 2011 was the winner of the jungle set show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
Summary
It's time to get drastic with plastic! Find out how you can make a difference and help save our planet!
Foreword
It's time to get drastic with plastic! Find out how you can make a difference and help save our planet!
