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Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference

By Dougie Poynter
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Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference by Dougie Poynter is an inspiring guide for young readers eager to protect our planet. This book explains the problems caused by single-use plastic, its impact on oceans and wildlife, and offers practical, easy-to-follow steps to reduce plastic waste. Drawing on Dougie's experiences as a musician and environmental activist, it features contributions from leading eco campaigners and entrepreneurs, inspiring children to take action and become champions for the environment.
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Ideal for children interested in environmental issues, schools promoting eco education, and families seeking to empower young readers with practical ways to help reduce plastic pollution.

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It's time to get drastic with plastic! Find out how you can make a difference and help save our planet!

It's time to get drastic with plastic! Find out how you can make a difference and help save our planet!

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How can you help save our planet? This awesome and inspiring guide, written by musician and environmental activist Dougie Poynter, will show you how to get involved in the mission to cut out single-use plastic.

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 is always on the hunt for ways to reduce and replace plastic. This campaigning book, his first solo authored project, draws on his own experiences in the fight against plastic waste—the problems he's encountered and the solutions he's found. It 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 in Plastic Sucks! You Can Make a Difference show us how we can all make small changes and become champions for our planet.

Includes contributions from:

  • Adam Lowry, founder of Method
  • Amanda Keetley, founder of Less Plastic UK
  • Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen, founders of 5 Gyres
  • Blue Ollis
  • Dara McAnulty
  • Edwin Broni-Mensah, founder of GiveMeTap
  • Emily Penn
  • James Robson and Andy Bool, Sea Life and Sea Life Trust
  • Jonathon Porritt
  • Josh White and Perry Fielding, co-founders of CanO Water
  • Kate Arnell
  • Lauren St John
  • Lucy Woodall
  • Will Travers, president of Born Free

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529019377

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 192

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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 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!

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