Fish Fight!

What do we want? 127 Marine Conservation Zones! When do we want them? Now!

Not the most original call to arms but impossible to ignore as this is a crucial time for action to retain the biodiversity of our seas.

Find and email your local MP here - http://www.fishfight.net/marine-conservation-zones/

Tweet your supermarket and @RichardBenyonMP to demand that we preserve our oceans.

We've seen the documentary and now its time for people power, #Fishfight.

Animal Humanity

There have been some truly amazing stories about the compassion of animals in the press recently, especially in the cases of dolphins, gorillas, chimpanzees and elephants.

Here we have collected some of the most interesting stories of animals demonstrating emotional intelligence and compassion:

Dolphins try to save dying companion: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21146455

Elephants become stressed when leaving protected parks as they know they are not safe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21279321

When they are under threat, elephants turn to their matriarchs to know what to do: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9425000/9425590.stm

Gorilla mothers use 'baby talk' to communicate with their children: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18393314

Chimpanzees even give birth in the same way as humans, watch the amazing video of a chimp birth here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9462000/9462662.stm

They also catch contagious yawns from one another: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9450000/9450234.stm


These news stories show how much we have to learn about the secret lives of the worlds creatures and why it is increasingly more important to get them all off the red list. When we coexist with animals in a peaceful way we are creating a better world where wildlife can thrive instead of diminishing into extinction.

Conservation in the UK

Have a spare weekend and want to make a difference to nature in the UK?

Fancy a career change?

Want to improve your CV?

Looking for something that you can do with the whole family?

Retired and want to keep active?

Conservation volunteering or jobs could be exactly what you need to get back to nature, stay busy and keep active. Everyone can get involved and there are activities available up and down the country every day of the week.

Here's a few places to start:

http://www.csv.org.uk/volunteering/environmental-conservation

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-8kud46

http://www.tcv.org.uk/

http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/lookingafter/jobscareersvolunteers.htm/volunteering.htm

Activate Your Activism

In recent years internet activism has started to take on a deeper meaning as more and more people have joined the campaign for a better world.

The campaign site www.avaaz.org now has over 19,000,000 members from countries all over world and that figure is growing every day. Now, more than ever it is time to activate your activism and tell governments and corporations the steps that we would like them to make for positive change.

If we can have one resolution in life that we can all agree upon it is that we want to leave the world a better place. By making our feelings known we can encourage positive change in every sector of our lives and the lives of others.

Whether its support for gay rights on Uganda, banning plastic bags or conserving marine zones for our children, we can make our voices heard.

Start your own petition to the UK government: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/

More petitions and links available at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

http://www.change.org/petitions

http://act.350.org/