… the BBC follows!
For the second time in a week the BBC has featured something that I wrote about some time ago.
Stuffed and ready to go
First it was the knitted knockers on BBC Breakfast and now it’s microbeads on Springwatch. Last night whilst I was busily stuffing knockers and crocheting roses to accompany them, one of the BBC’s popular wildlife shows featured a piece on those tiny balls of plastic that are increasingly found in cosmetics and personal hygiene products. I didn’t see the piece myself when first broadcast, but was alerted to it when references started appearing on my Twitter feed to microplastics and #banthebead. I sincerely hope that the effect on microbeads is as significant as it has been on knockers (requests are still flooding onto our orders board).
If you are in the UK, you can watch the programme featuring microbeads here; the relevant section starts around 47 minutes 35 seconds.
Whilst I’m not a big viewer of television, I am heartened to see the positive effect of this sort of publicity. Being featured on a popular TV show can be a real boon to a charity or campaign, although the response can be a little overwhelming. So, the question is… what shall I write about next in the hope that the BBC feature it as a subject?
The Snail of Happiness 
nanacathy2
/ May 29, 2015As I watched it last night, I was nodding my head and thinking Snail!!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 29, 2015I’m a trend-setter!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ May 29, 2015Go the Snail!! The BBC has a long way to go to catch up with all your posts on taking steps to make a kinder world! Bless them, they’ll get there eventually 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 29, 2015I do hope so!
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katechiconi
/ May 29, 2015Well, it’s *obviously* got to be plastic in teabags, wouldn’t you say? In fact, I think you should ring them up and tell them to get cracking!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 29, 2015Perhaps I should. I had to cave and buy some teabags last week as there were several days when I had to leave the builders in charge of their own tea-making and I just couldn’t face explaining to them about using loose tea. Ah well, I’m still enjoying my Nilgiri 😉
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katechiconi
/ May 29, 2015Can we expect a progress report on the builder’s tea-fuelled activities soon?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 29, 2015I’ve been collecting photos for a post and I think there is probably enough progress to make it worthwhile now… I might even manage to include the builder’s sketch of what it’s going to look like! Currently we are battling to keep dogs out of we concrete – there has only been on ‘paw in cement’ incident so far this week!
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Lori Fontanes
/ May 30, 2015I don’t know but pick some good!!! 🙂
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Lori Fontanes
/ May 30, 2015Oops, typo! Pick something good. (But you can go ahead and pick something good from the garden while you’re at it! 🙂 )
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Nice piece of work
/ May 30, 2015If the BBC was the SABC, I could give you a long list of things that should be investigated !!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 30, 2015Perhaps we should all start writing to our national broadcasters!
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gentlestitches
/ May 31, 2015well done you and glad we met! xx
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KerryCan
/ May 31, 2015You’re a star! How satisfying to be able to raise awareness for such important projects!
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