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Environment
Please bring your own reusable bags
to the market.
Climate change really is a growing concern and I want to help get the message across, the planet we live on is a very beautiful thing and we are heading towards destroying it. We are currently in a state of emergency and the rate of change is incredibly slow. We all need to pull together and make changes in our lifestyle now before it is too late.
All our packaging is bio-degradable, we do not use conventional polythene. In June 2006 a United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean, we don’t intend to add to that.
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Bees.
Bees play a crucial role in our environment, food production and economy, both through the production of honey and other hive products (such as beeswax, propolis and bee pollen) and via their contribution to agriculture and horticulture through pollination. It is estimated that the economic value of commercial crops pollinated by bees in the UK is £120m-£200m p.a, compared with the economic value of hive products being £10m-£30m p.a.
The major species' of bee managed commercially in the UK are the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a type of bumble bee (Bombus). Currently there are signs of abnormally high colony losses occurring in the UK. The proportion of UK colonies found dead so far this year is higher than it was at the equivalent date in 2007, although there is still no firm evidence to suggest that this is linked to the serious situation in the USA where extremely high colony losses are occurring, described as colony collapse disorder (CCD). In the UK, as in the USA colony losses continue to be investigated - especially those cases that cannot be explained through poor husbandry or Varroa mite management (the Varroa mite can be seriously detrimental to colony health and also make colonies more susceptible to viral infections) CCD was first recognised in the USA in late 2006. The cause(s) are unclear although malnutrition, pathogens (eg. mites, viruses), pesticides (eg. imdacloprid, neonicotinoids) and GM crops with upest control characteristics such as transgenic maize have been proposed.
Interestingly wild and organic bee colonies appear to be less severely affected than commercial colonies. As well as being a serious situation for the bees themselves, the knock on effect of the loss of crop pollination has serious implications for us all as we rely on this for our food production and sustainability of biodiversity. Einstein made a prediction that if bees die out on the Earth, mankind will have 4 years left to survive. Maybe the current situation is offering us a wakeup call to further examine the impact of our actions on the environment and honestly evaluate our given place within the ecosystem that is our shared Planet Earth.
Our Coastline.
Unless we all take action to save the world's fish, we'll lose the finest healthiest food there is. The marine environment is facing challenges that, if not addressed immediately and effectively, will have profound implications for sustainable development."
If fisheries are poorly managed, environmental impacts go unchecked. Unsustainable fishing practices put seafood resources and fishing livelihoods at risk – the United Nations FAO estimates that 11 of the world's 15 major fishing areas, and 69 percent of the world's major fish species, are in decline and in need of urgent management.
In June 2006 a United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there are an average of 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floating on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean,
Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land or the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage (see also beach evolution). Waves, generated by storms, wind, or fast moving motor craft, cause coastal erosion, which may take the form of long-term losses of sediment and rocks, or merely the temporary redistribution of coastal sediments; erosion in one location may result in accretion nearby. The study of erosion and sediment redistribution is called 'coastal morphodynamics'. It may be caused by hydraulic action, abrasion, and corrosion.
Climate change is affecting nearly every aspect of our marine ecosystems, from the very water itself to every type of biodiversity; this impact will continue and magnify over the coming decades and centuries.
Marine wildlife is degraded by fishing, by catch, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species. Climate change has been impacting our seas for decades, but only recently have the effects been noticed. The dramatic changes underway due to climate change act in tandem with all the other pressures, and some exacerbate each other. Here we present the top issues in relation to climate change and marine ecosystems.