Dried seahorses are used widely in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is thought that they can cure asthma, skin infections, impotence and can act as a natural Viagra. These beliefs…
On Wednesday the 24th of July the Just One Ocean team and nine volunteers headed to Hayling Island, Hampshire, to conduct a Big Microplastic Survey. On a previous visit we…
We are really delighted to welcome our new interns to the Just One Ocean family. Taela-Rae and Lucy have finished their degrees at University of Portsmouth (with 1st Class Honours…
Neal Layton is an award winning children’s author and illustrator. He is also passionate about the environment, so naturally, when his publishers asked him to write a book about plastic…
We are all well aware of the need for us to move away from a linear economy to one that is circular. The planet’s non-renewable resources are finite, but this…
We were delighted to have taken part in the first meeting of partners in the Plastic Health Coalition in Amsterdam recently. The aim of the coalition is to focus on…
At the end of last year we applied to Natural England for a grant to provide funding for post graduate research into ocean issues. We were fortunate enough to get…
A recent BBC report has announced that a company that uses plastic bottles to make road building material has opened a new factory in Scotland. The material they produce will…
A couple of months ago we were contacted by the BBC Victoria Derbyshire show about a programme they were planning regarding microplastics. This is an area we are currently researching…
