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https://youtu.be/RnghDLXCgzU Alongside this video, I wanted to share a little more about what the Tynemouth Seal Hospital do to help sustain the Grey and Harbour seal populations across the north east coast. The hospital is an entirely volunteer run organisation, operating entirely off of donations with no outside government funding. Despite this, they have one of the highest re-release success rates of any seal rehabilitation centre down this coastline, with 70-80% of their seals being able to be reintroduced to the wild. Boromir the seal in 1 of the 5 rehabilitation pods. Image provided by Alan Harrison Due to the lack of funding and resources available, there are currently only 5 spaces available at Tynemouth Seal Hospital. Any other injured or ill seals must be transpo...

^ Image credit: CDD20, Pixabay, CC0 1.0 As of 2024, I’m officially putting my foot down on tracking my carbon footprint. Now, that probably seems like a pretty ironic thing to read on an environmental blog. But, the idea of having a ‘carbon footprint’, or achieving carbon neutrality, doesn’t have the green beginnings you’d assume. Like me, you probably first heard of a carbon footprint in school, or on one of the many apps which now features a carbon calculator. The term is defined by The Nature Conservancy as “the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions,” and is the most popular method of measuring our climate impact. It’s something that I was pretty concerned about for around a decade. Screengrab of Trai...

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