Tag: beach

We, as human beings, impose true suffering on the other species that inhabit our planet, and we’re well aware of that. Over-exploitation, climate change, habitat destruction, and the introduction of invasive species have all contributed to a ‘sixth mass extinction’, and it is down to all of us! But what if we could UNDO some of this damage, and help some of those endangered species to recover? We know it’s a huge ask, but the story of the sea turtles gives us some optimism. Sea turtles have roamed the oceans for more than 100 million years, but they have had it really tough since us, humans, started invading their habitat. Even when they do not end up ‘caught and eaten’ by people looking for an ‘easy catch’, we have ruined their nesting sites by development and pollution along beaches,...