Keep Britain tidy/ other non profits
Photographers:
Graham Clark:
"Graham Clark is an Edinburgh based photographer with a wealth of experience specialising in still life, portrait, corporate, creative and event."
http://www.grahamclarkphotographer.com/index.htm
Mandy Barker:
"Mandy Barker is an international award-winning photographer whose work involving marine plastic debris over the past 10 years has received global recognition. Working with scientists she aims to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world's oceans whilst highlighting the harmful affect on marine life and ultimately ourselves."
"The aim of my work is to engage with and stimulate an emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction between initial aesthetic attraction along with the subsequent message of awareness. The research process is a vital part of my development as the images I make are based on scientific fact, essential to the integrity of my work. The impact of marine plastic is an area I have documented for more than 10 years and am committed to pursuing through visual interpretation, and in collaboration with science I hope it will ultimately lead to positive action in tackling this increasing environmental problem, which is currently of global concern".
https://www.mandy-barker.com/about
Chris Packham:
"TV presenter Chris Packham has unveiled a series of images exploring the impact of litter on wildlife and the natural environment. The pictures were commissioned by the supermarket chain Lidl UK, which will be donating £500,000 from the proceeds of its single-use carrier bag charge to a new initiative with Keep Britain Tidy designed to inspire young people to reduce litter and waste and improve their local parks and green spaces"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/feb/22/chris-packham-photographs-the-impact-of-litter-in-pictures
Andy Hughes:
"His work explores the littoral zone and the politics of plastic waste."
"His methodology utilises traditional photographic materials and digital technologies, encouraging viewers to question the nature of materiality in relationship to waste. Challenging the agency of waste by various visual means and juxtaposition, he attempts to reveal ‘thing-power’, a topic explored by Jane Bennet in her book Vibrant Matter. In his photographs of plastic, coffee cups, rubbish bins and unknown thrown away items, the objects come alive; they seem to speak to each other and to us. He is interested in radical conceptions of materialism and the implications this has for politics, ecology and the everyday way we think of ourselves, others, and the world."
https://www.andyhughes.net/biography.html
Keep Britain Tidy Campaign
"Litter blights our streets, parks and beaches and costs us millions of pounds to clear up every year. Keep Britain Tidy is here to inspire people to eliminate litter now and for future generations.
This is about more than simply getting people to pick up litter. We aim to change behaviour permanently by spotlighting the problem daily and offering creative solutions.
We work with people, businesses, local authorities and government to educate, innovate and inspire - improving the environment on everyone’s doorstep."
"We waste so much. Every day millions of things that could be reused or recycled end up being thrown away. Keep Britain Tidy inspires people to end waste for now and for future generations.
This is about taking huge collective strides made up of small, individual steps: recycling those plastic bottles rather than throwing them in a litter bin and reducing food waste by only buying what you need.
Waste is everyone’s problem and everyone has a role to play in the solution. The little things we can all do will, together, make a big difference."
"Keep Britain Tidy fights for people’s right to live and work in places they can be proud of and prosper in. But we also celebrate the great parks and beaches that we all benefit from through our awards programmes.
Our Green Flag Awards improve the quality of parks, our Blue Flag and Seaside Awards recognise the country’s best beaches and the Keep Britain Tidy Award rewards the cleanest places in our towns and cities.
With the support of our partners, our Care projects work with volunteers who are improving the environment on their doorstep. From street to sea, we are improving places close to you every day."
"Today’s young people are the key to eliminating litter and ending waste for now and for future generations and that is why Keep Britain Tidy runs the world’s biggest schools’ environmental education programme, Eco-Schools.
More than 2.3 million children and young people are currently actively engaged in the Eco-Schools programme. Our ambition is that every child has the chance to learn about the environment and the role they can play in improving it.
If we are to make the huge collective strides to change behaviour and create a cleaner country for everyone, then investing in our future means inspiring the next generation today."
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/home
