Young eco campaigner Amy Bray will be making an appearance on BBC’s Countryfile this weekend to talk about her work.
Amy founded charity Another Way in 2019 when she was 16 – she said she wanted to make a difference.
The charity’s Devotion to Ocean campaign has seen Amy deliver talks and awareness session to pupils at dozens of primary and secondary schools, raising awareness about plastic pollution in oceans and what individuals can do to reduce single use plastic use at home and at school.
Countryfile followed Amy when she went to Gyllyngvase beach in Falmouth with local schoolchildren.
As part of the session Amy created a game to illustrate the biocumulation of micro plastic particles in food chains.
Over time plastics break down into small particles which are called micro plastics and these particles can be eaten by animals at the bottom of ocean food webs as they mistake them for food or they are just ingested when animals eat other prey.
As these animals are eaten by their predators then these micro plastics build up and move up the food chain until they reach harmful levels in sea birds, fish, dolphins and even us when we eat fish and chips.
Amy said: “This is quite a difficult concept to get across to children of age seven or eight and isn’t something they are taught until GCSE level so it is really important for me help them understand easily.”
After the session with the children Amy chatted with the Countryfile hosts discussing the importance of marine conservation and her continued work with Another Way.
Countryfile is on BBC One on Sunday, April 10, at 5.50pm.
