Upstream Battle & Marine Litter
Distance Learning Hub by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Perth & Kinross SCIO
A 12-week course designed and provided by Perth and Kinross DofE Association and Keep Scotland Beautiful suitable for the Bronze, Silver and Gold sectional certificate.
It’s estimated that up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic gets into the sea each and every year – that’s a truck full of litter a minute. It’s killing wildlife, threatening ecosystems and habitats, and is extremely difficult and expensive to clean up.
Upstream Battle focuses on changing littering behaviour to prevent marine litter nationwide – two examples are the River Clyde and River Tay. Keep Scotland Beautiful raises awareness, gathers evidence and inspires action and you can be involved!
You can join the battle against marine litter by filling in surveys of litter spotting along waterways and/or by picking litter with anchor groups. The hours required can also be a mix of both activities.
This module can be part of your volunteering section and can be done by yourself or as part of a local anchor group.
Contact:
dlhub@pkdofe.com
No prior experience needed
Format: Distance learning
Cost: Free for everyone
If you need resources for any of the activities,
please contact us on the details below.
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Course Curriculum
Detailed Curriculum by Week
Upstream Battle & Marine Litter
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Instructions on how to use this module
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Accessibility
Taster video
Next steps
- You will first need to create an account with Keep Scotland Beautiful before starting your volunteering
- Please contact Lana Murdochy lana.murdochy@keepscotlandbeautiful.org for your next steps
Stopping Litter
Stopping litter from source to sea
Support
Support
With the encouragement and practical support of the staff at the Perth and Kinross Association, get inspired by our collection of Activity Modules, designed to help guide you through your Duke of Edinburgh Sections with exercises, activities and fun ideas to complete your Skill, Physical and Volunteering Sections and prepare for your Expedition.
The Distance Learning Hub is accessible to all. However, some of our courses and modules require specific resources. Anyone who enrolls with the PK Dofe Association will be provided with those resources for free. To enroll or ask any questions please click the “Get Support” button above.
We constantly try to improve our modules on the Distance Learning Hub to provide you with the best learning experience possible. If you have a couple of minutes, we would really appreciate some feedback on this module!
