Helping Out at Lorde’s Solar Gig in Edinburgh
On 26th May Ella was invited by Reverb to help out at Lorde's solar powered concert in Edinburgh to support Fly Without Fins and Marine Connection for whom is is a young Ambassador. Brother Finlay and Dad Geoff were along too. What an event! A few photos below The...
Ella’s Thirteenth Birthday Week
1st May 2022 was Marine Connection's Anti-Captivity Ambassador Ella's 13th birthday! In between school and homework Ella is still busy with litter picks, climate strikes, beach cleans and looking after her pup Steve. Yesterday, May 7th, the Pringles;- Dad, Mum and...
Litter Pick 1/2022
Sunday 9th January 2022, Ella and Finlay collected 23.04kg of assorted plastic, bottles, cans in Ullapool the from local dog walking area and around Tesco supermarket. Ella's growing pup Steve went along too!
Last Beach Clean of 2021
31st December 2021 Just has time to squeeze in one last beach clean for 2021. 150kg removed today, bringing Ella's beach clean challenge to a close having removed over Two Tonnes (2072kg) since July & raised over £1800 for marine charities Marine Connection &...
Young Ocean Optimist of the Year 2021
Ella was flattered and honoured to by recognised as the Marine Conservation Society Young Ocean Optimist of the Year, receiving the award in their U13 aged group. Ella takes part in so many activities many of them marine / environmentally focussed . Last year Ella set...
One Last Push for Two Fantastic Charities
So far, since starting on 04 July, 1922kg of plastic, ropes, pipes & nets have been removed from our local beaches surpassing her initial target of 1500kg ( the weight of a baby Humpback whale). Money raised so far is £910, can we get her anywhere near to her...
Beach Clean Challenge September Update
Whilst making great progress on her Beach Clean Challenge, Ella was really not impressed by the amount of rubbish she found strewn across Scouriemore Beach last weekend. Helped and supported as always by brother Fin, Mum and Dad 247KG of rubbish was removed. The...
Beach Clean Challenge Update
Ella has been busy again and with like minded people has gathered a further 268.3kg of beach litter towards her target of 1500kg;- the equivalent weight of a newborn Humpback whale calf. No easy task, however, Ella is determined! Ella is raising money for two...
Beach Cleans, Climate Strikes, Pup and SUP!
Ella continues to Climate Strike every week with her brother Fin and particularly enjoyed the trip to Cornwall in June with the rest of the family. Having taken part in the Surfers Against Sewage G7 Paddle Out at Gylly Beach, Falmouth on June 12th she has been asking...
Ella’s Whale March
Last year in I organised a protest march in Edinburgh on Saturday 29th June 2019 with my mum. We went to the Norwegian, Danish, Russian and Japanese consulates to give them a letter to ask them to stop whaling. I did this because Japan had left the IWC and were...