What you can do about the WINTER BLUES

Rubbish, litter, trash and refuse. It's strewn down the riverbank near me, and it makes me angry. There's also no Balsam to Bash... To cheer myself up, I want to find out who is working to make the world cleaner. --- This week we meet Cllr. Paul Heilbron from Salford Liberal Demoncrats https://www.salfordlibdems.uk/anytown... and Lucy Danger, CEO of Emerge https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/ ‪@emergerecycling‬ I MISPELLED FARESHARE - THIS IS THE CORRECT WEBSITE: https://fareshare.org.uk/ --- For the past year, we've been on a mission to learn about the world via Himayalan Balsam - an invasive species brought to the UK in 1839 by British colonists, who thought the flower to be beautiful and fragrant. It's also rampant. With the help of Executive Producer Wife, Phife Dog and some TV friends who's employment status is shakey at best, we'll scour the land and meet conservationists, scientists, professors and all sorts of nice people who do all sorts of amazing work. --- Music by Chaotic Great (Dan Eastick) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KRKy... Follow us on Instagram for updates! / balsambashing Also now TikTok @balsambashing --- #balsamplant #conservation #littering #environment #outdoors #woodlands #climatechange #ecologicalbalance #greenspace #invasivespecies #documentary #nature #naturelovers #ecology Timestamps: 00:00 - Here, in the UK 00:45 - Hiamalayan Balsam update 02:37 - Mission: Litter Picking 04:00 - What is in the river? 04:55 - Interview and litter picking with Cllr. Paul Heilbron from Salford Quays 08:00 - New Year's Conservation Resolutions 09:15 - Interview with Lucy Danger, CEO of Emerge Recycling Manchester 09:50 - My grandad's favourite joke 14:12 - Genuinely Beneficial Conclusions - Winter Conservation