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Keep your garden or greenspace chemical free.
Cut down on your use of herbicides and pesticides. These chemicals kill butterflies, moths and other pollinating insects, such as ladybirds, beetles and spiders – the natural enemies of your garden pests.
More than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years and evidence suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides, in particular, are one of the causes of these declines.
Find out more about the link between Neonicotinoids and butterfly declines.
Plastic Straw
Don’t buy single-use plastics.
Pop a flask or reusable bottle in your bag next time you are out and about. Make this a habit and cut your weekly bottle buying altogether, stopping 52 bottles ending up in landfills and oceans.
More than 2,600 plastic bottles a year would be stopped from entering our environment altogether if just 50 people packed a flask instead of buying a bottle. Small changes can make a big difference.
Add your name to the Marine Society’s petition calling for levies on single-use plastics.
Organic Food
Shop locally, shop organically.
If you have the chance, buying fresh organic food is a great way to support local farmers, reduce your carbon footprint and support nature with your food choices.
Find an organic farm shop near you.
Citizen Science/Walking/People
Record the wildlife near you.
Recording the wildlife where you live provides vital information which helps conservationists protect the environment. The information is used by the government to reveal the health of the environment at national, UK and European levels.
Recording and monitoring programmes help Butterfly Conservation direct our conservation effort where it is needed most.
Take part in our world-renowned recording schemes.
Re-use and Recycle.
Plastic Recycle BinReducing the amount of “stuff” you consume has the greatest benefits for the planet. It’s best to avoid waste in the first place, so think more carefully about your purchases.
Re-using items saves the natural resources and energy needed to manufacture new ones - as well as saving money.
Find out about recycling programs near you.
Reduce your carbon footprint.
