Reposted by Karen Christian
‘Suggested measures to minimise traffic noise include reducing speed limits ...’
Design our neighbourhoods around people not cars to increase the joy in our lives.
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theguardian.com
Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds
Even low levels of traffic noise can negate the benefits of listening to natural sounds, researchers say
![There is a major volunteer effort kicking early in off from 6am Monday morning
Longsands at the High Tide Line starting from Crusoe's to clear nurdle plastic pollution from our beaches and everyone in Tynemouth has a part of play. More teams being assembled and will branch off to other beaches so watch out for information including Monday Afternoon after the second High Tide.
Based on expert advice the organisers have come to the conclusion that:
• The insurers contractors are equipped and staffed only to handle the Fish Quay and nearly all of the equipment needed in the North East unlikely to be here for days. We can leave the Fish Quay to them but Tynemouth needs to step up, nobody else will.
• The Tides this week, in particular Monday and Tuesday, are such that there is a golden opportunity to put a dent in this which otherwise we will regret. Residents here would never forgive ourselves if we let that happen.
• With each High Tide this week more and more pellets will refloat and form the nice neat lines along the High Tide mark, easy for volunteers to sweep up.
• It's been possible to locally manufacture enough filtering bags this weekend to support a big effort. Enough people who have already been volunteering have developed experience using them.
• There's scope for others less experienced to sweep up material with just a couple of minutes training (without touching a single pellet). You brush/scrape it, they will filter out the pellets.
So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts:
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