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Season 3 Episode 5: Cities
Guests: Lucilia Branco, Community Organiser in East London
Welcome to Conservation Heroes, the heroes of this show are the dolphins, bats, otters, mangroves, newts and many others who are protecting our environment right now. This show will look at different laws, guidelines, or policies and will also offer you some top tips to help you protect our planet and even become a conservation hero yourself. Each episode will contain interviews from scientists, academics, lawyers, environmental activists and more.
In this episode we talk to Lucilia Branco, Community Organiser, about the work she is doing with different groups in east London to raise awareness about climate change, environmental issues and social justice. Research shows that children growing up in parts of London with diesel-dominated are pollution will have smaller lungs and be more likely to develop lifelong breathing disorders.
Fast fashion facts: Earth.org
Facts about air pollution in Tower Hamlets: What we are monitoring and why?
Facts about child poverty: Child Poverty Action Group
Facts about the ocean: wwf.org.uk