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Luke Douglas-Home

Luke Douglas-Home is a British chartered environmentalist (CEnv) and environmental campaign activist. He works with schools, councils and governments on improving environmental impacts and reducing pollution.[1][2][3][4][5]

Luke Douglas-Home
Born
United Kingdom
OccupationEnvironmentalist

Career

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Douglas-Home founded A Future without Rubbish in 2016. The organization provides consultancy, campaigns and education in reducing waste. He has educated school pupils in Romania, India and the UK about the circular economy, the UN's SDGs and the waste hierarchy.[6][7][8][9]

Douglas-Home is a fellow Environmentalist with Chris Packham and is referred to as The Uk’s litter-picking Forrest Gump. He speaks and presents to conferences, councils and schools on the subject of plastic pollution.[10]

He founded the #StirCrazy campaign in 2018 with the goal of banning plastic stirrers and another One Bag Zero Waste Campaign in 2022, making it mandatory that packaging included recycled used material. #StirCrazy was legislatively successful in 2020 in the UK.[11][12][13][14]

Coastline Runner

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In 2021, Douglas-Home initiated a program to reduce plastic pollution on British coastline and raise awareness of the damage plastic pollution has on oceans, He has been called by media as The Coastline Runner. As of May 2023, he has run over 500 km of the east coast of England and collected more than 500 kg of foreshore plastic, while running, researching investigating how it can be reduced, he is also raising funds for the initiative mission and runs elsewhere.[15][16][17][18][19]

The Coastline Runner is aiming to run and swim as much of coastlines as possible within the first years of the UN's ‘Decade of Ocean Science’, collecting shoreline plastic.[20][21]

In September 2023, Douglas-Home represented the UK in the World Plogging Championship (WPC) in Genoa, Italy. The championship involves jogging and litter-picking.[22] He is tasked with forming the 'Team GB' for the WPC in 2024, as described in Runners World, in 2024 and on Good Morning Britain with Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley.

Personal life

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Luke Douglas-Home is the son of Charles Douglas-Home (journalist) and author Jessica Douglas-Home (Gwynne), grandson of Lady Margaret Spencer, Therefore, he is the second cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales.[citation needed]

He had a brain injury in 2005 and made a film about it, called Nobody Knows.[23] In 2009, he made a film to raise money for medical care in Romania.[24]

Douglas-Home is also a sailor and has been featured on Joyrider TV with sailor Joe Bennet.[25][26]

References

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  1. ^ "Coastline runner shocked by dog poo bag beach rubbish". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ Bylines, North East (2023-05-04). "Coastline Runner: collecting shoreline plastic". North East Bylines. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ townandaroundnorfolk (2022-04-08). "Coastline runner reaches Hunstanton". Town & Around. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  4. ^ Leake, Jonathan Leake, Environment (2023-07-11). "Red nose plastic kicks up a stink". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-07-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Environment Secretary visits waste-fighting primary school and consultation on the close season for coarse fishing - Defra in the media". deframedia.blog.gov.uk. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  6. ^ "A Future without Rubbish: "Romania needs this project!" | BRCC". brcconline.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  7. ^ "A Future without Rubbish - adriana horstman - land & water management". www.ingadriana.ro. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  8. ^ "News - Trying to make the future of Romania without rubbish! | TouringRomania". www.touringromania.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  9. ^ "Primaria Orașului Cisnadie". www.cisnadie.ro. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  10. ^ "Agenda - Ocean Plastic". www.ami-events.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  11. ^ "Start of ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  12. ^ Cole, Lisa (2018-07-25). "What happens to plastic after you throw it away? #StirCrazy". Less Waste. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  13. ^ Michael Gove #StirCrazy Campaign - Secretary of State support, retrieved 2023-07-11
  14. ^ One Bag Zero Waste campaign Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, retrieved 2023-07-11
  15. ^ lynnnews (2022-05-13). "Coastline runner sets off in June for Lincolnshire". Lynn News. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  16. ^ Bylines, North East (2023-05-04). "Coastline Runner: collecting shoreline plastic". North East Bylines. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  17. ^ Schofield, Blanca (2023-07-10). "The litter-picking Forrest Gump blazing a trail on Britain's beaches". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  18. ^ "Just put your plastic rubbish in the bin, urges round-the-coast runner - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette". 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  19. ^ Maslin, Eleanor (2022-06-30). "Skegness deemed worst area for plastic waste". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  20. ^ "Coastline runner shocked by dog poo bag beach rubbish". Eastern Daily Press. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  21. ^ "Coast runner reaches Cromer on round-Britain trek". North Norfolk News. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  22. ^ Lough, Catherine (2023-09-26). "Princess Diana's second cousin to compete in 'plogging' world championships". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  23. ^ Nobody Knows by Luke Douglas-Home (aka the coastline runner) + STC(https://www.shootthecompany.com/), retrieved 2023-07-11
  24. ^ www.themedicaltrust.org, Charity reg Nr. 1116007, retrieved 2023-07-11
  25. ^ Hobie 16 strong wind No commentary, single cam, retrieved 2023-07-11
  26. ^ Catamaran sailors ⛵️ Stop making these mistakes, retrieved 2023-07-11
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