Continuing my support for conservation in the Lake District I have recently supported a project called Love your Lakes by Nurture Lakeland to raise the awareness of water quality in the Lake District. My Windermere Jetty Photograph was selected as the main image of the campaign that will see several thousand leaflets printed and left in accommodation across the Lakes to inform guests of the environmental effects of unnecessarily washing laundry.
We’re raising awareness about what laundry and dishwashing detergents people can use that will not harm Windermere. We’ll be working one-to-one with about 100 tourism businesses, delivering them training workshops and presenting at events. We’ll be working with schools, public events, and community action groups. We did this work last year in Bassenthwaite & Derwentwater and was hugely successful. See our report
Between July 2011 and July 2012, Love your Lakes is working to improve water quality in Lake Windermere. We’ll be helping local businesses, residents and visitors to take simple steps to help. By reducing the amount of damaging phosphates going into the lakes from washing machine and dishwashing detergents we can all do our bit to protect the future of one of Lakeland’s most popular and beautiful destinations.
Aims of Windermere Love Your Lakes
– Raise awareness of the problems facing the lakes with businesses, visitors and local communities.
– Working with local communities and taking part in local events.
– Making visitors aware of the issue before they book so they can do their bit too.
– Providing information and resources for businesses to help them help their visitors.
– Providing visits from our Sustainable Tourism staff to tourism businesses to help them identify ways of reducing the use of phosphates.
– Working with suppliers and local retailers to source and develop phosphate-free products.
You can find out more about this project and download a list of Phosphate free products by clicking here.