{"id":552,"date":"2021-01-07T11:53:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/?post_type=exhibit1&#038;p=552"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T11:29:35","slug":"citizen-science-upstream-battle","status":"publish","type":"exhibit1","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/envirotent\/citizen-science-upstream-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science: Upstream Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join Heather from Keep Scotland Beautiful as we learn about their citizen science project which aims to tackle marine litter from its source. Discover how you can get involved to help prevent marine litter at its source along the River Clyde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that around 80% of marine litter comes from land? Keep Scotland Beautiful\u2019s Upstream Battle\u00ae campaign aims to stop litter from reaching our precious blue spaces. Their recent Scottish Litter Survey found that 87% of people believe that litter is an issue across the country. If you want to help, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/upstream-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/upstream-battle<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explore the additional resources below to find out how you and your school or family can get involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/UB-Social-December2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2964 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/UB-Social-December2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2022\/07\/A3-UB-Activity-Sheet-05.07.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Upstream Battle Activity Sheet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2022\/07\/A3-UB-Activity-Sheet-05.07.22.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-487fa494-106c-4a5b-a63f-10a1f9b2011f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-60d04625-4652-4620-9241-6550befa03c4\" href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/UB-Litter-Survey-2024-1.pdf\">Upstream Battle Litter Survey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/UB-Litter-Survey-2024-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-60d04625-4652-4620-9241-6550befa03c4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2a8f0adc-954a-4cb2-9ed1-c6f91097d2de\" href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/ub-black-white-litter-survey-051124.pdf\">Upstream Battle Litter Survey (B&amp;W)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/ub-black-white-litter-survey-051124.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2a8f0adc-954a-4cb2-9ed1-c6f91097d2de\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e07ca514-8ee2-4e96-bfbf-268f9c2ef350\" href=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/01\/a5-ub-survey-flyer-051124.pdf\">A5 Upstream Battle Flyer<\/a><a 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aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-26170909-bbc5-4c08-8b0a-2cd95d07edb1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YfMg5rF8Nhw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to organise a litter pick video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9KTQ-J_MKZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to do a litter survey video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":676,"template":"","section_category":[69],"events_category":[43,44],"acf":{"age_restriction":["all ages"],"start_date":"2021-01-01 00:00:00","header_before":[{"acf_fc_layout":"header_embed","embed":"<iframe title=\"Curious About: Upstream Battle Interview\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ffze9a-OweQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" 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