FILL A FISH GUERNSEY

Clean Earth Trust

The Clean Earth Trust (CET) is an award-winning Guernsey-based charity which works to help limit human impact on the environment.

CET was formed in 2018 by Andrew Munro. Since its inception, it has launched several community-led and data driven initiatives the aim of which is to achieve a meaningful and measurable impact, raise awareness of the growing challenges to the environment and work towards improving the mental health and well-being of the Island’s inhabitants. CET also runs outreach programmes with schools, youth organisations and corporate groups. 

Organising beach cleans has been a central part of CET’s work. It published the first ever Marine Litter Report for Guernsey which contained an analysis of the classes of marine litter collected during their beach cleans in 2021. CET has subsequently published similar reports for successive calendar years. The data in these reports is used to monitor the state of Guernsey’s beaches, support various policy initiatives being pursued by CET and is a valuable source of information to parties concerned with the health of the environment such as the Guernsey Nature Commission.

The expertise of the team at CET will be help in ensuring that our collaboration will result in our Fill a Fish sculptures being placed in locations around the shores of the Island where they will make a significant, measurable, and positive difference.

Nature Commission

The Nature Commission recognises that our natural environment is declining in biodiversity and, hence, health. The team works hard to reverse this trend by protecting and enhancing Guernsey’s natural environment for the health of its economy and the wellbeing of the Island’s community.

The Nature Commission provides support in the delivery of the States’ Strategy for Nature, a multi-year plan with objectives that include connecting the community with nature, helping to ensure the diversity and resilience of natural capital and assets, and sharing knowledge about nature.

Supporting Fill a Fish's educational programme, Angela Salmon from the Nature Commission will visit primary schools across the Island to deliver a curriculum designed to educate the Island's young population on the importance of sustainability, conservation, and protecting our natural resources.

As part of the programme, children will be invited to participate in a competition to design sea-life sculptures that can be used to collect plastic waste. This creative initiative aims to spark their imagination while raising awareness of the impact of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems. The winning designs will be brought to life, providing a practical and symbolic way to encourage recycling and to protect the Island’s environment.

The Guernsey Institute

The Guernsey Institute (TGI) offers a wide range of courses and qualifications to anyone within the Bailiwick Community aged 14 and over looking to gain real life work experience, and those seeking learning opportunities to enhance their skills in their chosen careers. 

Fill a Fish Guernsey is a project driven by not only the support from organisations who share the same passion for protecting the environment but also members of the Guernsey community.

Offering a wonderful opportunity to develop critical communication, project management and creative skills and develop a deeper understanding of the natural world, TGI’s engineering apprentices will work alongside the Creative Department to bring the Fill a Fish sculptures to life under the guidance of Mark Cook, accomplished painter, sculpter and lecturer, and Mark Pratt, Head of Department Engineering / Electrotechnical Technology at TGI. 

Both will also form part of the judging panel that will choose the winning designs based on aesthetics, practicality and considerations as to how the drawings will take form in 3D.