I knew there was something different this time. The streets and windswept plains of the Cape looked noticeably cleaner. Then, when I went into a supermarket (I had an enforced sabbatical from my supermarket-free existence), and they explained that they charge for each bag, I realised why. Plastic bags used to be known as the national flower of Africa. Now they are virtually extinct. It's brilliant.
Driving back from Heathrow the following week, I saw them everywhere - on the verges, in the hedges and ditches. They are an affront to our landscape. Now that Africa is ridding itself of the scourge, has Britain taken over her mantle of plastic bag nation?
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About Me
- Samantha Fletcher
- I'm the Green Party candidate for Chippenham, a marginal constituency in the heart of Wiltshire. I have lived here for nearly 14 years, with my husband, MArk, a wildlife film editor and GP candidate for Devizes, children, Alfie, 9, and Notty,7, and black collieXpoodle, Ethi. When not campaiging, I am the author of six books, including the international best-seller, A Fish Caught in Time - the Search for the Coelecanth, Pointing From the Grave, which won a Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, and The Moneypenny Diaries trilogy. I am a member of Friends of the Earth and various local climate groups. I'm keen marcher and protester, grow my own veg, and walk or bicycle whenever possible. As a family we gave up non-essential flying four years ago, and don't have a tumble dryer. Over the last few years we have cut our carbon footprint by 90% with no obvious change to our lifestyle (except for not flying). I gave up shopping for 2008, and still do not use supermarkets.
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