1 . It was a turtle that changed Victoria Cairns, a headteacher from Derbyshire. She was ________ in Bali underwater when she saw one of the island’s famous ________ . It approached towards her in the crystal clear water, and she was ________ at first — until she saw the plastic bag in its mouth. She just thought the human was having a destroying ________ on the environment.

She set up anti-litter social media account to ________ awareness of the damage caused by ________ pollution. She regularly picks litter around her neighborhood. “She’s done amazing work keeping the area clean, tidy and beautiful,” says her friend.

Cairns keeps a litter picker in her car, and will frequently ________ on the way back from work to clean something up. When running, Cairns carries a portable litter picker in her backpack, and ________ rubbish on her cool-down walk.

“Some people don’t ________ things. There’s no value in a plastic bag, so they ________ it away, not into the bin but on the earth somewhere. It means they are doing it when people aren’t ________ , as they know it’s unacceptable.”

When she collects plastic bottles and carrier bags, it feels like a small act of care: this bag will not end up ________ a turtle’s mouth. It is a(an) ________ small act in the scheme of things, but it’s something.

Cairns makes a   ________ to her surroundings. She has been litter picking in the ________ near her house. “It’s so beautiful. You get a different perspective being on the water.” she says.