Balloon releases may look like fun, but they cause incredible harm to marine creatures (sea turtles think they are their favourite food of jellyfish, once they land in the sea). And eat them, which causes choking and death, to them and many other species.
For memorials, Trees for Life is a Scottish non-profit that lets you donate, to plant a tree in memory of a loved one (human or animal) in the Highlands.
This helps to reduce climate change, and provide essential homes for birds and native wildlife like red squirrels (planting pine trees helps far more than unkindly culling grey squirrels).
If planting trees yourself in memory of a loved one, read our post on pet-friendly gardens (many trees are unsafe near livestock – and some like yew, oak and sycamore are unsafe near horses).
