Yesterday many big garden centres (including B&Q) teamed up with environmental charities, nursery owners and growers to ask Keir Starmer to put an end to peat sales as soon as possible 🛑 The Peat-free partnership included signatures from: - Chris Packham - Alys Fowler - B&Q - The Co-op - Dave Goulson - Guy Shrubsole - Plantlife - Buglife - The National Trust - Soil Association Plus many more! The Peat-free Partnership is funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and hosted by the wild plant conservation charity Plantlife. Why do our peatlands need protecting? - These wetland habitats make up around 12% of the UK land area - They support amazing biodiversity - They help tackle climate change due to their ability to store carbon. - It is believed that UK peatlands store over 3 billion tonnes of carbon! Peat was a popular choice for gardeners as well as a heat source for many homes. Great work by the Peat-Free Partnership - and all the people/organisations who've collaborated to get this letter out there! 💪 #peatfree #endpeatsales #climatechange #biodiversity
Thanks for sharing, Matt! Great to see lots of support to #EndPeatSales 💚
Love this! 🫶💚 As someone who cares deeply about sustainable living, it’s great to see peatlands getting the attention they deserve. 👏🍃 Thanks for sharing and raising awareness about this vital cause!💚
Great to be part of this - let's #EndPeatSales
Cool! Good to know.
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3moi'm pleased to see the letter -but you need to make way more noise -i'm seeing no signs the peat based compost industry has any plans to switch later this decade -there is an assumption that the commercial ban will never happen. I see on my feed regularly trips to Westminster by 'the industry ' lobbying and bending ears to long arm the ban.