KeepRearsbyRural

Keeping Leicestershire Rural - Protecting our Heritage - Conserving our Villages - Resisting Destructive Development

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Might be a good idea for this to be made public before the GE....or does nothing matter anymore?

[KeepRearsbyRural @KeepRural]

@AliceMolly Good luck We will help if we can - be tenacious and determined and you will be able to win

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

It’s #VolunteersWeek – the annual celebration of volunteering! 🙌 We’re going to be sharing some inspiring volunteer stories from across the CPRE network over the next week, so stay tuned if you’d like to know what it’s like to volunteer for us.
https://t.co/zmyoWlLjTk

[Julia Bradbury I HAVEN'T BOUGHT BLUE TICK💙 @JuliaBradbury]

Do you sit at a desk for more than 6hrs a day? A new study shows that walking home from work could save your life! Just 150mins of physical activity a week can reduce the risk of dying early. Want more than a walk from the office? See @TOGWalks & @CotswoldOutdoor for gear ideas!

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

When was the last time you saw the stars?

The vast majority of people that took part in our #StarCount2019 were unable to experience the natural wonder of a truly dark sky, blanketed with stars. Without intervention, our night sky will continue to be lost
https://t.co/nYOJDCofJC

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Experts increasingly agree that spending time in nature is vital to our happiness and wellbeing. 😊🌲🦋

That's why we think it's so important we all have easy, affordable access to the wonderful English countryside. 💚 RT if you agree! https://t.co/sQLSiAM5yR

[KeepRearsbyRural @KeepRural]

Why can’t the government just act?

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Drinks bottles are now the biggest plastic menace in our waterways.

Yet more evidence that we need a world-leading #depositreturn system that collects bottles, cans and cartons of all sizes. @michaelgove the health of our environment depends on it. https://t.co/5CUuZ6LPGP

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

We all know this instinctively, but here's yet more evidence that spending time in nature and the countryside is good for everyone's wellbeing!

This is why it's so important we all have easy, affordable access to the wonderful English countryside. 💚

https://t.co/j3I1CdxQTp

[KeepRearsbyRural @KeepRural]

This needs to be stopped

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

URGENT: There's a #fracking debate in parliament this Thursday. Fast-tracked fracking could still go ahead, despite huge public opposition. This is our best chance to give MPs a say & to fight for them to be dropped

Write to your MP to ask them to attend: https://t.co/1dluqLAZZO

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Phasing out single-use plastics by 2025 instead of 2042 could save 4,000 billion pieces of single-use #plastic from polluting our countryside, rivers and oceans. We need to turn off the tap on pointless single-use plastics and phase them out by 2025. https://t.co/xjFJX072z4

[Nigel Owens MBE @Nigelrefowens]

As a few of you have asked of how to get a signed copy of my autobiography Half Time. Let me know If you want one and will DM you the details then. Thanks.

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Many of our #GreenClean volunteers are hardened litter pickers 💪

Even they were shocked at the amount of litter we found!

But they're optimistic. They know an inclusive #depositreturn system is the solution we need – let’s make it the best that we can. https://t.co/KWepJVMuTJ

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

The planet & its weather patterns are changing before our eyes' says @michaelgove https://t.co/oLtAp1vId0

Action on #climatechange is not only necessary but unavoidable in order to safeguard the countryside, communities & planet we depend on. Read more: https://t.co/QB4h3gIErl

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

It's #NationalTreeWeek - the annual celebration of everything that is wonderful about trees! 🌳🌲🍂🍃

What's your favourite British tree? Vote vote vote!

If your fave isn't below, let us know what it is 😊

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Mark Twain (supposedly) once said 'golf is just a good walk ruined'.

But we think it’s discarded bottles & cans that really spoil a good walk.

Share to help us win our fight for an all-inclusive #DepositReturn System. To see more go to https://t.co/neHuu9NA1o #FridayFeeling

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

The #RaynsfordReview is unequivocal in its recommendations: we must rebalance the planning system back in favour of public interest, and through doing so, prevent the continued unnecessary loss of our finite countryside. @theTCPA Our reaction 👇 https://t.co/FkkjayQ7VF

[KeepRearsbyRural @KeepRural]

Disappointing that the government did not take the lead in the budget #doitnow

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

2016: Industry pledges to take action on single-use coffee cups

2016-18: Number of unrecycled cups increases by 250 million a year

2018: Phillip Hammond says industry is doing well enough to avoid government action… #budget2018 #lattelevy
https://t.co/lfW4L5da4o

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

The 'Oxford-Cambridge Arc' could put a Birmingham-sized area of countryside at risk.

There has been no formal public consultation or environmental assessment.

The lack of debate equates to a major democratic deficit at the heart of these proposals. https://t.co/DrYpxdvs0V

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

Building new roads to ease congestion rarely works - all it does is encourage more people to use their cars.

The £30bn for new roads in the #budget2018 would be better invested in sustainable public transport, not more grey infrastructure.
https://t.co/5EuwaxRDt5

[CPRE, Campaign to Protect Rural England @CPRE]

£30bn for roads vs £60m for tree planting in the #Budget2018

Rather than spending billions on new road schemes, the Government should be investing in rail travel and other public transport, which would actually help to reduce carbon emissions.

https://t.co/69delskJDC