PeatFree

Peat, Free and Prosper 🖖🌿
Campaigning to put an end to peat extraction in NI and support a just transition ✊

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

An intro to us!

#PeatTwitter #peatland #bepeatfree #peat #wetlands #EnvironmentalJustice

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

@fesshole Scum

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

@OldSchoolSaul @fesshole Triggered

[Flo Renou-Wilson 🔕 @flo_renouwilson]

On #WorldSoilDay2022 a reminder that peatlands store 3/4 of soil carbon in Ireland and must be wet to keep it locked fight climate change, keep water clean, preserve biodiversity and beenfit local communities ; peat is a soil NOT a crop to harvest!

[Amnesty International @RIerdogan]

Please try to leave some leaves this autumn

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

Didn't expect to see this but by all means bring it on, let's see what you got!

[DAERA @daera_ni]

Environment Minister @edwinpootsmla explains the merits of restoring peatland during a visit to a project in Glenwherry @DiscoverCAFRE. You can respond to our #peatlandstrategy consultation at: https://t.co/S4cuI6dzTb @nidirect @BioDataCentre @ClimateNI @UFUHQ @NI_LGA @BASCnews

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

@GWandShows some Geordie fella just said his shpagnum moss is sustainable for use in his garden.

Absolute guff.

Have a word @TheMontyDon 👀

[Beth Otway (Pumpkin Beth) 🌱 @pumpkin_beth]

I'm supporting #PeatFreeApril. Discover how you can help the #environment, save #ecosystems, grow healthier #plants & protect against #ClimateChange, here: https://t.co/1RrWrkaejI

#Gardening #Sustainable #SustainableLiving #ClimateCrisis #Positivity #NatureLovers #Nature

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

Sign the petition and act for YOUR future ✊

#peatfree
@daera_ni

[PeatFreeApril @PeatFreeApril]

If we're to protect our #peatlands and #PeatBogs, we need your help to sign & then share this petition to ban the use of #peat in #horticulture: https://t.co/bhAYhgooPz

#Gardening #Environment #Nature #NatureLovers #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #GYO #Wildlife #BeKind #Gardeners

[Trish Fox @FocTrish]

The industry has not worked fast enough. Sign the petition to stop use of #peat in #horticulture by 2023

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

https://t.co/oebR2qKdQI

1 in 20 retailers have committed to eliminating peat from their sales

The assertion that there are no alternatives is false

Is it 'unrealistic' to end peat sales? No, it's will power and MONEY.

Commit to go #PEATFREE this April and see the options

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

We have entered April and we're urging every gardener, farmer and horticulturalist to go peat free for a month!

#PeatFreeApril

[PeatFreeApril @PeatFreeApril]

Ban the use of peat in horticulture and all growing media by 2023.
Please sign this petition and help fight for a ban on peat in horticulture. #peatfreeapril https://t.co/bhAYhgooPz

[Climate Coalition Northern Ireland @ClimateActionNI]

Today's meeting was an important milestone for our Climate Coalition - our membership officially represents some 400,000 people in Northern Ireland! 🥳

Climate action here is going from strength to strength - spread the word and get in touch!

[Nigel Monaghan @KeeperNH]

#DeadZooDiary oh for the good old days when hyenas roamed Ireland. You missed it by 30,000 years. Bears were gone by 3,000 years ago, wolves a couple of centuries ago. So no more complaints about being bitten by insects please. @NMIreland

[Rewilding Ireland @RewildingIre]

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[The CANN Project @theCANNproject]

I don't know how deep the peat is on our CANN sites on Islay, but this is amazing. It means that at a rate of 1m per thousand years this peat on Islay started to grow nearly 14,000 years ago

[Stephen Walsh @stiofanwalsh]

Time to start restoring rivers as viable habitats for fish. Weirs such as this have no useful function since the mill closed over a century ago -> Pls sign the petition

[The CANN Project @theCANNproject]

68% of Irish people get their drinking water from peatland catchments. Threats to peatlands threaten our water security #Worldwaterday

[PeatlandConservation @PeatlandConserv]

Bog myrtle is a native Irish plant that loves acidic soils. It was known as a blessed plant as it emitted a sticky, balsamic smelling substance which can be smelled many meters away and was one of the main plants used for Palm Sunday (sourced from Mac Coitear, 2008).
#BogFoklore

[PeatFree @PeatFreeProsper]

The constant setbacks we face as environmentalists can be pretty hard to take.

Until we get backed up by strong legislation and brave leadership who will punish those who pose a risk to our environment, we don't stand a chance avoiding a climate catastrophe...

[James O'Neill @Jamesoneillii]

Just learned of a small #wetland near Armagh which has been saturated in heavy oil for the past winter, poisoning the entire area and draining into the Blackwater. I also learned that #curlew nested here, dwindling in number until 2020, when they finally disappeared. So, so sad.