Little Green Space 🦋

Award-winning project & magazine taking action for nature, climate, people. Also @greentravelmag @RichBuntingCCI /

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Please say no to plastic grass. This ugly stuff removes food & shelter for wildlife including bees, butterflies & birds; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers & seas. Create a wildlife-friendly space instead. More:
https://t.co/qq5bnSrcqq

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A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or your garden or community green space could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝

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Fruit trees benefit all sorts of wildlife, including bees, bats and birds. But around two thirds of UK orchards have been lost since 1960. Planting an apple tree in your garden or community can really help to boost biodiversity.
A guide to what to grow:
https://t.co/l7h9kjRkeT

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

@AmbleTime The Hatton Handmade shampoo bars are fantastic aren't they?! Also a favourite product of ours 🙂

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Around 1.7m pieces of plastic are binned in the UK every week. There are lots of eco-friendly soap bars that contain only natural ingredients, and many are plastic-free - so choosing bars instead of liquid handwash is one way to reduce plastic pollution.
https://t.co/BwEWfYJRuJ

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If you're lucky enough to have red squirrels visiting your garden, there are a few ways you can help them to thrive:
🌱 grow native plants
🍎 offer a variety of food
💧 provide fresh drinking water
More: https://t.co/Pf5Q9yB9oC

[Gary Cave @GaryCave9]

@LGSpace I always feel better for time spent in our garden, where I’ve planted over 100 trees in the last five years.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Worried about food shortages and rising prices in 2027? Growing some of your own food could help! Our quick guide to veg growing is simple to follow, and focuses on some of the easiest crops to grow, from peas to potatoes to pumpkins 🥬 🥔 🧄
https://t.co/AZcAnyTZ1b

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

There are 15,000+ species of fungi in the UK, & they play a vital role in healthy ecosystems. Provide a habitat for fungi – as well as for beetles & other invertebrates, hedgehogs & slow worms – by piling up logs or branches in a damp, shady corner.
More: https://t.co/JZyDs2IJAB

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Trees release compounds called phytoncides which can enhance mood and improve sleep. Phytoncides may even help prevent cancer. And native trees are brilliant for all sorts of wildlife - so let’s plant more trees, and cherish those we have already! 🌳
https://t.co/YInJBLTGaX

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

In the UK alone, around 300,000 tonnes of used clothes are binned each year. To help reduce this waste:
🧵 Avoid fast fashion
🧵 Use what you have
🧵 Buy second hand
🧵 Learn how to mend
More: https://t.co/EML8O3bi1F

[The potting shed @GardenerFliss]

As the Government debates the selling of non commercial fireworks, maybe they could give a thought to the totally unnecessary use of fire lanterns.
As a farmer, I really wish people would stop releasing sky lanterns into our beautiful countryside. They might look pretty floating across the night sky, but what goes up must come down. And all too often, that means landing in our fields. Livestock can swallow sharp pieces hidden in their feed, become tangled in fallen frames or suffer terrible injuries. And that’s before we even consider the fire risk to crops, barns, wildlife and animal bedding. And please don’t be fooled by the word biodegradable. It doesn’t make them harmless.
Our countryside isn’t a dumping ground, and our animals shouldn’t have to suffer for a few moments of entertainment.

I would wholeheartedly support a UK-wide ban on sky lanterns. Would you?

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years.
More: https://t.co/7JmlEk4wLr

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger.

Accountability cannot be swept under the rubble. The recovery and future of Gaza cannot be separated from a framework grounded in international law, justice, and the rights of victims.

The persistent failure to hold Israel accountable and press Israel to comply with the International Court of Justice’s binding orders continues to fuel the atrocity crimes on a mass scale against Palestinians.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Seen a fox, squirrel or hedgehog in an urban green space? The Living with Mammals survey needs your sightings! The @PTES survey helps monitor changes in wild mammal populations, identifying those in most need of urgent conservation action.
More: https://t.co/p9uaoQPe2g

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝

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Help secure the Rothbury Estate for nature, climate and people - donations matched until today (30 September). Please donate and spread the word to help achieve something amazing for large-scale nature restoration 🌿🐝🐾🐞🌍

https://t.co/NEwCo1qp6N

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

We've put together a list of our favourite eco-friendly bath and shower products. These are plastic free or refillable, and use natural ingredients – and some support environmental or community projects:
https://t.co/gH5oENS4kE

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Mind the gap! Creating a hole at the base of a fence helps create wildlife corridors, allowing creatures to move from one green space to another. Hedgehogs, for example, travel up to 2 miles each night in search of food – so they need room to roam 🦔
More:
https://t.co/wtTkCWJsVo

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

@margieriley17 A few suggestions here: https://t.co/4yRDGaS5Gh 🙂

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or your garden or community green space could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝