For a thriving local countryside which benefits everyone

The winter issue of Countryside Voices, our member magazine, has landed! 👌💚😊❄️

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We've joined @TheMontyDon & conservation charities to call for a ban on peat in compost by 2025.

Peat bogs are the UK's rainforest - they help fight #ClimateChange, control flooding & provide a home for wildlife.

Without a ban they could be lost forever. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2020/11/25/peat-compost-environmental-vandalism-monty-don-says/

🌳 We have chosen the theme 'Nature and the environment' for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 10-16 May 2021.

💚It will be an opportunity to open our eyes to the power of nature and ensure everyone is able to share in the natural world and experience the mental health benefits.

Such a useful meeting today with senior Conservative MP @LiamFox, who rightly points out that the govt's planning proposals could inadvertently lead to fewer homes being built. Looking forward to working with Liam on @CPRE's planning campaign @PaulMiner3 @Emma_Atks 💚 🏡 🌳

We polled @Conservatives MPs and the majority are considering opposing the government’s plans to deregulate the planning system. 👀

Ministers need to think again, and put people, nature and the countryside at the heart of the planning system. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/over-half-of-mps-oppose-planning-changes/

The PM has today set out his #10PointPlan for tackling the #ClimateEmergency

We welcome climate action that benefits communities right across the country.

But the government needs to get the basics right: nature is the missing link.
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/we-comment-on-the-prime-ministers-new-ten-point-climate-plan/

More will be needed, but it is hugely welcome to see the Prime Minister putting nature-based solutions at the heart of our recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Nearby nature has never been more important ☀️💚
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54947577

Tomorrow MPs will debate the burning of peatland.

Burning peatland needs to stop now and our peatlands restored if UK Gov is serious about tackling the #ClimateEmergency.

It's crucial that MPs take a stand. Tag your MP to ask them to attend and back calls to #BanTheBurn 👇

Here's a Sunday morning view, for all of you missing the countryside right now 😊

Imagine the warm #autumn sunshine on your face 💚 #Lockdown2

We're very disappointed to see the controversial #StonehengeTunnel and road-widening has been given the green light.

This is another example of the government putting road-building ahead of the climate, landscape and our national heritage.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-54919205

Will you ask your councillor to stand up for local democracy and the countryside and oppose the government's damaging proposals for the planning system?

We’ve written a message that you can personalise, so it should only take a minute. Take action > https://takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/69946/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter

Two Chiffchaffs singing, 10.11.2020. More reasons to be cheerful👍 #ClimateChange #conservation #nature #environment #wildlife #birds @Birder_Griffon @camelbirder @WildPortishead @pow_rebecca @tern09 @Cookie6994 @SomersetCool @CPREAvonBristol @Hawkandowluk