• Ending our peat addiction
    Defra’s consultation on ending peat use in horticulture is very welcome, even if we’d like to see an end to peat use in gardens and horticulture much sooner than proposed. It’s interesting how climate...
  • No more peat please - a nudge is a fudge
    As you will know by now (we hope!), the RSPB has been campaigning hard these past few months to get Government to phase out the use of peat in horticulture. Why? Because extracting peat destroys vital...
  • For peat's sake, buy peat free
    RSPB Scotland's Erica Mason discusses the importance of peat and the damaging practices which threaten our peat ecosystems. For peat's sake, buy peat free We live in a peaty country and that peat...
  • Compost calling: it’s time to garden without peat
    It’s April, spring getting nicely underway. Planning permission for a Scottish peat bog causes a ripple across media channels . Largely good weather brings a flurry of gardening at a late Easter-time...
  • Climate mitigation in agriculture: summary findings
    Climate change affects everything. While agriculture, if it continues with ‘business as usual’, is likely to be one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases by 2050, it is also likely to be the system...