@PlantingUp

A community garden permie project connected with Transition Town MK to create a biodiverse green space for us to reconnect with art, nature and each other.

 Milton Keynes, England
PlantingUp.co.uk
Joined January 2018
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This is so depressing. Please, if you have outdoor space, do more to help insects by keeping areas of grass long, growing native plants and NEVER using pesticides: theguardian.com/environment/…

Flying insect numbers have plunged by 60% since 2004, GB survey finds

Scientists behind survey of car number plates said drop was ‘terrifying’, as life on Earth depends on insects

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Thank you for not using pesticides or mowing the lawn this month, it means I’m here and so are the hedgehogs. 😊🦔🪲 #rosechafer #NoMowMay #GardeningTwitter
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Looking forward to the @HubGrapevine Bug Hotel workshop at Christ the Vine Community Church, Coffee Hall tomorrow morning. 🐝🪲🐞🌻 Thanks to the teams from @wbshed2022, @PlantingUp, @KeynesRoc and @WoughtonCC for supporting. Register your place at: eventbrite.com/e/build-your-…
PlantingUp@PlantingUp11 May 2022
Make Your Own Bug Hotel or Bee House dlvr.it/SQB1Bp
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As the sun sets on another day of snaring across the UK, please help us end this cruelty for good. Wildlife needs protection and together we can achieve a ban. Please sign and share this urgent petition: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Glad that #IPCCReport has high confidence in #agroecology as powerful adaptation strategy. Working with nature is emerging as a key principle. #permaculture network - we are on the right lines - keep up the good work - much more to do!
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127,000 people have seen it so far thanks to our wonderful followers! Have YOU & your followers? 😊👇 #StateOfNatureStateOfMind #ConnectWithNature
Team4Nature@Team4Nature8 May 2021
How many people will see this tweet BEFORE #StateOfNatureStateOfMind webinar starts at 4:30pm BST on Tuesday 11th May during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek? If YOU see this, PLEASE RT. To #ConnectWithNature is to boost your mental health! 😎 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Peat in bogs - not bags! To combat the climate and nature emergency, peat needs to stay put. Will you help look after these beautiful habitats for the wildlife that rely on them? 🌍 Support our call for an immediate ban on peat-based products! ➡️ wildlifetrusts.org/ban-sale-…
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THREAD: HOW TO GROW A COMMUNITY FOOD FOREST We’ll go through the steps of figuring out what to grow, choosing a strategy and a model for transforming your community by creating a lasting food resource and developing and sharing the skill of growing food. 1/19
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CA-WN is calling on all candidates standing for the West Northamptonshire Unitary Authority to commit to taking meaningful action on climate change by signing up to the #climateactionpledge
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BBKA@britishbee6 Apr 2021
We're very nearly at 13,000 signatures on our petition to stop the importation of honeybees from Europe via Northern Ireland. Please keep sharing it even to friends who do not share your passion for bees! #bees #beekeeping bbka.org.uk/news/petition-to…
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We’re delighted to announce that we’ve won funding to develop activities and safeguard Westbury for the future – more details here westburyartscentre.org.uk/ne… @dcms @HeritageFundUK @HistoricEngland. #HereForCulture
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Please sign, share & RT this petition to ban the use of #peat in #Horticulture. Let's work together to stop the use of peat now before it's too late! 💚 #PeatFreeApril #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityLoss
PeatFreeApril@PeatFreeApril6 Apr 2021
Globally, peatlands store half a trillion tonnes of carbon - twice as much as the world’s forests. Unearthing this precious store of carbon to use peat in the garden is reckless & irresponsible. Please sign, share & RT: petition.parliament.uk/petit… #PeatFreeApril #Gardening #Plants
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“You should be sitting down for this forecast.... Everything’s connected.”
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We ban plastic straws but allow this!? Petition to ban plastic grass: polluting, toxic, usually unrecyclable, terrible for wildlife. Please sign. petition.parliament.uk/petit… @jackwallington
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80% of our known species are insects. Tragically, in the last 40 years we've seen a 45% decline in the global population But why is it important to protect insects? Many play a role in pollination, they provide us with food, help our soil 🌱 It's time to #ProtectOurSpecies
butterfly, blue, black

ALT butterfly, blue, black

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Putting the environment in the hands of this government is like asking King Herod to babysit. It’s tragic!
Joshua Styles@joshual95114 Aug 2020
Every year, 1 plant species per English county goes extinct. And thanks to the governments reforms in the planning system, the nationally scarce Maiden Pink may be next for South Lancashire, where it’s last native site, Ainsdale Hope School, is under threat from development 😡😭
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Could your community, town or city do something like this? Copenhagen has been planting apple trees & blackberry bushes in public spaces - helping wildlife, taking #climateaction⁠ ⁠, and providing people with free fruit and a dose of nature 🍏🌳🐝
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PlantingUp retweeted
EARTHDAY.ORG
@EarthDay4 Aug 2020
If our answer to #plastic has always been to recycle, why do we still have such a big #plasticpollution problem? Maybe it’s because we’re focusing on recycling instead of the source of the problem: the industries making all that plastic. ow.ly/gUyz50AKucm

The recycling problem: A feel-good story that’s too good to be true | Earth Day

Recycling beats throwing something right in the trash, but tons of our recyclables still end up in landfills or oceans, making a mess of ecosystems.

earthday.org
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NCVO are running an online training course on writing solid funding applications, where you can learn how to prepare effectively for writing a proposal and understand what makes a successful application. The next session is the 21st July. Read more: booking.ncvo.org.uk/training…
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It’s time to #FaceTheClimateEmergency This is our open letter and demands to global leaders, signed by thousands of activists, scientists, representatives of civil society influencers. We’ll keep collecting signatures and urge everyone to sign & share ->ClimateEmergencyEU.org
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