Peat

The Wildlife Trusts is calling for an immediate ban on all uses of peat for amateur gardeners and professional horticulture.

Industrial practices are making their way into home-growers' gardens and compounding the damage of peat extraction.

Donald Murray explores the good – and the dark – side to peat-digging.

Voluntary initiatives to stop burning of fragile peat ecosystems have not worked.

Amateur gardeners striving to live the 'Good Life' should ensure they check the contents of store-bought compost. For peat's sake - we need to think beyond our backyards and choose compost carefully

Be an eco-friendly gardener and make a promise to be peat-free

While the proposed sell off of UK forests attracted a chorus of criticism, the destruction of peat bogs continues almost unnoticed. Sam Campbell reports from current flashpoint Chat Moss, near Manchester

Communities on the Isle of Islay are moving forward with plans for tidal energy and renewable fuels while maintaining age old methods of agriculture and whisky distilling

Prince Charles has called UK peatlands ‘Britain’s tropical rainforests’ – and like rainforests worldwide, ours are in decline. Trevor Critchley reports on the devastating consequences for global warming