Hands up – who thinks of soggy fields and lacklustre landscapes when they hear the word ‘bogs’? (Or perhaps you're thinking of a colloquial term for the, ahem, toilet.) You’re probably not alone… but we’ve got news! This is a major misrepresentation of one of nature’s most impressive habitats.
Peatlands (less glamorously known as ‘bogs’) are incredibly diverse, fascinating natural phenomenons with climate-crisis tackling superpowers. They take thousands of years to form, for a start, and store up to 30 times more carbon per hectare than a healthy tropical rainforest. They also help reduce flooding, improve water filtration, and are great for wildlife biodiversity. Impressive, huh?
We know all of this because we support the work of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust – a brilliant voluntary organisation devoted to the conservation of the wildlife and wild places of Cumbria. (In fact, it’s the only organisation devoted solely to this.) The Cumbria Wildlife Trust carries out some truly incredible conservation work, including peatland restoration, pollinator protection, and nature recovery in the Irish Sea.
You can read more about their work here >
A quick recap for those who don’t know: Here at Ticket Tailor we donate 1p (1.3c) for every ticket sold through our platform to important climate causes. Back in 2021 we partnered with three climate charities – Ocean Conservation Trust, RainForestUK, and Cumbria Wildlife Trust – for healthier oceans, healthier forests, and healthier bogs.
Below, we chat to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Helen Tulloch to learn all about their fantastic work, and how Ticket Tailor users are supporting this with every ticket sale they make 🙏.
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