We are losing our natural inheritance, though we hold the means in our hands to sustain it! We are biological and need to love our natural companions - whether plant or animal or insect. Parklands were planted to keep people sane and contented. Hedges and trees are a continuum that provide masses of habitat for all sorts of life. With life comes natural defences in biology against pests and fungi, our greatest enemies. We need to return nutrients and natural 'roughage' to the soil. Without constant additions to our 'good brown earth' we will have no topsoil to grow food in. Hedges provide leaves every year, to become soil, and their roots prevent washout of soil during rain. Trees and shrubs act as a natural water storage device and also maintain temperature. They may also have a good effect on climate as they suck up water and transpire it back out into the atmosphere. Monoculture, where one crop is grown, is bad for the kind of diversity that allows different plants and insects and animals to thrive. Pulling up hedge removes a natural protection to the crops and animals in the fields. Hedges keep growing and changing, and well laid hedges are effective animal barriers (for cows and sheep and horses). Hedgerows contain resources for arts and crafts, provide good air to breathe (make oxygen), act as a noise screen, and may contain any plants at all. Hawthorns were early used when hedges were first planted (enclosure). We need to revive the art of producing hedge seedlings cheaply and at home. Cuttings from all sorts of trees - nursery prices can be prohibitive. We are all personally affected by this issue as the huge rainstorms we have wash literally 10s of tons of topsoil off of our fields. We must protect our food production. Hedgerows will protect us - as well as wild life. If you look under a tree on a frosty day you will see there is some warmth there, and less white. If you look on a hot day you will see there is more green under the tree. They do maintain temperature. Each hedge will provide shade, and a windbreak. The Woodland trust has done some research to show that putting 10% of your land to use by trees increases the yield by more than that. I have a personal story about a hedge: A mysterious bird filled lane There used to be behind my house A magical shady lane Attracting bird of yellow hue Oh I would go there again All overhung with boughs of green And trees which overhung a stream The birds would flit from twig to branch And sing to me and flee We crossed the stream which babbled over the path And walked along the central ridge Where beasts had made a path depressed Into the central grass Huge hares and lovely deer would walk At dawn or dusk I'd see them Browsing in the verges when They had not yet seen me And round the corner up the hill The roses thrived and hawthorns too And yet more birds and pheasants bunched Against the hedgerow, rabbits hunched I knew where they all hid But one day came the farmers up With great machines and messed it up All gone are hedges birds and song By dismantling the lane. How many birds have been displaced Where now to propagate their race? I never see the yellow birds now Their food supply and shelter gone The great birds came and ate them up Why does this world do them such wrong? O woe to man who does not see That with them lies his destiny If we eradicate their feasts The land won't make us tasty treats How dull the mind that won't accept There's room for all, they must be kept They only ever took our waste And ate the insects that we hate They gave us pleasure like a taste Of all the glories of our God Who gave us these all for our good.

By 2050 plastic pollution in our oceans is set to outnumber fish !, we are killing the planet and it’s resources of which we rely , it’s sheer madness this is still going on when we now know so much about our environment and our effect on it, we need to act now, not faze these problems out over decades, it will be too late, we have the technology to replace plastic with biodegradable alternatives but businesses benefitting from plastic production don’t want this to happen as It effects their profits which they see as more important than the damage being dealt to the planet , a planet you and I need to survive, we are poisoning nature beyond the point of no return, leaving our grandchildren a broken, unrecognisable world all in the name of greed.. please, it has to stop NOW not later, let us as a country set the president, be the game changers in environmental protection.

As animals are endowed with emotions, they feel fear and pain. They weave strong social bonds and as we wish only to live free. We therefore strongly oppose the exploitation and suffering of animals for our "entertainment". And so ask you to put in place a ban on circuses with animals in our communes. During the off-season, the animals stay in transport boxes, stables or even in trucks or trailers. Few circuses have the means or the will to invest in adapted shelters that will only serve a few months a year. This confinement has devastating physical and psychological consequences. An American study reveals that captive elephants spend about a quarter of their day shaking their heads or swinging compulsively, while bears roam their cages back and forth. Animals used by circuses are constantly transported from one representation to another in an environment where their most basic needs can not be met. More than 90% of the time, they are locked up in cattle wagons, or dreary temporary enclosures, and can be beaten and punished as part of inhumane training methods. This is not an entertainment. Animals in circuses are deprived of all that is natural and important to them. Their mental equilibrium is broken and they are isolated, chained, alone, degraded and idle. Behaviors such as pacing, biting bars, circling and self-mutilation are common in show animals. It is now recognized that this neurotic behavior is caused by captivity and an artificial lifestyle. All animals held in circuses have specific needs. Some, like lions, need a warm climate; others, like bears, have a cooler climate. All need space, activities, social connections, water and food in sufficient quantity. In circuses, they have none of that. They are locked in transport cages or narrow pens from which they only go out to make their number. Because animals do not naturally ride a bicycle, do not stand on their heads, do not balance on balloons or do not jump through fire hoops, coaches use whips, tight necklaces, muzzle , electric batons, chop sticks ("bull hock") and other painful tools to force them to perform their show. Physical punishment has long been the standard method of training for animals in circuses. Animals in captivity are known to "crack" under pressure. There have been dozens of documented human deaths and injuries attributable to animals held in circuses or other captive environments.  In their places, we would rather not rather live FREE with the risks that that entails but to take advantage of our freedom, surrounded by ours or then to live a life of loneliness in a cage, traversing kilometers and kilometers in trucks, to execute tricks for the good will of the trainers, be subject to their wills and make tricks against nature such as sit on his buttocks for an elephant which can cause serious internal injuries. Is it not better to encourage species conservation programs in the countries of origin of these animals and to show very beautiful reports to children and adults wishing to discover these animals in their natural environment? Far from being only a social debate, the presence of animals in circuses also makes cities responsible for their obligation to enforce the legislation in force. Also, we wanted to remind you that scientific studies agree that their detention in circuses is contrary to the physiological needs of wild animals.

Animal health and welfare

It is severely effecting the welfare of animals in the sea and in the wild. It is a great step to ruling out single use plastics in the United Kingdom.

As a vegetarian and carer of animals I am deeply concerned that animals not stunned before death are suffering a cruel and painful death.

Large industrial units are spoiling the natural landscape of many towns and villages. Too often beautiful vistas are ruined by these ugly structures. If constructors were enforced to ensure the units made the minimum impact, then at least we are doing something to help this cause. In addition, if we can go as far as having living walls and roofs, then that would have an added benefit to the ecosystem. These simple changes shouldn't really have a huge impact on the construction cost.

Dogs are comfort companions and a part of the family for many so deserve to be treated accordingly

Thousands of wildlife are trapped and injured by these horrible contraptions every year, which- unless shredded by the wildlife conscious consumer are left to clog up our planet, threatening our wild animals.

This is important because innocent animals are being tested on for human benefits, We must find a different way to test

There are very few of these animials in the wild and have only recently been discovered in certain areas. These areas are now being destroyed.

Palm oil plantations are responsible for the destruction of rain forests and is threatening the orangutang with extinction. This is also causing negative climate change in a big way.