Enrich the Earth is a collaborative partnership bringing together diverse organisations committed to sharing knowledge, ideas, and resources to support the transition away from peat use in horticulture.
The partnership is convened and supported by Sizzle Innovation CIC, with financial backing from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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Meet the team
Project Director
Simon Blackhurst
BSc (Hons) Applied Chemistry, MCIH, MBPR (Hort) FQA
Simon Blackhurst is the expert lead on the peat alternative trials that will run in the Northeast of England. He has extensive technical and practical experience built within the horticultural sector, holds a Member Chartership of Horticulture award and has run a composting facility producing over 16 million bags of growing media a year.
Advisor
Trewin Restorick
Trewin Restorick was the Founder and CEO of Hubbub UK which has twice won ‘Charity of the Year’ for transforming the way environmental messages are communicated by bringing people and organisations together as a force for good. Trewin was recognised as a Global Leader of the Year by the Global Good Awards, in 2021, he won the Business Green ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ and in 2022 voted by peers as the most influential person in the UK’s recycling and resource sector.
Trewin has also founded Sizzle, looking at how to bring organisations together to make is as easy as possible for people to live greener lifestyles.
Legislative Advisor
Peter Young
Peter is a seasoned environmentalist, currently acting as an independent trustee, chair and advisor. Peter has sat on various Government and independent bodies concerned with environmental regulation and voluntary standards.
He co-founded two campaigning organisations; the Aldersgate Group, which he formerly chaired, and the Broadway Initiative, which he currently chairs. He sits on Esmee Fairbairn’s Our Natural World Advisory Panel, and is a Trustee of Cumbria Wildlife Trust.