Everybody knows peatlands are important, both for their carbon sequestration over thousands of years and for their role in managing flood waters.  But how many people have ever really looked at a peat bog and understood how it comes to be there, which organisms are responsible and how it performs its vital functions?  In this webinar Alys Fowler (accompanied by her puppy) takes us through the visual, botanical, geological and hydrological worlds of peat, leaving the audience with just one Big question: how can we get more people to share her love for this neglected habitat, without bringing so many people to visit them as to cause them harm??