Twenty-Five Ways to Find Yourself In the Natural World
As the seasons start to change, this week we're looking at ways to bring the great outdoors into our everyday lives.
Here are some ways you might seek out nature this week. What would you like to try? Where would you like to go? What would you like to commit to?
Take action with a Climate Optimist (Anywhere)
#FindthatLizard (Los Angeles)
Discover the UK’s only surviving Georgian Lido at Cleveland Pools (Bath)
Spend time with an emotional support squid (Anywhere)
Seek out Allotme (Pair with this guide to allotments for beginners) (UK)
Explore a former Victorian Viaduct that has been transformed into a Public Park (Manchester)
Visit an actual Schleep Sanctuary (think glamping with real sheep to count before bedtime) (UK)
Support a seed library (US)
Help make surfing accessible to everyone (Cornwall)
Nurture your digital health plants: Play Kinder World (Anywhere)
Try a new walking App like GoJauntly or FreeTree or Trigbagging (Anywhere)
Take The High Road (Massachusetts)
Join a Garden Club (Anywhere)
Discover the English Fenlands, for Annie Proulx a story of a ‘tearing apart’ (To be experienced in the UK, to be read anywhere)
Support Planting Justice (Oakland)
Garden with Heidegger (Anywhere)
Improve your emotional and physical health with Hiking for Health (UK)
Escape to an airstream in Joshua Tree (California)
Discover Diversity Outdoors (featuring London Caribbean Trekkers, Muslim Hikers, Peaks of Colour, Black Girls Hike & The Wonderlust Women)
Learn why we should all be chasing acorns (Anywhere)
Make a bucket list of places to find nature anew: On ours (Anywhere, & Norway)
Stay in a Plant-friendly hotel (Kentucky)
Pursue Ecohappiness (Anywhere)
Discover how to rewild your organization (see Ted Talk below)
And even looking at nature helps, so shop our new prints! (US only right now)
How will you find your way back to (or even stay in) the natural world this week?
Let us know what you discover, what works for you, and what doesn’t.
You may have local finds that help you connect with nature’s remedy. Tell us about those too so we can fold them into future lists and help everyone benefit from a connection with our green and blue spaces.
“The more people I meet, the more individuals I come across who are crying out for a connection with the natural world. Today, society is in many ways dangerously disconnected – people are separate from both each other and their surroundings. Mental health problems and stress are on the rise for children and adults. We need nature; we are part of it and the sooner we embrace the natural elements in our lives, the sooner balance will be restored in our lives.”
