With all the news stories about the climate and nature crisis, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and frightened. Eco-anxiety is real and it’s growing more and more common. You’re not alone.
Hope is in Our Nature is all about creating positive vibes and a supportive community of people passionate about protecting nature. This year, it’s all about choice and discovering that, however you choose to engage with nature, there are ways both you and wildlife can benefit.
How to take part
There are five pathways for you to follow, which we talk about more below. You can stick to one, jump between them, or do all five at the same time.
They will guide you through the rest of the year, culminating in a five-day celebration...Hope Week, taking place 24th-28th November! Join us for a week filled with uplifting actions, inspiring stories, and simple daily steps to make a positive impact.
Get involved by joining our free Discord server
The best way to take part is by joining our free Discord server. There you'll be able to:
- Join the weekly activities and challenges and enjoy exclusive Discord-only content
- Join in with Hope Week live events from 24th-28th November
- Surround yourself with people who love wildlife
- Discover climate and wildlife good news stories
- Get a daily dose of wild knowlege
Hope Week online events
During Hope Week, we'll be running daily free online events. We're just finalising the event schedule - so watch this space!
Register your interest in our Hope Week events
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Explore Hope is in Our Nature
We'll be sharing regular activities for you to join in with on our social media. The best way to get involved is through Discord, but you can also follow along on our other channels.
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Act for nature
Take a stand for nature in whatever way works for you. From craftivism and signing petitions, to raising awareness on local environmental issues that matter to your community.
It doesn’t have to be big, every small action matters and every contribution makes a difference. What will you try?

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Learn about nature
A great way to connect to nature, our communities, and with wildlife and people all around the world is to “keep learning”. Learning makes us feel more confident and gives us a sense of control, which can be a huge help when tackling eco-anxiety. A great way to learn is from others’ experiences. Research stories about how other people experience nature to expand your knowledge about the natural world. You could also try looking up interesting facts about the nature that is all around us!

Dunnock singing from a hedge ©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Focus on well-being
Spending time in nature can lower stress, and has even been proven to lower blood pressure. A healthy environment means our minds and bodies will be healthier too. 'Taking notice' of nature can make us feel calmer, happier and more able to cope with the stresses of modern life. Spend a little time each day outside if you can, listening to bird song, and taking notice of plants and trees. Even looking at nature outside your window can have an impact!

Robin in garden (c) Jon Hawkins, Surrey Hills Photography
Give back to nature
Nature provides us with clean air, food, water and medicine. It also offers space for peace, inspiration and recreation. Giving back to nature could involve creating log shelters or bee hotels, reducing your carbon emissions or going peat free at home.

Enjoy nature-based competitions
Try taking part in nature-based activities and games – on your own, with friends, family, work colleagues or classmates. Challenge each other to photography competitions, species spotting, wildlife quizzes and more. Connecting to others is not only beneficial for our own well-being, but it also enables us to unite to protect nature, to spread awareness of the challenges it faces, and to share learning and experiences to help others connect.
How to join in
Want to take part on Discord? We'd love to have you in our community! Here's how to join:
- Sign up for a Discord account
- To join The Wildlife Trusts' server, click 'join a server' and paste this invite link: https://discord.com/invite/DwFdHFks
- Click Join!
It's as simple as that. When you've joined, you can check out the different channels within our channel and stay up to date with Hope is in Our Nature.