We all know how important it is to get out into nature and enjoy all it has to offer. That is why we want to hear what individual and community actions you have also been doing to help take action for nature.
By using our interactive map and logging an action that you have done, we can see what wonderful things are happening across our region in working towards getting 1 in 4 to people to act for nature and wildlife, supporting our overall goal of reaching 30% of land and nature recovery by 2030. Whether you do one or many actions across our five Actions for Nature categories, every action counts!
What is an action for nature?
Nature at Home
Finding ways to help nature and wildlife can start with changes to our behaviour that are simple and easy for everyone to do. If you love your garden, whether it’s a plot, patch, or pot, going peat-free, planting for pollinators and insects, helping to feed wildlife or create homes for them by leaving nature to nurture itself, are all achievable goals.
Going one step further and learning how to grow your own food at home is an excellent way to support nature by growing our own knowledge, gaining personal growth, and celebrating our collective love of nature.
This includes:
- Going peat free
- Feeding wildlife
- Creating wild spaces
- Creating homes for nature
- Gardening for insects
- Growing food
- Receiving a 'My Wild Garden' award
Nature Network Creators
If you have ever taken part in a citizen science project such as species monitoring, surveying, or supporting scientific research, or felt compelled to volunteer on local projects to engage with practical activities with community-based nature spaces of all sizes – you’re a nature network creator.
This includes:
- Citizen science
- Creating community nature spaces
- Joining a practical activity
- Volunteering on projects
- Managing your land
Living Lighter
We are all looking for ways to live our lives in a lighter and greener way by taking actions that lessen our impacts on nature and wildlife. From shopping locally to eating more sustainably, reducing plastics, and recycling and reusing items, it all helps. Being more conscious of our impacts by utilising low-impact travel and energy use are great ways to live lighter.
This includes:
- Litter picking
- Shopping and eating sustainably
- Reducing, reusing and recycling
- Using low impact travel
- Energy use
Change Makers
From using your voice on social media for good, to being the voice of wildlife and nature in petitions or signing your name to emails to members of Parliament or supporting environmental campaigns, you are a change maker at heart.
You may influence others in your immediate friendship or community groups to be stronger and kinder to nature and each other, or find ways to use your voice through your Youth board or council on matters and projects that you are passionate about.
This includes:
- Sharing campaigns on social media
- Influencing others
- Supported campaigns/campaigned
- Raised issues with politicians
- Signed petitions
- Voted environmentally
- Member of a youth voice/board/council
Wildlife Supporters
Whether you are a new member of the Trust or a long-term member, you love to support the work that we do in helping nature and wildlife. You may have kindly donated to our appeals or campaigns, found fun and creative ways to fundraise on our behalf, or you have given your time to volunteer with us on nature-based projects or at events.
Even visiting our local reserves regularly may be how you choose to support wildlife in your area. Whatever you do, it demonstrates your dedication and passion for the natural world in a deeper way.
This includes:
- Membership
- Donations
- Legacies
- Fundraising for us
- Visiting reserves
- Volunteering at events