Wild June

Summer is finally showing its face, the sun is coming out and its time for action! ☀ The month of June marks The Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild campaign (more info in previous blog post), so to help you get more wild this month, here are a few tips for improving your connection with nature and the environment this month…..

• Attempt a plastic-free day – a very tricky challenge! Choose a day in June to commit to not using any plastic during your day. This could apply to food e.g. plastic packaging, beauty products or any other items in your day. Chances are, this will be quite a hard thing to do, but hopefully will get you thinking where in your life you use unnecessary plastic that you could swap out, such as disposable bags for reusable ones, and where plastic may be the best option if reused many times, such as refillable tubs or containers.

• Join a citizen science experiment – get involved in helping scientists and decision-makers make better choices about conservation and sustainability by participating in citizen science projects. There are loads to choose from, including a few recent ones like The Bugs Matter Survey ( take part here: Bugs Matter | Buglife) and regional projects which you can find here (Citizen science projects | The Wildlife Trusts). Get involved, provide data and help us build a better understanding of our environment so we can better protect it.
• Find and read a wild poem, book or blog 👀 – get yourself a nature based read, either online (*cough cough*) or in paper form, find a sunny outdoor spot, and immerse yourself in nature, both by learning how to care for it and also experiencing it around you. You could maybe incorporate some wild reading time into your lunch break, your evening or even your breakfast.

This June, find joy in committing random acts of wildness each day, and you may find that not only does the environment around you prosper, you feel better as well. Go wild!