WRITE YOUR LETTER
When the future feels so uncertain, how can we move forwards with vision, courage, and with care?
Writing a Letter is an opportunity to bring all your fears, your frustrations and your love, to process what is happening to the world and to create something better.
What world you are dreaming of?
Your Letter can be written to or from anything on Earth - another species, person, place or moment in time. It could be the Earth, or the future, another person, the sea, an animal, another species.
It's an opportunity to be creative. It can be a letter, or it can be something poetic, or dramatic. It can also be a drawing or another form of art if that's how you'd like to express yourself.
Most importantly it's an opportunity to connect with the Earth.
Imagine if the Earth was listening, what would you say?
Or - is there another form of life you want to give voice to? What do they have to say to humanity?
Explore what comes to mind first, put pen to paper and see what is written...
What do you want to give voice to?
SHARE YOUR LETTER
Once you've written your letter, do you want to share it for others to experience?
Thousands worldwide have shared their Letter - with their communities, politicians, on social media, in public, in print.
How can your letter play a part in inspiring others and bringing about a better world?
In your community
Can you organise an event where you can read or present your Letter to spark conversation between people? Who would you like to be there? Could you invite politicians or other people with power and influence to make change? Do you already have a speaking opportunity and you could read your letter as part of it?
Where could you publicly display your Letter for all to see? Could the letter be turned into a work of art - a key message painted or displayed in public, on notice boards for example?
Read or share your Letter with your neighbour, friend or colleague and inspire them to write their own.
In the post
Is there someone you want to send your letter to, either in the post or by email? Could you invite them to write back?
Perhaps it's someone who has a position of power in your organisation, local area or country? Could you organise your and other peoples' letters to be sent to your local politician so they know your concerns and ideas?
Online
You can post your letter, a picture or video of you speaking/presenting it on social media using the hashtag #LettersToTheEarth. Join the hundreds online who are part of a growing story.
Instagram: @letterstotheearth_
Facebook: @letterstotheearth
Twitter: @letterstoearth_
