2024 Earth Day Stewardship Challenge

Hello! 

This is John Muir Laws, aka Jack, the co-founder of Wild Wonder Foundation.

(And that’s me covered in mud with my friend, Yvea, in the photo over there.)

The month of April is special because it includes Earth Day AND April is also my birthday month. There is no greater gift I’d love from you than time spent nurturing nature and community near you. 

So I am issuing a global Earth Day Challenge: Sometime this month, take time to care for nature, and then tell us about it! We can’t wait to hear about your work and celebrate it. (See below for details!)

Keeping a nature journal is one of the most powerful ways to fall in love with the natural world, and when we love something, we want to take care of it. Stewardship is a word I use often to describe this kind of care.

How will your love of nature move you? How has your nature journaling inspired you to connect with and care for natural spaces in your community?

Hear from some folks who joined Wild Wonder for our 2023 Earth Day cleanup in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thanks to Michelle at Golden State Naturalist for the video!

How to Get Involved

Here are some ways you or your nature journal club can join this challenge. Remember: Many hands make light work! Doing stewardship work in community makes it more fun AND your work will have an even bigger impact. I encourage you to choose a project that is simple and have fun with it! PLUS: We really want to hear about what you did, so please document your story to share with us in photos and video.

  • Trash pickup (such as a birthday beach cleanup!)

  • Habitat restoration

  • Bioblitz

  • Work with school groups on stewardship and conservation projects

  • Check with your local library and/or community college to see if they have any environmental programs where you can volunteer

For lots of other ideas, please visit Wild Wonder’s Conservation and Stewardship page here.

You can also explore some stories of conservation work done by members of the global nature journaling community here.

Earth Day Stewardship Challenge Details

When: Any day in the month of April (April 22 is Earth Day)

Let us Know: Please email us at programs@wildwonder.org and tell us what your Earth Day Stewardship Challenge will be.

After your Event:

I look forward to hearing about all the love we can lavish on the natural world by working together! 

Thank you for all you do to support, nurture, and grow your nature journaling community and our connection to this beautiful world…on Earth Day and EVERY day!

Gratefully,

John Muir Laws

President, Founder, and Creative Director, Wild Wonder Foundation