Act for the planet

Use Take Climate Action’s resources to help you take climate action, wherever you are in your journey. Their guides cover all kinds of topics, from campaigning online to lobbying.

If you’re organising or attending a protest, it’s important to be aware of protest laws and your rights in order to keep it peaceful and safe.

Read Take Climate Action’s guide for help on this.

Head to our partner Hope for the Future for guidance, training and resources for engaging with your local politicians and communicating the urgency of climate change.

Friends of the Earth will show you how to make your community more climate-friendly. Just enter your postcode to see what you can do in your area.

If you’re part of a local group working towards action on climate and nature, join Citizens UK! They create powerful alliances of diverse local communities working together for the common good.

Greenpeace UK have a number of petitions running at any one time, all contributing towards a greener, healthier and more peaceful planet that can sustain life for generations to come.

You can also head to Friends of the Earth for a range of petitions to sign, often focusing on specific UK policy changes to protect the natural world.

Help reduce food waste with OLIO! Download the app to connect with neighbours and local businesses so that surplus food and other household items be shared, not wasted.

Want to reduce your environmental impact but don’t know where to start? Check out Possible for suggestions for changes you can make in your own life.

Count Us In have made it extra easy for you by providing 16 steps - choose what works for you, track your progress, and invite others to do the same!

Life is busy - Coach to Carbon Zero have organised 10 day sprints in which you receive one short video a day, straight to your inbox, telling you how you can act for the planet.

Interested in collaboration for a healthy planet?

If you’re part of an organisation working for the environment, join The Climate Coalition, the UK’s largest group of over 140 organisations dedicated to action against climate change.

From building a bug hotel to creating a garden pond, the Wildlife Trusts have lots of ideas for things you can do yourself to help local wildlife. You could also join your local Wildlife Trust!

The RSPB has over 140 local groups across the UK. Find yours by entering your postcode and support their work to help give nature a home.

Have you got 2 Minutes? Pick up litter in your local area and post about it on social media using the hashtags #2minutebeachclean or #2minutelitterpick to join the movement and inspire others.

Head to The 2 Minute Foundation’s website for more ways to help clean up the planet, 2 minutes at a time.

You can also become a Beachwatch volunteer with the Marine Conservation Society and collect data to help them track pollution back to the source.

Take a look at Sustain’s website for ways to get involved in sustainable and healthy food systems in your local area.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) work to unite farmers across the UK who have a sustainable outlook. Even if you’re not a farmer, you can sign up to support their movement to build a sustainable, productive future for farming!