Discover
The Discover Challenge is about developing your connection to your wild place and experiencing it through your senses. Take time to notice your wild place with a sense of wonder and appreciation - see it for what it truly is. If you have been before, look at your place in a new light.
See your wild place through the lens of its qualities, such as natural processes, visual characteristics, soundscape, human influence, connectivity and remoteness. As you spend time there, think about your connection with the place, and the things that live there.
Questions to consider:
- How do you feel when in your wild place?
- What can you see / hear / smell / touch / taste? (with caution)
- Why is it special?
- What makes it wild?
Here are some examples of activities to consider for the Discover challenge. This is not intended as a complete list, so feel free to come up with your own ideas.
- What makes your place feel wild, what are its characteristics?
- Do yoga or mindfulness activities such as forest bathing
- Take a walk without purpose
- Experience the wild place through your 5 senses – what can you see, hear, smell, touch/feel, taste (with caution!)
- Walk barefoot
- Watch and appreciate nature
- Notice daily or seasonal changes
Explore Challenge
Take practical steps to learn about and understand your wild place
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Conserve Challenge
Consider how your activity will have a positive impact on your wild place
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Share Challenge
Take pride in what you have achieved and inspire others to take action for wild places too
Share Challenge