Letters to Tomorrow

To the future,

I hope there is someone there to read this , although I had some doubts about that because we are in a crisis and on the cusp of catastrophe , and if we didn’t do the right things soon , then these will be wasted words posted to an empty world.

We had potentially the worst collection of global leaders at the most critical time for our species . They were not...

To my dog, Kiaora,

Many people might think it crazy that I'm writing to you, my dog, but you are one of my most loved ones out there and I know there are a good amount of people who know how I feel. You may only have a 10 more years of lifespan ahead of you, but it's daunting to think how much change can come to the world in that time, good or bad. There is something amazing in how much...

To future generations,

There’s nothing more wonderful to me than a wild flower meadow.

When you step into one, it’s like crossing into the pages of the most magical story book. There are beautiful images, whole little worlds, societies and characters all around you. It’s full of life and colour. You can sit peacefully and ponder, or jump in and explore.

In the...

To the descendants of Mr and Mrs Blackbird,

What is life like for you now?

We watched your great great grandparents from our window each day. Saw them hopping about the garden, collecting materials to build their nests and feeding from our lawn – insects and invertebrates in the Spring, berries and seeds in the Autumn and Winter. We helped them by scattering seeds out and leaving plenty of water in...

To future generations ,

It’s a strange thing, writing a letter to generations yet to come and trying to predict the state of the planet they will come to inhabit. Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for over 300,000 years but it is only recently that we’ve begun to understand the huge damage we have wrought since. The term ‘climate change’ doesn’t even appear in print until 1975 but in...

Grandparents,

Dear (Great) Gran and Grandad

I am writing to you in 2023 from the 2040s. Do you wonder what my world is like? The world you left to me. The world I have inherited from all of you.

• Every year, from April to October, it is unbearably hot here and the heat kills lots of people.
• We have long droughts, water shortages and wildfires so...

Eva,

July 2023
Dear Eva,
Congratulations on your 21st birthday in July 2043.
I’m witing this while you’re still a tiny baby
I am so hoping that you will have a happy life and that your children and grandchildren will be able to enjoy our beautiful planet and the wonderful wildlife around us.
But I’m not sure that’s going to happen. I’m...

To the current and future Prime Ministers,

Dear Prime Minister,

I am writing to you on 24th July 2023, at a time where the consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly more present in our everyday lives. Severe heatwaves have gripped America, China and southern Europe, breaking temperature records, causing wildfires and even taking lives, with both residents and visitors suffering from...

Future generations,

Hi, I'm so sorry that collectively we did so much damage and sat so quietly by electing officials who did nothing but prioritise profits.

I sincerely hope that a massive wake up call and shift did happen and we could pull back from the brink of causing the worst of climate change.

My commitment to the future is to use my actions, my vote and my...

To my grandchildren,

If we get a move on and stop bad practice, you will see all homes and flats, properly insulated, powered by renewable energy, with gardens full of insects, birds, hedges and trees, helping to increase bio-diversity.
Your schools and colleges will be powered by renewables, and light and airy. Learning will be investigative and empowering, with renewable living a key...

To my grandchildren,

It is 28 degrees on 12th June 2023.

I do hope we can slow down or stop climate change during your lifetimes. It is so hot today, it would be intolerable if it became any warmer.
Likewise, I hope we can reduce all forms of pollution ( air, land and sea) and reduce our use of energy resources for you to enjoy your lives and those of your families in...

Everyone,

The planet is important because it is the only thing that keeps us alive. It provides food, water, and oxygen. So if we continue as we are, the Earth might die.

Anyone who wants to read it ,

At this moment in time I can’t see any hope for the future of the planet. Global warming is a fact that worries me & causing me great distress. The thought of all the animals Birds & fish ( in so much filth and plastic) becoming extinct frightens me more than I can say. With our planet needing so much work we need to act faster. Really l cannot see much hope for 2030....

Grandchildren,

Hope that you live in a world where you feel safe and happy.
Sorry for the mess that we have left for you.
Unfortunately when plastic was invented we didn't think of what we would 'invent' to dispose of it.
Plastic pollution is out of control. Unmanaged waste impacts people's health, exacerbates flooding and threatens power supplies by blocking dams.

Baby nephew,

Dear Thomas
You are only a baby as I write this letter to you.
The world is a beautiful place, but people today have had an awakening that we cannot use and abuse its resources without catastrophic results.
I am only a beginner in my understanding of climate change, the impact of plastic on nature and humans, the dangers of consumerism and wastefulness...

To my future self,

I hope that by the time you are reading this letter in 2030 there will be no need for campaigns to protect the World as this will be taken as read.
Any climate change will be a natural process and will not be caused by the actions of humans

To my Grandchildren,

Dear Grandchildren: I have always appreciated the countryside: hedge rows, rivers, ponds country lanes, skies, marshes and the domesticated and wild creatures that have been part of my life from the beginning of my life I hope you will love and enjoy them as much as I have I will do my best to live simply promote the countryside and wildlife I endeavour to minimise my 'damage'...

To Future Generations,

I hope you are ok and still able to enjoy the wonderful natural world that currently exists in parts of England and the rest of the world. There are lots of us who care about nature here in the present, and who are trying to do constructive things to conserve it.
Young people are engaging with nature, activists are bravely putting their lives at risk to try to protect...

To my precious grandson ,

Dearest boy,
I hope that you have continued to like going outside in the garden and now enjoy bike rides and walks in the countryside using your own legs.
I am sorry that politicians are not acting fast enough to stop the effects of global warming and protecting our wildlife. Sadly, many people seem to think that they can hop on planes as if they were buses and...

To my daughter's ,

I write this in the hope that greed didn't win. That they stopped oil, deforestation, rewilded areas and fixed farming. Always remember we aren't saving the planet. The planet will cool when we go and restart life again. It's humanity that needs saving are we worth saving? I believe we can fix this but change seems to be to slow. The costs outweigh the gains for politicians...

My grandchildren ,

There are so many signs indicating that the people of my and previous generations have ravaged our planet, and still are doing so, with little thought of restoration and regeneration for our descendants. This fills me with despair; but what gives me hope is the knowledge that so many organisations are working hard to actively promote the protection of wildlife and the...

To my grand-daughters Eva and Hanna,

As I write this letter to you I am filled with dismay at the state of our world, the lack of leadership and political will, and the governing with self interest that delays the action required to rectify the damage that has been inflicted on our natural environment.

Much of that damage is down to us. If we do not act soon and with big, bold far-seeing measures...

To my family,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th June 2023

Dear ‘Letter to tomorrow’.

I am Isobel and I am 9 years old from High cross Primary school and I demand that you take action NOW! You must take action because the climate crisis is...

family,

High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB
27th June 2023

Dear ‘Letters to tomorrow ‘,
I am Ashley Edwards and I am 9 years old from High Cross Primary School in wales. Newport. I’m the next generation and I demand you to help us stop landfills in cities.
Firstly we must stop...

to my mom ,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th june 2023

Dear ‘Letters to tomorrow’,
I am Mason and I am 9 years old from High Cross Primary School in newport. I’m the next generation and I force that you take action now! The climate crisis is...

To my teachers, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Richardson,

High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
...

To my grandchildren,

It is 2030 and I can only look back with incredulity on the change that happened in 2023 when politicians at last got their act together and showed leadership on the climate crisis. At one time the UK was a world leader, but what with Brexit and Covid, we lost our way and were backsliding on our commitments. So when politicians took notice of the "Letters to Tomorrow" that...

To the future generation,

First of all, I would like to apologise, on behalf of our current generation, for neglecting the impacts of climate change and thinking selfishly about our own lives.
“We don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
By Kerin Ord, Global Sector Lead for Education

The earth’s natural resources are limited and...

The World ,

My wish for the future is that we will find a fanfare for every human, and that food nurtures and nourishes us all. I hope the world embraces everyone with love and compassion and I hope the smallest and largest creatures have homes. I hope that we take responsibility now to educate every child, on the joys of looking up to the sky whether blue or grey calm or stormy. That we...

The future World ,

When I was a young soul, I dreamed of luscious abundant landscapes. But I didn’t have to dream, I could see and experience these wonderful landscapes. I didn’t think about the earth changing, with Species dying out due to our demand for money, food and comfort. As the world grew around me, consideration for it shrank to the back of our minds and withered. The world I once...

To past great grandparents ,

This morning my grandfather told me about a wonderful world with trees, high are basically large sticks with big bushy green things that are called leaves. He also told us that they were growing everywhere until people started to cut them down. These trees were full of animals including an amazing creature called the panda. The panda was found in most places in Asia. I only...

To the prime minister ,

I want the future to look good for everyone.

I don’t want the sea to rise and for the weather to be really hot.

I want everyone to walk and ride their bikes instead of using a car. Plant lots of flowers and trees. We can stop littering, recycle more and reuse our things.

The Year 2040,

To the not so distant future,

Over the next few years, decisive and concrete action needs to be taken by our political leaders to save the world from environmental and ecological collapse. Big phrases such as this are thrown out often and I'm afraid that this causes an indifference with the general public about how bad things have gotten and will continue to...

To my grandchildren, Ruairidh, Lachlan and Keir,

You are delightful, inquisitive children, just old enough to take delight in the natural world. You are remembering names like red campion, eggs and bacon, and dandelion; pick out a blackbird singing and chase butterflies across the garden. On our holidays you play on the flat sand cleansed and smoothed by tides where seas know their boundaries and where all number of...

Dear future self,,

As I am writing this letter to you, the world is in a dire state. We have failed to take care of the planet, and as a result, we are now experiencing the consequences of our actions. Climate change is rampant, natural disasters are occurring at an alarming rate, and species are going extinct faster than ever before.

We had the opportunity to make a difference,...

To Essex Wildlife Trusts,

Jesus Christ Glorious Exalted God King Of The Universe Is Creator Of This Earth!

In this understanding, many poetic qualities emerge Of Creation; the music of birdsong, and the harmonious melody of The North Sea!

Consider HIS United Kingdom to be a unique Creation among us; full of animals, trees and green parks verdant with new growth!

Future family,

My letter to future family

I am writing this because our planet has been dying and I am trying to say to people in power make a change to save the planet. Climate change levels have never been higher and this is not an achievement, by 2030 it might be irreversible and that would be the end or if we all do something we could save our planet.

It is...

dear my future self,

i am writing this to look back on and I hope that when I do ican say with pride we did it' I hope there isn't as much pollution , I hope we can still enjoy a ice cream on the shore I hope we can watch David aringburah and see all of the artic animals again .
I'm wishing and praying that those one million species can return as they have gone extinct, I hope we can roam...

To my grandsons, Finley, Broccan and Osian,

Soon you will be grown men, I hope you can look forward to living in a world of peace and prosperity for ALL - the injustice and inequality of my time having been broken down by the need for change to protect our planet.
I also sincerely hope that we will have curbed our over-consumption and seriously reduced our wasteful ways. That there will be enforceable laws to...

To Our Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren,

I would like everyone to make sure that litter is appropriately dealt with, so much ends up in our rivers and seas. It causes huge problems for sea life and humans. It would be nice to think that in ten years time this world is a better place for all man and animal kind.

My hopes for the country are that we shall be able to enjoy the countryside, that bees will...

People of the world who deserve better,

Despite warnings over decades, emissions continue to rise, Governments of industrialised
countries consider Climate Change an inconvenience to ever increasing growth.
The natural world is seen as a source that has no limits.
There is no reason to be optimistic about the future, big business and compliant politicians have brought us to this point.

To my Godson ,Mali,

I hope that by the time you are my age now you will have enjoyed all the beauty and wonders of the world as I have and it’s still amazing.
You are the generation that will do this, I know.

Dear my daughters, Poppy and Eve,

in 2030 you will be young adults starting to shape the next decade, I hope that the work that has been done by so many in the last several decades has meant that the targets set for 2030 are met and you are part of the generation able to build on this and set more optimistic and ambitious targets for your own futures and for your grandchildren's generation. Part of this...

to my family,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB
Dear letters to tomorrow,

I am Harriet and I am 9 years old. I am writing to you because I am worried about the trees!
Trees are being cut down and there are less trees in the environment. The animals will have no homes or...

faimly,

dear letters to tomorrow
High cross primary school

High cross drive
Rogerstone
Newport
Np10 9ab
27th of june 2023

I am George Harvey and I am 9 years old and I go to high cross primary school and I order
you to take action now I’m the next generation andZ I won't protect the environment.

Rishi sunak,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th June 2023

Dear’ Letters to tomorrow’

I am Dylan and I am 9 years old from High Cross Primary School in Newport. I'm the next generation. I’m also determined to save the world and stop climate...

To Politicians ,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th june 2023

Dear ‘Letters to tomorrow’
I am Seryn from High Cross Primary School in Newport and I am nine years old.I am writing to you to warn you about climate change and other problems.Climate change is a...

To my bffl livie,

Letters to tomorrow
High cross Primary School
High cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th June 2023
Dear ‘Letters to tomorrow’
I'm Emily,I'm 9 years old and I'm from highcross primary school in newport.I am the next generation.I demand you take action for the sake of earth.To stop the climate crisis.

To politicians,

Letters to tomorrow
High Cross Primary School
High Cross Drive
Rogerstone
Newport
NP10 9AB

27th June 2023

Dear ‘Letters to tomorrows’,
I’m Lila and I'm 9 years old from High Cross Primary School in Newport.I’m the next generation and I force you to take action NOW! The climate crisis is...

My children Alan River and Amber Sky,

I hope that you are living in a world that is as good as I know it can be. Many of us are trying our very best to make it the better place we know it can be. We know what we need to do, we just need to get on with it, together, united. The prohecy of Shambala always gives me hope. A time will come when people will be very clever but all the leaders will be bothered about...

The generations to come,

This is an apology from 2023 on behalf of humanity, to all the people of a world wracked by climate change in the years ahead. This generation generally go about their lives ignoring the approaching climate crisis tipping point. They left it all to "someone else" to sort out. However those in power and authority put self interest first, and left the planet's recovery chance to...

To my future self ,

Dear Jane
I am hopeful that the population of humans will continue to decrease. I have faith that the cycle of evolution will turn and the age of the human will fade. There will remain small pockets of wilderness where wildlife has survived so that when this time comes the planet can be repopulated by animals and plants again in harmony and beauty. Humans cannot...

Dear Future Self,

I hope you are on the waterfront watching a diverse range of birds dipping in and out of the harbour. Kids hopping in from the pier and making silly faces at one another under the water.

Your bike is tossed on the grass behind you and your friends call to you as the come near and make a joke about how different the water smells now that it's not the business end...

Dear Mark,

Look around! Many years have passed since we first came here, to this run-down car park on the edge of the hills. Do you remember how it was back then? The discarded mattresses and shopping trolleys, the stains of petrol on the concrete, the hedges full of plastic, the overgrown pathway which led into the countryside – which no one wanted to take.

“Someone...

Dear future me,

It's hot today. Almost thirty degrees outside. But you’re lucky, you’re currently sitting in a cool bedroom with regulated air circulation in a small eco-cohousing community in Cambridge. You get to experience the benefits of community living. There's a shared garden with chickens and always people around to help. Recently, you went fell running in the lake district and...

To all mankind,

To everyone who lives and breaths on this earth.
1. Please stop deforestation, it is ruining the atmosphere in many ways.
2. Stop dropping litter, put it in a bin or take it home with you.
3. Walk more or use public transport as emissions from cars are polluting the atmosphere.
4. Make more effort to get countries like China to understand...

To my grandson William ,

I hope you grow up in a world where you can watch our wildlife and it has not been destroyed by people, as it would be such a boring world without any wildlife in it. I want you to be able to go outside and listen to the bee's buzzing, watch butterflies flutter, listen to the birds sing and see animals in their natural habitat. Remember William to continue to preserve our...

Dear Elias,

I’m writing this on the first Father’s Day as ‘dad’ as well as ‘son’, sat surrounded by nature’s beauty as you nap soundly (for now, at least).

In recent years we’ve lived through a lot and used the word unprecedented more than you can imagine. We’ve seen a pandemic cause untold suffering around the world, conflict breaking out so close to...

To the children of the future ,

I hope you grow up to respect the sea and keep our marine life safe. Remember that you can help keep our sea plastic free by taking part in an organised beach clean up, get your friends to go with you and enjoy that you are helping our marine life from getting tangled in plastic that has been thrown away on the beach. By doing this you will not only be helping marine life but...

To those who hunt animals ,

Like us animals have feelings and can feel fear and pain. Don't continue to hunt our animals but help save them. Animals have a life to. Once a animal becomes extinct it is gone forever. By saving the animals we are helping save the future. Please start to say no to hunting animals

Sheila O'Neill

To all of us who must try harder,

I was a child in the 1940's. Shortages from the war meant that we had food rationing with limited choices. Somehow we all seemed healthier. Are some of us eating too much? What will be left for tomorrow?
I remember smogs in the 1960's causing huge health problems. Just like the forest fires going on throughout our planet, Does carelessness need addressing, when we...

To my future self,

Dear, my future self and generations to come,

Please continue to take care of our planet, as it is slowly but surely, changing.
We’re doing our best to restore this world to its former glory, so I would suggest to be more sustainable, by using more renewable energy, turning waste into something new (like clothes and school supplies). It doesn’t matter...

To the future ,

Dear everyone

One day this world will be gone because of us but I hope that people have cared enough to change that and make the Earth an amazing place to live on again so that people, animals, trees and plants are not dying and living freely in their own world.

Some people think that climate change will go away it’s self in time but It will...

Dear Ones,

I want you to know we tried
That nature mattered to us
We felt surrounded by development and unsure of the intentions… it seemed like everything was a mess

So we planted

We nurtured everything that others wasted

We loved bugs as they settled in the parts that were unreachable to the devastation

We...

Children of the future,

Dear future generations,
Please look after our planet as so many beautiful species of creatures are dying. If we don't start looking after the Earth, many more will go extinct, for example, tigers, giant pandas, and some species of elephant.
So take this into consideration for the sake of our future on this planet as well as the future of every other living...

Dear my daughter and my friends ,

I hope that when you read this letter, the world is a better place. I hope that our leaders have taken action to protect the environment and slow down climate change. I hope that you're living in a world with clean air, pure water, and natural beauty that's been preserved for generations to come.

But I'm also afraid of what could happen if we don't take action....

To the future,

I am writing because our planet needs help and we are the only ones who can help it. For years, we've been told that something needs to be done and yet nothing really has been done. There is only so much that citizens can do and unfortunately, the lives of everything on Earth is mostly in the hands of the world leaders. Action needs to be taken NOW.

I love...

My lovely daughters Emily and Holly and their future generations,

I am so sorry that our generation didn't take care for the planet you now live in.
Having studied Environmental Science in the early 80s , we knew then what would happen and still nothing was done.
We have one precious resource which we have undoubtedly caused harm and suffering to.
There is still time to change things - but we all need to act fast.

To future generations,

It is quite upsetting to write this letter as it forces me to think about what we have done to this world and what is coming to my children and if I am lucky, my grandchildren as well as every other child and animal and blade of grass.

Rather piously I say on my ‘walks and talks’ at the farm “I do not want to be part of the generation that did nothing...

To my future relatives ,

We were asked to write what we hope the future will look like, so I hope the memories of the last decade and beyond have been replaced with positive actions and you're sat reading this in a beautiful oasis, filled with life and colour and that you only hear about the time that earth was plunged into environmental disaster in your history books, as a stark reminder of what can...

To my sons Alex and Fergus,

I am already crying! I am doing my best to try to change things. I want people to sit up and take notice and for people to be put before profit. To end the fossil fuel economy and see the value of nature. To not punish those who have done least to cause this problem. I hope my efforts are successful. I hope you are able to appreciate nature like I can. I hope there is less...

My dear grandchildren ,

Thank you for your enthusiasm for nature and all the lovely times we’ve had especially at Martin Mere, Harrington Nature Reserve and Kent Hill. We did the forest experience and even camped there!
We need the Government to make sure the water authorities stop letting effluent go in the rivers so we can play safely, look for wildlife in the streams and protect nature...

To Future Self,

I hope the world and Climate is doing well. Please consider costs and continue to try and help, share information about Climate Change and always consider re-using items.
Do not be careless and do not give up.
I hope you are able to help and come up with ideas to take climate action. Take care of things financially and do not ignore Climate. Continue to share...

to my future self,

Hello!
I would like to say that right now I would like to be a psychologist and that I want to help people. I hope that the climate and the world go back to normal and hope that all endangered animals are okay and grown in population again.
I’m stressed as heck with tests right now but you would know if I do well. I hope you’re doing well and have no...

To my cousins,

I hope that in 2040 you’re still safe and that your home in Mauritius isn’t flooded. I know the world is changing and I pray for your home.
I would ask for Governments to take a stronger stand regulating industry and having a longer-term perspective on the value of our planet.

my future self,

I have known about the destruction of the ‘natural world’ by humans for so long. I don’t know how long I will live but I want to be as resilient as possible and do all I can so that people younger than me have the best possible future that they can.
There is so much beauty in the world. That includes people coming together to do good things and enjoy making a...

unborn Grandchild,

I am terrified when I think about the future you may grow up into.
What temperature will the planet be?
Will our town be under water?
What humanitarian disasters will you see?
Will you go hungry?
What will the natural world look like?
But I can’t be depressed worrying about what may be and I promise you that I will do what I can to...

To my grandchildren Fred and Fern,

When I was 2 and my sister was 5 like you are we would drive home in the dark and our car lights were full of moths and insects down our country lanes. We rarely see them now. I hope that your parents and grandparents can bring them back to you by lobbying companies, governments and food brands to ensure their supply chain is not putting profits before your futures.

To my grandchildren,

I hope that in the time between me writing this for #LettersToTomorrow and you reading it, people will have completely changed their way of life.

For decades we were warned about the consequences of the way we live now - global heating, damage to biodiversity, whole areas of the world becoming uninhabitable.

In spite of all the evidence of...

To Toby & Bentley, our sons,

We would like you to live in a world where there is universal appreciation for the need to protect our environment, that every action is considered in the context of how that might impact the planet and in the future, society will operate in a way where bring environmentally conscious is a way of life, and made easier by those in power ensuring that industry is held to account...

To my students,

I hope that you can wake up every day to flowers im bloom, to clean air and to sparkling seas. I hope that you can see nature thriving everywhere you go, and that it brings you joy and calm. I hope that the trees still blossom cherry pink in spring and the robins trill their tunes in winter. I hope that your parks are painted with daises and your forests with bluebells. I hope...

Dear the future ,

I am really concerned for the future of our climate and world,
and I hope that our laws for agriculture becomes better for wildlife, including farmers getting paid for or giving 10% of there land to wildlife, or less intense farming.
I hope that swift boxes can be accessible to get and subject every house, even if rented, for our amazing avian neighbours,...

To our precious future generations, in love and light,

Dear Sweet People of Mother Earth

I really hope you're living in a world free of the dangers of climate change, drought, fire and flood, forest and ocean destruction, animal cruelty, and the toxic dangers of plastic pollution everywhere on land and in our seas because our respective governments listened to us right now in 2023.

Blessings for a...

To the descendants I'll never see,

Dear descendants, let me begin with an apology on behalf of my generation. We've misused and overexploited the Earth and left it to you to clear up the mess we've made. I'm sorry.

I'm an old man now, but I'm trying to make things better. I do what I can to care for the bits of the earth to which I have access and to improve the environment for the living...

Mrs Fairbairn and Class 4. My friends and teacher,

It is nice weather, but our planet is too hot! This is because of climate change. If we don't help the planet, we will have nowhere to live!

We can all help by putting things in right bin and recycling glass, carboard and paper. If we reuse things rather than buying new things, especially plastics, then it will be safer for our planet. Instead of using the car,...

To our future families,,

Here at Swingate Primary School we have always been passionate about looking after our planet. But currently in 2023, our government doesn't seem to have the same passion as us. We hope you future family members won't be affected by the potential disaster that could happen if we don't take action on climate change now!

Our school are very concerned about animals...

To my 5 beautiful girls,

To my 5 beautiful daughters, in the world we live in nowadays I sometimes dread to think what the future will hold, but in a world that is mostly in chaos I want you to always always try and find your place of peace, be it in the beautiful forests that surround us, the sea and cliffs we are lucky to live 2 minutes away from or the amazing lake district that's on our door step,...

My Grandchildren,

I remain optimistic that the earth will repair itself over time and that your generation through education and tender care will have a huge impact on that.
Love nature, be good stewards of your small corner of the earth. Protect wildlife. Nurture your space however small to encourage the insects, birds, amphibians, and mammals.
If you can; grow your own food....

To the generations yet to come,

This planet on which we live is fragile and we must share it with the animals and plants around us. It is our role to protect the planet, not destroy it.
Everyone of us has a part to play. The constant building leading to loss of habitat and the increased use of cars, adding fumes which pollute the atmosphere, has to stop. This behaviour is leading to a decline in...

To my niece, Penelope,

How proud you've made me to be your Uncle! It has been an absolute joy to watch you grow up, especially given how poorly you were so early in your life. A true fighter just like your mummy and grandma (no, grandma wouldn’t have liked to be called that!)

To see how much you love nature and animals is something so special and I hope you get to continue to...

To my grandchildren,

Yikes! 2030 isn't far off!
You'll still only be 15 and 11.
We, I mean all of us who have benefitted in our lifestyles from the ease and plenty made possible by fossil fuels, have to make so many changes before that....
I'm so glad that we three are able to enjoy walking to the park, kicking a ball, playing, looking at the cygnets - I hope you'll still be...

To My Future Children and Grandchildren,

The year is 2023. It is June and it has been boiling hot for around two weeks. I know the UK is known for being cold and miserable but these 'heatwaves' we have been experiencing for the past few years are quite alarming to me. Just last summer the UK experienced temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius which is absolutely not natural.

I remember when I was your age,...

To my dear Children,

We are now in 2023, and our planet is a disaster. The pollution is extreme, animals are struggling and earth can’t cope with the pressures that humans are putting on it. The litter problem is worse than many realise as there are plastic carrier bags at the bottom of our oceans. Our sea creatures have plastics in their stomachs, all caused by humans!

We all...

Zachary My new great grandson,

I hope my new great grandson will enjoy a visit to the wonderful Scottish Isles in his lifetime. His great grandmother and I have recently visited Shetland, Yell and Unst whilst touring in our motorhome. Whilst visiting it is shocking to witness the plastic waste products in the beautiful small harbours. I would love Zachary to visit one day in the future in the knowledge we...

Anyone that will listen ….then act ,

If we had only …….. If we all put a bee house in the garden. If we all had a small bird table & bird bath in the garden. If all new house builds included a bee brick or a swallows nest built into them. If everyone who had a garden dedicated a metre square to wild flowers/weeds or if no garden a plant pot on a veranda. If you can put up a bat box. If all new house...

Future family,

Growing up climate change has been for ever in the news and social media. There is always an important message we MUST ACT now! But it never seems to get any better. I am a firm believer we all play our part. But those with the greatest influence to change the world don't appear to be listening or doing anything about it.
So to my future children if you read this I...

Friends,

We live in a world where hope competes with many things for our attention. But if we embody hope — through actions, words, mindset — many things become possible.

With hope, comes commitment. Can we open ourselves to a greener approach to the tasks of daily life? I think so. Even if it means we are the first voice in our circle, our voice matters. It may even...

Dear future me,

Thursday 15 June 2023

Even if we do reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels around the UK will keep rising beyond 2100. Parts of the UK will be in danger of flooding, with low lying and coastal cities at particular risk. Farming in the UK will be affected by climate change, too. Sadly the biggest threat that we are facing today is Climate change. It's very...

My future self,

Ah, Rebbie, dear lord

You’re a wise owl now. Are you still being described as, ‘ever the optimist’? Are you having fun?!

We’ve been encouraged to write a ‘letter to the future’. But let’s be clear, you are my future, sweet pea! Those legs you throw around marathons, that heart you keep dragging through failed relationships, that...

To My Future Family,

Hello my name is Hannah.The year is 2023 and I am 12. Today I am writing to you from my English classroom at school.
The world is dying and we don’t have long to save it up we all know climate change could be irreversible by 2030! By the time you’re reading this, David Attenborough is probably dead but he is a climate activist/ documenter working closely with...

To my future grandchildren,

By the time you read this, I will most likely be old, frail and confused, but right now, I’m the same age as you, I am happy and very aware of what your life could be like.

Right now In 2023, everything is green! The beaches are are breathtaking! The water glistens in the sun and the sunset is the most magical thing you will ever see. However our environment...

To all my grandchildren, Mia, Jessie, Skye, Lucy and Eden and my great-grandchildren when they arrive,

I am writing you this letter in the hope that, by the time you have children of your own, the world's leaders will have seen some sense and taken action to prevent the climate crisis from deepening further. I don't expect any progress in my lifetime as these so-called leaders have only one thing on their collective mind - making money at the expense of everything and everyone...

To my Future Self,

I wish for a better world, a world where children have normal childhoods and clean air to breathe, where they play with dolls and have water fights with the other children on their street. But now instead of children these days having normal childhoods or anyone have even a streak of normalcy we are all addicted to our phones and don’t go out nearly enough. The temperature...

Anyone,

I really admire those who try to be optimistic about the future of the natural world and it is true that a dedicated band of naturalists and enthusiasts are helping some species to recover and saving some green spaces, but in the big picture, I despair of the political greed and stupidity—both local and national—which is not just stifling recovery but actively working...

My future self,

To my future self

Hopefully you are able to read this and hopefully global warming hasn’t caused the earth to be destroyed beyond repair if it hasn’t then there is still time to stop global warming otherwise it could be the end of life on earth as we know it meaning extinction for 1000s of species hopefully that isn’t the case though and I’m hoping...

To all the Grandchildren,

When I was a child like you I did not fully appreciate the beauty and diversity of nature. In the Herefordshire countryside I caught tadpoles and grasshoppers, listened to Peewits and Skylarks, climbed trees and foraged for wild strawberries, hazel nuts and sweet chestnuts. The innocents of youth do not foresee how their actions can change lives. Now so many species are...

To my daughters ,

To my girls,

I am writing this letter to you with the hope that you will be able to experience a world that is sustainable and safe for all living beings. As I look back on the present, I see a time where our planet was facing a great crisis, one that threatened the very existence of all species on Earth. However, I am confident that we have taken steps to...

To the future....,

To future generations,

I hope that you have finally woken up and taken the blinkers from your eyes and realised at long last how vitally important biodiversity is and that everybody is now doing everything in their power to protect, nurture and live alongside wildlife in harmony including the ones some considered pests. Sadly my generation did not do all they...

To the future,

If there’s some reason this, I hope the environment is more safe and kept clean.
I hope that you didn’t have the same problem as me over like sea levels, rising ice in the article was melted around 1 million species basics to extinction due to climate change. So I hope the health of our earth is very good.
Your ancestors tried their best to keep...

To my future self,

Hello to my future self I do hope you shall re-read this letter since I have something to say to you, I hope you won’t have to live with filthy air anymore,I hope you can swim in the sea with no rubbish,I hope you can live freely. But no one can do this alone so there comes you. Instead of using a car all the time you can walk, cycle or anything else you can eat less meat...

To my future self ,

I am writing to tell you that I hope things have changed. I hope that our waters are clean, the air isn’t dirty, and that there are no floods or droughts. Things need to change. And fast! Soon you won’t be able to go to all the beautiful places I have been to because they will all be gone. We need more powerful people to step up before it is too late to change anything or...

To my future self,

Dear Luca,
It's you in 2023 writing a letter to your future self.

By 2033, you'll be 43 years old, and the world might look like a very different place than now. You've had a decade of opportunity to engage in climate activism, to support the people on the front line, and to protect our planet from devastating exploitation caused by our consumption...

To my five grandchildren,

So I am the strange grandma who keeps bees ; recycles water from the tap to flush toilet or water the plants; won’t eat shop bought chicken for fear of its treatment. I am the grandma who has floated butterflies on your hands, looked for snails encouraged you to look at the clouds, has the robin and starlings who tap on the window to be fed . I am the grandma who breathes...

To Anoa and Levi ,

Dearest Anoa and Levi

I’m imagining you and your families and friends living in a safe, bountiful and caring world. It’s so wonderful that life is good!

Weather is regulated, plants and wildlife doing well. There is no waste. The world is evolving as Mother Nature intended.

I’m pleased I played one small part. Please...

To my sons , Matthew and Thomas ,

We need to encourage the farming community and government to improve hedgerows. As we drive along I can see that existing hedgerows are full of dead trees or sick ones. As the climate changes traditional native trees are struggling to cope and many are now subject to disease. Modern farming methods of using tractors with cutters to shape hedges prevent new trees from...

Future Generations,

I hope for a world where wildlife, nature and biodiversity are put at the forefront of decisions over profit and greed.

I envision a world where natural habitat is created and expanded; where buildings are built on brownfield sites, not green spaces; and where hedgerows and meadows are restored.

I long for a world where animals are beloved and...

To my future self ,

As I write this, the year 2030 seems so far away. When in reality, it is actually only 342 weeks away.

Roughly 342 weeks ago, the Paris Agreement was being signed following the monumental COP21. My concern is that despite the excellent progress made on this date, the steps we have taken since are nowhere near ambitious or urgent enough.

I hope...

Future generations ,

Dear everyone,

I'm hoping for everyone's sake that change is happening.
I would love for everyone to live and grow up in a beautiful world where we live alongside nature and create habitats for all!

To L, V & E-L our precious kinders ,

In our youth we ran across the fields,
Our journey in life still to be revealed.
We travelled further to explore,
Through city streets and seas and shores.
We tried to help the world progress
We made mistakes, but learnt (I guess)
Now it's your time to shape the future,
Don't just rely on a computer!

Buried coal...

To older me,

I don't know what the future holds for you.

Perhaps, it'll be one where we can laugh at all that has happened, and maybe we will be able to simply move on with our lives. This is the future I want, but I don't believe this will be the case.

We both know that I love nature, after all, I spend every weekend just walking. But will there be nature...

To my children,

As we sit here in 2023, yours is a special generation stepping into a brave new world that previous generations will in time barely recognise. There’s lots to be excited about and the world will truly be what you make it. However, I’m sorry to say that the starting position you inherit is not one I would have wished for you. I’m afraid that my generation and ones before...

My future self,

Dear future self

I am writing to tell you about how devastated I am from this horrendous mistake my generation of people has made, I am devastated from climate change and how no one important is making a change. How would you feel if you wanted someone to make a change but no one is listening to you? I am certain that my people caused it. I just...

LINDSAY HOYLE, SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF COMMONS ,

Dear Members of Parliament, can you tell me why the world is burning with wild fires, heavy flooding and glaciers melting, people dying of hunger because no rain has fallen. This suffering and destruction has to stop NOW. Please start action immediately and let the UK show the rest of the world that we will help stop global warming and we are serious. The rest of the world...

To Mum & Dad,

I hope you’re sitting somewhere comfortable while reading this. Maybe you’re both outside, breathing in the fresh, clean air. I hope it tastes good. How is the wildflower meadow in the commons? Are there others like it now, in other fields, bringing back some of the wildflower meadows that once covered the Cotswolds? Have you managed to replicate something similar in the...

To my granddaughters Amy, Lily, Millie & Eloise,

To My Wonderful Granddaughters

I write this letter in hope that by the time you are adults our World may indeed be a better place. I hope we as the supposedly intelligent race have saved the animals large & small, I hope that insects are once again thriving. I sincerely hope that farming methods have changed to encourage more insects, more diversity on the...

Dear Future Co-op Colleagues, ,

I write this letter to you not knowing what the world you are living and working in will look like. I truly hope it is a vibrant world, where our communities are flourishing and cooperation replaces conflict, a world where, there is an abundance of responsibly sourced food, the natural weather seasons come and go and there is a sense of climate security for everyone. My hope...

To my future self,

Climate Change has been a hot topic for almost 30 years now, since the introduction of the United Nations Climate Change Conferences / Conference of the Parties (COP) and more recently, the Paris Agreement that was agreed in 2015 binding developed countries to a treaty of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
I personally attended COP26 a couple of years ago to march &...

My Family - Sam, Oli and Lexi ,

There is already a climate emergency and I would like the generations to come to have a better life than those before and that is a challenge with the planet changing much faster than we can adapt to it. This is not a problem to be left for future generations, it is taking place in front of us now and we all have an accountability to take action and play a role in shaping the...

Me,

Dear my future self, I am writing to you to explain about how bad the environment is at the minute and in many many years time when I should be reading this back but I won’t be if it keeps up and lots of animals, people, oceans and too much other things will be annihilated and killed so it needs to end because I want to read this back in the future to think about how bad the...

Readers of Sherston (Wiltshire) Cliffhanger,

Like Sir David Attenborough & our new King Charles III, I have been concerned about Climate Change for well over 20 years. As an Ambassador for development charity Ripple Effect (formerly Send a Cow) I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of a changing climate, especially in Ethiopia. Sadly those who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are suffering...

My future self,

I am writing to ask you things about the future first I am wondering if I’m a pro footballer but most importantly how is the world doing because right now I’m scared for my life the artic is melting and the world is getting hotter , I hope it is do I have clean water to drink or even have water at all I hope there is I hope the world is better again

My future self,

Dear my future self.
I’m writing this to you to explain about the global warming that is happening, animals are losing their habitats and the ice is melting in the artic. Try not to waste electric, water and gas that’s why global warming is happening.

To the Future, who ever you are and where ever you are,

Christmas 1968 three men circled the Moon. The Apollo 8 flight was part of America's effort to land a man on the surface of that life less world by the close of that decade.
One of the most memorable highlights from that trip was the astronauts reading from the Bible on Christmas, but another was the photograph that of the Earth rising behind the Moon. It was a stunning...

To my children,,

Firstly I have to apologise for being part of the generation which really messed up our planet. We travelled by plane on holiday because we could, used single-use plastic because it made life easier, consumed foods which were transported from the other side of the globe because they tasted good, and generally did not look after our precious planet for you.
For the past...

Suffolk folk,

It is very noticeable that there are less birds and particularly insects, without which, we will not survive. There are vast areas owned by local authorities that could be sown with wild flower seeds. The litter problem gets worse and parents need to educate their children. Thankyou to all those conscientious people that pick it up but we need many more litter bins and...

My grandchildren,

I hope this letter finds you all well and happy. I wonder if there are as many wonderful animals about in the wild as there was when I was a child. Iused to love tigers, elephants, gorillas and urangutans the most but I loved all animals big, small, cuddly, venomous. All animals, to me had a right to be on this earth but unfortunately many of them where becoming increasingly...

Myself,

I hope that eventually the Government accept that looking after nature can happen in conjunction with having a vibrant economy, rather than instead of. We can have both if we try.
I hope that everybody eventually understands that we ALL need to act to stop the terrible long term and cumulative effects of increased greenhouse gas emissions.
I hope that eventually...

To future me, ,

2030 doesn't seem all that far away right now but a lot can happen in that time.
Firstly I hope this damn recession is over and you've got the money to buy an electric car. I hope electric cars are becoming more common have better range and are really phasing out petrol/diesel cars.
Secondly I hope the heat waves and their impacts have made everyone realise the...

To my daughter Katie,

I know you don't share my passion for nature but I do know that you care about the world and would be devastated if birds and animals suffered. I am old to you with older people worries, but my biggest worry is what this world will be like for you, so we do what we can to save wildlife and save energy. I hope it was worth it and I really hope you enjoy the world you are now...

To the Future!,

Dear everyone,

I am writing to you from 2023 in the hope that it is not too late to warn you to do all you can to fight to save our planet. Today, we are being warned by the scientists and activists about the dangers of doing nothing. We are also seeing the evidence of manmade climate change having an impact, which is causing the rise in the temperature of the...

To me, my children and friends,

I'm writing in the hopes we have created a better environmental and sustainable future for ourselves. And, continue working to preserve this great gift of Our World given to us.

Unfortunately as a boy, and until the last two decades, our world has been taken for granted by me and the people around me. Our world has been littered with trash, filled with...

To My Future Self,

I’m so excited to grow old and have my own house with a car but I’m also scared. What will the future be like? Will there be flying cars? How much will stuff cost, because right now stuff is expensive for example, will bread be £10? Normally in 2023 bread is around about £1.25 but back when dad was younger bread used to be around 75p.

Anyway, what will the...

My future self ,

I am writing to you to tell you about our world now.
Air pollution kills at least 7 million a year and more than 1 million species are facing extinction. I want the world in 2050 to be clean and climate friendly. I want my kids to experience all the good things in the world and not have to worry about the world getting too warm or the sea levels getting too high. I can...

My future self,

I am writing to you to explain that climate change is a huge problem in our world in 2023 and to help, I would like to inform as many people as possible about what’s happening.
Obviously, help the environment myself.
And get people to protest or vote.
Then again, in 2050 all of this may not be a big thing or maybe it’s gotten worse but for me, only...

Future self,

I am writing to you to explain what the world is now and how we can improve it.
In addition to this we need to stop climate change by recycling plastic and stop driving everywhere and we need to start walking and cycling to places like work and school. I cannot believe that you’re losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice per year since the 1990s before 28 trillion tons of ice....

To my future self,

I don’t know if your going to read this.But if you are then that’s even better
Are Freddos still 25p? How many new dairy milk flavours are there?
What is Pringles new logo?
Does prime hydration still exist? Are my parents dead?
Can pigs fly yet? Do flying cars exist? Is Poundland still there?
Anyways, enough with the bombarded questions...

Dear my future self,,

I am writing this letter to explain how I feel strongly about changing the environment. I really hope that we can change in all these years by just doing the little things, I cannot believe that as i'm writing this letter over 1 million species face extinction or how it’s said how if we don't change now the world might be irreversible by 2030. We need to change now.
...

Kobe Sansom ,

I am writing to you to explain how the world is currently likeand what might happen if we don’t start doing something now, otherwise bad things could happen.

The world right now is not in great shape because greenhouse gases are getting out of hand. I can't believe that some people are not doing anything!

How would you feel if your whole planet...

My future self,

What is the world like today? Has it gotten better or worse? Did Lucas move back to wales? But more importantly is the earth ok? Did we end global warming? Or do we live on mars now? Since climate change could be irreversible by 2030 I wonder if we saved the planet, after all, they are one of the 1 Million species that face extinction. That's terrifying. Did you know right now...

My Future Self ,

I am writing this letter to inform you about the past. Right now people are protesting for change because the world around us is falling apart. I hope when you are reading this the world has changed and become a better place. While Earth’s climate has changed throughout its history, the current warming is happening at a rate not seen in the past 10,000 years. I hope the...

Future self ,

I am writing to my future self I don’t want to forget how I feel now. I don’t want this to change but I want people to start taking action. I can only hope that people in the future world are taking action. I want everyone in the future to be by the beach eating ice cream and if they see any rubbish put it in the bin. The world right now loads of people are throwing...

To my future self,

Our planet is at risk, climate change is affecting our earth and greenhouse levels are at an all time high. Our childhood has been brought up knowing and living in climate change, deforestation, plastic and air pollution. Due to all this more than 1 million species will face extinction. Will we really let this happen?

We need to learn to be greener and reduce...

To my future self,

I am writing this to you because by 2030 climate change will be irreversible. Your probably
all wrinkly and old now but you need to do something about this! We need to change our
lifestyle and start being greener. The world is in our hands. I cannot believe that more than
1 million species face extinction and it's all our fault. How would you feel if you...

To brynteg school,

Dear future self

I am writing you to explain that we should be careful about climate change.
In addition to this this is why we need to stop because there’s a lot of damage on the world such as sea levels are rising and temperature has increased by a lot.
I cannot believe that those are happening.
I can only hope that all those damages are...

To my future self,

I am writing this to you because in 2030 climate change will be irreversible. The world is being destroyed and no-one is doing anything about it. When I grow up, if I have children, I want them to grow up in a world that is safe where the air is not polluted and climate change has stopped and people stop littering. Right now our world is in a terrible condition and many...

Future generations,

As I write this letter during the Great Big Green Week, I hope this week serves as a turning point in history that marks the beginning of a truly greener and more sustainable world.

My hope for you is that you live in a world where the natural beauty and diversity of our planet are cherished and protected. I dream of a future where lush forests, vibrant coral...

Future self,

I am writing to my future self because I don’t want to forget what I feel now.
The world is in danger, floods have started, climate change, global warming might happen soon, many animals are dying to humans and much bad stuff is happening. In the future, I want the world to be healthy. I want the animals to live in peace with the humans, I want no more rubbish in the...

To our Future Selves,

We are writing this letter with the hopes we have for the future, that there is a change. We wrote this letter together as part of our Youth Group as only when we work together can we do something.
We hope that that in the future there are more trees, that forest fires are no longer happening, that people recycle all the time, that no one litters anymore, that we are...

To my future self,

I am writing to myself to make myself know that we tackled climate change head on and stopped it. In addition to this, right now, we need to act, future offspring could be born into a hopeless world filled with drought and flood. This is not what I want it to be like. I want them to live in the world I lived in, to spend happy days at the beach, adventuring up mountains and...

My Future self,

I am writing to explain a global problem, Climate change. By your year 2030, It is proven that if we don’t make a change there will be no going back and climate change will be a forever problem. I can only hope we’ve made a change and you’re living in a healthy environment, with gorgeous seas and a beautiful world to live in. How would you feel if you lived in a world,...

To my niece Arwen,,

I’m writing to you from 2023, and hoping your future now feels hopeful, like mine and countless others felt when we were children.

I ardently hope that my generation, and our allies in the generations around us, take action to secure a brighter, and thriving world for you and the life we share it with.

I hope you get to experience the wonder...

To my children Daniel and Kaya ,

Now that your all grown up yourselves and travelling and working and who knows maybe with families of your own I hope you are happy and the world around you is still full of beauty and promise.
Did they manage to reduce pollution and obesity through more active travel and reduction in car use ? - is it safe to cycle and walk and run in cities and wild places? or is the...

To my relatives of tomorrow,

I hope you know of a meadow. A flower meadow to be specific. It is one of the prettiest things this world has to offer us. So delicate and beautiful. So different and magical.
I hope you know of the seaside, so peaceful and blue. So pretty and colourful.
I hope you know that we wanted to change but we were stripped of our voice and our rights and our choice.

50 year old me,

You're reading this in 2055, sat in a park full of colour and life, or perhaps in an ancient woodland with dappled sunlight on the page. Or maybe you're by the sea, overlooking a stretch of pristine, clean sand and a pure, blue ocean. Wherever you are, all you can hear is the sound of nature: busy bees buzzing from flower to flower, a rich and complex tapestry of a dawn...

Future ,

I wish I could put the entire human race out to pasture just so nature can have peace and stability. It has its ugly side but nothing compared to humans. Humans are its ugly side.
buildings houses getting built on an extraordinary fast level this is upsetting for wildlife every inch of land buyer takes what happens to the wildlife where do they go.

I...

To my future children,

I hope you grow up in a world that has turned a corner, where the biodiversity crisis is no longer increasing towards catastrophe but levelling out. I hope as you grow up the numbers of our amazing wildlife stop going down and start going up, and you can grow in a world with more birds, bees, butterflies and other animals than your previous generation (something that hasn’t...

to tommow.,

l am writing to tomorrow , because if we do not make small changes now!!
then it's too late. change in our climate has been happening over many though sands of
years. and when we become too greedy and don't look after each other. the results are what we have now.
be kind, think, help. in any small way.
love.

To my grandchildren,

I have been a grandmum for a few years, and in two months time I will have a new granddaughter. I worry for their future, every single day. We're heading for a new heatwave here in Norway,and I am reminded of an article from the Guardian, retweeted by Greta Thunberg in Sept 2020, about a report from IEP stating that the climate crisis could displace as many as 1.2 billion...

To my Son Nickolas, and all your generation,

I write to you with a mixture of hope and concern, for the world you will inherit depends greatly on the actions we take today. As part of the Great Big Green Week, I join countless others in expressing my aspirations for a future shaped by leaders who prioritize the protection of our environment.

My hope for you, Tomorrow, is a world where clean air fills your...

To my 3 grandchildren, from your Nanny ,

To my dear grandchildren,
I'm writing this letter in 2023 in the hope that in the future you will be living in a clean unpolluted world with clean and beautiful rivers. Many animals will live on each continent and hunting big beautiful animals like elephants, rhinos, lions, tigers and orangutans will have long been stopped. I hope that our country has many clean areas...

To my grandson Eden aged 14 years and my great grandson Alby aged 2 years,

My two darlings, You know how much I love you and how passionate I am about saving the planet so you and all following generations can enjoy the greenery and beauty of this wonderful world, as I and my friends were so lucky to do. You are my youngest of the older grandsons Eden, and Alby the only great grandson, and just as I taught your brothers and your and their mothers'...

Dear Carol,

The year is 2050 and I am 85 years old, perhaps the year that I die? I remember being taught about the ozone layer, global warming and loss of biodiversity when I attended my local comprehensive in 1982.

I look back with much regret, shame, guilt, anger and tears as we as individuals, families, communities, institutions, governments and nations didn’t do more....

To my grandchildren,

When I was growing up nature was a very important part of my life. My reading contributed to this, and school which taught nature study and always had a nature table.
My mother set up a bird feeding station and we had a large number of species visiting including bullfinches.
Now I am retired I have moved to the countryside so that I can regularly see hares and...

My nieces, nephews, son, friends, the government and anyone who is interested in wildlife,

I am very lucky in my garden; I have a variety of tits, gold finches, green finch, bull finch, sparrows, jackdaws, starlings, pigeons, on occasions bunting. They are all a source of great amusement as they whizz up & down from the feeder to the ground sometimes arguing as they go.
However, I am extremely concerned (makes me very angry), at the slowness of response...

To myself,

Desire is a strong emotion. It encourages us to imagine (and often inflate) the benefits while ignoring any inconvenient drawbacks. For example, when I decided a smart watch would be a useful possession I began to imagine all the wonderful things I'd be able to do with it and ways it would improve my life. I would look on websites and in shop displays coveting the watches I...

To my Grand children Bookie and Dougie,

My wish for you is that people in higher places are aware impact of climate change before it is too late to make a difference. I want you to enjoy a World is a good place for people to live and where quality of life is the best it can be . Life is lived sustainably and social and environmental justice are of prime importance. GDP is no longer the prime measure of success...

To my unborn grandchild ,

Dear Grandchild,

I'm writing this letter to apologise to you. Why? because I inherited a world which was richer and provided so much more opportunity than that afforded to my parents and my grandparents before them. However, with that opportunity came the responsibility, as custodians of the planet, to nurture our natural resources for the benefit of future...

To my son, John,

I hope you will live in a world that is much kinder.

I hope that people will think about their actions so that the world becomes a better place. For example:

all farming is organic and free range so that animals have a natural life and live in harmony with nature;

nations realise that conflict and war do not solve anything and...

To my grandchildren,

I am writing this letter because I am concerned about our planet.
I hope my generation didn't destroy the world and you have the place to live. I hope that you are still surrounded by beautiful and wild nature. I hope that trees multiply and you respect them. I hope that climate changes is not progressing so rapidly. I hope that you, my dear grandchildren and your...

To my grandchildren and great nephew ,

Our land has over the centuries been systematically raped and pillaged with little thought for its sustenance.
Now today we, each one of us can change that wherever we live.
We can make the right choices but it takes thinking about. For instance giving our clothes to charities hasn't necessarily been a good thing for they have gone across to countries and sold...

Every child being born right now and future would-be parents,

I'm so sorry we messed this beautiful planet up and crippled it for you. It was a paradise, full of amazing biodiversity and wonderful creatures that we shared it with, But even though we knew we were facing a climate emergency and knew what to do to halt it and change things from getting worse we failed to do so and I cannot apologise enough for that. We have no excuses, but...

To my future self,

Hi Alfie

I would really like to see more hedgehogs in the future. I have not seen any for years. Perhaps hedgehog friendly burrows in peoples gardens and public spaces
Also I would like see more birds as they are a vital part to nature

Kind regards
Alfie

To Caitlin, the granddaughter of my friend Maria,

2030 doesn’t seem very far off to me, but seven years will make a lot of difference to you: by then you will be in your mid-teens, thinking about which subjects you want to continue studying at school, and perhaps looking forwards towards your future career. Life won’t be all work, though, and I hope you’ll be enjoying spending time with your family, and perhaps making...

To my children, Bethany, Marlie, Cooper,

I hope this letter can be read and that the looming environmental world crisis has not happened.
I hope that we all have woken up to the reality and have taken actions, made changes and sacrifices on a worldwide, national and individual level to really change our lives and we stopped putting the environmental agenda / crisis to one side.
I hope that political...

To my Granddaughter Rosie and my Grandson Max ,

My letter is based on the deepest and most genuine wish, that both of you, grow up to experience the natural world in as close a way as I did when I was young.
As a species, over decades we have been driven by financial greed as an overriding factor.
In turn our local, national and global natural environments and species have been greatly eroded to the point...

To a green hero-Isabella Tree of Knepp Estate ,

The Knepp Estate and rewilding is showing just what can be achieved in a few years by some brave ideas . Thank you for giving us hope in a time when much is going wrong and fast . It would be even better if the Royal Estates started doing more of this rather than some of their current practices .

An increase in birds, insects is a great start . Nightingales...

My future self,

Well, did anyone grasp the nettle? I guess not because they are all afraid of the truth. However I will always remain optimistic, there is always hope. The nettle is the growth rate of the human race. Ever expanding, always consuming and destructive. If we can control ourselves there is hope. For that we need world wide agreement, for this is truly a world wide problem....

To my grandson, Brodie,

I hope that when you are old enough to vote you'll be able to see birds like swallows and house martins return to this part of England.
For the last four years they have either not built a home in our roof space (house martins) or have not been seen flying round our house: both birds. Yet the years seem gradually to get warmer.
I hope you will help to change...

To the Coalition and all our politicians ,

Hello
I am very concerned about the future of the planet especially with the destruction seen in the last few years. For the sake of future generations and our threatened wildlife I would ask that all politicians give the environment the highest priority. If we don’t the future looks extremely bleak. Thank you.

Peter Thompson

To my 3 grandchildren, from your Nanny ,

To my dear grandchildren,
I'm writing this letter in 2023 in the hope that in the future you will be living in a clean unpolluted world with clean and beautiful rivers. Many animals will live on each continent and hunting big beautiful animals like elephants, rhinos, lions, tigers and orangutans will have long been stopped. I hope that our country has many clean areas...

To my grandchildren ,

Hello my dear grandchildren,
You always say, “Granny loves nature”. Now I see you like it too. You looked out for deer and swans at Gosforth Nature Reserve. You recognised oak leaves and bulrushes. You wanted our grass to stay long after NoMowMay and you ensured small insects escaped to safety if you found them. You filled up bird feeders. With us all fostering this...

To Government ,

Having turned 60 this year, I feel completely depressed at the state the planet is now in. We've belonged environmental clubs for 30+ years, we've done our absolute best to be kind to the place, but I wonder why on earth we've bothered sometimes. We're now hotter, wetter, or dryer, smellier, poorer than ever before. The birdsong is quieter, the cars louder , the animals are...

To my children,

I am writing in 2022 really hoping that in another ten, twenty, fifty or even more years you will still be able to enjoy our amazing, beautiful planet. I would like you to be able to appreciate the different seasons during the year, from cold crisp winter days, through hopeful, gentle spring sunshine, long warm summer evenings and wet and windy autumn days with beautiful leaf...

My future grandchildren,

I hope you can gaze out of your windows and see some natural greenery.
I hope that when you open those windows the air is clean to breathe.
I hope you have a garden where you can feed the birds, watch them forage and hear them sing.
I hope you can tiptoe into the garden at night and listen to hedgehogs snuffle and spot their shadows under the bushes.

To myself ,

I doubt I’ll still be living in 20 years time but I really hope future generations will still be able to enjoy wildlife as I have done. The birds, the wild flowers, the insects, animals, scenery, just everything. I find such pleasure in everything. I find peace and calm just watching a busy bee in the garden. So many of my neighbours don’t show my interest when it comes to...

Dear Mother Earth,

I am writing to you today to apologise for people. I'm not one of them in some regard because I live by 'do no harm' so it breaks my heart daily to see people thinking they have a right to destroy, plunder and poison your amazing gift you give us every day. Yet, in return, rather than being grateful, every day there seems to be a determination to ruin you and our wonderful...

Dear children ,

The world is threatened by human interference in nature and we need to persuade governments as well as make changes ourselves which will reverse the damage we have done.

We need to do this now and there are many ways in which we can do this. Government needs to make this mandatory and not be afraid to make sacrifices involving business and decisions which will...

To guides and scouts of today from a guide of 1970’s and a scouter of today,

“Wonder, imagination, happiness, adventure and so much to discover. The excitement of being totally immersed in surroundings and feeling at one with the trees, the flowers, the cold stream or the sea. Breathtaking, secret and time stands still”
That’s what I feel now when I am in nature wether it be local open spaces or in the wilder places less affected by human...

My future self,

I really hope by the time I read this letter to myself (2030) that our climate and environment are in a better place than they were when I wrote it (2023). Having been concerned about the impact of human activity on nature for over 40 years it would be a huge relief to see that everyone's efforts have made that vital difference, that our planet is back in balance. It is so...

My dearest girls,

Here’s a story I haven’t had the heart to tell you yet. Did you know that today, out of all the wildlife that existed when I was your age, 69% has disappeared? That means out of every 10 of the wild animals, birds and insects I took for granted as a child, only 3 are left for you to see today.

I have, however, told you that when I was a bit older than you,...

To my future self,

At 74 I have seen more changes than I care to remember. The saddest is that through the "technological age" has come a disinterest in the real world, a nonchalance for living beings, and a believe that all will be well if left to it's own devices. Unfortunately all wrong.There are many that care but we need far more.
Power, money and international trading has brought...

To all my friends and family who will be affected as time goes by,

I researched what has happened to our planet over the millium and my results were that what we are going through is just the beginning of our planets decline which has happened before. The effects are similar to previous ages. For instance the destruction of animals and reptiles before mankind came into existence. The earliest being the dinosuar period. They could not survive...

To Maximus, Samuel, Rosemary, Francesca and Leo,

I hope that we are not too late to save the planet as we know it and hopefully it will be a better place for you all to live in. It is my hope that you will be able to explore different parts of the world in your lifetime and experience different cultures and civilizations. I am hopeful that all world leaders will unite and realise how fragile the world is and how destroying...

For the future, to show that we cared and tried our best,

I would like to see a future where wildlife and the environment are at the top of all agendas. Where promises on carbon emissions have been met. Where fossil fuels are a distant memory. Nuclear power is phased out as it is obvious that the previous rhetoric about was the worst kind of green washing. Where money has been invested instead into insulating homes and reducing the...

To my daughter, Ruth,

I want you to know first of all how much I love you and then I want to tell you how I hope the world will be in 2030.

By 2030, I hope the temperature will have stabilised and that governments around the world are committed to changing the way we generate electricity and use fossil fuels to cook food. I also hope everyone on the planet from the smallest microbe...

To my Darling Grandchildren,

I have just written my almost-daily letter to the police, my MP and other representatives.
Also copying in some media. All requests for climate justice and the prioritising of the natural world are ignored and have been for decades.

An Environmental Literacy Programme for all is overdue.

The Counter Disinformation Unit of the Government is...

My 2 adult children Beth & Sam,

Love everyday and every moment of everyday on our beautiful planet. Keep enjoying the plants, birds and insects and all of natures abundance. Appreciate and be grateful. Tread carefully and lightly. I love you from Mum xx

to my children,

When you are my age, in roughly 30 years’ time, my hopes for you are that the planet we inhabit is in good shape.
We have been unsure about climate change for quite a long time. First, we didn’t even know it was happening, then we denied humans caused it and then only a handful of people started to do anything about it.
As I write this there is a sea change...

To my grandchildren ,

To my dear grandchildren, I am so sad and sorry for the loss of our wildlife and all the pollution and rubbish that we're leaving you with. There are far fewer butterflies, bees and insects than there were when I was young largely due to greedy businesses, bad farming practices and inactive, uncaring governments. We try to live sustainably and don't use chemicals in the house...

To the world. ,

Dearest World,
Last time I came to see ya, ya home was beautiful lovely gorgeous sweet elegant sunny cloudy rainy stormy greeny dryness icy plain plants fruity hilly and even rainbow appears, yet all the creatures existed in ya home somehow continued to exist, will the children of tomorrow be able to visit ya and see and experiences what I saw, smelled felt, will ya...

Dear 80-year-old Becky,

As you’re sat in your chair, reading the paper (albeit I imagine within the metaverse or through tech yet to be invented!), here are my hopes for the 2077 headlines.

‘LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR 5th CONSECUTIVE YEAR’

‘FALL IN SEA LEVELS MEANS CITIES BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF’

‘PUFFINS RETURN IN THEIR DROVES TO...

To Phoebe, Iris, Eve, Rosie and Francis,

I hope that you and your families get to experience all of life’s true pleasures – to walk through nature and hear beautiful bird song, to wander through a city that is green and not taken over by concrete and to dive into the ocean and find amazing creatures.

I hope that you too get to indulge in chocolate and wake up to the smell of coffee and that our...

Dear Arthur and Rafe,

Boys, I'm writing this letter in 2023, when you were 6 and 3 years old. If it isn't 2050 yet - put this letter back and don't peek until it is!

Good, so it should be 2050 now. I'm hoping that when you read this, the world is on a path to recovery from the damage we caused. I hope it's a world only 2.5 degrees or so warmer than it 'should' have been, and that...

To my daughter and son Steph and Ants,

The world is more than we know, if we do not start looking after the world, we will seize to know. We use phrases like safeguarding is everyone's business, so why isn't everyone safeguarding their environment which is just as important.
Look at what has come, floods, earthquakes and many freak environmental disasters when will we stand up and be counted, yes we are all...

To my son Javier Junior,,

I am writing this letter because I want the world to be cleaner and safer for everyone. As I am writing, the world is currently crumbling to it's end. If we don't do something by the time you are reading this, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans! You might not know this but the Amazon desert was once the Amazon rainforest. In 2023, our government isn't caring...

To my granddaughter Maya - and to those in government,

At the moment, Maya, you are five years old and full of life and curiosity about the world. I know your parents want the very best for you and will do all they can to help you have the best start in life. And we all hope you'll go onto have a wonderful life.
I want to now add a few words to our government, because they have the opportunity to make those hard decisions...

To tomorrows generations,

I grew up in a much simpler world with happy memories of close encounters with nature; rock pooling on the beach, walking on the moors, swallows and skylarks.
My generation were the children of parents who’d been through a World War so REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE was part of our lives.
I believe in the power of nature to adapt and recover. And so my letter to...

Myself,

We've gone beyond crisis point, but it's never too late. Keep doing what I'm doing, but do it more, do it bigger, do it better.
Keep campaigning
Keep influencing people positively for nature
Keep eating plants
Keep being a good person
Keep doing what you can do
Keep innovating new ways of doing things
Keep caring about the...

Dear my future self,

Today you started your volunteer role with the Woodland Trust. Later this year you will be starting a Masters in Environmental consultancy. Both combined, you are pursuing a future in education. Specifically, the education of young peoples and their connection with the natural environment.

6 years ago you went into a Primary school to see what their views of the...

To Nathan and Dominic,

I hope you are flourishing in life and that life is flourishing around you

That you are both very happy with your families, maybe enjoying playing and watching sport, being in the beautiful countryside (perhaps even cycling up a hill or two?)
That you enjoy travel to new and exciting places, meeting wonderful people, and tasting amazing food (all with...

Dear my future self,

Our world in 2023 looks very untidy, especially at the beaches because people keep leaving plastic and rubbish. It is very dangerous for animals in the sea because they will get stuck in it. However, I do think we have lots of flowers and beautiful nature which is good. We work hard to take care of this. Also the streets are mostly tidy.
I wish in 2030 people will leave...

Dear my future self,

In 2023 the world looks ok, it's not the best and we could do better. The beaches are untidy, rubbish is everywhere and we use too much electricity. In the world at the moment, most families have two cars.
I have some wishes for the future. I would like for no rubbish to be left on the beaches so that it does not pollute the oceans. We need to recycle more - like...

My great-grandson and Great-granddaughter ,

Dear great-grandchildren,

As I write this letter, your dad is only five and a half years old. I'm almost 72 but, though it's unlikely, I may still be alive by the time you are old enough to read. But in case I'm not, how did my generation, and your granddad and grandma's generation, do with tackling climate change?

I'm guessing you'll think not...

My Grandchildren - Alfie Pumpkin & Winnie Pamplemousse! ,

I write this letter to you in the hope that, now you have grown so much bigger you can make your way in this world putting in to practice all the good things we tried to teach you when you were small!
Remember the fun we had litter picking, watering the plants, looking after our toys, sharing our sweets, caring for our animals and giving plenty of hugs to those family...

All humanity,

Protect and nurture what we have, when its' gone there is no turning back. Would you like to be from a generation that did not bother or do the right things? Nature and the environment are precious. Climate is a massive influence and this should be considered and protected.
Nature gives us so much and deserves so much better.

Zak and Jaya, grandchildren,

Dear Zak and Jaya

Many things are changing on our earth, man has made a lot of discoveries and it is changing our landscape, our climate and the way we live.
Some of us are doing our best to rectify the damage done by human beings by using less plastic, stop using dangerous chemicals, using safer fuel, preserving the rainforests still left, changing what...

To Kate & Charles,,

I feel it’s all our responsibility to slow down the effects of climate change so you can have a future where you can enjoy this wonderful planet and your children and children’s children can also enjoy the beauty of it all.
There was a time when I was younger when the four seasons were far more predictable, however now there seems to be extremes of weather which...

To my Year One students ,

Dear Plastic Action Heroes

I am so sorry that the world you are growing up into has been marred by the folly and greed of a few. I have protested, marched, bought less, upcycled, re used, been a member of climate action groups and talked about the damage humans are doing to their home for forty years now.
A massive and radical change in the way we live...

To my future self,

Tomorrow will be 1st June 2023. There are 79 months or 57,721 hours until 1st January 2030. If I spend 1% of that time on climate activism, that would only be 577 hours.

I commit to spending at least that amount of time on being a community connector and sharing the ideas of doughnut economics.

For over a year already, I have been taking action...

To my son,

I'd like to say we acted fast enough and my hope was that we did.
I can't think of anything more precious than nature and our environment and seeing you enjoy it so much as a child made me realise with fresh eyes just how precious it is.

We fought hard to protect it, in a space where politically progress was slow But what got us there I hope was...

To my grown up children,

I’m hoping that as you read this you are still able to enjoy the green countryside of Yorkshire, with birds singing and the bees (and occasional wasp) still floating around the lawn. I hope we can still hear children laughing in paddling pools in the summer and that it’s not too hot to play and sit out, nor too cold or flooded to walk the dog in the winter.

to myself and friends,

What are the greatest delights? Going for a walk. What can you see, what can you hear, what can you smell? Surveying the great panoramas of hills, waterways, woods, moorland, wetlands, the seaside or just your garden.

Hold a picture of what you see now and imagine it as being even better in the future.

We must all strive to take proper...

To My Future Grandchildren,

I am writing this on the 25th May 2023 and I really hope that by the time you read this letter the world is a better place.
We live in a beautiful world, but by each passing day we are seeing the destroying results by our ignorance.
If your parents have told you anything about me, they will have talked around how I hate plastic, and the need to reduce this in our...

My grandchildren: Thomas, Ben, Frankie and one more on the way,

A LETTER TO TOMORROW

Dear Grandchildren of the World
(and, in particular, Thomas, Ben, Frankie + 1 more on the way)

This is to let you know how truly sorry we are that you have the Climate and Nature mess that we’ve bequeathed you - and that. to clear it up. you will need to work so much harder than we would/should have had to.

Fellow Animals,

I hope that we will stop exploiting you.
Whether for food, clothing, entertainment or sport, we have killed and abused you throughout our history. We kill two billion of you a month for our food. We keep hundreds of millions of you in industrial factory farms so you can never see the light of day. Some of you can't move because you get fatter that way. Meanwhile, the...

To my beloved son & daughter,

I am writing this letter in the hope that the planet I have grown up loving but being concerned about its progressive abuse is a better place for you when you are my age.

When I was a child, adults were ignorant about how our desires led to actions that began to cause serious adverse repercussions for the earth. Now there is no excuse for ignorance but...

Phoebe, Astrid & Matilda Davies,

My dear granddaughters,
I hope that by the time you are adults, that many more people will have rewilded their gardens.
Also that there will be an increase in small garden birds and a healthy number of pollinators.
A future where oceans are cleaner and all whales and dolphins free of threat from humans.
I hope many green areas will be filled with...

To my Sons ,

You are young and have full exciting, lives ahead. I am excited to walk part of that pathway alongside you.

You understand that the opportunities for yourselves and others will be shaped by the decisions which we take now.

You have opinions and a voice to share them and you understand that decisions we take as individuals matter. Our...

To my 7 Grandchildren,

Dear Kids,

I always wanted to be able to write this letter. Right back to the 1970's I saw what was happening to our planet with man's consumption of resources, particularly fossil fuels leading to climate change. If it wasn't stopped it would seriously damage the planet you inherit from us. It is very late now for people to change course, be responsible, good...

To my grandchildren, Cora, Alma, Freya and Frankie,

I want to apologise for my own ignorance and selfishness and for the years of others unwitting contribution to placing the world that you are growing up in in such danger. I know now how urgent it is to take action and wish that there had been a whole lot more wisdom in the world sooner.
We have been blessed with a beautiful planet, abundant with life and rich in...

My Grandchildren,

I don't know if I will ever meet you, you see your parents haven't yet met.

Firstly I want to apologise for everything that has gone before. I can't even remember the day when everything started to change. It all seemed to happen under stealth and was suddenly the normality. It frightens me to think of how easy it all was. If only it were that simple to put...

To my little granddaughter ,

Hello my little darling!
I love you so much!
You told me yesterday how afraid you are “of everything!” I’m so sorry..
This beautiful world is full of love and light, birds and trees, whales and butterflies. We are surrounded by a mystery that keeps us here, supports us and enables us.
But you I know, at the edges of our days, a creeping...

To my Grandson, Rupert,

I feel it’s all our responsibility to slow down the effects of climate change so you, Rupert, can have a future where you can enjoy this wonderful planet and your children and children’s children can also enjoy the beauty of it all.
There was a time when I was young when the four seasons were predictable but now there seems to be extremes of weather which cause so...

To my children, Lyla and Ewan,

In 20 years time I hope you are looking back at what is happening right now and be thankful that the warnings and the science were taken seriously. I hope that you see a movement, a change, a momentum and I hope that you see every single person and every single nation doing all they can to prevent a catastrophic chain of events.

For this to be a realistic...

To my future imaginary granddaughter, Dubheasa ,

Dear Dubheasa,

I hope you live a life of joy through your senses and that you live in a world that can provide you with:
• delicious food, flavourful and varied
My generation destroyed the abundant supply of wild Irish salmon, wild berries, wild mussels, wild thistle, wild rhubarb and more that i used to enjoy so much every summer.
I...

To My Future Self,

So, your father was a car dealer. Does that mean YOU have to be a petrol head?

So, your work meant you had to fly all over the place. Does that mean YOU have to go on planes now?

So, your house came with an oil burner. Does that mean YOU have to burn fossil fuels now?

So, you rated yourself, were used to wearing designer labels....

Aos meus irmãos e amigos.,

Today, I want to write about how we treat the Earth, which is our only home. This is very important because now we are in danger of destroying it through our ignorance.

Our societies have become very materialistic. We focus mostly on products to buy. The economic system is driven by the ceaseless quest for more profits, which leads to manufacturing goods that...

To my beloved friends at CCDA ,

Am so delighted to write such a beautiful latter to you friends at Christian Community Development Association CCDA as your loved partner to bring more awareness in community by solving up problems of climate change in Uganda Africa. Am writing this to you to inform you that in our community we have faced challenges of climate change where by you find dry areas which caused by...

To my darling grandson, Leo,

When you grow up I hope you find the world is on a path to recovery. As I write this we have politicians who SAY they want to address climate change and nature, but DO the reverse, influenced by oil companies to carry on as usual. I and lots of other people feel very angry about this, and work hard to "live lightly" on this planet and to tell people why they need to do this...

To my dear great, great grandchildren ,

Thank you for telling me about your Nourishment class today. I am so glad you enjoy this subject because your grandparents (my grandchildren) fought hard to include it in the school syllabus. Your grandparents started learning about the environment at school, during the terrible Climate Crisis of the 2020s. There was another crisis going on in the UK- a health crisis because...

Elinor, my granddaughter,

I am writing this on a spring day when I can see some blue sky and birds – collared doves, blackbirds, starlings, blue tits and a robin. Unfortunately our birdlife and nature generally has declined dramatically over the years as the growing human population has meant more housing, buildings and roads and less connected green spaces. We have become a throw away society too,...

To all of my future relatives,

To the generation of the future who are taking on the responsibility of caring for the planet. I admire and honour you.

We who came before you found it hard to do this. We could see the signs that the planet was struggling because of the thoughtless ways we humans had treated our environment. We thought we should take what we wanted without thinking of the...

My Grand children - Annaliese, Louisa, Chloe, Jane,

Dear lovely girls,
When your parents were your age, I used to worry about if they would have a world a as nuclear weapons were being introduced.
Now, I am writing to you to apologise that we have destroyed your world, not by weapons of war, which so far we are controlling our use of, but by our own short sightedness and selfishness. Every tree chopped down,...

Dear Daughter,

I am hopeful to see how things have turned out. When I am writing this now in 2023, the future is a bit bleak. Today I went to the beach and it was covered in litter washed up in a storm. Our climate is changing rapidly and it is having a huge effect on humans and uncountable other species. We know we are responsible for the speed and magnitude of this change and we are...

My children ,

Hello Darlings,

I am thinking of you and the challenges you must be facing. Right now the world is a difficult place to be. It remains beautiful but it is becoming more vulnerable because of the damage humankind has inflicted on it.

As you go about your lives, I expect that food is very expensive, doubtless you grow most of yours. I wonder if you...

To anyone that knows me!,

We must act now to save ourselves, our precious wildlife and our green spaces. Let's stop building and destroying the environment. Let's stop the senseless waste and trashing of our lands and seas. Let's stop the pollution. Let's take a stand and make a difference.

To my beloved grandchildren,

I'm thinking of the world you will inherit from us. The one we have, unwittingly at first, poisoned. The world today is experiencing the devastating effects of climate change, and it is a constant reminder of our urgent need to act.

I hope that soon, the world will take more action to reduce carbon emissions and prevent further damage. I hope that governments,...

To my sons Morgan and Ryan,

I really hope the future is better than it is now for all our sakes.
Please keep up with the good work protecting the planet as you do now.
My fear is that in the future there won't be much left of greenery, trees, certain species of animals and that's devastating!
I hope the world is in a better place...but I am having doubts. Please let me be wrong

To those who tread in our footsteps ,

Hope is something which radiates through so much of our thinking. It’s often the only thing we can grasp on to. More often than not it’s the last thing for us
to grasp.
There is never a day when I don’t think about our world, what we have done to it. The beauty of the land, the wonder of the creatures which inhabit it, being
destroyed at a rate...

To my grandchildren,

Firstly, I hope there's still a workable environment left, and one that is based on 'nature' as we understand it now.
When I was a kid, fifty or so years ago, it was impossible to go out on a summer's day without being surrounded by multitudes of different insects, all going about their useful and necessary lives. But now, it's an event to see a bee or two, a couple of...

To My Grandchildren,

A good person once told me that it was no good trying to encourage politicians to think about the climate emergency, the only way to make a difference was for us all to do what we can, in our own lives and areas of influence.

Well, good people have been doing their part for decades, but it’s no longer enough. We need bigger sustainable actions across all...

To Future Readers,,

By the time you read this, it will be 2030!!!! I wanted to tell you that our world 🌍 is one of a kind. We need to treat it with respect ✊! If you continue to litter and use gas ⛽️, it will poison ☠️ the world and we might never see it again.

Help our planet 🌍 to be a better place for all of you to live in. It it one of a kind!!!!!!! We might not...

To the Future Children I Treasure and Care For,

Dear Wonderful beings...

It was hard to 'save this world' for you (VERY hard), and it didn't feel that is what we were doing - we had so MUCH opposition; at times it was a plain ugly fight!!
The politicians were still not listening to the scientists who were telling us just HOW BAD it will be if we don't dramatically change course. But we -the sane...

To my children,

A good person told me once that it was no good trying to encourage politicians to think about the climate emergency. That the only way to make a difference was for us all to do what we can, in our own corners.

I am told that if we demonstrate, the Government will listen to us and act accordingly. Big Corporations and Governments have known about the Climate...

To my daughter, Georgia,

I hope the future you are living in is one with increasing bio-diversity, green spaces, where we have recognised we don't need to consume so much to thrive. I am scared that it won't be - but instead we will be facing irreparable damage to our planet - even though it's the only one we've got and if we break it, we won't be able to fix it.

I want you to know I...

My daughter Avaleigh,

I’m writing this letter because I believe strongly in saving our planet. I want you to grow up in a world where the natural world is protected and humans are at peace with nature, living in harmony with animals. That’s why I’m protesting the large corporations now that are trying to destroy these beautiful natural things, like deforestation, pollution, sea pollution and...

To our sons George, Chris and dog Truffle ,

I am writing this letter to you as I hope my voice will eventually be heard by politicians who need to act now and help us all protect our planet we call home. I have signed petitions, recycled and appealed to people of influence to help protect Nature, animals and our environment so you can continue to enjoy it in your lifetime the same as I have. Whether that has been...

To my Grandchildren of the future ,

I am hoping that when this letter gets to you the world as I see it today is a healthier one.

There is alot of talk on the TV about nature and how it is being destroyed across the world by us. This is having a knock on effect and I feel terrible for the absolute state in which the world actually is. There are animals being killed for money, trees being hacked...

To the children of the future,

One of my favourite things to do is wander over to a natural area and breathe. To fill my lungs with fresh air, watch birds soaring through the sky, listen to the rustling of leaves. I hope you can do this. I hope there are still wild places that haven’t been bombarded by litter or invaded by houses or dried out from drought. I hope you get to experience the joy of watching...

To my three grandchildren,

My hope is that our government, and governments around the world, will take the urgent actions needed to halt the climate crisis and allow the earth to recover and flourish once more. I want you and your children to be able to live healthily and happily in a world with enough water and food for everyone; to be able to enjoy the wonders of nature; to hear birdsong and breathe...

To my future child,

I hope time has been nicer to you than me. I hope we fixed the mistakes of our predecessors, and left the world nicer for you to grow in. I hope the world is cleaner, greener, and safer for you.

Climate change is something I learnt about a decade ago. More than that, actually. Since I was 10, I can remember climate change being the subject on everyone's lips -...

My future children ,

I know you don't quite understand that I didn't start the fire as they say .
But I did try to put it out .
I have been doing my bit for the earth that gave me a home.
My voice has carried it like a pair of wings.
I have wrapped my words around it .
My heart has been in the community, saving waste .
I have been doing my bit for you...

To Future Readers,

Our world will not survive much longer but please 🙏. Save the world 🌍 whilst you still can. Cut down on electricity ⚡️ and try and save our planet. I may be a child but I can be strong 💪. Every child can be strong so please. Mothers and daughters, sons and fathers, be strong and help save Earth today!

To my daughters,

Dear beautiful, miraculous, awesome daughters,

I have no idea what the rest of your lives will be like. I wish I had the certainty that my own mother seemed to have: that the world would continue much as it had done in her lifetime, that it could only get more advanced, that there would be a wealth of opportunity for me. I think I just have uncertainty. Or...

To my daughters (Becca and Kate) and grandchildren (Dan, Ruby and Jacob),

I am sorry the campaigns for climate justice have not worked yet. You know I have tried to do my bit but it is not enough.
I am so grateful to WILPF International and WILPF UK for the excellent work they have carried out at all the COPs and especially to the small working group in UK who developed the Climate Justice Exhibition for COP 26. I am also grateful for the...

To my future self,

Take notice of the world around you. Continue to evolve in your path toward helping planet earth. Keep finding organizations that organize food rescues in order to eliminate food waste. Walk more, continue doing personal beach and neighborhood cleanups while on walks. Spend even more time in nature and visit your state's parks, enjoy what they have to offer and continue...

To my grand-daughter Emily,

What can I say except that i'm so sorry that your life and that of your children has been made so awful by the ongoing problems of climate change and world order. I'm old and it won't affect me soon and I hope that you and your generation will forgive my generation that we didn't force our politicians to do more while there was still time. I don't blame you for being angry...

To my grandchildren,

The fossil fuel industry has known about the damaging impact it was having on the world's climate for well over 50 years.

Politicians have known this for at least 30 years, but unfortunately they haven't had the courage to take appropriate action in the past, and they still aren't taking sufficiently drastic action to control damaging emissions, build resilience...

To my nephews and nieces and their children,

I hope you can live a life where there is not war, and where people do not fight over the remaining capacity of the planet to support humans.

I hope that there are people in government who care about the people they represent and who will make the changes we urgently need to protect humans and the other inhabitants of the earth and to create a sustainable...

To my daughters Alice and Katie,

I hope that my gut is wrong when I feel that mankind is incapable of the change that is needed to stop all humanity and nature from perishing. I am so angry, not at myself, I know that your father and I have campaigned for years about the the climate, plastic and pollution; often making ourselves unpopular and attracting ridicule. I am angry for you two. You have to bear the...

To my future self,

I’m doing all I can to ensure that you can enjoy a beautiful, cruelty-free and eco-responsible world, with towns and cities pollution free and where all energy is renewable, where all food is plant-based, freeing up 75% of land otherwise used for animal based farming, to become re-wilded, and where there is much more equality and care for all.

To my four grandchildren, currently aged 7,5,4 and 1,

My dear grandchildren,

I’m desperately hoping that the governments of the world, plus businesses, civil society and individuals will knuckle down, after the disappointing UN conference (CoP27) held last month in Egypt – and get on with what needs to be done to keep climate change under control.

But today I’m not feeling optimistic because I...

To my future grandchild on the day of their birth in 2030,

You have come into this world, welcomed by your loving parents and grandparents. I wish so much for you to have a happy and fulfilling life. My heart, however, feels heavy with a mix of difficult thoughts and emotions, as well as delight and joy on seeing your tiny, beautiful form.

The happiest experiences I have had have been the times when I have been close to...

Rishi Sunak P.M.,

I have no hope for the future as the powers that be either do not turn up to the COP meetings or no acts on their reccomendations!

The planet is already burning and logging has not stopped. People are starving cos of droughts which last years, yet we do not help. If we can just leave Afghanistan and those that need us putting their lives on the line to aid us. ...

To my young friend, Maria,

Dear Maria, I'm quite old now and have enjoyed the world for over seventy years. I have travelled around the British Isles and Europe and have experienced the beauties of the earth and of human culture. I have also lived and worked for a while in Africa and have seen how important it is to support the people and wildlife there. Africa has been affected by climate change...

To my Dear son David,

I do hope you still able to enjoy the sights and sounds and smells and delights of your childhood .. song of the blackbirds.. daisies in the grass .. chatter of those sparrows in the Hawthorne hedge.. the delight of a canal walk ... the growth of those sapling trees we planted ...

To Ollie, Emily and Jessica my great nephew and nieces,

I write at a precarious time. We stand on the brink of climate and ecological disaster. In some regions of the world, this is already happening. In the Horn of Africa, millions of people are facing famine, crops have failed, and animals are dying. This is because of climate change caused by the raised levels of greenhouse gases which humanity has added to the atmosphere.

To my dear antecedents,

I am writing to you in a troubled time, December 7th 2022. When I was at school 40 years ago I remember learning about the damaging effects of industrial pollution such as acid rain, degradation of the ozone layer, poisoned waterways through chemical waste and sewage overflow. I also learned about the serious effects of deforestation for farming such as desertification which...

To a school child in the future,

Letter to Tomorrow

To a school child in the future,
We are writing this on behalf of Coychurch Primary School children. This is a letter about our hopes and dreams for the future. We hope that in the future, native trees in our rainforests have been replanted and that only sustainable palm oil is used in products worldwide. We want to see many of our...

To Everyone,

We have to protect the eco system because without the natural World we won't survive.

To my children and grandchildren and anyone else much younger,

At 78, I could well put my feet up and say that this climate thing is beyond me and I will be gone before it really hits us. But I have children and grandchildren and they will inherit what I and my friends and comrades have not yet been able to change. Its selfish, but I do not want them to blame me in their future, but to remember me as a fighter for our planet and our...

To my darling daughter, Anna,

October, 2030 will see your seventh wedding anniversary - a great cause for celebration! - BUT I do hope that prospects for your future (and even more for any child or children you might wish to have) are measurably better now than at time time of writing, when institutionalised negligence and inertia regarding the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss continues,...

To my grandchildren,

I just wanted to say how sorry I am that our generation has left you such a dreadful legacy. Whilst we, personally, have tried our best to respect the planet, both the people on it, and the flora and fauna, we have not managed to stop hatred between different cultures and religions, and we have not stopped the destruction of species and habitat, in the rush to have a more...

Dear Crystal,

I'm writing my hopes for this beautiful world!
As you grow up, I hope you are able to enjoy a wonderful life in a protected world. This has taken sacrifice and hard work on behalf of our leaders and our whole community, but it was worth it, to hand on to you and your generation this complex, magnificent fragile planet. We have learnt that caring for our environment is...

To Future Generations,

I have for many years worried that our world leaders, despite climate change and environmental catastrophe being predicted and avoidable, would prevaricate and bow to the interests of greed, fossil industry lies and personal self interest, before considering the interests and needs of the many billions of people who could potentially follow me, if, that is, the world is in a...

To my great niece Freya,

Dear Freya

I really hope I have managed to leave the earth in a better place for you to live in.
I hope there are exotic animals living in their own environments rather than zoos or museums.

I hope you manage to have snowball fights in the winter and enjoy days by the sea in the summer.

My own mantra used to be - we do not...

To my beautiful grandchildren ,

I’m sorry for the mess we have left our planet in. After decades of abuse and destruction to nature and the Earth we have practically destroyed our beautiful planet. I’m hoping and praying though that the future shows that world leaders at least all pulled together just in time to save our planet and give the Earth time to recover so that animals, glaciers and...

To World Leaders,

What can I say to my children and grand-children? We taught then to care for nature, save water, to conserve energy, to buy organic food, to use-reuse-and-recyle, to sign petitions, to join demonstrations against the great polluters of the planet: in effect to do all that individuals and groups could do to protect the earth we love and need. But to what avail. You didn't hear,...

To my grandson Brandon,

As I write this, in 2022, when humankind is suffering the beginnings of the earth's fightback against the damage done to it by humans, our politicians are chanting the mantra of 'growth' as their vision of the future. Sadly, they do not see that their model of growth has been the cause of the problems we now have. We need to challenge the concept of this model, which is...

To my Great-Nieces and Great-Nephews,

Dearest all

I want a Green, clean future for you , one in which the air you breathe is pure, the seas and rivers un-polluted and there is a rich and thriving biodiversity in which humans live in a harmonious and respectful way with their fellow creatures, rather than exploiting them as happens all too much in the present day.

This is what I...

To my granddaughter Rhea Mae ,

We love you more than words can say , and want to give you the best world, a natural world that respects all creatures and the environment. This is what we are pushing those in power for, doing what we can by supporting GreenPeace lobbying members of parliament litter picking recycling giving up meat. Small things but we won’t give up because we love you.
Love...

To my grandchildren,

I ma sorry if my generation did not take action soon enough and your lives have bene blighted as a direct result of our selfishness

I hope I ma wrong and that there are people in government who care about the people they represent and serve, and who will make the changes we urgently need to protect a future for you.

I dream of a future where you...

to my granddaughter Naia,

My darling
It is our great good fortune that we were led by forward thinking politicians who acted in time to secure the future you deserve to have. We were facing absolute catastrophe, mass extinctions and our beautiful planet made uninhabitable. But for the brave actions of our leaders all would have been lost. Live your life.

To my three wonderful children Tadhg fenian and cathael,

I hope the leader's of this planet have listened to what's been told to them in the year 2022 and acted to the climate emergency, so you are not facing the catastrophe I fear we are heading into. I want you to have clean air, be able to swim in clean oceans, experience the sights and sounds of wildlife on our beautiful planet.

To my children Alan and Amber,

Hello lovely people, I just wanted you to know that every day I am trying to do my best to make sure that the world you inherit is fit for purpose. Our world is wonderful and amazing. It needs protecting. That is what I try to do every day. I do this for you, lots and lots of love, now and always mummy bear. xx

To my granddaughter Imani ,

Some of us are trying really hard to reduce our carbon footprint but unfortunately not all of us are. At the moment I am finding it really difficult to understand why it is so much cheaper to fly to Paris to visit you than to take the train. Especially when we all know how damaging flying is to the environment. I'm sure there would be so many of us keen to use the train if it...

To my grand-daughter, Erin,

We hear a lot about the effects of climate change, and in many countries they are already occurring. In Britain, they do not seem so bad, although the record summer temperature this year of 40 degrees gave us a foretaste of what will come. Many of the predictions are about the situation in the year 2100, and to me that seems very distant, and a time that I shall never see. ...

To my great nephews and nieces ,

I’m writing to you my descendants,in the hope that the world is a better place,no fossil fuels being used,environmental issues are non existent,nature is flourishing,and people like you and all across the world live in harmony with the planet,my hopes that you are all happy in your lives,prospering in a fair society,with all the luck in the world,good luck !

To my two children,

I sincerely hope that by 2030 your generation can start to look forward to a future without fear or anxiety and that our generation have fixed some of the many mistakes we have made over the decades. I dream of a future where wildlife is no longer endangered, where our populations are under control, where we choose kindness over cruelty, where we value human and animal life,...

To my granddaughters Esther and Naomi,

By the time you are old enough to vote, the 2030 deadline for international climate action will have passed, and I truly hope and pray that world governments - especially those of the richer sector - will have lived up to their promises to make a positive difference.

The problem is that at each year's COP meeting they make grandiose promises, but then they...

To all the children of the future,

I am sorry, we tried to persuade the government to do something about the destruction of the environment and global warning but they were all too busy feathering their own nests, or worrying about keeping their political parties happy. I hope you have more enlightened representatives in your time than we do, if there are any of you left alive.

Future generations,

I hope when you read this that we have succeeded in preventing the worst of climate change. I would like to think that the world you live in is still beautiful, full of coral reefs, wild savannah, tropical forests and rainforest. I hope too that you don't have to watch old repeats of natural history programmes to see the Big five, I hope you can see them alive and kicking...

To my grandchildren Megan, Olivia, Grace, Oliver, Jacob & Toby,

I'm sorry.

To the descendants of the wonderful birds in my garden,

Your ancestors have given me such pleasure and joy over so many years, their cheerful songs, watching them on the feeders and the way the blue tits work so hard to feed their young and the delight to see them fledge. it is a delight.

My heart is heavy that in the future the birds and other wildlife may be gone forever, and I am so sorry for the way we have not...

To my nephew, Jimmy ,

Here we are, in the future. I hope that the world is beautiful and people are living in harmony with each other and with nature

To my grandson Alexander,

Dear Alex,

I have long been aware of the danger of allowing CO2 emissions to cause climate change and fitted solar panels on my former home. I also invested money with the company proposing to build a series of tidal lagoons to generate power from the large tidal flows in the Severn Estuary.
Sadly the latter project has been halted by UK government on...

To my Grand Daughters, Nancy, Nell and Beatrice Rashleigh-Claye,

Dear Grand Daughters, for indeed dear you are,
When I lived in rural Portugal breathing the fresh country air I felt concern for you breathing London air in Hackney. Since then a young girl has died in South London from breathing polluted air.
Well you are growing up into fine young women and we mustn’t fall into The Slough of Despond (Pilgrim’s Progress),...

To my children’s great great grandchildren,

I’m afraid that you will never get this, because your forebears may not have been born.
It is now 2022 and, despite decades of warning, our current Government is not taking the threat of Climate Change seriously enough.
If they say that the money is needed elsewhere they are not thinking ahead. They may well be spending money which will be wasted, because...

The Prime Minister-Rishi Sunak,

It is high time that HM government started to take Climate Change REALLY seriously. It will probably not affect me as I am 8o years old. It will however affect my Children and certainly affect my Grandchildren. The signs are all there, and climate scientists have been constantly reminding us of the dire effects from this situation. Both main parties have been frankly dragging...

To my dear grandchildren,

I hope that those who havae the power will reduce the use of fossil fuels as a natter of urgency, and get to zero carbon emmissions in time to save our planet for future generations. Already people are dying because of climate cha ge,and biodiversity is reducing at arapid rate.

I really hope that you will have a future to look forward to with hope and...

My future grandchildren ,

I really hope that by the time you are born, the people alive now as I write this letter to you in 2022, have taken the action to save Earth from climate disaster. The people have the power to change and safeguard the world and everything in it for your future on Earth and those of your own children and grandchildren. Let’s hope they took notice and seized the chance whilst...

Governments of all nations,

Climate change is arguably the biggest single threat in the world today to the future of humans, wildlife and landscape. Coordinated co-operation and measures are needed as soon as possible to avert a worldwide catastrophe. Countries cannot effectively take prevention measures in isolation. Please meet in a spirit of goodwill and determination to devise a coordinated approach...

To my children,

I am so sorry that we destroyed this beautiful planet.

You won't be able to see all the wonderful wildlife, majestic trees, ancient forests and clean oceans.
Instead you will be fighting heatwave after heatwave, flood after flood. You won't be able to afford much food.

This is our fault. And when we finally woke up and realised that...

The Future,

The Big Green Week
Wrekin Soroptimists had a stall at the Festival of Imagination Ironbridge to encourage people to reuse repair and recycle in innovative ways, and to think about the world we want for the future by writing :
Letters to the future – wishes and hopes.
Here are transcripts of the letters

“I would like to see a world...

To my children. And their children. And all that follow,

As I sit here, in a warm house, on an Autumnal morning in November 2022 - from my window I see the last golden leaves holding tightly to their increasingly skeletal parents, sodden grass from recent rain, the passing flight of a trio of blackbirds and a snapshot of a village, midday.......quiet.

What strikes me is it's all so quiet.

Behind each...

Dear future self,

I hope that the world is at ease and that the worries and troubles that you and your generation faced as young people have been lost to a bygone age.
I write this after the COP27 climate summit in 2022 where world leaders descended on Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, apparently determined to mitigate the effects of climate change. But, as expected, their determination did not...

To my Grandchildren, Yola, Zora, Bulak and Silke,

Dear Yola, Zora, Bulak and Silke
I love you all.
I have been striving hard to limit my carbon emissions in the knowledge that it is your future that is being endangered, endangered by the wilful blindness of so many so-called statesmen. (No car, no flying, an insulated home with air-source heat pump, a largely vegan diet) The scientific community has spoken loud...

To my unborn grandchild,

Dear Jo
I’m writing this to you now before you’re even born, but if you’re reading this, then hooray, love and optimism overcame logic. It means you were born and you should be all grown up now. Your parents at the present time are in a huge quandary. They don’t think this is the world to bring a child into. They’re looking at our world and are seeing the...

To my grandchild Rain,

Dear Rain

I am so sorry I couldn't make the people in power listen to us when we told them how URGENT climate action was. I did try with my WI friends to spread the word in our local community about ways to reduce individual carbon footprints. Remember those action days you attended with me and your cousins? I was always grateful for the support and passion you...

To this beautiful planet earth ,

Hi there
I just wanted to let you know that I am in love with you and have tried for most of my life to help save you. Wretchedly there are people here who use you to extinguish what we have and go out of their way to destroy what we have!
So many good residents feel the same way and want to make sure you stay beautiful happy and healthy so we can breathe with...

To my ecologically concerned work colleagues,

At the moment there is a lot of willingness from large sectors of society to do something about the environment. Whenever a new recycling initiative is rolled out, the most recent being soft plastics in supermarkets, the collection points are full to overflowing. There are a lot of innovations which are being worked on to lessen our impact on the environment. The two really...

to the people who will one day live in our house,

I don't know your names, but one day you will see ours on the deeds. When we lived here (from 1979 onwards) there were many beautiful trees, there weren't baking hot summers of drought followed by torrential rains in autumn. The seasons and view were predictable and lovely. But things are changing summer ground is 'as hard as iron', autumn ground is muddy and puddly. There...

My nieces, nephews and godchildren,

Dear all,

I'm really hoping that by 2030 there will have been a significant cultural shift, not only in the UK but across the world. Because if there hasn't been, and greenhouse gas emissions haven't been radically reduced, I'm afraid you'll be looking at some major challenges ahead. I may not be around by then but I hope I have set an example in my life and...

To Evie and Oscar, Rex, Star, Alex, Charlie, Sky and Chas ,

I'm not always a very present or hands-on Aunt but you all know how much I love you and whenever we do have time together for stories and hugs it's always extremely special to me. Thinking of your futures makes me sad, because I have spent the whole of your lives working hard to keep the natural world safe from development and other damage, and to get politicians and...

To my future self,

I wonder if our outlook has changed, if the world finally prioritised change, if we accepted what had to be done to avoid the worst instead of dancing around it, pushing it forward, letting it fester. Right now there's very little 'forward' left, and I'm sure it's even less when this is being read.
I'm writing this in medical school, and in the future I hope to have...

To future generations (if there are any),

I'm sorry that you were born at this time, when people let their only planet die. I'm sorry that you have to deal with climate catastrophy, because humanity was too blind and too greedy to deal with it sooner. I'm sorry your life and well-being are at risk, and your basic needs might not be met. I hope we can fix it somehow. We will try. I hope we win.
Our planet does...

To my granddaughter, Lizzie,

I cycled into Lyndhurst in the New Forest yesterday from here, Ashurst, and as the choking traffic filled the air very close to me, zooming past me every ten seconds, I had a vision. There were no cars! But some electric small vehicles travelling along a narrow lane, and the rest of the road were cyclist. Many were on e-bikes, and many had children being pulled along in...

To my siblings, Moira, Anne, Yvonne, Robert 8,

I know I am the youngest of the family, but I am disappointed by your total disinterest in the position we are in regarding the catastrophic effects of Climate Change and that it doesn't even worry you.
If you had let it cross your radar when you were young, things would be better now. Because you don't care about it, you won't even have spoken about it to your kids or...

To my nephew, A.,

Hi A.,
It's November 2022, and the UN climate conference COP27 has started in Egypt. I hope you'll read this in 2030, when you're 22. I hope I'll still be around in 8 years! Maybe on a cruise along the river Nile, sunbathing like a crusty old crocodile.
I hope that, 8 years from now, the climate crisis will be better than it's looking from here.
In 'The...

To current and future generations and the other animals we share this planet with,

I hope that worldwide political leaders in 2022 finally managed to get their act together and take action, not solely to stop global warming but to reverse it.
We owed it not just to ourselves but also to all the other species living on planet Earth.

To my son, Leo,

To my darling boy.
I wonder what the world is like for you now that you're 49, just as I am as I write this letter. I hope the decades of damage we inflicted on our beautiful planet earth have ceased and you're living in a vibrant, verdant green world full of life.

Even though we knew the harm we were doing when we decimated our ancient woodland,...

To my daughter, Jo and the generation of 1976,

We had a foretaste in that summer of '76 of severe drought and the changes to our climate that the world is facing in 2022. Fewer people were listening at that point to the warnings of climate scientists, or were motivated to take action.

From the beginning of your life being veggie, riding buses, trains and bikes and limiting our consumption were very easy...

To my daughters,

I’m hoping you feel safe to have your own children because leaders took the right action at COP 27.

If this is so, you live in a world with more stable weather, clean air and water and clean, renewable, home grown energy. I hope we ensured that poor countries were well financed to cope with initial climate change problems. They deserved our help, after all,...

To my granddaughter, Orla (17 months now),

Hi Orla
I really hope the world is a good place to live in when you grow up and are in your 60s as I am now.
It has been clear since around 1990 that pollution was affecting the climate on our planet, leading to potentially catastrophic changes that would make it impossible for people to live in many parts of the world. We knew that we needed to stop using energy...

Rishi Sunak, Uk Prime Minister,

Dear Mr Sunak,

Those of us who support the Environment of this Country are not happy with the present Government which appears determined to reverse previous commitments.

If you reverse previous commitments, a lot of us will vote against you at the next General Election as this Government shows it cannot be trusted.

With thanks, Rod...

Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak,

Rishi Sunak needs to take Climate Change very seriously, and he needs to step up and tackle the issue.

To Imogen and Marcus, my great nieece and nephew,

I hope the Prime Minister takes strong action at COP27. I fear for rthe world you will have to live in as adults if climate change is not tackled

To My great grandson Leo,

Dear Leo

As I write this you are only a few weeks old and I worry about the future you face. You are the newest member of our family and I want all of you to live in a world where the Earth, our home, has been saved from the threat of climate crisis.

I want your future to be one of hope, of caring for the life we share our home with. The Earth is...

To my future self,

I hope that by the time you read this letter, the world will be at peace and globally working together to enable humans and wildlife to share this planet selflessly. I hope that we as a species have been able to stop empty political rhetoric and actually persuade our world leaders that action is needed now, not next year, not 5 years, but now.
If we cannot galvanize...

To my neices & nephews Olive, Jovie, Albie & Lenny,

Dear little ones,

You are all under 6 years old and here I am at 68. I have been worried about the state of our planet for some time so have done things like grow food on an allotment and now in our kitchen garden, cycled when I can and am now use buses a lot to get around. I really hope that all these little things help towards keeping this beautiful planet...

To my best friend Sue,

What will our world be like if we do not stop and think seriously about its future? For years we have ignored the signs climate change is a real and important issue. We can still prevent the worst possible outcome if all the nations work together. Sea levels are rising, and some parts of our world will be engulfed, thousands of people will be misplaced. Our glaciers are...

To my nieces, Catriona and Eilidh,

Dear Catriona and Eilidh

It's difficult to find the words. I feel so utterly ashamed. My generation, and the generations before me, have trashed your world. I look at you both, beautiful young women, one about to leave secondary school, one half-way through secondary school. And I see your lack of hope in the future. I see despair and cynicism and that haunted...

To my granddaughter Rose,

Dearest Rose, I am so sorry for the future you are going to inherit. We could have acted 40 years ago when it was first noticed that the planet was warming up. I am so sorry that we kept ignoring Climate Change and refused to give up certain aspects of our comfortable life styles. So sorry that we believed the lies of the Fossil Fuel Giants who just wanted to keep making sacks...

To my precious granddaughter Rosa,

In the year 2030, you will be just ten years old. I want your future to be bright and full of all the promise that you deserve.
At two years old you are full of curiosity about the natural world. You love the wildlife that visits your garden; helping mummy and me with digging and watering the plants; sitting on the back of mummy's bike to visit the wetlands and...

To the future owners of our home,

We have been very happy living in this little cottage and hope you have settled in and are now discovering the charms of the village and downland walks beyond.

I particularly loved our garden and the birds and other wild creatures that made it their home. We left space for nature by leaving unkempt corners, letting ivy grow along the fence and by not being too...

Mother Earth,

Dear Mother Earth,

We have failed you.
Exploited your bounty
Desecrated your beauty
Poisoned your air and sea, soil and atmosphere.

You sent warnings
Raging
storms and floods
plague, heat,
drought and fire
as your web of life ebbed away

More! cried the men
Pushing...

To all children ,

today we hold the key to the future of planet Earth.
We have not yet taken the problem of climate change seriously and continue to emit the warming gases at an increasing rate, whilst destroying the planets natural defences in the ever present search for commodities and wealth.
If we continue on the present path (even assuming that the COP26 promises are kept )...

To my grandsons Alfie and Zeph,

My darling boys.
Grandpa and I love you so much, so much that we cannot bear the thought that your future is in jeopardy.
The climate crisis is not the legacy that we thought we would be leaving to you.
For years we have trusted the politicians who have vowed to combat climate change and the reality is that they have done too little too late.
I...

To my grandson Wren (3),

I hope you are enjoying life surrounded by beautiful countryside in a country that has led the way in developing green technology to protect the planet, and is now reaping the rewards of an expanding economy with no people living in poverty.

I fear that the opposite will happen because of government plans to deregulate the countryside, develop more airports and...

To my daughter Giselle,

Darling,I have,at 80 years of age been fortunate to have lived through “the best of times”
During my childhood I ran free in a pristine countryside,relatively free from aggressive agrochemical farming practices,no overfishing,comparatively un polluted streams and rivers,abundant fauna and flora,I could elaborate further but am overwhelmed in this instant by...

To my daughters,

I will not be there to protect you from the destruction which is coming. But I can fight as hard as I can to limit the damage. We need to protect nature - the trees, the seas, the marshland, all the vast array of life - and we need to stop burning fossil fuels. We must stop looking to short term profit and what we can extract from the Earth. Instead, we need a new way of...

To my great nephews, Teddy and Percy Grimwood,

All my love, hope and action has been directed towards nature and the lovely Earth, along with others’.
I pray that our care and efforts have not been in vain and that you are living among vibrant life in a beautiful climate in a peaceful world.

To all future generations,

I hope that you will realise that some of us cared about your future. That we wanted to leave the planet in a better shape than it was when we entered it. I realise that this is unlikely now and it breaks my heart.

I have learnt a lot about human nature in my life. When you are young you trust the grown ups and when you get older you realise that many of the...

To My PM Rishi Sunak,

Dear Rishi. You are young, clever and rich. You have achieved many firsts so far in your life. Now you can do so much more and win much love and respect if you expand your focus to climate change and really learn about it. I suggest you will deeply regret it if you do not grasp this nettle. You can do this to protect the future of your children - and everyone else.
You...

To my Grand-daughter,

My dearest girl,
You live on the opposite side of the world to me. I haven't seen you since you were seven, and now you will be a beautiful, intelligent and sensitive woman. But what world you are now living in depends, tragically, on the whims of blinkered and greedy men who will continue to do all they can to frustrate the passionate efforts of good people to reverse...

To a special grandson,

Yesterday was a very special day. It marked five years, since aged 10, you rang the bell marking the end of your leukaemia treatment at your local children's hospital. So many people from all over the world helped to look after you and global co-operation has been responsible for your recovery. Our planet needs an even more collaborative cure, if its illnesses are to receive...

To my Grandsons Alex and Edward,

My darling boys, I have tried really hard to get the Government to listen to our plea regarding Climate. There is so much we can and must do to keep carbon emissions down. I have written repeatedly to my MP (a Conservative). I send messages & share petitions. I go on marches. They don’t listen. I tweet & share information about what is happening globally. So many of...

To my daughter Daisy,

My darling precious child Daisy
I cannot tell you how scared sad and heartbroken I am that we have left you with a world where love and compassion have been over ruled by fear and greed
We did not look after the earth for you, even though the scientists told us we were destroying it, instead we focused on ourselves and what we needed to sustain our ridiculous...

My Son Mark,

I am rather old and have enjoyed a comfortable life but have become aware that my indulgent western, developed lifestyle has helped to cause a crisis of our environment and this leaves you with much worse prospects than I had when I was young.
Now I try to live a clean, green life but because of the bad habits I have developed over the years and the way our economy...

To my son, Lyall,

Do not let them spoil your world!

To my friends' child, Alexander,

You have just turned two, and you're a bright, little boy learning about the world around him. You already love watching the birds that visit your garden. I hope that you get to experience a world less impoverished in nature than the one I grew up in.
I hope when you are grown that you have political leaders who inspire your trust and who are working together for a...

To my two sons,

Hi,
I'm so sorry that we will leave you the planet is such a state of collapse. I understand that you know this and try to live a life in spite of the future you face - and have decided not to have children as their future will be too blighted by my generations inaction.
We could and can do more, but our leaders lack the vision and compassion needed. They have...

My daughters,

I hope this letter to the future finds that you have a secure existence, with an abundance of resources in a well managed balance!

I hope that we have moved from valuing wealth, to valuing each other, nature and cultural wellbeing!

I hope that my generation has finally played a role in bringing this about.

To my son Adam,

I’ve watched several programs of Planet Earth, it’s an amazing, moving professional program and yet it makes me very sad and concerned seeing how the climate is changing dramatically & affecting from the insects right up to the animals & mammals and the countries and people lives are being destroyed too.
Adam, you are only 20 & have your whole life ahead...

To my son, from your mum,

I hope it is greener and nicer place now to walk, run and cycle around or there are plans to make it like this. I hope community works together more and makes the changes needed alongside governments to reduce the threats of warning and climate chaos together. We know what the scientists are suggesting to secure a less traumatic future for the next generation so I hope that we...

To the wildlife in my garden,

I so enjoy all the wildlife in my garden by the woods. The hedgehog that visits nightly has recently completed filling the hibernation box, that we have provided, with fallen leaves. It has now curled up inside to sleep for the winter. We shall look forward to seeing it emerge next spring, but I wonder whether hedgehogs will still be roaming my garden in the future or is MY...

To my grandchildren,

I have cared a lot about the natural world since I was a teenager in the 1970's. This year it has become clear that the climate crisis is here now, as predicted. Although we still see beauty in the natural world around us, we know that many species are in decline and some have become extinct. If nothing is done, mankind itself is under threat. We know the rise in sea levels...

Prime minister ,

To the current prime minister

We really need to address climate change or there will be no future for any of us.
We have already lost the majority of our wildlife.
The weather changes are already having a massive impact on the lives of everyone & the little that we do is not enough.
You need to up your game massively if we are to survive

Dear Planet Earth,

This is a heartfelt apology that the human species has not looked after you, despite knowing for over 50 years that we were destroying biodiversity. I think it is because of human greed, arrogance and ignorance and political arrangements that rely on greedy votes to stay in power. It seems we are heading for catastrophe for all species and we still have our foot on the...

My Gorgeous Grandchildren, Emililly, Holly Mable, Tangerine, Greg, Jasper and Madeleine,

I have seen you in your buggies and then growing older. I am sad that the world you grow up in will not be as healthy as ours. I am in my 50s and never expected to be a grandad.
I am sad when present politicians believe that things will be OK as technology will find a way to let us continue in the reckless manner using fossil fuels and yet reducing greenhouse gasses....

My niece's and nephews ,

I want you to know how sorry I am that are government did not do more to protect your future.
You know how much I love nature and care about the environment and how I did my bit to reduce my carbon emissions, reduced my meat consumption, reduced plactic use, recycled everything I could, that I didn't use herbicide and pesticides, that I used natural cleaning products...

To all plants, fungi etc., and creatures,

Dear Plants, Fungi etc., and Creatures,

These days I'm disgusted to be a human being because of all the suffering and death you have and are experiencing.
I have seen this horrific climate emergency coming for over thirty years now and always tried to "fight your corner for you". A 'few' other people (in relation to the worlds population) have too but...

To my granddaughter, Isla Grace,

Dear Isla
I am writing to apologise for the failure of my generation to stop fossil fuel extraction despite trying very hard to convince our UK Government to do this. They never realised that the climate crisis was the most important thing to deal with. Their Green New Deal went nowhere near what was needed as they did not do their sums properly. I know you can do...

To my future grandchildren ,

When I try to imagine life in 2030 I feel sad. At present it does not seem that we are planning for a better world and I fear that the picture will be bleak.
Rubbish gathers in the city streets where increasing numbers of homeless people drift, takeout containers and plastic proliferate and spread into our countryside along roads pitted with potholes that no one ever...

To my darling grandchildren,

I just want to say Grampa and I tried very hard to look after our planet . We cycled all our short journeys. We didn't fly anywhere. We cut down on meat and ate as much organic food as we could. We avoided palm oil and produce with air miles.
We put extra jumpers on to keep warm. We zoned the house so we only heated where we needed and we put solar panels on the roof....

Jonathan Reynolds MP ,

We must show deep concern for the future of our planet and the Earth on which our grandchildren will live. Grandchildren from every nation.

The Children of our FAN Family,

We know now that the dream of limiting temperature rises to 1.5ºC is dead. We know now that, even if our leaders step up, you will be living in a world with more hunger, more water scarcity and more extreme weather events. A world where civil unrest is more likely. A world where millions of people will die from the choices made today.

I am so sorry that we...

To My Children, Jordan and Megan,

I love our world and all it has to offer, which is why I feel so sad at the way we treat it. I've always tried my best to do my bit for the environment but many a time I feel overwhelmed by the enormous task ahead. I would loved to have been able to do more for the environment but that often felt out of my grasp, which was mainly due to never having enough money to do so. I...

My future self ,

There will be more green jobs especially for people from a Bame background. The Climate crisis will be taken more seriously and large corporations for example oil companies will no longer be running to the extent they are right now, they will come on board to finding alternatives to providing energy to the world that won't cost the planet. Clothes companies that contribute to...

To my future self,

How many people have died? How many people are suffering? Is it really as bad as they are saying? I want to believe it will all be okay; but I can’t. If only you could write a letter back and tell me what to do. How can I prevent it? Are my efforts well-directed, or am I barking at the moon? I guess I can only do my best – that much I can promise – even if it is futile...

To the future generations,

I hope that our government will have acted now, while we can, appreciating that while other problems our country faces are important and affect many, the climate crisis is the most important, simply because we don't have any more time, and the other problems will be irrelevant if we have no safe place to live, no food and water security, no viable planet. I hope that you will...

To my daughters, Catherine and Lizzy,

My dearest girls,

I so hope you're going to have the chance to grow up in a world that's as safe, beautiful and crammed with diverse life as the one I did. But I fear it's not to be so.

What a mess we've made of this lovely planet: and how sorry I am that it's your generation that will be picking up the pieces. You're going to need to be...

To my sister ,

Hey sister

How are you I'm writing this in 2022 in the hopes that life is much much better than is was for me.

Right now we have company and leaders who don't listen to what's vital or do don't do what's required. I hope in 2030 the world is not only still there but thriving and that as the future u was listened to by the change makers

To my son Oliver,

My mother was in the Greenham common protests in the 1980s the campaign against nuclear disarmament. I was just a child and I remember building a nuclear bunker for my dolls. I didn't want children because of this but I got pregnant and have loved being a mother. However with Climate change I think a lot of people are deeply concerned and conscious about global warming drought...

To my future descendents,

I am so sorry for all the time, energy & money I wasted buying the latest 'can't live without item '& quick & easy solution to a resolving a problem, as well as believing all the advertising lies & false information about the 'harmless ingredients' new gadgets contained. I am so sorry for leaving such a mess from the need to constantly have a bigger, better,...

My 1st grandson (due in January 2023),

To my darling grandson, ( & your mummy & Daddy)
I am so sorry that this earth is in such a state.
The leaders in my lifetime had lots of opportunity to not be greedy & cut omissions to slow global warming, but they chose profit over the world & every living thing in it.
Your grandad & I visited Kenya in Africa in 1991 just before your...

Grandchildren present & future,

Dear Grandchildren, I love you all so much & I'm so ashamed that the world is in a far worse mess than the one I inherited not so long ago. I've tried to do my best as you know, cycling, home grown fruit & veg, which I know you loved to pick & eat when you thought I wasn't looking!
We took you on litter picks on the beach & you were so enthusiastic about...

To my ghost, to urge her to forever haunt those who destroy the planet I love,

A nightmare vision drove me to campaign for years to stop oil drilling destroying the Isle of Wight, designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for its diverse and beautiful landscapes and coast, unspoilt estuaries, dark skies, rare wildlife, ... In 2015, the Government issued licences for oil companies to drill over half of the Island, much of it designated Area of Outstanding...

Everyone, but especially via our political leaders and celebrity influencers, who need to de-conflict current messaging,

We each need to do a little less:
Eating meat
Travelling by carbon unfriendly fuelled vehicles, especially planes
Buying stuff which is made many hundreds or thousands of miles away

We each need to do a little more:
Paying tax to specifically help the poorest in the world avoid the worst of climate change related issues, to ensure the...

To my daughter Martha,

I hope by 2030 the leaders of our political systems will realise that climate change is real. I hope in particular that we in the UK will have the courage to no longer vote for the self-centred and spineless leaders who currently sit in our councils, in our Mayoral offices, in parliament (on both sides of the House of Commons) and the House of Lords. Because these people are...

To all the children not born yet, who we have failed,

I have watched as politicians put greed and growth above us, above future generation, above the planet, above everything.
I have watched as they allow corporations to suck the planet dry, ignore the warnings and fail to meet or enact any real change. They put money and profit above all.
They put themselves above all, even above their own children and...

Dear Future,

When you read history or maybe I should say, if you are there to read history (because I can see that you may not be), I hope you will see that quite a lot of us really wanted you to be there to read this. But at the time of writing, there were also quite a lot who said they agreed with us but somehow couldn’t bring themselves to do the right thing.

We kept...

To my daughter, Naomi, my nieces & nephew and all the children I have ever taught,

Dear Naomi and children of the 2000s,

When you were born 2030 might have seemed a long way off, but now in 2022, it's really not very long at all and yet I fear much will have changed by then. The Earth is a precious gift created for all and over the centuries we humans have made a pretty bad job of thinking about the future. We have used resources and destroyed...

To my sons, Josh and Sam,

I'm sorry for my my generation and most of those in power (political, social, cultural) at the moment. I'm sorry that we've known for decades about the mess that we're getting the world into and we've been so very slow to act, and greed and ego have won so many of the battles and resulted in increasing climate impacts and the general destruction of nature, as well as...

My apology to future incarnations of humanity, like myself,

You will be like me, you will live after me in what is my future and I will be of your past.

We are born of the same genepool, our brains are similar, you will think like me and you can see what I can see, I write to you as if to myself.

Dear friends I am so sorry. I tried to help them think. I tried to change their priorities. I tried to help my...

to my future self,

I hope people of the world have smartened up to stop climate change for the animals, for nature and for all of us.

My great great grandchildren,

Please don't think too unkindly of me, your great great grandma, or your great great grandpa. We tried - we really did. Lots of us are trying, we're writing to our politicians, going on marches, trying to be as environmentally friendly as we can, investing in the most ethical ways there are. Citizens around the world are all trying hard. It just seems our governments...

To my daughter,

I am really hopeful that we achieve a just transition for the climate as I think the world would be a much lovelier place. With no pollution, lots of nature and greenery. More birds and closer nature in cities, less poverty and more equitable resource distribution.
I hope we make it.

To my great niece Laila,

I want to make sure you are left a beautiful world with more trees, plants, birds, mammals,sea creatures and invertebrates than we have now and a less dangerous climate with fewer fires, heatwaves, floods and drought and I will do my very best to make sure the people in power take the necessary action needed to make this happen. I will also do my best personally to have the...

To my descendants,

Dear descendants,

I want to put on record how I feel about the climate crisis, it is the most important issue facing the world today. My hope is that you will read this and know that there were people, including your own ancestors, who cared about the world you would inherit and worked hard for its future..

I love the world and the world's...

To my five grandchildren ,

I want to apologise for the government not making the effort to combat climate change.
I want to apologise for all the governments who could make a difference not making the effort to combat climate change.
I want to apologise for all the CEOs of corporations putting profit before the health of the world.
I am profoundly sorry. I did what I could -...

To my great grandchildren, children of William, Emily, Florence and Imogen,

Dear darling great grandchildren,

I am sure your parents will have told you about all the efforts we made to try to preserve the planet as we had known t when we were children long ago. When I was a child we lived simply; it was after the Second World War. Life then was much simpler. Can you imagine a world without television or mobile phones? Many families did...

To the babies born in 2022,

I’m trying to imagine you at my age - 70 - and what sort of world you are living in, if you are fortunate enough to be alive still.
Scientists now say you will inherit a planet in which massive decline of species has taken place, swathes of land where people now live will be submerged, fires will rage, famine will have caused millions to leave their homes, millions...

to Clemmie, Arthur, Bea and the grandchild as yet unborn,

I want you to know that my lifestyle is the best it can to prevent climate breakdown. We have heard that our new prime minister has ruled against fracking but I feel there is so much more they could do but don't. In particular against fossil fuel companies who despite their protestations about efforts to be green continue to produce fossil fuels that should be left in...

Finn, Poppy, Lizzy and Felix,

Dear Finn, Poppy, Lizzy and Felix,

I'm writing to you about the climate emergency. We are already living with the consequences of the reckless expansion of burning fossil fuels over my lifetime, since 1937. We already see this in extreme weather events, floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves. At 1.2 above pre-industrial levels We are already nearing the safe...

My four children ,

This generation of political leaders has failed to deliver the change that is needed to protect our planet. In spite of grassroot campaigns and great efforts, particularly by your generation, those in power do not appear to have the will or the moral courage to take the necessary action. Instead they pander to the views of some of the older generation, the fossil fuel industry...

Myself ,

Well, Hello!
I am hopeful that your health is good and you have now retired as you had planned. I hope that the leaders of the world have finally woken up to the reality of climate change and that there are now some serious plans in place to tackle it. I really also hope that things didn’t have to deteriorate too badly after writing this letter and that there were not...

To my fictional daughter, Cordelia,

Dearest Cordelia,

It seems strange writing this letter because you don't exist. I am thirty-eight and will never have children because I decided at the age of sixteen that bringing a child into a world experiencing climate change would be selfish and irresponsible and not morally justifiable given the future the planet and humanity faces.

I hope...

To my daughters Amber and Lia and grand daughter Rowan,

I am sorry that you are affected by the issue of climate change. I have tried for some 30 years to change the narrative and have actively campaigned against our government's inability to put in place mitigation.
I am deeply concerned that Rowan will not enjoy the same outlook on nature that we all have had unless something extremely difficult is taken in hand.

Our 'leaders'...,

Let's live our lives for the good of everyone, not for just the benefit of the rich and privileged. But most of all please lets have change to protect all the fragile eco systems and wildlife which we humans are devastating.

You, our leaders, have the power for change. Be brave and humane not ruthless and self seeking. In 100 years our leaders have overseen...

My son, Daniel,

Wow! Ten years old! I remember take you as a one year old on frost bitten bike rides up to Ashton Court to see the deer. We camped through the summer and spent whole days on the beach, although even then we had to plaster you in suncream to make sure you didn't burn. How things change.. Too hot now to leave the safety of the home when temperatures are hitting 40 degrees...

To my grandson Hugo,

I hope when you look back on your childhood you remember

A bee disappearing into a speckled foxglove flower;
Squirrels chasing each other through the apple blossom;
Fox cubs playing in the long grass, vixen watching on;
Damselflies swooping over the pond, iridescent blue.

If you cannot remember any of these things, it will be...

Our children ,

I hope you are enjoying life. There is so much to love and be thankful for.

Look after our world and the people in it. We are all here for such a short time, but we can each make a big impact on those around us.

Try to keep a global perspective, but take responsibility for your individual actions. I know you think carefully about the choices you...

To my self aged 89,

Dear Jennie
I have been feeling increasingly sad about the the state of climate change, biodiversity loss, extreme weather and how it affects all the people of the world. I hold on to the hope that our brightest and best will continue to come up with amazing solutions to change what looks so set to continue in the desperate trajectory. Yet right now in my heart I feel...

To my Great Grandchildren,

I hope when you are old enough to appreciate this wonderful world (as I know it) and in which you ought to be living, that you will be able to enjoy life without worrying about changing weather patterns, sea levels rising and hearing of the unimaginable storms that have plagued many of the foreign countries recently.

Everyone must make sacrifices and learn to...

To my grandchildren Lauren Gabriella Joseph and Daniel,

I love you all and want a better future for you to live your lives in. Please God and all good people that you will. To those who are fighting for a greener renewable future I salute you. Never stop - for all children and grandchildren everywhere.

To my future self ,

Greetings Future David of year 2223,
I am a previous incarnation of you.
I was born in 1945, Before climate change began to be noticeable. Living at the end of the pre- climate-change era and the start of the 6th mass extinction. I feel that I need to apologize very profoundly for the world that I handed down to you.
I wonder what your historians will...

To me,

Do you still have my favourite things?
-The night sky full of clear stars (not light pollution)
-Birds singing
-Hedgehogs and butterflies and bees
-Morning dew and that lovely rain smell
-Trees and woods and forests
-Snow and wintery days
-Actual seasons
-Penguins and polar bears and ice
-The smells of nature (not...

To Megan, my surrogate daughter,

Darling Megan, I know how scared you are, at your tender age of 28 and with your whole life ahead of you. I feel the same at the age of 63, and find that the idea of dying of old age is a thing of comfort - the world is so unstable and I can only think that climate change is going to get so much worse even in the years I have left.

I am terrified for your...

to my daughter, Eloise,

Dear Eloise,
I won't be here to see what happens to our beautiful planet in 50 years time, but I pray, and will pray for ever, that you survive the climate change which is coming, without in any way contributing to it. I know you love history, particularly stories about brave women, and I know you are brave too. I hope you will have a lovely green garden somewhere in...

To everyone,

Be kind to each other, friend or foe, we are all in this crisis together. No one should be doing anything that damages the life or livelihood of another, no matter where in the World they live, or how powerful or rich they are. Think "SOCIAL JUSTICE" for every action you take.

To my son, W,

Dear W,

You bring such joy to the everyone around you. At 2 years old, you are determined to explore and learn. Your curiosity and joy make my life brighter every day. And yet I fear for the day that you will discover how much the world is changing. I fear for the day that your heart will break when you realise that your future on this planet is uncertain. That...

To all non-human species,

To all species other than human, I apologise! You have evolved over millions of years to form a balanced ecosystem which has been self-fulfilling and sustainable yet, my species has been the climax which, in just a few millennia, has set in motion the decline and destruction of the whole system - too many of us are ignorant of the system we inhabit believing, arrogantly, that...

To those who are born this year,

I fear that, if we don't change course in the 2020s, your lives are going to be damaged and shortened by the climate change that we are perpetrating.

Some us tried to reduce CO2 (and methane) emissions by campaigning for fossil fuels to be left in the ground, by switching to sources of energy that generate less or no CO2, by using less energy, by investing in...

Dear Tomorow,

I'm not sure how far into the future you are. Like most of us now, I'm not sure what our future as human beings will be. I'm an old man now, and by the time you read this, I shall probably not be here. But I trust that my grandhildren will be... Before I leave this earth, I need to do all that is possible within my power to work with those arguing for urgent addressing of...

To my Descendants,

Dear Descendants,

The climate crisis is the most important issue facing the world today and I want you to know that I really care about sorting it out. My hope is that you will read this and know that there were people, including your own ancestors, who cared about the world God gave us.

I care for people all over the globe, especially the most...

To those born in this century,

I hope the world has acted on climate change. If not the mighty polar bear will be extinct. This is the first animal I remember seeing in captivity. Even as a young child I was horrified to see them pacing about in a small concrete enclosure. It was so obviously cruel. The argument, I was told, was that it would make people care about animals in the wild ! That really worked....

People born in 2022,

I went on protest marches, I wrote to my MP, I signed many petitions, I spoke to friends - all about the climate crisis and how global warming would be the end of civilisation as I know it today. I will continue to do this.

I did this for over ten years, as I understood what the scientists were saying and didn't believe the big oil companies. Still the leaders...

To my awesome kids,

I didn't bring you into this world for you to live a life where billions of humans suffer and die, and where people fight over the remaining capacity of the planet to support humans.

I hope that there are people in government who care about the people they represent and serve, and who will make the changes we urgently need.

I dream of a future...

To my grandchildren ,

As I write this, I am conscious of the struggle it has been to try to get enough people, governments and business leaders to take climate and environment seriously enough. I've been aware since about 1981 that there could be a problem with what we used to call 'greenhouse gases' insulating the world so that there'd be a build up of heat. I and others tried to respond to this...

An unknown child,

Hello.
This is my message in a bottle, to someone in the future. I don't know where it will be carried, by the Gulf Stream, if there is such a thing anymore. I hope you are a child, because my greatest concern is for children of the future. I am writing this in 2022, just before COP27, probably the World's last chance to prevent extreme, uncontrollable climate...

To Cousin Harry,

Hi Harry,
you are the youngest member of my family & I am worried about the future you now face.
Despite the warnings we all heard back in 1976 little has been done. Every new government that was elected since then hinted at helping the environment but nothing substantial came of it. They were & are only ever concerned with the short-term & getting reelected &...

Everyone,

This is terrifying. I desperately hope we can do enough to curb further devastating effects. I’m so sorry if it’s not enough

To my descendants,

Dear descendants,

I want to put on record how I feel about the climate crisis, it is the most important issue facing the world today. My hope is that you will read this and know that there were people, including your own ancestors, who cared about the world you would inherit and worked hard for its future..

I love the world and the world's...

To Planet Earth,

Dear Planet Earth or should I call you Gaia?
You coalesced out of star dust four and a half billion years ago, not too hot and not too cold, the Goldilocks planet. As far as we know the only planet to give birth to life. And give birth you did to tiny bits of life which over millions of years flourished into the amazing diversity we have today. Breathtakingly beautiful...

To my granddaughter, Lizzie,

I cycled into Lyndhurst in the New Forest yesterday from here, Ashurst, and as the choking traffic filled the air very close to me, zooming past me every ten seconds, I had a vision. There were no cars! But some electric small vehicles travelling along a narrow lane, and the rest of the road were cyclist. Many were on e-bikes, and many had children being pulled along in...

To the youth of tomorrow,

Dear Young People,
It is 2022 and the World is being destroyed by man's abusive use of it's natural resources minute by minute. We hear of and read warnings every day and stand at a crucial crossroads where every human and every government need to recognise the danger we are currently in and the disaster that yourselves, our future generations will be facing if urgent...

To my future self,

In 2030 I would like to see that radical action including stopping the use of fossil fuels has been taken in the eight years before 2030 to prevent an environmental catastrophe and that we are going in the right direction with regard to climate change. I hope that society has not collapsed and that you are not in the process of starving to death or have not already been...

To my Grandchildren ,

With all sincerity and good intention, I hope that it will not need to be said of us in the future that for our todays, we took your tomorrows.

To my children,

Andrew Emma Beth
I am writing to you from the future where our government took the decision just as the window was closing to commit to a zero carbon economy.
They invested in renewables, they invested in public transport, in communities taking charge of their own energy, and sustainable food production. Health improved due to reduced pollution, and a more...

To my youngest son Simon born 1997,

Dear Simon.

As a mother I was more upset than you can imagine when so many school and social events in your childhoods were ruined by floods and heatwaves even though we were living in Oxfordshire and then Wiltshire. I remembered my primary school days in the 60s when you could rely on sunny and dry Junes, lying in the grass making daisy chains on sports days...

To my children....to all children,

It's half-term as I write. We have been staying in an airbnb in the Cotswolds. We are one of the many fortunate ones who can do something like this with our family. Our children are in their early 40s.their children are under 10. The trees show off their glorious Autumn colours. All is well. Except that it is worryingly warm. At first we are pleased the rain is mostly holding...

Dear Ted my son,

I want you to live having a future of possibilities and a world free to explore. I want you be able enjoy diversity of nature, beauty and culture, I want you to grow up knowing that the future isn’t one you dread and fear. To know you can have children.

I want you to live in a country and a world where politicians strive for the best for all regardless of...

To my future self,

Did those in power step up and help save the environment? Have the UK stopped investing in fossil fuels? I hope that one day, our future will look more promising. That I will be able to look online and no longer see news articles highlighting the rapid decline of our world. That I will be able to see species who were once critically endangered now thrive in their natural...

To my granddaughter Mia,

We all need to pull together to take better care of our planet, she is the only one we have, and if we don't take better care of her now, future generations are going to struggle and
will not thank us for not protecting our precious earth, we need to put more pressure on goverments, they say they will take steps, but they are not doing so, they are not listening to us...

To my niece,,

You’re the first grandchild in our family, and your arrival in January is filling us all with joy and excitement. I hope with all my heart you made it safely.

It’s 2030 are 7 years old. Your lifetime representing momentous change. Governments came together in 2023 and swiftly acted to stop extracting fossil fuels, limiting warming to 1.5 degrees and at the...

To my sons Sam and Joe,

We are doing all we can to try and protect nature and the planet for you to be safe and well in the future and so that you are able to have your own children safe in the knowledge that their futures are protected too.

When we are no longer here we want you to remember above all that whenever you face difficulties, it is being in nature that can restore your...

To all my friends and family,

Please join me in urging all governments, particularly our own UK government to put climate change at the top of the list for investment, real focus and real change. We need to work to pass on a better place and a safer environment to the future and take responsibility ourselves for what we have caused in our lifetime that has contributed towards the huge increase in...

Lizzie, daughter ,

Dear Lizzie, I don’t know what life is like for you now with all that is going on with the climate. I hope you are part of the change for good as I have tried to be.
Climate change has affected many people and ecosystems on the planet. I have tried to act responsibly, I have not flown for over 20 years and you never did as a child. We have shopped for food in season...

To my beautiful grandchildren, Monty Wilf Bess George and Maggie,

We live in a beautiful world, a world you deserve to explore, learn about and cherish. Some of us have been trying for a very long time to protect it and warn our governments about the damage we have all been doing to it. I am sorry that we haven’t been able to make enough changes to our way of life and to find better, less harmful ways of living so that you can enjoy the...

To my Grandson Oli,

The world we live in now is very different to the one I grew up in especially the one concerning nature. As mankind has evolved we have been selfish and irresponsible in relation to other wildlife and our natural environment. This has resulted in loss of animal and plant species some of which are lost to us forever. Despite warnings to Governments around the world from...

To Lucy and Amy,

I know that I have said to you, that I wish that I had been proactive in preventing climate change many decades ago; you both said that I still would have been in a minority of people, who were just deemed as basically mad to think that our planet could be affected in such a way, that there would be a massive rise in temperature that would affect all life on this precious...

UK government,

It is tempting for over-worked politicians to allow climate change concerns to slip off the agenda. (Contrary to the normal barrage of stinging criticisms, I think most politicians are honest and attempting to improve the world).
About 30 years ago when concerns about global warming were becoming known among the general public, a record-breaking high temperature would...

Dystopian future (return to sender),

Looking back at the climate crisis, did we act? The earths health is declining and with that every living thing on this planet will decline with it. We need to stop, we need to act - now.

The worlds richest will be the last effected and yet the main cause. That's why we need world leaders to take control and make climate crisis their top priority. Many people...

My grandchildren,

Dear Grandchildren,
I am hoping that we have left you a planet in which you can enjoy all the privileges we have had. We were lucky to have had so much, an education, security, health, and enough to eat. Most of all we lived in a beautiful world and I was lucky enough to have a childhood surrounded by nature. When I was young we didn't know how much our way of living...

To My Beautiful Son ,

I've tried my darling. Organic compostable alternatives to plastic are available and can be used. The governments of the world know this, but unfortunately money and greed are more important to them. I have written letters, and signed petitions but without bold, brave decisions from the leaders of our world, change cannot be implemented. There are unlimited sources of energy...

To my grandchildren ,

For many years our planet has supported us in what ever we do giving us food and water and in return we have taken and taken and raped the earth of everything because of our greed we face not only extinction for ourselves but every living creature on it we have to stop being selfish stop polluting our oceans with our toxic waste and rubbish .we need to heal the earth...

To my grandchildren, Jamie, Emily and Katie,

I am so sorry that the world you are inheriting is in so much danger because of the profligate use of earth's resources. I am sorry that our generation has been part of causing climate change which is destroying habitats for the world's wonderful animals and insects and for the devastation this is causing for whole island nations. Grandad and I have endeavoured to live a...

To my grandsons John & Alex,

I have been worrying about our beautiful planet for many years now and long before you were born.

I want to do what I can to keep it beautiful and healthy so that you both can wonder, discover and enjoy its amazing miracles of life for yourselves.

But it is in big trouble now, because of our neglect, and the many natural wonders that are so rare...

Grandad to Jack and Ella,

On the visit of his Grandchildren to the seaside .
To find this place makes you dance with joy at being alive.
The walk through the woods to see sunlight sea, with the waves crashing onto the rocks,
and the roar of the pebbles drawn breakers will, uplift your spirits.
High overhead the gulls wheel and turn, and give out that singular cry of your...

To the children I chose not to have.,

We've made such a mess of this beautiful planet & spoiled it so much already. I'm 80 now & am so saddened by so much that has happened during my lifetime.
Politicians used to use the slogan "It's the economy stupid" to convince themselves that was what voters were only interested in. I know that not to be true & believe that it is an insult to most people the world...

To my grandchildren ,

Dear Grandchildren,

I am so worried about the kind of world you will be living in when you are 75 like me. I hope you know that I have done what I could to avert a catastrophe. This has included changing my own behaviour (probably not enough) and taking part in demonstrations to try to get governments to understand that this issue is more important than all...

To my future self Claire ,

Hello Claire!

If you're reading this, well done on surviving somehow. How on earth (literally) did you do it?!

I must admit, my 2022 self was full of apologies for not being able to prevent so many species - including humans - from going extinct and the planet itself imploding. Turns out recycling and writing to your MP just wasn't enough!!

Everyone alive in 50 years time,

Hello All,

If Climate Change is under control and not too much of a problem - well, thank goodness for that.

If you are suffering significantly because of it...well...I am very sorry. A lot of us tried and tried and tried to get those with the power and the money to do as much as the science told them was necessary. But, as of now (October 2022),...

To the descendants of Peep Peep, Sage and Snowey, ,

I really hope that you are there to read this. How are you? How are you surviving? Is there still fruit, worms and seeds to eat? Do you still have water? How are you surviving the long periods of extreme weather? Just how?

It wasn't your predecessors' fault. They did nothing wrong. They inspired me during dark times. They trusted me and came onto the kitchen...

To my partner Berni,

I am greatly worried about climate change and biodiversity loss. If human beings do not moderate their impact on the planet and quickly then it is inevitable that large swathes of what used to be liveable land will become uninhabitable by humans and other animals. Indeed this is already happening in areas where drought, wildfires, flooding and other extreme weather events are...

government in power ,

I want to say, can you do all you can for the climate change situation. The world is obviously suffering right now, with flooding and fires for example and people dying because of it. Think of the future generations, what will our world be like; say by 2030, 2040?
Please use your influence.
Thankyou

My 14 year old and 8 year old neices,

I am sorry that you are not going to experience the wonderful world that I knew as a child and a young adult. With the climate changing before our very eyes and the devastating effect this has had particularly this year 2022, with droughts, even more forest fires, melting of glaciers, floods and unprecedented famines. In retrospect this has been building for years and now we...

To my grandchildren, Eleana, Thomas, Noah and Isaac,

I hope for a world where there is peace among nations, where all energy comes from renewable sources, where power for transport does not come from dirty fuels, and where there is little use of plastic and far more reuse and recycling of everyday goods. The use of fossil fuels must be ended to save all creatures in the natural world, the human race and the planet itself.

To all those I leave behind,

The latest UN report says we have 9 years to keep our carbon emissions down to a level that will mean global heating will be around 1.5°C. By that time I'll be 79 and approaching my end of days I guess - and the thought of overstretched health services, weather bombs of various cause (heat, flood, drought) and general civil unrest from lack of food, water, and just personal...

To my great grandchildren (not yet born),

I wish you happiness and the freedom to love and appreciate the beauty of nature. The chance to walk the hills, swim in the oceans and rivers, play outside in the fresh air. My generation is in climate crisis because of the massive damage human beings have done to the planet. Governments and world leaders procrastinate and bury their heads in the sand instead of tackling the...

To our granddaughter, Rosie,

Dear Rosie,
Today, at one years old, you found out about the sheer delight of sitting in and playing in a big pile of colorful autumn leaves (from our field maple tree). You laughed and threw them and loved to see puppy Izzy careering in to join us. My very great hope is that you will be able to share that same joy with your own grandchild one day.
I do believe...

To future self,

Hello, how are you?
Are you still worrying about what to do now?
After all, it's been like this since a long time ago, hope the job you are doing is you favorite.
Although i don't know which country your are in now, but it must be your own choice.

Take care yourself

My Daughter Ava and Son Theo ,

To my darling children,
I want you to know I didn’t give up. I don’t know what the next 10 years will bring but I am not sitting back and doing nothing.
I’ve campaigned to stop glyphosate spraying in our area and have been successful. I’ve become vegetarian for the good of the climate and realised we can not continue on this cruel path with animals....

To my two dear granddaughters Vi & Ivy,

Though you are too young just yet to worry about what is happening to our planet, your home, I am concerned that we grown-ups are not doing a very good job of looking after it for you. What we have done in the past has often not been at all good. We have been selfish, choosing to do things only for ourselves, and harming the environment around us. Now we know better and have...

To the politicians of the future,

I don't know how things will be in the very near future, all I do know is that it probably wont be good. Those who have the power today to make things better do nothing but argue and quarrel. The world is not going in a good direction- ecologically, socially, economically, so you, leaders of the future, are the only people who have the power to change this. Take action, stand...

To my future friends and family,

I hope you're all doing well.
Right now I can't be sure and I don't know how your life's gonna be because we're in the middle of a climate crisis. The problem is that many people don't realise it and don't do anything to stop it. Even many governments still don't try to protect our planet.

So I hope your world is a nice place to live and you have...

To my future self,

I am hoping and praying that the world that you live to day has managed to get it act together and opened its eyes to the injustice and inequality all around. I am hopeful that something can still be done and the world that you now live in has some promise that things will get better. At the moment the news seems to one bad thing after another, but I believe that there are...

To my future self,,

Well how’s life? How’s things going? Are things still the same? Do you still live where you used to or have you moved? Did you ever get that electric mint green fiat 500 with the pink stripe that you have longed for forever!? Did you finally visit Paris and have you started travelling the world bit by bit like you want to? Are you a teacher and what things are you...

To my son Tom,

Dear Tom,
It's my dearest wish that the world you find yourself in is the world I'd hoped for you, a world that recognises the fragility of life on earth, life worth fighting for. I hope that the changes and choices I made and the actions I took, however small, were not in vain and were a part of a mindset shift that ultimately changed the world for the better. I hope...

to my daughter lana,

hello lana

this is a letter from ur mother i hope your are safe love.
how is the weather is it as it is now heated with a cold breeze or is it worse, i hope the world is in decent shape i hear now that it wont be good in time to come from now but i hope it shine bright for you lana

love jane

To my family in the future,

I hope that the people in power have made the sensible choice.

We all know what must be done, but doing it seems to be a huge challenge. There's always another political crisis to distract from the big picture. I hope that our leaders have not turned their back on the progress so far, but built upon it.

The world is changing. I hope that we have...

To everyone in 2022,

Message from the future

You’ll be pleased to hear that we found ways to be self-sustaining when external inputs became unreliable which put us in a good place to cope with change.

How did we do it?

You don’t know it yet, but some of you were able to start community growing projects to bring food security to your areas, many of...

To my son, Sylvester,

Dear Sylvester,

This summer you noticed the black berries for the first time and as we walked through the Hollies, you delightfully cried 'Mummy!, blackberries!!!' We picked and ate them, you got blackberry juice all around your mouth. Along with Daddy, this became one of our favourite activities. We made an apple and blackberry crumble with a neighbours' apples...

To my daughter, whom I will never have. ,

Hello little one,

Currently, you only exist in my dreams. Dreams and spontaneous thoughts that consider your existence and are immediately followed up by a single thought.

Not on this planet, not under these conditions.

You see, I would love to be your father, and at the time of writing I am 33 years old, but it simply would be too...

To my daughter avaleigh,

Avaleigh

I’m writing this letter to let you know how important nature, and protecting your environment is to me. I want to protect it so you can live in a world of beauty, and be at peace with nature. I want you to have clean air, drinking water and live in a world where mankind works in harmony with nature.

We are currently working against the...

To all my grandchildren those already born and those born in the future.,

I do hope that the climate emergency has been tackled by now. I hope that everyone has played their part, ordinary people, politicians and world leaders. You children deserve to inherit a beautiful world with a diversity of species and an understanding of the connectedness of every living thing on this planet.
Rich people funding space exploration for themselves is not...

To my grandchildren: Alma, Archie, Emily Monty, Matilda and Annie,

Dear Alma, Archie, Emily, Monty, Matilda and Annie,

I am writing this letter to the politicians who make the decisions that affect what sort of world we live in. Of course they're not the only people who can do things to change things for the better, you can too, but they do have the power to make changes that can have quite an effect for better - or worse. My...

To my beloved boys, Elliot and Oscar,

I want you to know that I tried to fight the good fight for you, to do all that I could do save this precious planet we are gifted with from God. Your Dad watches me with a mixture of despair and admiration as I produce endless new recycling pots and boxes, switch lights off constantly, turn thermostats down and enforce vegetarianism on the family. And you will hopefully know...

My future families ,

Hi all, l hope you and your generation have the beauty of a healthy inheritance in nature, of greenery, different climates and all that we used to enjoy. With weather and creatures that amaze and astound you, that you respect and all of which you care for, in the present and for future people to come.
However you do it - keep understanding that all of that is the...

To those growing up in the Twenty First Century,

Dear Children and Grandchildren,

I hope that you are keeping well; and are living in a peaceful world.

I hope that the computers are behaving themselves.

Don't forget to think for yourselves ! Always.

Are you able to keep a garden or allotment ? Keep on tending the soil; and also of course loving one another. Treat...

To David & Hannah. My grandchildren,

As you know from our walks together I loved looking at wildlife, the seals at Rye Harbour, the dippers at Aberdulais and the butterflies and flowers anywhere and everywhere.

I hope that my generation's efforts both personal and in pressurising our politicians mean that our natural world survived and that now you can still enjoy your walks with your...

My grandsons Zeki and Jasper ,

I hope with all my heart that you have a greener brighter future.
The politicians refused to listen and didn't take care of our planet 😢

Love Nan ❤

To my son William,

I've had many wonderful moments interacting with the natural environment. I want you to have the same.

To my friends and family,

I’m writing to you whilst imagining myself in the future, cooking you all a big family meal. There’s no freeze-dried space food here, just delicious local-seasonal food grown with respect for the Earth and its oceans.

Because in the future I hope we will have modernised our food systems to work in harmony with nature, not against it, as much conventional...

To my children,

A good person told me once that it was no good trying to encourage politicians to think about the climate emergency. That the only way to make a difference was for us all to do what we can, in our own corners.

Well, good people have been doing that for decades, but it’s no longer enough.

The terrifying signs are here - more storms, more...

To my grandsons,

Sometimes I think about the kind of world you will be living in ten, twenty or thirty years from now. I worry about the effect the changing climate is having on so many things - the wildlife you enjoy, the food you eat, the work you'll do, the places you'll want to visit. You know that I am passionate about supporting the farmers in the developing world who grow our tea,...

To tomorrows' generation,

I am your previous generation that out of arrogance and self-interest dismissed the call of nature that was shouting loud, HELP, HELP, you are killing me. I am so, so, ever sorry to leave you with the consequences of our ignorance and deafness. I sincerely hope that we have not left it too long to the point of no return. Nature be with you, look after it even if we didn't to...

To my dear granddaughter Bella,

You mean so much to me Bella and this note is to tell you how much I want life to be good for you in the decades to come. I’m writing this in October 2022 while feeling a lot of despair about how the world governments are NOT dealing with the huge climate catastrophe which is ahead of us.

Grandma and I do our best to use less fossil fuels and to care for our...

To my future self,,

I do not want to forget how I feel right out about the state of the planet and world, I hope to see actions taken to tackle climate change so that the world will be the best to live in for everyone.

I hope to start my own family soon and raising my children. I don't want them to be scared of droughts and flood that gets worse over the years in the world. I hope...

To my Grandson James,

Dear James
We have been hearing a lot recently about glaciers shortening, sea ice melting and everywhere getting warmer. Forest fires, droughts and my garden not able to produce what it could a few years ago. This was not such a problem when I was young although I did not like the cold winters, snow could be fun. It is not fun that so much is going wrong so fast. We...

To my grand daughter Rosalina,

I wish you a future where people are equal, countries adopt green programmes, welfare in health, education, fair distribution of wealth characterise all countries and we prioritise fair trade products.

To The Future,

Dear Tomorrow,

With Intense Apologies for the Mess that I have made of the Planet.

Please look after our Precious Planet better than I have done.

Very Sincerely

Dr Tony GREENWAY

Tomorrow,

Save world

To everyone living with the worst effects of climate chaos I,

I am so sorry that our lack of committed action over the years has caused you so much pain.
My fervent wish is that we will honour promises made,enabling funding to go to all of you so you can use your expertise where you live to transform chaos into hope .

To my beautiful great granddaughter, Madison ,

You were one month old on Friday and I fear for your future. For generations we have all been poor stewards with the world’s precious resources. I would like to think that all governments will now take the opportunity to really get to grips with climate change. We have had so many warnings, red hot summer days here in the UK, floods in many other countries. High winds...

To my 4 grandsons, Olly, Dan, Sonny and Oscar,

Dear Olly, Dan, Sonny and Oscar, our wonderful grandsons,
Everyone with any common sense and knowledge knows that action on climate change is very urgent. You 2 big ones certainly know this and although you 2 little ones are too young to know about it you will certainly live with the consequences.
It is our duty to do what we can to persuade the politicians to...

To my nephew ,

We need to care about climate change

To my future self,

I hope 2030 is going very differently to 2020.

I hope my friend Pakstan, in Cambodia, isn't still worrying about her crops being flooded and destroyed each year.

I hope my friend Segondu, in the Amazon rainforest, isn't still worrying about having no fish to eat because oil spills are killing his main food source in the Amazon river.

To the future inhabitants of this planet,

Support the earth with love and gentleness, do not exploit it, share it and respect those who use it to feed and sustain us all. Make it fair and sustainable so we in the future can all be fit from our work.

My future self ,

I really hope that the people in power have finally listened and took action so that our next generation do not have to live with their huge failings.
The climate crisis is already here and affecting our lives now and this is our last chance to sort it out.

To my greatnephew Rúben, ,

Dear Rúben,

At 4 months old, you are still new to the world, a world I want you to be proud to be a part of.

The world I wish for you, Rúben, is a world where people, animals and plant life thrive safely in a peaceful, harmonious environment with no threat to their survival. A world where crops can grow to feed you, where insects can thrive to...

My Grandson Elijah ,

Hello my boy …

I’m writing this letter to you so that you’re aware of the injustice about TRADE & how by buying FAIRTRADE products is one way we can help those around the world earning a pittance because they’re not part of the mega rich TRADE partners!

Please always be AWARE of this as well as other injustices around our beautiful...

To my granddaughter Emma,

My dearest Emma.

I am writing this letter because I really hope by the beginning of the 2030s the trajectory regarding climate change is a positive one. I hope my and your mother’s generations have managed to influence the government to act by, not destroying nature and, supporting farmers to look after wildlife and, not putting wealth first over natural...

Descendants ,

Dear Descendants

Climate change is the most important ethical and political issue facing us now in the 2020s. It is affecting the whole world but floods, droughts and famines are disproportionately affect the world’s poorest and most marginalised people in the Global South. These are people who are least responsible for climate breakdown.

50...

My niece Florie,

I am hoping we all see sense so you get to live in a greener, fairer world where many fish swim in the sea and plastic products are banned.
The use of Eco energy rather than fossil fuels, and the need for some to be too wealthy whilst many are so in need.
Wishing you a future in a more compassionate place with less greed and ignorance.

People of goodwill ,

Renewable energy companies and their customers should be rewarded not punished with high prices and extra tax on renewable companies.
People make conscious decisions to choose renewable energy, which since that is what everyone needs for the health of themselves and the planet, should be rewarded. We need to encourage people to get renewable energy and people have less...

The skylarks of Warren Farm who saved my sanity during Lockdown,

Remember those early days of Lockdown when the human world had stopped? Trapped in the drudge of "permitted daily exercise", I circled the park past its taped up benches. Then, one day, beyond the canal and the industrial estate, I found a wide open meadow, full of speedwell and buttercups and I saw you fly.

Remember how warm it was and how those thermals...

To those in charge ,

I am a 68 year old woman, and won’t be around to see the how the destruction politicians are planning will impact our planet
I have no children or grandchildren
But I am still concerned about our rivers pouring sewage into our seas
Of plastic choking our oceans
Of forests being burnt and destroyed to make way for palm oil and cattle
Of...

To my children, Arthur and Henry,

In 2030 you will be men in your 20's. You already have questions about the world we live in now. You once said Arthur why can't the billionaires just all give in their money and then we divide it out so everyone has enough.
I know as you get older these questions will get more complicated. We support a football team funded by the UAE.
There are things...

To my children, Joshua and Charlie,

As a family we have reduced our single use plastic, recycled religiously, reduced our fossil fuel usage and spent weekends beach cleaning.
I hope all of this was enough.
I hope climate change is starting to reverse and that the global temperature has lowered.
I hope that the animal and plant kingdoms are flourishing and that are seas are full of wildlife...

To my daughter,

To my hunney,

I am sorry. You had a great childhood and you grew up so positive, so excited about your future. I let you build plans and expectations, all the while writhing inside as climate breakdown unfolded and our safe predictable planet rapidly starting changing before our eyes. I let you enjoy a normal life, a carefree life, while knowing that your future...

To all future generations,

There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a Bluebell Wood or a Woodland in the Autumn and through out all of the Seasons. Listening to the dawn chorus or listening to bird song on Summers's afternoon in the Countryside and all of this and much more and I hope you are hearing and seeing it too. If you are not and you have been reduced to reading about our natural world in a...

To my friend casey,

We need to take action now because if we carry on taking our environment for advantage the world will start to seriously suffer over the decades. Even though some of us here now have created the problem we won't really have to live with it, it will be our grandchildren and maybe even your children will have to deal with the consequences of your actions. So hopefully if we...

To future generations,

I am writing to you on this year 2022.
Heat waves, climate change, drought, but as well floods and heavy storms, decline of all biodiversity (animals and plants), deforestation, overfishing, pollution of all kinds on earth, in the air, in all waters (rivers, lakes, oceans …), and more … have become part of our daily life.
Yes, mankind has succeeded in...

To Trissie, Lea, Leo, Toby, Lorcan and more (our children),

You are all in your mid-twenties now, thriving and still living in London. We are so glad you are still around the corner from your mums and we get to see you regularly. And we are even more excited that none of you have asthma now because London’s air is no longer polluting its residents. But there was a long period – 2017 until 2022, when you were babies and small kids...

To my son and daughter, Jasper and Dorrie,

I hope we get to 2030 realising that 2022 was a turning point, when we realised the danger that man-made climate change and biodiversity loss was critical, and civil society turned on an uncaring government run for profit, not for the planet.
Millions of people across the country have been waiting for leadership to build a better, low-carbon future. It's great to see...

To my future self,

I hope that climate change hasn't destroyed our beautiful planet. Humanity is ruining the only earth we have and it terrifies me. At the moment, climate change is concerning me. We are polluting our air with greenhouses gases, causing global warming. Temperatures are rising and ice is melting. The ice melting is negatively affecting some of the animals on our planet. They are...

To me,

Well, have we made a difference?
Has the world become a better place?
I hope so as I hate to think what the world will be like if we haven't learnt our lessons from the past.
Are we blind or just stupid that we can't see what is staring us in the face. I get so cross when I hear politicians cutting taxes hoping that this will appease peoples concerns. ...

To my children Archie and Arabella,

I hope that you are living in a world as beautiful, or more so, as the world today. I hope that people have enjoyed and looked after nature in the way I have tried my best to teach you to do so.
I want you to live in a world without litter, without over-pollution and over-population. I want you to live in a world where everything isn’t just consumed but is replaced/...

To the future Generation,

protect clean air, not just locally but globally. Protect clean air. Don't let them burn woods or pollute the air you have to breath, otherwise you will suffer ill health and the NHS will also suffer. Be Kind.

To my darling Son,

I will not always be here to protect you my darling but, I have a chance right now!
As you grow, I promise to protect our/your home, our planet!
As your loving mummy, I will do all I can to provide you with a life full of promise, on this beautiful planet x Always x

To generations of the future,

Nature and the environment is precious. Apart from beauty, it is good for mental well being and deserves to be protected and nurtured. Once it's gone, it's gone. Embrace it.

To my darling sons,

I’m sorry that so many of my generation and those in generations before me thought that it was ok to plunder this beautiful earth, use up so many of her resources, pollute the oceans and rivers, chop down billions of acres of forests, and cause the extinction of so many animals and plants. I’m sorry that the planet earth you and your children will live in will be so...

To all my friends and family with kids,

I'm lucky to have lived in a golden age (born early sixties) but even so I've been aware of the destruction of the earth for over 40 years - pollution in the air, rivers and seas, rainforest destruction, wild habitation destruction, over consumption etc etc. It's frustrating that we've known for so long that we needed to change our priorities and live better - to measure...

Laurence Robertson MP,

Please Encourage the Govt to take as many steps as possible to help with climate change.
Having no children i really have no dependents to worry about but i still worry for future generations.
Hoping you do too.

To My 74 Year Old Self,

I'm nearly sixty-four years old as I right this letter, I don't know if you will read this, or one of our wonderful friends will.

I've been trying to reduce our carbon footprint as much as possible for nearly twenty years. Of course you know about the trees we paid to have planted. I hope our giant sequoia is growing well.

I hope that the double...

To my son,

Just a few words I’m putting down to explain how we managed to turn things around with the climate and biodiversity crisis of the 2020s.
Luckily we managed to pull together as a species across the world and took steps to mitigate and where possible reverse the damage we had and have caused.

We harnessed the power of the wind, waves, tides, sun and the...

to my sister Anne,

We are both of an age where we have seen incredible changes in every aspect of the world. We have been fortunate to visit other countries and learn about different cultures which has helped us to appreciate our environment.
But what will happen in the next few decades?
The future isn't written yet, so we all need to come to an agreement on how to keep, preserve...

To my children and grandchildren ,

I'm so sorry that this planet is warming so much more quickly than we can mitigate effectively. Achieving net zero at 2050 seems unachievable and is still too late. Adaptation is the only hope we have now. It breaks my heart to think of what environmental losses and species extinctions will occur over your lifetimes. Even worse is the thought I have not done enough to protect...

To anyone who wishes a tomorrow ,

In life, I ride my bike to the highest points I can find. I watch the sunrise and marvel that it brings life to all around.

Don't mourn me after I'm gone. Go watch the sunrise. You're privileged to see the dawning of each new day. I will be with you in spirit.

Nurture life, your loved ones and right throughout the world. Respect the ground on...

To all my great-nephews and great-nieces,

You are all very young, and so not at all to blame for the damage that my generation, and later ones, has done to the climate and to nature. We have poured our waste and pollution into the seas and oceans, into the lakes and rivers, into the soil, and into the air we all breathe. We have killed off species after species of animals and plants, chopped down and burned down whole...

To my precious adult children, Jessica and Sam,

You will know Dad and I care about the world we presently live in, a world that is your and your future children's future.

Every time we need to replace something, whether it be cleaning materials or furniture for the home we recycle, reuse, upcycle or replace with a more eco-friendly item, to the best of our knowledge.

We wish that the future...

The politicians that stand small,

Shame on you! Our beautiful planet is beautiful no more. Our fragile ecosystem, awash with joyful life has been damaged beyond repair. Shame, shame, shame on you!!!

Despair.

To my children,

Dear children,

I don't know nt want your children or their children to have to stay inside all the time to avoid the terrible heat or other extreme weather or pollution. I want them to be able to play outside like you did.

I want them to have secure food supply, not be flooded out of their homes not be caught up in water wars.

My grandchildren as yet unborn,

I want you to live in a world where it's normal to value nature in all its amazing beauty, and where it will go without saying that you will leave the natural world stronger at the end of your life than it was at the beginning. It's my duty to work for this change of attitude in society now, and I pledge to you, my dear ones, that I will try my hardest to do this.

Kathleen Bishop,

I hope when we are both retired that the World will have woken up and is actively tackling the Climate Crisis responsibly, seriously and with real vigour . Not just hot air and gestures.

To my family ,

At the age of 52 I have witnessed the decline of nature around me for many years. They call it shifting baseline; each generation is used to the biodiversity that surrounds them at the time, and we were saddened but kind of resigned to its seemingly inevitable depletion. Growing up in rural Dorset for my first ten years, farmers would spray crops from the air, the toxic...

My nieces and nephews ,

To my beautiful nieces and nephews

We have known since I was a school girl that our way of living leaves a lasting impact on the environment around us and the wider world.

As a family we have made decisions and adjustments to reduce our impact and protect the nature around us. We hope by showing you this as you grow up you will live better lives...

My nephews, Saul and Zane,

I can't imagine what the world is like in your future. I know your mother raised you with a great respect for the beauty of nature and loved exploring the great outdoors with you.

I hope as you've grown and things have happened in your life, like higher education and even jobs, you've kept just a little of that excitement, wonder and energy that you both have...

To my children,

I hope you can forgive the mess we're making of this world it takes far too long to stop the crazy Train from reaching the end of the track. We should be doing so much better. But I have faith in you and your generation to right those wrongs and elect governments who put the environment above all else. During the late 20th and early 21st century we thought we could have it...

To children of the future,

Dear Future Reader.

Sorry. Sorry that my generation has presented you with a legacy of plastic pollution. Today it is predicted that there will shortly be more plastic in the sea than fish. I fear that you are reading this in a world where this prediction held true. When I was 14 in 1974, I did my first beach litter pick. Little did I know that in 2022 every...

My dearest grandsons Oscar and Dougie,

Today is October 2022 but I am writing to you in the future, in 2030. In that year I will be 74 and you will be 18 and 9. As I write now the climate emergency is getting ever more scary. I am scared. Warnings about how long we have to halt the damage and prevent a 6th mass extinction grow more and more urgent every day. Only recently Pakistan suffered disastrous flooding and...

To young people voting for the first time, anywhere in the world,

Lets change our future from possibly Awful to hopefully Awesome.

Science has been clear about the TRENDS in our environment and climate. Now, the daily news gives us the strongest warnings about IMPACTS on people and planet, everywhere.

So what to do? These impacts may become bad tipping points, difficult to predict or control but It is not too...

To my grandchildren,

The environmental crisis is the main problem that we have at present in 2022. This should not be your problem to address still by 2030, so governments and individuals need to act now and act seriously to avert disaster. You children, who are understanding the issues, need to keep pushing we adults to act. I pray that you will not inherit a total environmental disaster and that...

To my grandson Harry and granddaughter Ellery,

I am so sorry that my generation couldn’t make our elected representatives understand the urgency for them to look at how best to protect the planet for you. I apologise for those who just don’t care.

I hope by the time you read this renewables and recycling are commonplace and your generation has taken over and have shrunk the have and have not gap.

To those in the future ,

My hope for you is that we did the right things now.

I hope we abandoned our ‘slash and burn’ approach to this planet.

I hope we learned to put people before profit.

I hope the wildlife we had is still yours.

I hope we reduced traffic and cleaned up the air.

I hope the few who have so much helped...

To my Great-niece Livia,

My dear, lovely Livia.
I love your fun-loving and happy personality. Seeing pictures and videos of you dancing gives me such pleasure and joy. I hope you have a long, happy and fulfilled life, whatever you do when you grow up.
I know you enjoy tine spent in your local parks and when you visit beautiful places like the seaside, and woodland, but I am worried. ...

To my granddaughters,

I want you to be able to hear birdsong as you grow up. I want there to be vast spaces for wildlife to thrive, where you can go for country and coastal walks. I want rewilding to flourish for you both to see & enjoy the diversity & beauty of nature.
I want you to be able to swim in the sea and look at fish swimming in our lakes and rivers, for the water to be...

Descendents or Descendents of Siblings,

Dear Offspring / Offspring of siblings,

Whilst I was around in the 2010s and 20s I did what I could to change the environment for the better. Let me explain.

I realise I was consumptious of resources and contributed to greenhouse gas emissions perhaps the most by flying long haul once a year at most, for not good enough reason. Perhaps going to...

To old me,

The world is fabulous. Even London has amazing greenery and wildlife.

Let's not burn it down or stuff it up

To my daughters Emma Heather, my family and friends,

Although I do not have the chance of seeing your future (my age and cancer are against this happening) I want you to know that I have tried for the last 40+ years to help make a better planet for you to live on. As a vegetarian for 42 years and supporting Greenpeace from my early 20s. Working to support scientists who monitor sea level rise and the Arctic ice depletion.

To Eliza and Phoebe, two of our great-nieces,

I hope that by 2030 all our family will still be having fun trying to support wildlife in our gardens, as well as growing more food. I hope we will all have greener heating systems and cars. I am sure you will still be doing lots of walking where you live, looking at the plants and animals. Your clever Mummy will still be sewing you beautiful clothes, as well as reusing...

The Parliaments,

The Prime minister should please look into the climate change and help us to solve the problems quickly. Thanks

To my sons Ben and Joe,

I am sorry we didn’t push for change sooner but I hope it has been enough to avert climate disaster now. I hope that you are able to enjoy this wonderful planet without fear of low air quality, extreme weather and constant doom in the press. That the world’s leaders finally reached agreement to avert climate disaster by putting the interests of people and nature before...

To everyone,

When will I have a future actually worth living in? Where your value and life isn't defined by your job but by what you want to do and have achieved

To my children,

I am getting a little old now, and I know that my generation has had it very easy, with rising living standards across the planet. But in that time, we have lost sight of the most precious resource of all - our planet. We need to do everything we can to cherish and nurture it, and climate change is the most important issue of all in that respect. And so, in everything you...

To my son Dylan,

I am hoping for a bright future for you and for all of your generation. You deserve it. I want you to be able to enjoy, and to live in a world where there is access to green spaces and nature, alongside the more basic resources like fresh water, sustainable food and safe places to live. I hope that you can walk in woods and enjoy the sea in the way I have been able to do. This...

To my daughter Rosie and son Rowan,

It's 2020 as I write this you are 2 Rosie and Rowan is nearly 6. Rosie has nearly been home a year and has been through so much in her short life already.

And whilst now we enjoy a happy life together as a family, I fear the future holds worse for you both, and all your cousins and their children. Maybe by the time you read this in the year 2030 some of your...

The elected government ,

Letters to tomorrow, seriously?
I would prefer a letter for today, now, yesterday!
I don’t mean to pass the buck on to politicians who are also human, but we have known about climate change etc for longer than my whole lifetime, and I am not aware of any sort of action or genuine responsible approach to it from any uk government. I read the news that the...

To my children ,

I am writing this letter today in the hope those in power will do something urgently to address climate change. We have beautiful plants which simply won’t be around when you have your own children. We all owe it to them to fight against climate change.

Love, Mum x

Our torties,

I hope that our back yard will always give you enough .

Grandchildren to be,

I hope you are thriving have opportunities & can enjoy the beautiful countryside, valleys, hills, meadows, streams, rivers & seas of the UK. I hope the birds, butterflies and wildflowers are in abundance. & the rolling views are there for you to enjoy
I hope this country has finally embraced energy saving buildings & you are safe & warm.

To my children and grandchildren ,

This is such an important issue, every day I strive to do more to help campaign for climate action and nature.
Whilst you are all busy with your lives and I have more time these days, I really feel that I'm striving for you all.
As you all know, in my life I am continually searching for new ways to live sustainably with PV panels, insulation, recycling, growing...

To you,

Hello unborn child, I’m sorry I never had you but I could never have you under a clear conscience that I was bringing you into the world we live in.

Money talks and businesses and politicians all line their pockets with it instead of trying to make any real difference.

This is a world of billionaire show offs that don’t seem to register their...

To the next generation, in 2050,

I would like to hope that by 2050, the world has done enough to avoid catastrophic global heating, and even that the situation is looking rosy; governments the world over went green; turned to renewable energy; insulated their countries and rewilded lots of land; big businesses grabbed the environmental opportunities; and lots of people forsook flying; went eco; went vegan;...

To my Hari,

You aren’t physically with us any more but I I know you would have loved the weather today. The wind blew like a banshee and you would have grinned and laughed and held your head high. You wouldn’t have liked the heat we had this summer - the changing climate is reaching higher temperatures and even though you are not physically here any more, I know you are still with us...

To my Daughter, janine and my grandchildren ,

Dear , future
I want to see future for every human and life on the earth with 20 years from now no pollution, in our beautiful sky's, no floods every country on earth has gone green ,Costa Rica has already we all need to follow quickly,
No nuclear weapons in our world no wars , no poor people everybody with millionaire's and billionaire's all giving and...

To my daughters Holly and Meg and my expected grandson and any future grandchildren.,

Holly and Meg, my adult daughters, and future grandchildren, here in 2022 I am seriously concerned about the future of humanity on our planet. Governments serve their self-interests and those of, for example, fossil fuel companies. Our earth is facing a global climate emergency but action is too slow and too late, I expect that tipping points will be passed and the world as I...

To my nephew, Francis,

Dear Francis
I know how much you love wildlife, especially bugs. I know you are only 12, but it would be great to think that creatures like insects and spiders would thrive throughout your lifetime. However, it looks like that won't be the case and lack of invertebrates affects all other forms of wildlife. We need more pollinators, not less. There were far fewer...

To the future,

I am so sorry.

More than 30 years ago we started campaigning on climate change - making penguin suits for a climate march of all things. Everyone knew about the science back then. Since our family has tried to live a sustainable life and promote greener living but the way things are going, no one with any influence listens and nothing of any great significance...

To my Granddaughters, Skye and Cora. ,

I love you and you are the bright shining stars in my existence.
My life has been spent with natural beauty, plenty of bird song and woodland wild life. I fear that your lives will be spent in times bereft of bird song and an woeful lack of wildlife.
We are missing the opportunity to slow down this horiffic abuse of our polluted and profit led world. I prey...

To my children,

I am writing this letter to you both in the desperate hope that life has changed a huge amount in eight years. I hope with all my heart that we have a government who understands and has been able to act on the reality of the climate emergency with the urgent response that is necessary. A government who has embraced the need for housing insulation, new housing built with non...

To Sid Morrie and William my son and nephews ,

I hope that the world which you find yourselves living in today is a beautiful as the one I grew up in, although I fear it will be a very different place. Quite honestly, when I really think hard about what kind of future you and your children are going to have to deal with, it terrifies me.

I am so sorry that no one listened - we could have acted, we could have...