Supporting our community in a difficult time

It’s clearer than ever that all of us on Earth are connected.

Many among us are suffering. Many others are realizing just how privileged we are to be healthy, housed, able to work, safe at home. And more than ever, we are looking for ways to support our communities - financially, morally, spiritually - as we see and feel the sacrifices we, our friends and neighbors are all making to help keep each other safe.

A boy explores Sequoia National Park in California. Photo by Nick Hall.

As we look to care for our community during this time, we would like to share a collection of resources gathered from some of our partner organizations: opportunities to learn, lend a (virtual) hand to your neighbors and give back to those who are sacrificing the most for the rest of us.

Please note each link below brings you to an external site not affiliated with The Nature Conservancy.  More such resources can be found in this list compiled by our friends at The Climate Alliance.

Stone Soup Garden staff and Tahmina Martello of World Relief hand out seeds to refugees and their families during a work party at Paradise Pavement Plots in Kent, WA in 2018. Photo by Hannah Letinich.

We are heartened to see many examples of the beauty of community during this profoundly trying time: stunning selflessness, creatively made connections and generously shared joy.  The resources we’ve included here are by no means an exhaustive list, and we will share more as we become aware of them.

Our work to protect nature and people continues, though our preserves and other lands are currently closed. We’re sharing daily video tours from across our beautiful state for folks stuck indoors, and recently launched the Nature Nearby Biodiversity Challenge for Earth Month. For parents, teachers and kids missing school, we are pleased to share the Nature Lab curriculum - because you know science is our favorite subject.

Thank you for your continued support of nature and people, for checking in with us and with your neighbors. We look forward to seeing you outside someday soon.

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