Earthwatch’s Go Wild service for families

Earthwatch Europe has launched Wild Days – a new online indoor/ outdoor learning service for families in lockdown

The new subscription-based service from the environmental charity is for parents to help children feel that they are doing something positive for nature and connecting to the outdoors, to help reduce anxiety among families during the lockdown period.

Developed by Earthwatch environmental scientists and outdoor learning specialists specifically for primary-aged children, the Wild Days will provide accessible activities every day for the next six weeks, with subscribers receiving a ‘daily edition’ which will include science and outdoor learning inspired videos, activities, and games.

The programme will cover the themes of wildlife, food, water, soil, climate and shelter and will feature Earthwatch ambassadors including naturalist and TV presenter, Nick Baker, and Michaela Strachan, presenter of the BBC’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch programmes.

Other Wild Days contributors include Mya-Rose Craig, the world’s top teen birder aka Twitter’s @BirdgirlUK who has 14.6K online followers, and Bella Lack, 17-year-old conservationist and blogger with 150K followers.

Funds raised through the subscription service will support Earthwatch Europe’s research into today’s environmental challenges and help find solutions to these issues.

‘We live in wild times,’ comments, Nick Baker. ‘Unpredictability is about the only aspect we can count on, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy and appreciate the natural environment around us.’

Parents can subscribe to the service via www.wild-days.org