We’ve teamed up with The Scottish Rewilding Alliance and Letters to the Earth for this campaign
Emails and petitions are great, but if you really want to share your concerns with our political leaders, then take a little more time and write them a letter. Tell them how you really feel.
Set aside an hour
Grab a cuppa and read about the Rewilding Nation Charter here.
Gather your thoughts
On a scrap piece of paper or in a notebook, spend around five minutes free-writing to each of the following prompts:
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- A place in nature that you love the most.
- What most concerns you about the future?
- What would a good future look like to you?
Write Your Draft Letter
From Letters to the Earth
Bring together your ideas from the free-writing exercise and write your letter. It can be on behalf of anyone or anything you choose: the Earth; another species; future or past generations.
From Letters to the Earth
Sending your letters
Things to remember…
- Include your address and postcode – let them know you’re in their constituency.
- Keep it short – maybe one side of A5.
- Tell your story – make it personal.
- Be courteous.
- Give them a call to action e.g. back the Rewilding Nation Charter.
- Ask for a reply.
- Follow-up if you don’t hear back.
- For best results – send an email as well as a physical letter. You can do this via: Writetothem.com
- cc. their political opponents.
- Send a physical letter to their electoral offices rather than parliament.
- If you like, send us a copy too! hello@paperboats.org
To find your MP / MSPs
- Find Your MSP (you will be forwarded to WriteToThem.com)
To email your MSP:
On the Write to Them web site, Enter your postcode and select the name of the MSP you would like to send your letter to – your Constituency MSP or your List MSPs (or better still, write to the all). Type a copy your letter into the email window.
To post your letter:
Ideally, send a hard copy of your letter to your politician’s constituency address, or for MSPs, you can send it to:
MSP Name
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Include your own address and postcode.
If you’re posting your letter, you can add a Paperboat – it sends a message to politicians to take braver and bolder action for climate and nature. You can find out why here.
Instructions on how to fold your Paperboat are here.
If you’d like, you can write an extra message on the side of the boat’s hull.
We’d love to see your letters and Paperboats. Please post a photo on social media and tag us.
