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Signs of Spring

by Kate(katekat311) near Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States — April 3, 2026

Spring is finally starting to arrive in Massachusetts. Nephew Camden REALLY wants to make friends with the deer who graze in our backyard.

Cluedo by Candlelight

by JaelinKaz near City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — April 3, 2026 — Gave 7 Hours for Earth

We started an hour early with Cluedo (it was preparation for a future fundraiser that's centred around IRL Cluedo)

And switched to Monopoly Deal at 8:30pm, which was still difficult to play in the dark, it was kinda hard to tell the colours apart, but not as difficult as Cluedo

My Rotaract club (Rotaract is Rotary but for 18-30ish year-olds) celebrated Earth Hour: Switch Off by hosting a board game night! The name is a play on Carols by Candlelight (people gather in a park to sing Christmas carols at night and hold candles)

Coffee for Wildlife

by JaelinKaz near City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — April 3, 2026

Shade-grown coffee is grown beneath the shade of native trees, keeping the forest canopy intact, which helps maintain habitat for wildlife, allows for carbon storage, and promotes soil health

As opposed to ‘sun-grown’ coffee, a practice whereby coffee is planted in place of forest, often as a monoculture crop. They sent this postcard with the beans!

As well as this one about Northern & Southern Corroboree Frogs with badges for the Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon and the Brilliant Southern Bent-Wing Bats!

Through the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program, these are sourced from the Yopno-Uruwa-Som Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula, a region that includes the endangered Matchie's Tree Kangaroo

These are sourced from the Orang Utan Coffee Project, which helps to preserve the remaining rainforest habitat of the Leuser Ecosystem, helping rhinos, tigers, elephants and orangutans

These are sourced through the Community Conservation of Wild Coffee and Natural Forest Management Project from the Afromontane forest in an area called the Bench-Sheko zone

This is a blend of those three single-origins, and it's served at the zoo cafes. Also, these bags are compostable! They can be placed in home compost or in special bins at their retail shops

I bought Coffee for Wildlife from Zoos Victoria! It's shade-grown coffee beans from projects that empower communities to thrive alongside forests and wildlife by providing a sustainable income to farmers and protecting habitat from deforestation.

totally normal florida things

by little_madster_ near Lakeland, Florida, United States — April 3, 2026 — Gave 5 Hours for Earth

wanted to share some local florida creatures i see almost every day. the everglades stream made me fully realize not everyone just has baby gators in their backyard and casually talks to them like dogs

Donkey sanctuary & beach!

by Amelia near East Devon, England, United Kingdom — April 3, 2026 — Gave 4 Hours for Earth

Went to the donkey sanctuary and learnt about the history and importance of donkeys! Then decided to take a nice walk down to the beach and found some pretty bugs along the way :)

"...when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." Harriet Ann Jacobs

by sage garden — April 2, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

flowers, birds, and a puppy who is over it (what ever that may be).

Bobcat and birbs

by Lumberaxe1 — April 2, 2026 — Gave 10 Hours for Earth

She climbed this tree trying to get a hawk that was swooping on her

Trip to Colorado Rockies

by LPB_84 near Colorado, United States — April 2, 2026 — Gave 6 Hours for Earth

This Steller's Jay "guided" us for the entirety of the hike back to the trailhead

A few Stellar's Jays watched us eat lunch, waiting for us to leave so they could eat our crumbs. They sadly seemed way too comfortable around humans and were close enough to be slightly unnerving

Last week my family took a trip to visit Colorado and explore the Rocky Mountains. It was an incredible chance to see a part of the country I've never been to before with some absolutely stunning views! It was very cool to see a bunch of different climates and ecosystems in such close proximity.

Nature in March

by Amanda (mmanduu) near Helsinki sub-region, Mainland Finland, Finland — April 2, 2026 — Gave 6 Hours for Earth

My drawing of an Eurasian pygmy owl since I just heard it, but didn't actually see it. It was the first one of the season in the area the hike took place

Mallards in a creek, that I saw on one of my walks this month

Willows, or more exactly pussy willows😅, a sign of spring, at least here in Finland, also seen on a walk

This is my first show and tell post. These are the different things I did in and for the nature in March. I went on a group owl hike in the beginning of the month, on a couple of nature walks and did a trash clean up walk, where I was able to collect two 25 litre (6.6 US gal) trashbags full.

Spring pictures

by chatonsadventure — April 2, 2026 — Gave 5 Hours for Earth

Brimstone butterfly was unfortunately caught and injured by Chaton. Any tips on how to avoid this? They are on a leash outside but still catch butterflies and dragonflies occasionally...sadge

Any tips for a embroidery beginner, chat?

Went on some walks with Chaton & Luna in our garden and took some nature photos. Also made a design sketch for my embroidered tote bag (now I will need to add the serval). The embroidery process is very slow as I'm just a beginner and am learning along the way.

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