Some of you may be familiar with the annual Show the Love campaign, but for others, the sudden emergence of #showthelove and #signsofspring tweets and posts might seem a little confusing.
Don't worry, it's all being done for a great cause! Show the Love is The Climate Coalition's awareness raiser for our natural environment. As part of this coalition, the RSPB and a whole host of concerned organisations are working together to highlight exactly what it is we are working to protect and why; but more importantly, we are speaking out about what it is that we are protecting it from.
Climate change is considered the greatest single threat to wildlife and habitats, and already the effects of global warming can be seen in the landscape around us. The 2016 State of Nature report showed that an alarming 56% of our UK species are in decline, and that a staggering 15% of species in Great Britain are thought to be extinct or at risk of extinction.
This week we will be sharing a series of blog posts and videos highlighting how we are working to combat the effects of climate change on our South East reserves, but as individuals, charities and grass roots campaigners, we can only do so much. The most powerful thing we can do for our environment is to work together to halt and even reverse the effects of climate change. That means holding those difficult conversations around pollution, plastics, waste and consumption, to name just a few.
So this week, share your #ShowtheLove posts with us. Show politicians, companies and those who have the power to influence change just what it is that makes our environment so precious, so wonderful, and ultimately something we need to save. Help us #ShowtheLove for nature using your own words, experiences and influences.
Want to get involved? Follow us on Twitter using @RSPB_Southeast or @RSPBUrban, or you can find us on Facebook
Image: Children have been hanging green hearts to #ShowtheLove at #RSPBPulborough Brooks