Common Forest 2026 – Forest and the Psyche citizen celebration of the forest
About the event
21 and 22 March 2026 we are going out to forests, groves, woods and copses across Poland for the sixth time for a citizen’s day of the forest.
We go with the awareness that in times of widespread nature deficit we need wild nature with its scent of needles and damp earth, the birdsong, the touch of wind and rain on the skin. Even the most perfect virtual reality will not replace a living, unmediated experience of nature.
We go because the Forest is for us a source of balance, calm and a return to the body. It is not only a place but also a patient companion for our escapes from the city, soothing fatigue, grounding us and filling us with energy to act.
We go with the conviction that if we want to build healthy, caring, resilient communities, we must nurture and maintain a bond with non-human nature.
Many of us work every day to protect our beloved forests, ravines or wetlands. Sometimes, faced with a systemic wall, we feel frustration, fatigue and anger. All the more we feel the need to return to the source — to the place from which we draw what is enlivening and nourishing for us.
We turn to our “wild home” to fill ourselves with good energy and later be able to share it with the Forest and with each other.
Do you also feel the Forest’s call in your heart? Join the action today!
We are waiting for submissions of your local events!
How can you get involved?
The form is flexible – what matters is being present in the forest and the intention to be together. You can organize a local event in any form. For example:
- nature walk — this year we especially encourage bird events
- eco-therapeutic activities, e.g. bird therapy
- forest bathing (shinrin-yoku)
- collective forest clean-up
- a sightseeing or field trip
- a bike, walking or running rally
- an outdoor art session
- a quiet walk, mindful being, pausing
- a film screening, lecture or workshop
How to submit an event?
Fill in the form: formularz
or send submissions to: inicjatywa@wspolnylas.pl
