Art Play x Restor: Connecting Art & Nature
Handprints for the Planet Wishes for the World
Join us for World Environment & Ocean Days to support the protection and restoration of the planet.
🕓 Wednesday, 4 - Sunday, 8 June 📍Art Play, 3 Norton Folgate, E1 6DB
Make your mark by adding your handprint to our community canvas...
...and write your wish to the world. We will hang the canvas in Old Spitalfields Market. No bookings, just drop by (or stay for a coffee).
Why?
Each hand-print will support community-led restoration and conservation efforts globally. You will be able to see your handprint's nature-positive impact on Restor platform.
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About Restor
Restor is an open-data, geospatial platform that offers nature stewards access to the latest ecological science for impact storytelling. With over 220,000 sites, Restor is the largest network of community-led restoration and conservation efforts across the globe. Through Restor, governments, companies, impact funders, and financial institutions can connect and contribute to the regenerative use of the land we all depend on.
Visit Restor and sign up today, and view our trailer.
Restoration Projects You Will Be Supporting:
Find out more about the projects Art Play and Restor are supporting through this campaign.
Indonesia Biru Foundation, Lombok, Indonesia
In a quiet bay off Lombok, Indonesia Biru is creating the region’s first coral reef restoration lab—with and for the local community. It’s more than science; it’s a living classroom, reviving marine ecosystems and passing on ocean knowledge to future generations.
Terra Luminous Institute, Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Guardians of one of the last remnants of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest, Terra Luminous blends nature restoration, agroforestry, and community care to keep forests standing and people thriving. Their work protects vital watersheds serving over 22 million people.
Finca Cántaros Environmental Association, Costa Rica
In southern Costa Rica, Finca Cántaros restores former pastureland into flourishing forests—rooted in science, led by women, and grown with the community. Their motto: plant with care, grow with purpose, and teach every step of the way.
Bees and Trees Uganda, Outside Mount Elgon Park
Bees, trees, and better futures: this project empowers smallholder farmers with beehives, native trees, and income from honey and coffee—protecting forest edges and supporting livelihoods through agroforestry that works in harmony with nature.
SUGi Pocket Forests, Global
SUGi brings dense, biodiverse native forests into the heart of our cities—230+ and counting. With roots in the Miyawaki Method, their forests are living artworks of regeneration, reconnecting urban life with wild beauty across six continents.
