Planting a Legacy
How LettsSafari Champions the Spirit of the Thousand Year Trust
What does it mean to rewild for a thousand years?
The Global Rewilding Alliance’s new initiative, the Thousand Year Trust, dares to ask that question and answer it boldly. It’s a vision not just for short-term nature recovery, but for enduring ecological resilience. A legacy that outlives us. A gift to generations we’ll never meet.
At LettsSafari, we’re deeply inspired by this long-view thinking. We believe it’s time to match today’s ecological urgency with equally ambitious, generational solutions.
A Long-Term Vision for Nature
The Thousand Year Trust aims to support rewilding initiatives across the globe - funded not just for the next few years, but for the next few centuries. It’s a bold idea rooted in the belief that when we protect nature long-term, nature gives back far more than we invest.
LettsSafari shares that mission. While our projects may not span a thousand years (yet), our rewilding efforts in parks, gardens, and wild spaces across the UK are built for lasting impact. Every sapling we plant, every hedgerow we restore, every pollinator habitat we protect, it’s all designed to kickstart a self-sustaining ecosystem that thrives long after we’re gone.
How LettsSafari Aligns with the Trust’s Ethos
The Thousand Year Trust model recognises that rewilding isn’t just about funding, it’s about continuity, guardianship, and community stewardship. That’s why LettsSafari:
Builds grassroots support through monthly subscriptions, allowing everyday nature lovers to fund and follow real restoration.
Creates nature recovery plans that evolve over time, with monitoring, storytelling, and scientific input.
Focuses on local biodiversity gains, restoring balance to the environments right on our doorsteps.
Our work, whether in a city park or a rural wetland, is designed with permanence in mind. Because just like the Trust, we don’t believe in quick fixes. We believe in living legacies.
A Thousand Tiny Trusts
While the Thousand Year Trust may be global in scale, LettsSafari is proving that even smaller-scale, hyper-local rewilding can punch above its weight.
By combining practical restoration with community action and digital transparency, we’re building hundreds, soon thousands, of "mini trusts" across the country. Together, these become a powerful movement.
Because the truth is, rewilding the planet doesn’t just start with billion-dollar funds or vast landscapes. It starts with people. It starts with you.