Drawing for the Planet
@drawingftplanet.bsky.social
We are a global art, environmental education and conservation charity. Founded by artist Jane Lee McCracken our projects give children, communities and nature a voice. drawingfortheplanet.org
#InternationalDayoftheGirl we're celebrating all the amazing girls across the world who have contributed their incredible art to our projects — we admire, appreciate and salute you! Keep creating, inspiring, dreaming and showing the world what you can do. The future is brighter with you in it!
Happy #worldanimalday Our banners have arrived at schools in Zambia! Young artists from Mfuwe took part in our The Elephants' Call project with Born Free & Chipembele to raise awareness of elephants through art. Our montages of their drawings are now on display in schools.Super proud of our artists
Thrilled to see our Thrive video screened on Nasdaq Tower Times Square NYC for @climateweeknyc.bsky.social It raises awareness of NY's precious wildlife and the need to protect it, through drawings by young New Yorkers. Big thanks to our artists, Riverdale Country School & Nasdaq
We're back in Times Square, #NYC! See our THRIVE video featuring amazing drawings of NY wildlife by Grade Riverdale Country School screening on @nasdaqexchange.bsky.social Nasdaq Tower - Monday Sept 21 @ClimateWeekNYC Big thanks Nasdaq RCS @wildbirdfund.bsky.social for your support
Our first The Elephants' Call artwork has arrived at Kapani Bush School in Zambia! Back in June, the school's young artists took part in Jane Lee McCracken's project workshop and created astonishing Biro drawings of elephants. Enormous thanks Kapani-keep drawing and championing elephants 🐘
Wow, brilliant day launching our The Elephants’ Call UK workshops at Dame Allan's Primary School Y5 artists were so engaged in Born Free's elephant education workshop & shone in Jane Lee McCracken's drawing workshops creating stunning drawings Big TY Mr Laidler, Mrs Forster, Y5 artists & staff
We're so proud of our partnership with Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue - for the 2nd year running young Liberian artists have learned about mangrove habitats & made beautiful drawings of wildlife in our workshops for Mangrove Action Project's art competition workshops. Big thanks LCRP & our supporters
Happy #WorldElephantDay We are thrilled to reveal Jane Lee McCracken's designs for our The Elephants' Call project featuring stunning drawings by schoolchildren and adults from Zambia who took part in our workshops in June. We can't wait to give the schools and Chipembele Wildlife their murals
Happy #WorldLionDay Since 2018, we've worked with Born Free to raise awareness of lions through drawings by children from Africa & the UK. Lion populations have declined by 75% over the last 5 decades. Support Born Free and help protect lions in the wild where they belong
We've reached our 25th country - Tanzania! Thanks to our amazing partners Global First Responder who brought our Tanzania Wildlife project to children waiting for medical for medical treatment. The children had never drawn before - look at this astonishing lion drawing by an 8 yr old artist 💚
Happy World Chimpanzee Day! Since 2020 our Chimpanzee Community project with Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue&Protection has raised awareness of chimpanzees through art, education and exhibition. This WCD please give what you can to support LCRP's vital work 🙏 www.liberiachimpanzeerescue.org/donate.html
Our trip to Zambia to launch our new project The Elephants' Call has been epic! We met some of Zambia's spectacular wildlife on our first day - beyond words to see these beautiful beings in their natural habitat - we're in love with this incredible country 🇿🇲
We're so proud to unveil our new artwork in Van Cortlandt Park Learning Garden, NY! Designed by Jane Lee McCracken it features stunning drawings of species that inhabit VCP by Riverdale Country School's talented students. Enormous thanks to our artists, Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
Is this not one of the most adorable hare's you've seen?! 💚 Emmy, Y2 Jarrow Cross Primary created her drawing for our UK Wildlife project in @Janeleemcc Northumbrian Wildlife workshops in March. She has brilliantly captured the shy, timid and cautious nature of hares
This week Riverdale Country School is participating in our New York Wildlife workshops with our founder Jane Lee McCracken. We can't wait to see Grade 4 artists drawings! Here's a reminder of our Wild Neighbors campaign video screened on Nasdaq Tower during Climate Week NYC 2025 🗽🍎
We're proud to share our incredible Youth Ambassadors Rosie and Mia's reel about their epic trip to the Brazilian Amazon. Check out their amazing work volunteering for Global First Responder's medical relief mission and our Amazonian Wildlife project. Thank you Rosie and Mia, we salute you!
Congratulations to our superstar Youth Ambassadors Rosie & Mia for delivering our Amazonian Wildlife workshops to over a 100 kids in the Brazilian Amazon so they could draw their local wildlife while waiting for medical treatment. Heartfelt thanks you're AMAZING! Thank you Global First Responder
Happy World Bear Day! Portrait of @OBRCRussia orphan bear - detail from Dear Amur Tiger, 2022, blue Biro drawing by Jane Lee McCracken
Our AMAZING Youth Ambassadors Rosie & Mia are in the Amazon volunteering on a medical mission with @GlobalFirstResp & also delivering our Amazonian Wildlife workshops to children. They began with a workshop for the volunteer doctors, nurses and dentists. So proud of you Rosie and Mia 💚
Happy Mother's Day! Sending big hugs and love to all non-human and human mum's today 💚 Drawings by children from UK, Malaysia and USA
Our California Wildlife prints are on their way to California. Designed by our founder Jane they feature beautiful drawings by children from Laguna Beach of SoCal's winged travellers & ground dwelling critters. Learn more about the wildlife via our new page drawingfortheplanet.org/pages/califo...
Inspired by Pacific marine life and her beloved Laguna Beach, 'Laguna' blue Biro drawing by our founder Jane Lee McCracken is on display at the California Cool exhibition Laguna Art Museum Zoom in to see details of California sea lions, giant Pacific octopus, garibaldi and other sea creatures
Today we launched our new project 'UK Wildlife' at Jarrow Cross Primary. Our founder Jane Lee McCracken is running Northumbrian Wildlife workshops with the entire school. Pupils are drawing local terrestrial, avian & marine species. Excited to share their work soon!
Magical evening @queenshall.bsky.social chatting to author and fellow nature-lover Charlie Bingham about her brilliant book The Life-Affirming Magic of Birds. Enlightening, honest, witty, moving and so much more - take flight with Charlie and grab a copy of her book from bookstores now!
Happy Valentine's Day! With love from all at DftP 💕 Lovebirds, parakeets and parrots by young artists from across the world 🌎
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who supported our recent appeal and to all our supporters around the world. We truly appreciate you standing by us and helping to inspire young artists, empower communities and protect wildlife one drawing at a time! #artforchange
#creaturefeature A drifting leaf with a heartbeat 👻 The ornate ghost pipefish doesn’t swim—it haunts—disappearing into anemones it turns camouflage into art. Not a pipefish but kin to the seahorse where fathers carry new life & beauty is born in silence Drawing: Izzy, Y5 Kettins Primary, Scotland
Happy New Year! Wishing you and yours peace, hope and joy🕊 With love, Jane, Kirsten and all at DftP 💚💙 Brazilian Amazonian Wildlife drawings by Y8 students, King Edward VI School, UK
