🌍 One Letter a Day

A Year of Public Correspondence on the Climate Emergency

One Letter a Day is a year-long civic experiment in persistence and hope.
Each day, for 365 days, one letter is written to someone whose choices shape public life: councillors, academics, business leaders, artists, journalists, ministers. Every exchange is published openly to build a visible record of how those in influence respond when asked, plainly and respectfully, what responsibility means in this decade.

The project began in Leeds but speaks to a larger question: how do we restore climate action to the centre of civic and political life at a time when attention has drifted elsewhere?

A Practice of Attention

Writing daily is more than symbolism: it is a way of countering the erosion of focus. Each letter is specific, as factual and personal as possible; yet, together they form a slow public conversation about the choices that will shape the world beyond 2050.

The method is simple:

• One person, one question, one day at a time.
• Respectful tone, public accountability, visible persistence.

This rhythm transforms writing into civic practice: a small act repeated long enough to hopefully become a pulse of democratic attention.

From Reflection to Action

The project evolves through phases, beginning locally and widening outward:
from Leeds councillors and academics, to cultural figures, business leaders, policymakers, and global voices. Each week extends the conversation to a new circle of influence, building legitimacy step by step.

That structure matters. It reinforces that civic trust can still grow from proximity, that dialogue can travel outward through example, not outrage. It builds on one of the guiding principles of the transition: act local, think global.

Radical Hope

One Letter a Day is not about persuasion but about visibility: showing what people are already doing, what ideas they hold, and what choices lie before them.

By making progress and action visible, by recording thought and hesitation alike, this project aims to create a hopeful picture of the future that could still come to pass.

This is a form of radical hope: not optimism without reason, but the belief that honest conversation, sustained over time, can help re-weave the civic will to face what is coming.

How it works

Each day, a new letter is published here — and any replies are shared in full.
Readers are welcome to reflect, comment, or share letters that resonate. The measure of success is not reach, but connection: whether the act of correspondence sparks further dialogue elsewhere.

Join the conversation

You can:
→ Subscribe for updates or a weekly digest of new replies.
→ Comment with reflections, ideas, or contacts who should be part of the dialogue.
→ Share the letters that move you, and help make civic attention visible again.

Let’s see what a year of daily, thoughtful correspondence can change.