Many people are interested in deepening or enriching their own connection to land, place and the nonhuman as part of a wider rejection of extractivist, capitalist modes of being in the world. They seek more traditional forms of knowledge, which might involve some elements of ritual or ceremony. But how can this be achieved without appropriating yet again from other cultures? In this panel we will open the treasure chest of British folklore, folk song and folk customs to ask whether such traditions that remain can be reinvigorated, reread or reinvented to offer ways of opening up our connection with the world. We will meet a range of contributors who, in their own way, have looked to British folk traditions, old and new, to make meaningful ceremonies and customs that are relevant to our needs at this time of profound ecological and social crisis.