Resources
Documents:
National Nature Service overview & plan
The original policy proposal for a National Nature Service, created by Beth Thoren and the Wildlife & Countryside Link in 2020.
This sets our how our original conception of a national service for nature might work, and how it could happen. It was presented to Government
YES Two pager
(May ‘22)
A short, shareable, description of what the Youth Environmental Service is, how it would work, and the impact it might have.
YES Concept Overview
A more detailed overview of the updated YES vision, including problem statement and proposed user experience, as developed through the co-design process
YES Midlands Co-design records
A repository of all YES co-design documents and whiteboards (access available on request)
Carbon Capture - Initial themes
Initial themes and findings immediately off of the back of the Carbon Capture event held in October
Carbon Capture - Draft report
A drafted report of all findings from the Carbon Capture event, co-written with the Berggruen Institute and the participants themselves
Links
Environmental Audit Committee
Green Jobs: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report (Jan ‘22)
Food, Farming and Countryside Commission:
Doing the work that nature needs of us (Dec ‘21)
Labour for a Green New Deal
Labour for a Green New Deal policy motion backed by conference (Oct ‘21)
IPPR Environmental Justice Commission
Fairness and Opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition (July ‘21)
Guardian:
Mark Rylance: arts should tell ‘love stories’ about nature to tackle climate crisis (June ‘21)
Wildlife & Countryside Link and YouGov:
83% of public say Government should offer nature jobs to those unemployed in COVID-19 crisis and beyond (Sep ‘20)
Labour List:
At the centre of our green recovery, we need a National Nature Service (Nov ‘20)
Guardian:
‘National nature service’ needed for green recovery in England, groups say + Letter to the Chancellor signed by 60+ environmental organisations (June ‘20)