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Find out more about the National Education Nature Park
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Partners for nature
The National Education Nature Park has been developed by a partnership led by the Natural History Museum with the Royal Horticultural Society, supported by the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Manchester Metropolitan University, Learning Through Landscapes, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the National Biodiversity Network Trust. The partnership is working with geospatial partner Esri UK who are providing the digital mapping platform for the Nature Park programme.
Collectively we are the UK’s leading institutions within our fields, with world-class expertise across schools and Higher Education, science research, and public engagement with nature. Responding to the urgency of the planetary emergency and the Department for Education's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the way we teach climate education and support young people to act and increase biodiversity across England.
Sister projects
The National Education Nature Park supports the development of Climate Action Plans in education settings across England as part of the Department for Education's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. We work alongside our 'sister' projects: Climate Ambassadors, Sustainability Support for Education and Climate Action Advisors.
Climate Ambassadors
The Climate Ambassadors programme exists to provide free expertise and support to nurseries, schools and colleges to develop and deliver impactful Climate Action Plans by 2025. The scheme matches volunteer Climate Ambassadors with educational settings to support with their action plans covering four key areas: decarbonisation; adaptation and resilience; biodiversity; climate education and green careers.
Sustainability Support for Education
Sustainability Support for Education is a free online service that supports education staff to progress their Climate Action Plan. It helps to identify strategic next steps that are right for settings based on setting types, what's already been done and the time and resources available. It then navigates staff to trusted resources that will support them to take those steps.
Climate Action Advisors
As part of the Let’s Go Zero campaign, Climate Action Advisors support schools looking to become zero carbon, by giving free and tailored advice to help schools green their buildings, transport, menus and more. The Climate Ambassadors and Climate Action Advisors networks collaborate to ensure that all education settings in England can access critical expertise and free climate action resources from across our powerful coalition network.
Affiliates for nature
Pilot Nature Park affiliates are organisations that share the aims and ethos of the Nature Park and can help education settings be successful on their Nature Park journey. To ensure alignment of their programme content, affiliates have received Nature Park training and information so that they can support settings to understand how to participate in and make best use of the programme.
During the summer and autumn terms of 2024 we have been working with Earthwatch Europe and Tree Council as pilot Nature Park delivery affiliates. During the academic year 2024-25 we will be working with Climate Adapted Pathways for Education (CAPE) as a pilot CPD affiliate. After these pilots are complete and have been evaluated by all parties, the Nature Park team will then consider next steps for collaboration with other organisations.
Earthwatch Europe
The Tree Council
