The Natural History Museum is leading a partnership to establish the new National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards, empowering young people to make a positive difference to both their and nature’s future.
Working with the Department for Education (DfE), the programme aims to make sure every young person in England has opportunities to develop a meaningful connection to nature, develop green skills for their future and contribute to nature recovery.
Together with our partners, the Royal Horticultural Society and the Royal Society, we are giving children and young people the opportunity to transform their learning sites for nature and become part of a network of nurseries, schools and colleges that form the National Education Nature Park. The accompanying Climate Action Awards, led by the Royal Society, will help children and young people develop skills and knowledge in biodiversity and sustainability, and celebrate their climate action efforts.
Responding to the urgency of the planetary emergency and the DfE’s Sustainability Strategy, this is once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the way we teach climate education and support young people to act and increase biodiversity across England.
How to get involved
All schools, nurseries and colleges in England can join the National Education Nature Park from 4 October. The Climate Action Awards will launch in January 2024.
Celebrate the launch on 4 October by taking part in our Hidden Nature Challenge
From discovering an unexpected plant to finding patterns in nature, get involved in our Hidden Nature Challenge to celebrate the launch of the National Education Nature Park. On 4 October, we want as many schools, nurseries and colleges as possible to take part in revealing the nature that’s all around us, that we might not always see.
Introduction to the new Education nature Park….
Background to the Project…..
Natural History Museum to lead new Department for Education partnership in England and put climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of education
The Museum is delighted to be working with the Department for Education to lead a new partnership to establish a National Education Nature Park and climate action awards scheme.
- A new partnership led by the Museum will work with the education sector to help map, manage and enhance all the land across the education estate, creating one, vast, nature park
- Every young person in England will have the opportunity to develop a meaningful connection to nature, understand the concepts of climate change and biodiversity loss and feel able to do something about it
- A new climate action award scheme will recognise the work being undertaken in schools and colleges to protect green spaces and promote biodiversity
The project aims to give every young person in England opportunities to develop a meaningful connection to nature, understand the concepts of climate change and biodiversity loss and feel able to do something about it.
The partnership, led by the Natural History Museum, working with the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society, Learning through Landscapes, Manchester Metropolitan University and additional supporting partners, will work with the education sector to help them to map, manage and enhance all the land across the education estate, creating one, vast, nature park. This will play an important part in increasing biodiversity across the education estate and have a real impact on halting the decline of nature in England.
More info on the Education Nature Park
