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The Coronavirus crisis has led to a global epiphany about the importance of high-quality public green spaces to our mental and physical health. As a result, citizens are calling for these spaces to be prioritised in future legislation and public funding, and are watching intently to see how their representatives will act.
Now is the moment, as a policy maker, to nail your colours to the mast that contact with nature should be right for all. Nature is a Human Right will publicly recognise you for backing this idea, and further offer our services to help you to devise and deliver strategies for protecting, creating and maintaining greenery in your constituency.
We want to give your our official stamp of approval! All we ask of you is these three no-brainers:
Policy Maker Checklist
Agree
Agree that contact with ecologically rich spaces
should be a human right
Protect
Pledge to protect public green spaces in your constituency
Create
Pledge to create new pockets of greenery where they're most needed
That's it!
Want to dive in deeper?
We're looking to partner with visionary policy-makers who are taking access to green space seriously.
Together, we can devise and deliver strategies to:
Improve Access to Nature
Protect
Protect green space with statutory protections and SANG provisions
Create
Create greenery through depaving, pocket parks, tree canopy and more
Maintain
Integrating community ownership and ecotherapy for gainful maintenance
Inclusion
Ensuring everyone feels safe and welcome in their local green spaces
Measure Your Success
Impact
Tracking key metrics to assess the health and social benefits of green spaces
Expect To See
Improved mental health
Improved physical health
Improved cognitive function
Improved social cohesion
Reduction in local crime
Reduced strain on the NHS
More respect for the environment