The People's Plan for Nature: how re-imagining our democracy could save nature

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hello! The nature crisis affects everyone, and so the British people should have a say in how we solve it. But is our current system ready for it? Step forward: the People’s Plan for Nature, a huge national conversation about the future of nature. Thousands of people got involved, which led to the UK's first citizens’ assembly on nature set up by the RSPB, WWF-UK and the National Trust. We talk to Helen Meech and Jon Alexander about how they made it happen, and to Graham Roberts about what it was like to take part.

Plus: Inspired by his time at the RSC, is Ed ready for an immersive theatre experience?

Guests

Helen Meech, Head of Movement Building, RSPB (@HelenMeech / @NaturesVoice)

Jon Alexander, Co-Founder, New Citizenship Project (@jonjalex / @NewCitProj)

Graham Roberts, Participant, People’s Assembly for Nature

More info

Read the final report of the People’s Plan for Nature including the 26 calls for action

Watch Wild Isles - David Attenborough's latest documentary for the BBC

Learn more about the RAPID Democracy framework

Listen to RTBC's previous episode on Sortition and the Climate Citizens' Assembly

Learn more about the organisations leading the People's Plan For Nature: RSPB; WWF-UK and National Trust

Jon spoke about Canada's Mass Democratic Action Funds

Read Jon's book Citizens: Why the key to fixing everything is all of us

Jon mentioned g0v (gov-zero), read about it here

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is to be cheerful with Ed Millie Band and Jeff Lloyd.
0:12.0	Howdy-Doody?
0:14.0	I've been thinking about you.
0:16.0	A-A-Aah!
0:17.0	It must at the moment be like the 90s all over again for you.
0:20.0	Go on.
0:21.0	Well, is Gordon Brown not bombarding you with text messages and phone calls?
0:24.6	Go on. Well, you're off to Glastonbury, right? Yeah. And is he not trying to get on the
0:28.2	guest list because I noticed the Arctic monkeys are playing?
0:30.8	You know, he never did say he was a big fan of the Arctic monkeys.
0:33.8	Is it fake news? I didn't quite say that. He said he said something like they'd
0:37.8	certainly wake you up in the morning or something. It became this sort of thing
0:41.6	about... It was very odd, you know what I mean?
0:45.6	Well, this is really making me reconsider the vote that I cast back then.
0:50.4	I thought he was a real fan, a true fan of the Arctic Monkeys.
0:53.5	Now I've got a question for you which is, how will you be spending the summer solstice?
0:56.8	Dancing around the Maypole?
0:58.1	Yes, I was thinking of going and hanging out with some druids on elderly edge.
1:02.0	You looked like a druid. I You look like a druid waiting to happen, don't I?
1:06.0	You know what? I was interviewed by Hugh Ferdley Whittingstall yesterday for a documentary he's doing.
1:11.0	He would make a good druid and do you know what the first
1:14.1	question he asked me was how is your pea soup? Oh because he gave you advice on your
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