Earth Restoration Service
Vision, mission and approach
Earth Restoration Service (ERS) has a vision for the people of
the world to unite in order to meet the monumental challenge of
restoring the planet's life sustaining eco-systems.
Our mission is to foster a global network of eco-restoration
projects, to raise awareness of the urgent need for ecological
restoration, and to campaign for concerted and co-ordinated action
towards its implementation.
We take a proactive and practical approach, forming partnerships
with schools, community groups, charities, other NGOs, government
agencies and businesses, in order to engage and encourage people
worldwide to address this challenge.
Our model
One of the most effective and important factors in mitigating
against climate change and environmental degradation is for our
children to learn about the carbon cycle and to take part in
activities related to restoring their own environment in local
communities.
We have successfully engaged 300 schools in our signature School
Tree Nursery Programme. The ERS School Tree Nurseries Programme is
providing a service to both the community and the environment
by:
- helping children in schools to learn about the environment and
to plant trees in order to restore their local degraded habitats,
and
- providing information services on schools throughout the UK
that are actively taking part in other restoration activities, in
order to strengthen the movement.
Aims & Benefits of a School Tree Nursery
- To provide trees for restoration of locally degraded
environments such as flood land, eroded countryside and neglected
inner city areas.
- To educate and support the children, adults and communities
involved.
- To enhance the children's environmental education, and allow
for their personal participation in the restoration of the
planet.
- To unite and encourage local communities to participate with
their local authorities in environmental decision making, in
resolving where to best plant the saplings for the maximum benefit
to the local environment, leading to the creation of new green
areas in neglected or derelict land.
With today's political consensus on the imperative of preserving
green areas in our communities, STNs can provide a vital complement
in the effort to prevent further degradation of local
environments.
Bringing the School Tree Nursery Programme into more schools, in
particular in deprived areas, can bring very positive change for
the children, the school and the local community involved, as well
as for the biodiversity of the local environment.
In addition, we work with ecologists, biologists and enthusiasts
to restore their local environment to an enhanced ecological
integrity; recently we have started to offer butterfly and native
wildflower restoration activities as a natural step forward to a
richer and more diverse local environment.
The model is also being adapted to Schools overseas, in poorer
countries who benefit greatly from growing native trees in their
School grounds.
To find out more about Earth Restoration Service, visit: www.earthrestorationservice.org/.