The People's Plan for Nature

March 23, 2023 9:04 AM

Can citizens' assemblies save the planet? The People’s Plan for Nature, launched on Thursday, sets out the UK public’s recommendations for reversing massive declines in Britain’s nature. A hundred people were invited to come together, in a citizens’ assembly, to agree on a plan for how to renew and protect nature. More information at peoplesplanfornature.org

I've posted here previously about Citizen's Assemblies, which as a regularly-horrified employee of a legislative body I feel would be a fantastic replacement. There was a lot of good discussion on that last post, so I thought I'd circle back after learning about this project through a lovely Guardian article by Sarah Hudson, which shows some of the real advantages I think citizen assemblies could potentially have.

posted by N8yskates (3 comments total)

Thank God for Betteridge's law of headlines.
posted by star gentle uterus at 10:47 AM on March 23, 2023 [4 favorites]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead (possibly) and also Jed Bartlet
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 11:08 AM on March 23, 2023

It is clear that out flanking current institutiona is needed, since those institutions are corrupt, captured, hobbled, and have self-serving biases.

This seems like a good non-violent way to accomplish this. Lets do it more and everywhere and see how far we can get with it.
posted by anecdotal_grand_theory at 11:48 AM on March 23, 2023 [2 favorites]