Shaun Nixon
UK environmental activist and
digital engagement specialist
2000
British Youth Council
UK Youth Representative to the United Nations Climate Conference (CoP6) in The Hague, Netherlands.
Met the Deputy Prime Minister and the Environment Minister.
2001
UK Youth Representative to the United Nations Climate Conference (CoP6+) in Bonn, Germany.
Internship at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (climate change challenge fund) and Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UNFCCC CoP review), London.
UK Youth Representative at the EU Forum for Partnership in Sustainable Development in Malmö, Sweden.
Test drive in a prototype electric car.
2002
Interviewed Jonathon Porritt, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission.
Interviewed Robert Watson, member of the IPCC and DEFRA Chief Scientific Advisor.
2004 – 2007
Project Officer at the Woodland Trust, working on people engagement in climate change research.
Created the Nature Detectives website and resources for schools and children.
2005 – 2007
BBC Springwatch
CBeebies and CBBC Springwatch
BBC Autumnwatch
National Science Learning Centres
2007 – 2009
Learning Projects Manager at the Woodland Trust
Created the Nature Detectives Club for families.
Speaker at the Natural History Museum.
2009
Digital Engagement Manager at the Woodland Trust
2011
Living Landscapes Monitoring Project Manager, The Wildlife Trusts.
2012
Web and New Media Manager, The Wildlife Trusts.
2013
Met Sir David Attenborough
2014
Started my own business – Craven Digital
Town Councillor
2015
Stood for election for the Green Party
2016
Became a school governor
2019
Extinction Rebellion
2020
Bought my first fully electric car, 19 years after test-driving a prototype.
20th anniversary of the youth summit and declaration, United Nations Climate Conference (CoP6) in The Hague, November 2000