About Us
The Earth Restoration Service was established in 2001, by our chairman Peter Phelps, following his attendance of the Earth Restoration Conference. The conference had been organised by one of our trustees, Alan Watson Featherstone, who had such success bringing back life to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland. Peter was so inspired by Alan’s work that he set about his own restoration ecology service.
Peter saw an opportunity to encourage positive ecological action at a local level, whilst inspiring the world’s citizens to play their part in rehabilitating the natural health of their environments. Peter then brought in Andreas Kornevall. His experience running small scale ecological start ups around the world made him the perfect candidate to run the operation. And so, The Earth Restoration Service was born.
What we do
The Earth Restoration Service is engaged with two main areas to restore the environment; tree planting and creating small-scale wild areas with wildflower. Our approach is one of proactive collaboration with schools, community groups, other charities, businesses, landowners and government agencies to create an alliance addressing the challenges of regenerating the Earth.
Since the beginning, the Earth Restoration Service has served over 750 schools across the UK and some further afield. We have planted over 60,000 native trees, and engaged 50,000 children and their local communities. You can find more info about this and our environmental restoration work and programmes here.
We are always looking for new supporters to engage in these programmes. Whether that means volunteering their time or providing financial support. Join us in our mission to carry out proactive ecosystem restoration!
Meet Our Team
Peter Phelps – Chairman
Peter co-founded ERS and has been chairman since its inception having been actively involved in forest restoration in the UK and Australia for three decades. Peter is CFO of Rudolf Wolff and Fellow of the Royal of Society of Arts (RSA).
Andreas Kornevall – Director of Operations
Andreas works with innovative grassroots programmes in the ecological, cultural and social sectors in countries including India, the USA, Ecuador, Iceland and the Gambia. He is a founder of WorkingAbroad.com and is also a member of the British Permaculture Association.
charlotte laursen – PROGRAMME COORDINATOR
Charlotte is the coordinator and point of contact for our Environmental Restoration programmes. She also manages the online presence of our charity and works on raising funds through grants for our environmental programmes.
Trustees
Alan Watson Featherstone - Trustee
Founder and Executive Director of award winning organisation Trees for Life https://treesforlife.org.uk/
Howard Colvin – Trustee
CEO of Rudolf Wolff, Howard has been involved in ERS since its inception.
Dermot O’Gorman – Trustee
Dermot is CEO of the World Wildlife Fund. He has two degrees in Environmental Conservation and a masters in Environmental Policy and Assessment from the London School of Economics.
Writers and Contributors
Theresa Stoll - Blog Writer
Theresa’s professional and academic background is in Economics, International Relations, and Political Science with a focus on environmental governance, sustainable resource management, maritime affairs, and climate and energy politics.
Lela Pacitti - Blog Writer
Lela is a social and environmental planner currently employed in the affordable housing sector. Her interests lie at the intersection of the economy and the environment, with a specific focus on community hubs, sustainability planning, green economies and community development.