Join leaders from Nature Connection organizations throughout North America this February for our 6th annual conference where we will exchange best

Connect your team.
Join the Nature Connection Network and share resources, knowledge and best practices, with peers within other organizations in a more coordinated and collaborative manner.

Leverage the experience of other organizations.
Join a network of nature connection organizations and give your team access to the hard earned experience of other nature connection leaders.

Access resources and stop reinventing the wheel.
Join a vibrant network that is coordinating goals, data and strategies to connect organizations, allowing for collaborations that amplifies all efforts.
February 24 – 26, 2021
The 2021 Nature Connection Leadership Conference
Wednesday – Friday
2021 CONFERENCE THEME:
What Is Our New and Evolving Role?
Join us this year online! Click here to learn more about the 2021 Nature Connection Leadership Conference. As we schedule the programming, we are trying to be inclusive across multiple time zones.






Join a fun & experienced group of nature connection organizations.
Draw upon the experience of other nature connection leaders and provide your team opportunities to collaboratively learn with peers.

Connect to your peers
Strengthen your leadership and prevent burnout through supportive relationships with your fellow leaders.
Access collective experience
Learn from the seasoned know-how of other organizations. The experience of other teams is an invaluable resource.
Build on resources
Address challenges and build capacity quickly by not starting from scratch. Stop re-inventing the wheel.
Collaborate and lead
Share your expertise and support nature connection beyond your organization. A rising tide lifts all ships.
BIPOC-Led Organizations Are Eligible for a 100%-Off Reparations Award on NCN Membership
BIPOC-led organizations can enter the code “reparations” to receive a 1-year 100% discount on membership.
This is not a scholarship fund, and we do not assume that individual BIPOC applicants do not have access to wealth—these reparations are offered with an attempt at integrity and a prayer for collective liberation. Read more about NCN’s Reparation Awards.
Ready to connect your team to the network?
Join today. Start benefiting from more connection and collaboration.
Membership gets your organization exclusive access
Each membership grants your team exclusive access to our email listserv for Nature Connection organizations.
Choose your membership fee based on your organization's annual operating budget.
I see the Network as a platform for growth in humanity, and as an opportunity for reconciliation with the original people of this land, for the teachings that have been given.
David Vanderhoop
Co-Founder of Sassafras Earth EducationBeing part of the network is unifying and nourishing, and can only help us strengthen our relationships and work——at a time the world needs us most.
Angella Gibbons
Founder & Director of EarthWalk VermontI am seeing the power of the network improve our schools and amplify our work. I count on the collective wisdom of all of the member schools in this network to help me solve simple and complex problems at Wild Earth. It feels like we are really working together as one!
David Brownstein
Executive Director of Wild Earth
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Have you attended the Nature Connection Leadership Conference?
Alumni of the ’16, ’17, ’18 and ’19 NCLC were gifted a complimentary temporary membership to the Nature Connection Network. At the end of 2020 this complementary membership is expiring. We ask you consider joining the Nature Connection as an official member to assure our collective impact well into the future. Join now.