Nature Nova Scotia Culture Change Founder Invite
What if Nova Scotia became known as the province that truly puts nature first?
Imagine communities where healthy forests, thriving wildlife, protected coastlines, clean rivers, and vibrant biodiversity are not simply conservation goals, but shared community values.
Imagine thousands of Nova Scotians - from families and businesses to schools, municipalities, Indigenous communities, private landowners, and community organizations - working together because they recognize that our health, economy, and quality of life depend on the natural world around us.
Help turn this vision into reality!
Explore joining us as a early founder of the province-wide Nature Nova Scotia Culture Change Initiative – Putting Nature First.
The time is NOW!
Our goal is ambitious: to inspire a lasting shift in how Nova Scotians think about, value, and care for nature. To give voters the voice that demands that their political representatives “put nature first” in considerations of commercial activity. We believe protecting our natural heritage is not solely the responsibility of governments or environmental organizations. It is a shared opportunity for all of us to care for the places we love and leave a healthier province for future generations.
How you can help!
Creating meaningful culture change requires more than awareness campaigns. It requires numerous champions, trusted partnerships, inspiring stories, local leadership, practical opportunities for action, and organizations willing to help build a movement that belongs to all Nova Scotians.
That is why we are inviting a select group of organizations, businesses, foundations, and community leaders to become Founding Partners.
Your support will help engage communities, organizations and individuals from across the province, develop educational resources, expand our growing network of Nature Champions and Organizational Allies, host regional conversations and stewardship events, celebrate local success stories, and inspire thousands of Nova Scotians to become stewards of wild spaces, restore habitats, adopt sustainable economic practices, and reconnect with nature.
Just as importantly, your organization will become part of a growing alliance, because no single organization can protect Nova Scotia's natural heritage alone. By combining our relationships, expertise, and community networks, we can inspire hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of citizens around a shared vision of Putting Nature First. Together, our strengths become a movement capable of creating lasting change across our province.
Whether your contribution is financial, in-kind, through expertise, communications, employee engagement, or community leadership, your founders partnership will help build one of Nova Scotia's most important long-term investments - a culture where caring for nature simply becomes part of who we are.
We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you, share our vision, and explore how we can work together to inspire a stronger, healthier, and more resilient Nova Scotia. Thank you for considering this invitation and for everything you already do to strengthen our communities and protect the natural places that make this province so special. Together, let’s build a Nova Scotia where Putting Nature First is more than an aspiration - it is part of our identity, our decisions, and our legacy.
With appreciation,
Richard Howell Bob Bancroft Becky Parker Frank Gallant and Cabot Lyford
President Past-President Executive Director Co-Chairs, Culture Change Initiative
Nature Nova Scotia