Nature Tech Collective’s
In Kind Membership

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What is the In-Kind Membership?

In-Kind Membership is a way for aligned members to contribute to NTC’s work when financial support isn’t the right fit - by offering time, skills, and knowledge instead.

These contributions help us co-create tools, content, community experiences, and thinking that advance a nature-positive future. In return, your team gains access to a trusted network of nature tech experts, visibility, and collective intelligence that can accelerate your impact.

Core Commitments

We have designed these contribution expectations to be accessible and realistic for startups, while ensuring your contributions truly support the wider community. For small organizations:

  • Commit 20 hours annually (see below for contribution ideas)

  • Self-report on your contributions quarterly.

  • Assign a single Point of Contact for coordination

Ways to Contribute:

The Connectors

The Experts

About This Contribution:

This one is about being a bridge-builder within our community.

  • Your Profile:

    You should have a proven track record of organizing events or building connections, and a deep understanding of the nature tech ecosystem.

  • Contribution Ideas:

    • Lead a Working Group: Start a working group on a topic that needs solving.We provide you the infrastructure (members, slack, zoom, documentation hub) you provide momentum, expertise and drive the group towards a specific outcome. Next Steps: reach out to us to provide detail on the thematic and get documentation set up.

    • Lead a focused sub-community : Different than a working group in that there is no focused goal for these gatherings. Same as above, e provide you the infrastructure (members, slack, zoom, you provide momentum.See how Amal is running the Ocean subcommunity here.

About This Contribution

This contribution is about sharing your knowledge and building capacity

  • Your Profile

    Ideal candidates have a track record of thought leadership through publications and excel at making complex topics accessible.

  • Contribution Ideas:

    • Offer office Hours: Offer office hours to the community. Create an profile that showcases your expertise and be available for occasional bookings. See an example of what we’re building here.

    • Toolkit building: Share knowledge in writing, make it actionable for the sector. See an example here.

    • Build a Sector Map: NTC is building a giant database of Nature Tech providers well beyond the membership. Map a sub-sector following our guidelines so it fits in our wider infrastructure. Example: map 100 entities addressing wildlife poaching/trafficking & write a short insight report. We’ll co brand it and publish it here.

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Your Next Steps

  • Review the roles and expectations above with your team and confirm you can contribute to that capacity.

  • Nominate a point of contact from your organization.

  • Choose at least one core contribution area.

  • Submit your In-Kind Membership interest form with more detail about how you’d like to contribute (well send it to you when you apply).

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Who is In-Kind Membership Best For?

  • You are a small or mission-aligned organization with limited financial capacity, but valuable expertise.

  • You want to actively shape the future of nature tech.

  • You are able to commit energy toward shared work.

  • You believe in reciprocity & want to give as well as receive.

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Annual Reporting

All in-kind members are asked to submit a short quarterly reflection outlining your contributions.

This helps us keep the community dynamic, fair, and responsive to changing capacities.