Center for Humans and Nature

What Center for Humans and Nature does

The Center for Humans and Nature is a small Illinois-based nonprofit (founded 2018, headquartered in Libertyville, 1-10 staff) that operates two programs: Humans & Nature Press and Humans & Nature Farm. Humans & Nature Press runs two branches — a Digital branch that publishes essays (1,000-2,500 words), poetry, and artwork through periodic open submission calls, and a Books branch that produces physical and digital multi-volume anthologies, most notably the award-winning five-volume Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations series and the newer five-volume Elementals series covering Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and An Elemental Life. The Center also publishes the Minding Nature print journal (active since 2008), the Questions for a Resilient Future online series, and supports the Stories from the Land residency and Future Fables digital story gallery. Humans & Nature Farm is an on-site agricultural program in Libertyville exploring land-based ecological practice.

Revenue is derived from three streams: direct-to-consumer book sales (Sensoria at $35.00, individual volumes at varying prices, Kinship five-volume set at $125.00) through the Center's online shop with US shipping to the lower 48 and Washington DC; international retail distribution through Indigo (Canada), Bookshop.org (UK), Blackwell's and Waterstones (international), and Booktopia (Australia/NZ); donations, including identified funding support from the Kalliopeia Foundation; and out-flowing $500 USD honoraria paid to Digital contributors upon publication. Audience development is community-led: contributors are drawn via open calls on Submittable, and engagement is sustained through a weekly newsletter, podcasts (Becoming Nature, Deep Time, Kinship Podcast), and social channels on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Name

Center for Humans and Nature

Legal name

Center for Humans and Nature

Website

https://humansandnature.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Center for Humans and Nature is a small Illinois-based nonprofit publisher that produces essays, poetry, books, and podcasts on human responsibilities to nature through its Humans & Nature Press (Digital and Books) and Humans & Nature Farm programs, supported by donations and direct book sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Libertyville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of published books including Sensoria ($35), Kinship five-volume set ($125), Elementals five-volume set, and individual volumes through the online shop
2. Donations and Support: The organization accepts donations and received funding support from Kalliopeia Foundation for publications
3. Contributor Honorariums: Contributors to Humans & Nature Press Digital receive $500 USD honorarium upon publication, funded by the organization

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Center for Humans and Nature is a nonprofit organization that publishes literary content exploring human responsibilities toward the natural world. Its core offerings are multi-volume literary anthology series (Kinship and Elementals), individual books (including Sensoria), the Minding Nature print journal, and online community forums such as Questions for a Resilient Future, supported by a land-based Humans & Nature Farm program. Revenue is generated through direct book sales via an online shop and international retail partners, with donations and grants underwriting digital publishing and contributor honoraria.

Product overview

Center for Humans and Nature operates as a nonprofit publishing and educational organization with two main divisions: Humans & Nature Press (split into Digital and Books branches) and Humans & Nature Farm. The Digital branch publishes essays, poetry, and artwork through open submission calls and includes the Questions for a Resilient Future series and Stories from the Land residency. The Books branch publishes physical and digital books including the award-winning Kinship five-volume anthology series and the newer Elementals five-volume series exploring Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and An Elemental Life. They also publish the print journal Minding Nature and operate an e-commerce shop for their publications.

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Brands

• Humans & Nature Press Digital: Digital publication branch publishing essays, poetry, and artwork exploring human responsibilities in relation to the whole community of life
• Humans & Nature Press Books
• Minding Nature
• Questions for a Resilient Future
• Stories from the Land
• Future Fables

Products and services

• Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature A book exploring what it means to be human in a more-than-human world, awakening senses to wonder and vitality of nature, featuring essays, poetry, and audio recordings by acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton.
• Elementals five-volume series A five-volume anthology series exploring Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and An Elemental Life through essays, poetry, and stories illuminating dynamic relationships between people, place, and the natural elements, with over 90 contributors.
• Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations five-volume set Award-winning five-volume anthology series exploring human kinship with the more-than-human world, available as a complete set.
• Minding Nature journal A print publication exploring ecological responsibilities, values, and practices, published periodically with archives dating back to 2008.

Quantifiable outcome

• Contributors receive $500 USD honorarium upon publication

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Forest Preserves of Cook CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Chicago referenced in the Questions series on urban ethics; inspired questions about nature in twenty-first century urban environments.
• Chicago WildernessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization referenced in the urban ethic questions series alongside Forest Preserves of Cook County.
• Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Session on the Human Rights Impacts of FrackingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on exploring human rights issues related to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) through the Questions series.
• Graphic Arts Studio, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrinting vendor for Elementals books; prints on Rolland Opaque paper containing 30% post-consumer fiber, manufactured using renewable energy biogas, and is Forest Stewardship Council and Rainforest Alliance certified.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/humansandnature
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-humans-and-nature
• Instagraminstagram.com/humansandnature
• Xx.com/humansandnature

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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