Institute for Conservation Leadership
ICL believes that people can do more together than separately. We help groups and leaders working on environmental and conservation issues lead change by:
- Building collective power through strategic collaboration
- Coordinating efforts that amplify community voices, secure funding, influence policy, and accelerate systems change
- Providing meeting design & facilitation, community engagement support, strategic planning, coaching, and training
Work With Us
To support healthy communities and a healthy Earth, the Institute for Conservation Leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions, and networks.
Collaboration
We help you start a collaboration, manage an existing one, or work through what's stuck
Leadership
We coach individuals and groups in collaborative leadership practices
Facilitation
We design your meeting, lead it live, or coach your team to facilitate
Impact
Virginia Soil Health Coalition
When the Virginia Soil Health Coalition and American Farmland Trust began building a regional network around a first-of-its-kind federal grant program, federal-level transitions made the project’s future uncertain. In 2025, ICL partnered with the coalition’s internal planning team and facilitated quarterly network meetings, helping the group stay anchored to outcomes as the project shifted course.
The importance of leadership for the Earth – and the urgency of need to support leaders at every level – has never been greater.
Your gift will help leaders, groups, and coalitions improve their winning strategies, raise needed money, find new volunteers, and create new partnerships.