Free iNaturalist signs available for public-facing organizations

General
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Through iNaturalist’s partnership with the Association of Science and Technology Centers’ (ASTC) Seeding Action program, qualifying organizations can order a free sign to encourage visitors to use iNaturalist.

Important: This opportunity is intended for organizations with public-facing spaces: think museums, visitor centers, nature centers, parks, outdoor/nature-aligned stores, and similar venues. It’s not available for personal use or one-off events.

There are nine designs across three themes to choose from:

  • A fully customizable “Help Us Find Local [Species]” sign — you provide the species image, name, and even a local place name

  • Four “Snap a Photo, Help Nature Thrive” designs, each featuring a common species (Monarch Butterfly, Common Yarrow, Convergent Lady Beetle, or Mallard)

  • Four “Discover Nature Around You” ecosystem designs: estuarine/wetland, city park, forest, and grassland

Signs come in three formats (A-frame, retractable banner, or wall sign), can include your organization’s logo, and are available in multiple languages. ASTC can even handle translation for you.

Order at seeding-action.org/inaturalist: it’s a short form and signs ship within about eight weeks. Please also pass this along to any public-facing partner organizations that might be interested!

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This is quite interesting, are these available in a digital format? My local council may be able to print off some posters for their public facing areas (TAS, Australia)

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We don’t have digital versions available, but using that same link above, we also have a social media toolkit that has digital content, most of which comes from those signs.

For anyone wondering: these signs aren’t limited to just organizations in the USA, I believe ASTC will ship them (almost) anywhere!

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Thank you - each featuring a common species - is US based tho ?

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This is a fantastic resource, thank you! We are trying to bolster iNat usage on campus of my zoo, so this couldn’t be better timing :)

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We tried to pick cosmopolitan species whenever we could, especially for “Snap a Photo, Help Nature Thrive” signs which features one species predominantly. Mallards are probably the most cosmopolitan of the four!