Human*NatureLogo Design Contest

Cincinnati Nature Center's mission is to Inspire Conservation. We are therefore excited to launch a new initiative to promote civic environmentalism - a college-level course where we prepare our most engaged members and certified volunteer naturalists to turn their focus outwards and connect with their family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to inspire them to take action to protect our shared planet. We're calling this course Human Nature, and it needs a logo. Most of all, we want the logo to demonstrate our need to CONNECT with one another in order to PROTECT nature. Seeing humans connecting will be essential for the logo. Below is a high-level overview of our organization, so folks can see what we're all about and how we go about Inspiring Conservation in all that we do.

Nature is for everyone. That is the foundation of all of our work at Cincinnati Nature Center.

Each year, our nonprofit organization welcomes thousands of nature enthusiasts from around the region and beyond to explore the 1,800 acres of forests, prairies, streams, ponds, and wetlands that make up our two locations—Rowe Woods and Long Branch Farm & Trails. And we connect thousands more to nature through our online learning programs, social media, and e-newsletters.

Because each person's connection to nature can be deeply personal, we offer programs, volunteer opportunities, clubs, events, and more that provide opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to engage with nature at their own pace and within their own interests.

For children, we offer endless opportunities for nature play, exploration, and discovery through specific programming, school field trips, camps, and our Nature preschool.

But it's not just about what we offer to people. We work to protect and care for our land and its thousands of species of plants and wildlife.

Through research, education, and proven conservation tactics, we work to protect land and wildlife within our boundaries while educating visitors, members, and neighbors on what they can do to help in their own yards, neighborhoods, and communities.

With a passionate team of staff and volunteers, we continue to look for ways to improve visitors’ experiences while keeping our focus on protecting this haven for all of its inhabitants.

Our primary color is green, PMS 7734, with PMS 7737 as a secondary green, and our blue is PMS 7459. We also use PMS 4625, PMS 468, PMS 166, PMS 7650, PMS 7549.

The name for the course, Human*Nature, is meant to be something of a double entendre, referencing both our human nature, and how we can use knowledge about what motivates us to be able to inspire others, but then also humans working to conserve nature. We have added the multiplication symbol (*) to suggest our efforts are multiplied when we elicit the help of others in our endeavor to conserve nature, but the symbol is not mandatory. Most of all, we want the logo to demonstrate our need to CONNECT with one another in order to protect nature. Seeing humans connecting will be essential for the logo.