Help solve the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change
Invest in landscape-level change that generates tangible results for the environment, people and communities.
300%
Increase in native pollinator abundance and 200% in diversity
50-100%
Reduction in nutrients flowing into waterways
0.11-0.76
Tonnes CO2e for grasslands per acre per year
50%
Increase in biodiversity and native species
2,183
Farmer and rancher participants and close to 400 local community leaders
≈500
Active local community partnerships across 42 communities
Achieve your nature and climate goals
with solutions that create an impact
Whether you’re trying to reach net zero, improve water quality or biodiversity, reduce the impacts of climate change, invest in ground breaking research, or create community and social climate resilience, ALUS can tailor-fit a solution to your objectives, desired outcomes and budget.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Create positive enviro-economic and social change. Help build organizational capacity, support important quantification research or scale program delivery across North America.
New Acre Nature Investments
Invest in nature-based projects that produce tangible, measurable results. Add new acres of nature to the landscape that sequester carbon, improve water quality, enhance biodiversity and build climate resilience.
Community Donations
Support local communities in helping farmers and ranchers implement nature-based solutions that create valuable ecosystem services and solve local environmental problems.
Trusted by businesses and organizations across North America
Jill Weaver
Director of Partnerships
ALUS Nature & Climate Solutions
Results you can see and trust
Managed by ALUS’ local community partners and the people who know their land best, projects funded by New Acre™ Nature Investments deliver credible and reliable acre-based outcomes you can trust.
Invest in Communities
ALUS is supporting communities across North America in addressing local environmental problems. We can help you strategically invest in the regions that matter to you most.
ALUS is currently active in six Canadian provinces and one American state and is expanding across North America. If we’re not active in the community you’d like to reach, connect with us. We’re interested in working with global partners to expand program delivery across North America.
Alberta
582
Participants
34,199
Acres
Saskatchewan
148
Participants
7,344
Acres
Manitoba
243
Participants
5,606
Acres
Ontario
868
Participants
8,043
Acres
Quebec
305
Participants
900
Acres
Prince Edward Island
1
Province-wide
1,200
Acres
Ohio
Launched in 2025
Meet ALUS Farmers & Ranchers
For the Love of Apples and Pollinators
Danielle Newman standing next to her windbreak at Alluvia Farm in Bristol, Quebec. Photo: Jan Amell PhotographyDanielle Newman and Philippe Smith are going back to their roots with Alluvia Farm, an organic farm in Philippe’s hometown of Bristol, Quebec. Alluvia...
Wetlands on Working Lands for Climate Resilience
Farmers have been on the frontlines of the climate crisis, facing drought conditions in the west and flooding in the east. But many have discovered that creating wetlands on working lands can build resilience to extreme weather events, while also producing several...
Iowa farmer helps launch the first ALUS community in the United States to bring diversity—and people—back to the land
Iowan Seth Watkins has a dream to bring biodiversity back to Southwest Iowa and build a brighter, more vibrant rural community. ALUS is one of the ways he wants to achieve it.Seth Watkins has been trying to make his farm smaller. He’s reduced his Iowa acreage from...
Latest News
Wawanesa champions farmers and ranchers as producers of climate solutions
Farmers and ranchers are on the frontlines of climate change. Here’s how Wawanesa is helping them build climate resilience on their farms and in their communities one acre at a time. A field tour in ALUS Peel in October 2024. (photo: DA Photography)Whether it’s...
Bruce Power and ALUS Celebrate Completion of Three-Year Nature-Based Climate Investment in Grey-Bruce
The third and final annual report on Bruce Power’s New Acre Nature Investment highlights the carbon sequestration outcomes and environmental benefits produced by nature-based agricultural projects in Bruce and Grey counties. TORONTO, ON / BRUCE & GREY...
On-farm climate resilience you can see and touch
Definity Insurance tours ALUS farms in Ontario to learn how farmers are using nature-based climate solutions to protect their operations from severe weather.Definity Financial Corporation is committed to building community resilience. As the parent company to...
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