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Join World Sensorium/Conservancy

Everyone is a conservationist

Join a global community dedicated to protecting biodiversity, scent memory, and cultural traditions—one plant at a time.

Welcome Membership

Free

As a free member, you’ll stay connected to our work and be part of a growing community.

Sign up to receive:

  • Our monthly newsletter features stories, research highlights, project updates, and information regarding our publications
  • Free access to the Plantings Journal, its monthly online issues, and our extensive website and research
  • Invitations to public exhibitions, talks, and virtual gatherings
  • Opportunities to share your own sensory stories and plant knowledge
  • Access to open calls and community-driven conservation efforts

Sustaining Membership

$50/year

As a sustaining member, you’ll help make our work possible—and ensure continued free access for all.

Sign up to receive:

  • Everything in the Free Membership, plus:
  • Exclusive updates and insights through special newsletters
  • Pertinent curated digital anthologies
  • Invitations to private sustaining member events, seminars, and gatherings
  • Opportunities to engage in discussions with conservation experts, artists, and scientists

Welcome Membership

Free

As a free member, you’ll stay connected to our work and be part of a growing community.

Sign up to receive:

  • Our monthly newsletter features stories, research highlights, project updates, and information regarding our publications
  • Free access to the Plantings Journal, its monthly online issues, and our extensive website and research
  • Invitations to public exhibitions, talks, and virtual gatherings
  • Opportunities to share your own sensory stories and plant knowledge
  • Access to open calls and community-driven conservation efforts

Sustaining Membership

$50/year

As a sustaining member, you’ll help make our work possible—and ensure continued free access for all.

Sign up to receive:

  • Everything in the Free Membership, plus:
  • Exclusive updates and insights through special newsletters
  • Pertinent curated digital anthologies
  • Invitations to private sustaining member events, seminars, and gatherings
  • Opportunities to engage in discussions with conservation experts, artists, and scientists

Why Your Support Matters

For 25 years, World Sensorium has worked to preserve the sensory richness and biodiversity of aromatic plants across the globe. Through our open-access plant archive and cultural programming, we’re safeguarding the wisdom of generations—ensuring it’s never lost.

10,000+
Journal Readers

42
Countries

100+
Plants Documented

25
Years of Impact

FAQs


Absolutely! Contact us to set up a gift membership for a friend or loved one.


Yes, we welcome donations of any amount at any time. Your support directly funds our conservation, education, and outreach efforts.


There are many meaningful ways to get involved with the World Sensorium Conservancy (WS/C). Whether you’re a storyteller, artist, gardener, educator, famous conservationist, or advocate, your participation helps grow a global movement dedicated to conserving aromatic and medicinal plants and their cultural significance.

Share Your Voice: We invite you to contribute personal stories, to personal vegetarian recipes, local knowledge, photographs, and creative works that celebrate plant heritage. Your experiences help inspire others and build our collective archive.

Promote Biodiversity: Create a biodiversity patch in your garden or community, cultivate native aromatic plants, and document your efforts through photos and notes. These small actions contribute to ecological resilience and climate adaptation.

Engage with Knowledge: Read our journal Plantings and explore the WS/C website to deepen your understanding of conservation, olfactory heritage, and the global threats facing aromatic plants—including habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species.

Raise Awareness: Help us amplify the mission. Share what you learn with others, host local events or screenings, and encourage your network to become conservationists in their own right.

Every action, no matter how small, contributes to a broader culture of stewardship. Join us in safeguarding the world’s aromatic heritage—one plant, one place, and one story at a time.

Stay in touch with us and reach out to us here: https://worldsensorium.com/contact/

We believe that biodiversity should be protected, and knowledge should be freely shared—

Join us in safeguarding biodiversity for future generations and preserving the world’s aromatic heritage. Your donation directly supports our mission and makes vital knowledge accessible to all.
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