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A Note on Gratitude
One of my biggest takeaways from this incredibly challenging year has been a renewed sense of daily gratitude for some…
Land Acknowledgements and More
The website and resource, Native Land provides an interactive map of North America and many other regions across the world, illustrating the…
Re-thinking Partnerships thanks to Rue Mapp
Each month since July, a CLCC staff member has shared a blog post discussing and recommending a resource, individual, or…
An Invitation to Dialogue
What can a pandemic teach us? I suppose it is teaching us what we should learn every day. The pandemic has magnified…
Connecting with Community and Communicating with Resilience
Despite all that has happened in our world over the last six months, our Connecticut land trusts have continued forging…
Cristina Hayden on Who Owns the Land
At its peak after the Civil War, Black people owned upwards of 15 million acres of land, mostly located in…
Rebecca Dahl on Navigating the Intersection of Anti-Racism and Community Work
It’s been two months since the mainstream resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and an uprising of protests in response to…
What We’re Reading – Katharine Lange on Green 2.0
Dorceta Taylor, a sociologist at the University of Michigan, rocked the non-profit world when she released the first Green 2.0 report in…
Please learn alongside us
Recognizing that the prejudices and injustices BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities face extend within the boundaries of the…
Today is a great day to say thank you to your local land trust!
Connecticut is home to over 130 land trusts. Together they have protected approximately 200,000 acres of land that is essential…
2019 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
The 2019 state legislative session ended on June 5 and thanks to your strong support and relentless advocacy, the land…
Improving health and happiness
As recently reported in Time Magazine, a new study adds to mounting evidence that spending time outdoors — especially in nature — is…
