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Governor’s Budget Brings Good News for Open Space
Although the Capitol complex remains closed to the public, the 2021 legislative session is well underway. Earlier this month, Governor…
A Shout-Out to Open Space
At the CTLCV Environmental Summit opener on January 19, Governor Lamont and CT DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes reminded us of the importance…
What will be our legacy?
On January 18, many reflected and celebrated the spirit, the light, the life and love of Martin Luther King Jr.,…
Let’s Continue to Take Action in 2021
This year has been a lot to handle (to say the least)—continuing to withstand a global pandemic, seeing the harsh…
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…