Want your presentations to be truly inclusive? This comprehensive guide outlines best practices for creating and delivering presentations that accommodate all learners and attendees, including those with disabilities. From slide design and font choices to alternative text, captioning, and virtual delivery tips, this toolkit is packed with actionable advice. A go-to resource for land trusts and presenters aiming to make every audience feel welcomed and included.
This toolkit helps land trusts and community groups implement greening projects—like parks, trails, or green infrastructure—without displacing the very communities they aim to serve. Packed with case studies, planning templates, and anti-displacement strategies, it offers practical guidance for centering equity in environmental work. Ideal for organizations committed to inclusive, community-led conservation.
How are land trusts across New England thinking about and implementing DEI efforts? This 2022 report explores real-world strategies, challenges, and opportunities as shared by land trust staff and board members across the region. With candid quotes, thoughtful analysis, and practical recommendations, it’s a valuable read for any land trust looking to incorporate principles of equity and inclusion in their conservation work.
Looking to deepen your understanding of Indigenous cultural practices and build more respectful relationships with Indigenous communities? This free guide offers practical advice on protocols for land acknowledgements, engaging elders, participating in ceremonies, and more. Whether you’re planning a meeting, event, or partnership, these insights can help ensure your approach is informed, respectful, and rooted in reconciliation. A valuable read for land trusts committed to inclusion and cultural awareness.
Land trusts play a critical role in ensuring that farmland remains accessible, productive, and protected for future generations. “Farmland Access & Ownership: An Overview of Barriers, Models, and Actions to Increase Land Access for Connecticut’s BIPOC Farmers”, examines the challenges farmers face in securing land and explores opportunities for land trusts to support farmland affordability, leasing models, and long-term conservation. With data-driven insights and policy recommendations, this resource helps land trusts strengthen their farmland protection efforts, engage with local farmers, and develop strategies to keep working lands in agricultural production.
The Land Trust Alliance has made available the Framework and Resources for Change, a tool to help land trusts organize learning and grow critical Diversity, Equity and Inclusion competencies, no matter where they are in their learning journey. Thanks to generous funding of an anonymous foundation and other individual donations, the Alliance hosted a webinar “Making the Most of the DEI Framework & Resources for Change” to introduce this tool and help land trust board members, staff and volunteers get started on their DEI journeys.
Diversifying organizations through their boards, staff, and committees is essential for reflecting community diversity and enhancing decision-making. These resources provide insights on inclusive conservation, outline change processes for racial equity, offer roadmaps to inclusivity, guide on hiring diversely, and discuss barriers to organizational change. Together, they can be used to create environments and organizations where diverse perspectives are valued and drive forward the mission of land conservation.
Ensuring everyone feels welcome, safe, and included on birding experiences requires thoughtful communication. These resources from Birdability offer land trusts practical guidance on how to effectively communicate and engage with and engage people of all abilities, including those with mobility challenges, vision impairments, intellectual disabilities, neurodivergence, mental health conditions, hearing impairments, and chronic illnesses. Discover best practices for creating accessible outings, using inclusive language, and adapting programs to ensure birding is truly accessible and enjoyable for everyone in your community.
Land trusts around the country provide access to nature, offering a valuable service to people in the form of health and wellness benefits gained from being outdoors. These benefits are well documented, from better overall health through exercise to reducing stress levels in the calming presence of nature. But land trusts need to ask: “Who are we leaving behind?” This guide addresses that question with regard to one group — people with disabilities — and provides practical ideas for incorporating inclusion into your land trust’s programming and organizational culture.
Ensuring your land trust’s communications are inclusive and accessible is essential to reaching broader communities and fulfilling your conservation mission. This guide provides practical strategies for creating content that is welcoming and usable for people with disabilities, including tips for writing clear, descriptive trail guides, making websites accessible, and using inclusive language. By applying these principles, your land trust can help ensure that the benefits of nature and conservation are accessible to everyone, enhancing engagement and building meaningful connections across diverse audiences.
Environmental justice ensures conservation resources benefit historically underserved communities that face disproportionate climate impacts. These resources guide land trusts in prioritizing conservation efforts to reduce air pollution, mitigate heat waves, and strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable areas. Explore practical toolkits, expert insights, and collaboration strategies designed to integrate equity into your conservation mission, addressing historic injustices and creating healthier, more resilient communities.
Inclusive access to nature is essential for ensuring everyone can meaningfully connect with the outdoors. These resources provide land trusts with practical tools and expert guidance on topics such as adaptive birding equipment, inclusive communication practices, ADA compliance, and strategies for equitable community engagement. Explore ways to break down barriers, embrace adaptive equipment, and use inclusive language, helping your land trust create welcoming outdoor spaces and programs that genuinely serve and empower all community members.