So, you are interested working in urban areas but your land trust has exclusively conserved lands in rural areas. How do you determine if it’s right for your land trust, and what steps do you need to take to get started?

Climate change will negatively impact natural systems and our lives in many ways. Depending on your location, you may see more wildfires, extreme heat, flooding, water shortages and increased precipitation in the years to come. People living in poverty, communities of color, immigrants, people living with disability and the elderly are expected to suffer disproportionately from problems caused by a changing climate. In this webinar we will discuss questions of vulnerability and equity as it relates to the impacts of climate change and explore new tools available to help land trusts better understand the dynamics of their own communities. 

Join conservation and community conservation expert Judy Anderson as she lays out strategies that will help your organization build trust with different sectors of its community and balance land protection goals for a specific property. Drawing upon theories from environmental psychology and practical land trust examples, this webinar is a must-see for land trusts balancing competing interests.

Your land trust has decided it’s important to work with the Indigenous communities in your service area, but how do you begin? Before land trusts can authentically partner with Native American tribes and nations, they must begin by acknowledging their history, cultural and spiritual ties to their ancestral homelands as well as the nuts and bolts of tribal government. 

Join conservationist and expert communicator Gale Spears as she uncovers high, low and no-tech ways to expand your land trust's reach into the community. Let’s make room for more seats around the conservation table!

How do land trusts meaningfully engage in issues of justice, equity and inclusion in their conservation work?