Land & Conservation
Advisors:
Audubon Greenwich. Slow Foods Metro North, & ECOS (Environmental Council of Stamford, Conn.)
Connecticut Sierra Club
Save The Frogs
GIVE
Yelm Community Wildlife Habitat Project
Yelm Community Wildlife Habitat Project
Cows and Geese
The way in which communities interact with land has a big impact on local sustainability. Community and school gardens, the use of native plants, parks and conservation areas are uses that help balance the collective effect that we have on our towns and cities.
Keep America Beautiful's National Planting Day
Contact: Corinn Rotter
Location: Connecticut, CT
Number of Locations: 1
Bee Lovely and Help Save the Bees
Contact: Jane Wotton
Location: Stamford, CT
Number of Locations: 3
Water for Toilet Paper, Bidet for Hygiene
Contact: Aziz Bootwala
Location: Hickory, NC
Number of Locations: 1
Legislators Consider Repealing Pesticide Ban on Connecticut School Grounds
Contact: Jane Wotton
Location: Stamford, CT
Number of Locations: 1
Transition your lawn to completely organic fertilization and weed control
Contact: Mark Rygh
Location: Texas, TX
Number of Locations: 1
State Solid Waste Management Plan
Contact: Chris Nelson
Location: Connecticut, CT
Number of Locations: 4
Spring Cleanup of Historic Bread and Cheese Creek 4/14/12
Contact: John Long
Location: Dundalk, MD
Number of Locations: 1
Explore Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Facilities-EPA
Contact: Daphne Dixon
Location: Connecticut, CT
Number of Locations: 1
Fairfield Forestry Committee Tree Inventory
Contact: Misty Beyer
Location: Fairfield, CT
Number of Locations: 1
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI)
Contact: Alycia Lamar
Location: Moscow, ID
Number of Locations: 1
Putting Wetlands to Safe and Productive Use For the Environment
Location: Fairfield, CT
Number of Locations: 1
Gasoline-Free Lawn Care
Contact: Dan Delventhal
Location: Fairfield County, CT
Number of Locations: 4
Free Programs that Support Businesses that Take Voluntary Conservation Action
Location: Sacramento, CA
Number of Locations: 2
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Dear Anne There are regional meetings of Land Trusts in Connecticut. The internet is probably the best place to start for that information. Connecticut is having its annual conference of Inland Wetland and Conservation Committees November 17th at the Sheriden Four Points in Meriden. It's 9 to 4. Many Land Trust people are there. Check out: http://www.caciwc.org/pages/annualMtg/index.html This may be of some help.
There are details to be worked out but it certainly can be done. These details include (but are not limited to (just got to love that legalese): funding, who owns the land, what is it zoned for, is there remediation needed, who covers liability issues, taxes owed if any, etc. These details will be different state-to-state. As far as funding is concerned, you can start on the internet under grant funders like the TKF Foundation.(410 Severn Ave. Suite 216, Annapolis MD 21403, www.tkffdn.org) In many towns and cities, officials may be willing to work a deal on a space because a community garden will help with local appeal and property values. It may also get a blighted spot of their books because of the volunteer work needed to clean up a site. (the soil should be tested so you don't grow anything in tainted ground) Abandoned property can be a good place to make a deal with the city if the city wishes to pass on the clean up and liability issues to someone else willing to take them on.
Hi Avery Sounds like a great trip and a better way to see the world. There may be many Sierra members who would enjoy this kind of "vacation," however, I would have to check with our national office about the liability of advertising such a trip through our chapter. Call me when you get the chance: 860-236-4405 John C
Marina Marchese has a facebook page with a discussion board here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marina-Marchese/145898545466768 I hope this helps!
Dear David I'm sorry I don't have Marina's contact info. I know she lives in Weston (if that's the same Marina we're talking about) but that's all.
