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Six Tips for Engaging Elders
1. Research has documented that outdoor experiences, close to home, are important for everyone; these experiences can be even more helpful as people age and…
Conservation and Green Burial
Alachua Conservation Trust partnered with Conservation Burial Inc. to create a natural burial ground within the land trust’s Prairie Creek Preserve. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery…
Conservation – green burial grounds
Foxfield Preserve is a nonprofit conservation burial ground operated by The Wilderness Center, a nonprofit nature center and land trust. This project was the first…
End-of-Life Planning
There are many elders and their families that want to consider how their end-of-life planning reflects their values. Just as estate planning is helpful for…
Retirement Communities
Kestrel Land Trust is collaborating with active elders at two retirement communities in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts: Lathrop and Applewood. So far programs with…
Faith Communities
The Bow in the Clouds property got its name from the donors—the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph—who reference the rainbow after the Great…
Bring the Outside Indoors
Audubon groups and other wildlife organizations are working to provide programming to elder homes and facilities in a manner that enriches the lives of those…
Enhanced Accessibility
An inclusive community stakeholder process urged the land trust to use its legacy of trail work to benefit a wide range of community groups. As…
Accessibility Day
The land trust hosts an annual “Accessibility Day” for those who otherwise would be unable to reach the views and/or summit of the Pinnacle (part…
Wintonbury Land Trust
A 140-acre open space owned by the Town of Bloomfield comprised of farm, forest and pastures is adjacent to Duncaster Retirement Community. Ironwood Community Partners…