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10FROM SILOS TO SYSTEMS: ISSUES IN CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE“We should move our thinking from permanence to sustainability – ofour communities on the world stage.” Gene Duvernoy, Cascade LandConservancyThe opportunities identified for land trusts included the following:●●●Prioritizing – with broader public support – the lands that should be conservedAddressing concerns about the “democracy deficit” posed by private landtrusts making their own decisions about what is in the best interests of the“public” by contributing to public planning processes and reflecting publicpriorities in their workDeveloping a new “lexicon” for connecting the benefits of land conservationto a wider range of communities●Building relationships with new communities, support groups and donors –as well as the next generation of folks who will love land enough to work toprotect it●●●●Raising funding for listening/educational efforts within the communities inwhich they workDiversifying the services they provide, thereby expanding their base ofsupport – to include communities of color and groups with fewer means –while also increasing their organizational sustainabilityThinking about acquisition and regulation at the same time – how onemight support the other as tools for advancing a land trust’s mission in thecontext in which it worksPushing development into the areas in which it should occur, particularly thecities – using parks and greenspace to help make those areas more desirableplaces to live●Helping to change the incentives for development at the federal(subsidies/infrastructure) and local (planning/zoning) levels – moving thefocus of the conversation from where to preserve to where to develop in amore sustainable manner●●●Collaborating with new urbanists and smart growth advocates to help createattractive areas for development in cities and villagesCreating public-private partnerships to work at landscape scalesCapturing opportunities to think about and incentivize both developmentand conservation at the same time so that they will complement (rather thanchallenge) each other and therefore be easier to implement – such asthrough conservation design projectsyale school of forestry & environmental studies
WORKSHOP SUMMARY11●●●Looking across political boundaries to help identify where more sustainabledevelopment should happen, where land should be conserved and where thetwo should be combined.Focusing on the most efficient ways to promote sustainable land use across arange of uses – thereby creating opportunities to engage with a wider rangeof interestsCapturing the opportunities for cross-fertilization of ideas and actions onways to respond to climate change●Realizing that not all land trusts will be effective players in public processes –building capacity among the most capable organizations first and expandingout from there over time●●●Rethinking permanence – from a static to a dynamic process/set of toolsConsidering the questions: if not land trusts, then who and why? Who willhelp their towns and cities “see”, plan and shape their future land use, theircommunities’ future character and sense of place? Why would they stand onthe sidelines and not participate in a democratic process that desperatelyneeds participation from all, but particularly those who have such expertise,tools and resources to help inform the process?Becoming revered community institutions over the long-term, promotinghealthy, resilient, sustainable communitiesOn balance, while acknowledging that there are real risks, the participants foundeven more opportunities for land trusts to engage in public land use processes. Infact, one participant suggested that the group “celebrate” the opportunities to bepursued.Clearly, land trusts thinking of moving in this direction will need to do so in acareful and deliberate manner, not promising more than they can deliver. Theyshould also – internally at least – consider their next steps in light of the limits oftraditional land trust tools: donations/acquisitions of land that are often notstrategic, monitored or enforced and which rarely make a difference on a regionalscale.Embedding the future work of land trusts in a wider, more public context may helpaddress some of these limits. This could start with a common vision for the future,such as:●●Really great, livable US citiesMore compact development outside cities●Local food, clean water, safe areas to play, good jobs on a landscape scale –from livable cities, to green suburbs, to sustainable working lands, to iconicprotected areasyale school of forestry & environmental studies
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