Community Stewardship for a Changing World

The International Center for Community Land Trusts supports CLTs around the world as a platform for housing, climate resilience, food security and thriving communities.

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Books on the CLT movement

Twelve titles from the CLT Center’s publishing imprint.

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Where the CLT came from and how it grew: the Gardener’s Guide, a timeline and a Hall of Fame.

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New from the CLT Center

Enrique Silva, Francesca Lionetti, María E. Hernández-Torrales, Ricardo Carneiro, Tarcyla Fidalgo and moderator Mariana Gallo in the Transforming Informal Settlements webinar, October 29, 2026

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Transforming Informal Settlements

How community land trusts can improve informal settlements without displacing the people who live there, with speakers from the Lincoln Institute, UN-Habitat, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Portugal.

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