Recently, I have begun researching the topic of Community Land Trust as a means of combating gentrification in neighborhoods.  Community land trust (CLTs) are designed to give a community control over land use decisions through land banking.  CLTs offer the community the ability to accumulate properties and manage the way in which they are used.  CLTs also aid in affordability through applying deed restrictions and sale conditions.   CLTs also offer opportunities for the accumulation of social capital and increased leadership development through the structures necessary to manage the long-term operation and vision of the community's land use goals.  Below are some of the resources I have examined to better understand the concept and to gain an idea of how they could potentially be employed in a variety of situations.

One of the most important connections that can be made in the concept of sustainability is creating a nexus between comprehensive environmental health and individual human health.  In order to convince individuals to make appropriate choices regarding the environment, it is necessary to show them how those choices can have positive impacts in their own lives.  I don't believe that people blatantly chose to disregard the environment, but I do think it sometimes sits as a low priortiy in their busy lives.