Below are essays and background materials available online related to CLT and the role of land in the economic system.

Community Land Trust Essential Reading Materials

Community Land Trust Essays

Community Land Trusts and Farmland

Community Land Trust Papers

Relevant Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures

  • Voices from White Earth: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag by Winona LaDuke:
 LaDuke, a member of the Mississippi Band of the Anishinaabe from the White Earth Reservation, is devoted to restoring the integrity of the White Earth Reservation by repurchasing land and holding it in a community land trust arrangement so that it may be productively used without fear of loss.
  • The Wisdom That Builds Community by Greg Watson:
 Watson tells the story of the Dudley Street Community Land Trust, which now supports hundreds of units of renovated owner-occupied homes, a productive greenhouse, urban farms, gardens, a playground, locally-owned businesses, and reinvigorated neighborhood pride.
  • Stories From an Appalachian Community by Marie Cirillo: Cirillo's goal has been to gain some measure of economic self-sufficiency for the Appalachian people whose land and livelihood were wasted as a consequence of the extractive practices of absentee corporate owners. Cirillo's first task was to regain control of the land for human settlement and restoration by establishing the Woodland Community Land Trust.

Community Land Trust Directories