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Podcast: New Canaan Sculpture Trail

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This week, on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Nancy Bemis, co-chair of the New Canaan Sculpture Trail. Composed of 10 sculptures to be found throughout New Canaan and running under the theme “Open Space for Everyone,” the Sculpture Trail is up now and will remain in place through October. A kickoff celebration and fundraiser for the New Canaan Land Trust called “An Evening Under the Fireflies” will be held 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 17 at the Carriage Barn Arts Center. 

Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

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Letter: New Canaan Land Trust’s Bid To Purchase Vine Cottage

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We wanted to let the public know that the New Canaan Land Trust submitted a bid on December 2, 2021 to purchase Vine Cottage.  While our bid has been declined, Land Trust’s Board of Directors thought it’d be helpful to outline the reasons why we believe our offer makes tremendous sense for the town of New Canaan and its residents. In developing our proposal, we began with the guiding principle that preservation of Vine Cottage, a historic treasure of New Canaan, is essential to the town and many of its residents. We believe that the Land Trust can play an important and unique role in protecting this local landmark. By way of background, historical preservation is part of the Land Trust’s DNA. While the Land Trust is best known for conserving open space, preservation of historic sites has been part of our mission from the start.

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Who Knew? New Canaan, New You

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‘Who Knew?’ is sponsored by Walter Stewart’s Market. Our culture’s annual ritual of reinvention and deprivation is upon us, and it’s the absolute worst. The onset of a new calendar year is the obvious time to make drastic changes to your lifestyle because, last year, even if it was three weeks ago, you were a grievously flawed monster. Wellness and lifestyle brand ads proliferate in your Instagram feed, implying that whoever you are, you must immediately renounce that sad, besweatpantsed person because it is unthinkable to show up to a New Year without a New You. Propped up by billions of marketing dollars, New You sanctimoniously eschews caffeine, sugar, gluten, tequila, procrastination, toffee, cured meats, online shopping, croissants, spontaneously-purchased first-class airplane tickets, cupcakes of any size, movie popcorn, and smokehouse almonds.

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New Canaan Land Trust Annual Membership Meeting

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The New Canaan Land Trust’s 54th Annual Membership Meeting. Find out what the Land Trust has been up to this past year with updates from our President, Treasurer, and Executive Director along with featured speaker Spencer Meyer, Senior Conservationist at Highstead. Join us for a fun and informative evening! The meeting is free and open to the public, registration is required, and both in-person and hybrid attendance will be possible. Please register by clicking the button, below.

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Religion and the Environment, An Interfaith Exploration of Conservation and Environmentalism

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Join us on the evening of Tuesday, October 26 as we explore themes of conservation and environmentalism through the three Abrahamic faiths. The evening will begin with a lecture by, Mary-Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Co-Directors of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. Following the lecture there will be a panel discussion with religious leaders from in and around New Canaan. Registration is required for both in person and virtual attendance. More information can be found at NewCanaanLandTrust.org/events/religion-environment