Sunday, May 20, 2012
The Aquidneck Land Trust recently filmed and released an documentary about its projects, priorities and accomplishments.
The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) released an awareness video Wednesday, which was shot with original footage of Aquidneck Island. Chris Hunter, owner of Collective Thought Media and NewportRIphotos.com, created the short film. "The short documentary is a wonderful way for people to learn more, through beautiful images and informal conversation, about the exciting things the Aquidneck Land Trust is doing, with critical assistance from our supporters, to protect our beloved island. We are most grateful to Chris Hunter, of Collective Thought Media, for donating this film to us," ALT Executive Director Ted Clement, Jr. said. The video serves to summarize current ALT priority projects and detail its activities and accomplishments, and includes …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Aquidneck Land Trust announced today the 2012 recipients of its Merritt Neighborhood Fund grants.
This year's 2012 recipients of the Aquidneck Land Trust's Merritt Neighborhood Fund grants include several Portsmouth organizations. This year, ALT's Merritt Fund has given $7,250 in grant awards to local neighborhood groups, schools and community associations for the preservation and use of small open spaces. Fourteen organizations from Aquidneck Island's three municipalities have received grants: Methodist Community Gardens, Norman Bird Sanctuary, East Bay Community Action Program's NFCOZ and Head Start, Portsmouth Garden Club, Portsmouth Playground Committee, The Pennfield School, Sustainable Aquidneck, Friends of the Middletown Public Library, Rogers High School, St. Michael's Country Day School, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sustainable Aquidneck, a newly incorporated non-profit, will provide community gardens in Middletown this summer as part of its long term goal to advance sustainability on the island.
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- Olga Enger
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Thursday, April 19
This Sunday is Earth Day, but with rising costs of food and fuel, rising sea levels and the local controversy of wind turbines, we are reminded daily of our fragile environment and the need to take steps to protect our overall well-being. Sustainable Aquidneck, a newly incorporated nonprofit, says the best protection against those concerns is to work towards sustainability. “[Our] aim is to advance sustainability on the island,” said board member Kyle Hence. “That means food, energy, waste, all facets of what it means to be sustainable.” Hence is one of seven board members that make up the young organization. The group's first goal to work towards food sustainability is already underway. They plan to provide community gardens as early as …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The organization has a campaign through Groupon Grassroots to raise money for an $800 grant for a local community.
Only five days are left to purchase a Groupon that can help the Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) provide a grant to a deserving community group. Typically, if a certain number of users purchase the day’s Groupon, a business will offer a service or product for a greatly reduced price. The Aquidneck Land Trust, however, wishes to sell nothing. Instead, if 80 people buy its $10 Groupon, the Aquidneck Land Trust can provide an $800 Merritt Neighborhood Fund grant to “one of Aquidneck Island’s neighborhood or community groups to support the preservation of small parks, playgrounds, and other natural spaces.” Groupon reached out to the organization, Ted Clement, Jr., Executive Director of the Aquidneck Land Trust, said. “We were honored that Groupon …
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Patch sat down with Aquidneck Land Trust Executive Director Ted Clement to learn how the not-for-profit organization is protecting the land and wildlife of Aquidneck Island.
For Ted Clement, executive director of Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) on Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, environmental conservation is not only a career, but a life-long calling. Originally from Vermont, Clement worked for the Vermont Land Trust, Peace Corps and Outward Bound School before relocating to Rhode Island to join ALT back in 2000. Today, in addition to his role at ALT, he also serves on the Rhode Island Land Trust Council, ecoRI news and Center for Whole Communities. “Good conservation is like good government,” he said. “You need good checks and balances.” He uses his legal background to do just that. The mission of ALT is to conserve open spaces through permanent, legally binding agreements. He explained when land is donated to a …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The non-profit launched a new Web site this week.
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Wednesday, February 1
The following is from a press released issued by the Aquidneck Land Trust. The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) has announced the launch of its redesigned Web site, www.aquidnecklandtrust.org. Based on feedback from ALT supporters, the site has been redesigned in a way that makes information more easily accessible. Additionally, the new site is easier for ALT staff to update. Many of the most popular pages from the previous site, an interactive map, trail maps and event listings, are still available on the new site. ALT has also begun using PayPal, an online payment system for donors. The Web site is the result of a creative collaboration between ALT staff and Chris Hunter of Collective Thought Media and NewportRIphotos.com, based out of …
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The East Bay Met School will work on the Earth Day 2012 cleanup of Miantonomi Park as part of a collaborative effort with the land conservation nonprofit.
The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT), a land conservation nonprofit based in Middletown, announced that it has signed a Conservation Collaboration Agreement with the Paul W. Crowley East Bay Campus of the Met School, a local charter school with 120 high school students from Aquidneck Island and neighboring communities. The agreement includes several initiatives aimed at increasing awareness and participation in land-use plans. According to an ALT statement: “[Y]oung people in particular have a major stake in what Aquidneck Island’s environment will be like and that the future quality of our environment is in the process of being determined now.” Key provisions of the Conservation Collaboration Agreement between ALT and the East Bay Met School …
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Here’s an idea for a feel-good gift this holiday season: Give a friend or family member an annual membership in a local nonprofit.
By giving someone a gift of membership, you support the nonprofit while also encouraging participation and appreciation. Here, a sampling of local nonprofits with membership or gift-donation programs. Aquidneck Land Trust: Membership in this land conservation group helps the nonprofit protect the watershed and create outdoor areas such as the Sakonnet Greenway Trail. ALT memberships begin at $30, and $15 (for those 25 years of age and under). Gift membership purchase comes with a choice of an ALT T-Shirt, ALT Hat, or ALT Water Bottle to present with membership card and letter for the holiday season. Check the website, or call Courtney Huth, 401-849-2799, x 19, or email her at chuth@ailt.org. Norman Bird Sanctuary: With more than 300 acres…
Friday, December 9, 2011
The van Beuren Charitable Foundation awarded a $300,000 grant to the Campaign to Save St. Mary's Church Land.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Sandy McGee
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Friday, December 9, 2011
The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) Campaign to Save the St. Mary’s Church Land received a major boost this week. The van Beuren Charitable Foundation awarded a $300,000 grant to this time-sensitive conservation project. “The van Beuren Charitable Foundation has done so much to help us permanently protect Aquidneck Island’s remaining farms, forests, water resource areas, parks, scenic vistas and wildlife habitat. Their focused support of land conservation on the island has helped us build and protect a large, and interconnected, foundation of natural resources which will help sustain our island for generations to come. We cannot thank them enough,” said Ted Clement, ALT executive director. On May 25, the ALT, St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth …
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A hardy group of residents joined members of Middletown's Open Space & Fields Committee and the Aquidneck Land Trust to hike through the undeveloped section of the Sakonnet Greenway Trail.
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- Jill Connors
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
It was an official meeting of the Open Space & Fields Committee but it felt more like a walk in the country on Saturday, when a group of 20 people toured the area where a new 4.5-mile section of the Sakonnet Greenway Trail will be built this winter. The group included committee members, town officials, and interested residents, who walked while listening to representatives from the Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT), the nonprofit land conservation group that is creating the trail. The walking tour started at the Wyatt Road soccer fields and meandered along the Wyatt Road perimeter of the soccer complex then turned off-road heading across land owned by Newport Vineyards and Newport National Golf Club. Ted Clement, ALT executive director, explained…
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