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Sustainable CT offers trainings, events

Posted on August 17, 2022February 7, 2025 by Judy Benson

Sustainable CT hosts programs on a variety of topics related to local sustainability, including grants and public spaces. Learn more and view the events calendar. 

This entry was posted in sustainable and resilient upcoming opportunities.
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News

  • “Sound Ideas for Clean Water” brochure now available
  • New StoryMap explores LIS watershed’s land, people
  • Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series starts Feb. 11
  • LIS resilience planning support grants available
  • Report explores state and economic contribution of CT aquaculture

Upcoming Events

  1. 2/25 UConn Coastal Perspectives Lecture – free

    UConn Coastal Perspectives Lecture – free

    Tuesday, February 25th, 2025

    07:30 PM


    Auditorium (Avery Point)

    UConn Coastal Perspectives Lecture – free

    Visit the UConn Coastal Perspectives website for connection information. These lectures are being offered online and in-person.
    Bryce DuBois, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven and Coordinator of the M.A. Program in Marine Policy and Management

    The Case for Human / Coastal Shorebird Coexistence: Why the Public Cultures of Shorelines Matter for Equitable Climate Resilience

    Beaches, the foreshore, are legally defined as public land owned by no one. As one of few spaces with such legal protections, they afford coastal communities a uniquely protected public space where the potential for cultural diversity, expression and social sustainability is potentially maintained. And yet, in the 20th Century beaches and coastlines have in some places industrialized and in other places become privatized, commodified, and enclosed for real estate and tourism interests. These forms of privatization have included processes of racial and class marginalization that have enclosed beach spaces for mostly wealthy, white homeowners. This talk looks closely at what is at stake in maintaining public access and fostering social sustainability in beaches and similarly investigates the more recent turn towards valuing coastal ecologies for their role in supporting coastal resilience. I will use the case of Rockaway Beach, NYC, to describe how this socioecological emphasis, what is called post-politization, is not a new turn for public access, but rather continues a trend towards enclosure of these dear public commons. I will conclude with an example of the politics over piping plover protection that is occurring on Rockaway Beach and discuss what can be done to foster more just, equitable climate resilient futures for beach dependent human- and more-than-human-communities.

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  2. 3/5 Milford Boys and Girls Club Visit

    Milford Boys and Girls Club Visit

    Wednesday, March 5th, 2025

    09:30 AM - 02:30 PM


    UConn Avery Point, Bluff Point State Park

    CT Sea Grant and the CT NERR host the Milford Boys and Girls Club in various activities on campus and at Bluff Point State Park.

    Contact Information:

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  3. 4/10 Webinar: “Piloting the MyCoast Tool in New London, Groton & Stonington

    Webinar: “Piloting the MyCoast Tool in New London, Groton & Stonington

    Thursday, April 10th, 2025

    01:00 PM - 02:30 PM


    Webinar: “Piloting the MyCoast Tool in New London, Groton & Stonington

    This virtual gathering will include a description of the new MyCoast project recently funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF) and focusing on the coastal communities of Stonington, Groton, and New London.

    The project team will describe the goals, timeline and upcoming engagement activities. Invited speakers will describe the use of MyCoast to gather data, improve planning for local flood events, and increase public awareness about coastal flooding. The MyCoast tool and platform will also be described in addition to an example of one local community’s plan to use the tool.

    Contact Information:

    Sarah Schechter: sarah.schechter@uconn.edu

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Connecticut Sea Grant, located at the UConn Avery Point campus, is a state and federal partnership through the UConn and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program.

Connecticut Sea Grant College Program University of Connecticut - Avery Point,  Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building 1080 Shennecossett Road,  Groton, Connecticut 06340 Phone: 860-405-9128   Fax: 860-405-9109  Email: seagrant@uconn.edu

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