Current and upcoming grant opportunities
The sustainable and resilient community extension educator team has put together a list of current and upcoming grant opportunities.
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Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program
The Connecticut and New York Sea Grant programs announce a funding opportunity open to municipalities and community organizations to facilitate the hiring of grant preparation and writing support to assist with the development of a grant application for sustainable and resilience-focused projects.
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“Steps to Resilience” workshops offered this fall
CTSG and partners will host a free virtual workshop on resilience fundamentals on two dates: Sept. 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.; and Sept. 21 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Attendees will learn about climate change projections and impacts, strategies for resilience planning, and local climate certification programs.
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Community climate planning projects underway in 4 CT cities
Four Connecticut cities have joined a pilot project to boost community participation in climate change planning. Community activities in Bridgeport, New Haven, New London and Norwich are being led by CTSG and NOAA and will focus on climate risk communication and planning for community resilience.
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Sustainable CT offers trainings, events
Sustainable CT hosts programs on a variety of topics related to local sustainability, including grants, equity and public spaces.
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Discovering the joys of fishing & shaping a waterfront park
On a sunny Saturday morning the Bridgeport community gathered at Knowlton Park for a “Let’s Go Fishing!” event on Aug. 19. Residents of all ages angled into the art of fishing as part of a unique initiative to activate the waterfront and gather insights for the future “Sliver by the River” community waterfront park.
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LIS bi-state Sustainable and Resilient Communities Workshop
The Sustainable and Resilient Communities extension professionals held their first bi-state workshop in December 2022. Videos of the six sessions available.
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In New Haven, confronting realities, responses to climate crisis
About 75 New Haven residents gathered at the John S. Martinez School for an event called Climathon to learn about the global crisis of rising waters and temperatures, and how they can respond as individuals and as a community.
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Workshop focuses on sustainable watershed management
In partnership with the UConn CLEAR, CT Sea Grant Extension Educator Alicia Tyson co-facilitated a hands-on workshop at the Connecticut Association of Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commissions’ 45th Annual Meeting & Environmental Conference.
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Workshop offers unique approach to climate change lessons
This spring Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Educator Alicia Tyson presented a workshop titled, “Spatial Thinking in the STEM Classroom: Applying Geospatial Storytelling to Understanding Climate Change Impacts” to student team advisors in the CT Envirothon.
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Deborah Abibou and Sarah Schechter are sustainable and resilient community extension educators for Connecticut Sea Grant and the EPA's Long Island Sound Study, working in collaboration with three colleagues based at New York Sea Grant.
Abibou works in the western half of the state, from Greenwich to Branford and inland. She is based at the New Haven County UConn Extension Center office in North Haven.
Schechter works in the eastern half of the state, from Guilford to Stonington and inland and is based at the Connecticut Sea Grant office at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton.
Read more about the sustainable and resilient community extension educators:
- https://seagrant.uconn.edu/?p=8743
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Sarah Schechter - Learn how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Theme contributes to increasing human appreciation and use of the Long Island Sound.
- See how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Work Group is helping to advance progress on these issues.
