Trainings & Events

Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from the Connecticut Land Conservation Council (CLCC0 and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts with the practical skills, tools, and insights needed to uphold that commitment with confidence.

This six-part series focuses on the foundational elements of stewardship: conducting meaningful annual monitoring, responding effectively to encroachments, collaborating with natural resource professionals, integrating remote sensing tools into stewardship workflows, and using national Terrafirma claim trends to proactively manage risk.

Grounded in Land Trust Alliance Standards & Practices and informed by real scenarios from the field, each session will help land trust staff and volunteers strengthen their stewardship programs, improve documentation and preparedness, and build long-term resilience into their conservation work.
 

Join the Electric Vehicle Club of CT for a Zoom presentation from Stepwise Electric. Jane Chen, CEO, and Holly Lichtenfeld, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, who will speak to us about their Stepwise Tap Smart Load Management System that has been selected for a pilot project administered through Eversource and United Illuminating.
 

Join us for an engaging and insightful Coffee Hour featuring Ace Ricker, Equity Coach for Sustainable CT. Ace will provide guidance on how to approach Sustainable CT Actions 1.1 Optimize for Equity and 1.3 Develop a Statement on Equity. Nicholas Gabuzda, Environmental Planner from the Town of Bloomfield, will also be speaking about the Town's 2025 Resolution Affirming Bloomfield, CT as a Welcoming and Inclusive Community. Whether you’re just beginning your equity journey or looking to deepen your impact, this conversation will provide valuable guidance and space for meaningful dialogue.

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

CT DEEP has scheduled two hybrid listening sessions for Tuesday, May 26 at 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of receiving public comments on DEEP’s “Draft Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Initiative Program Evaluation” required pursuant to Section 12 of Public Act 25-125. Identical listening sessions are offered either in-person at DEEP’s Gina McCarthy Auditorium, 5^th Floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106, or remotely via Zoom (Session #1 Registration: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.  or Session #2 Registration: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

At each hybrid listening session, information will be shared by DEEP about the “Draft NBS Initiative Program Evaluation” and both in-person and online attendees will be invited to provide oral comments related to its contents. The Draft NBS Initiative Program Evaluation will be posted for public review at least one week in advance of the listening sessions on the following webpage: Nature-Based Solutions. Public comments about the Draft NBS Initiative Program Evaluation are welcome through 11:59 p.m. on June 2, 2026 to [email protected], preferably as an attached PDF document. 

More information about the Draft NBS Initiative Program Evaluation and how to provide public comments is available here.
 

The Stream Smart program is a training and partnership initiative led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that helps communities design and install road–stream crossings that restore fish and wildlife passage while improving infrastructure resilience, reducing flooding, and enhancing public safety. This training will cover the essentials and values of Stream Smart design and implementation.

Participation capacity is limited so please register as soon as possible! Lunch will be provided.
 

A regional gathering that brings together communities, partners, and watershed groups to share knowledge, strengthen collaboration, and advance watershed solutions. Saturday, May 30, 2026, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM. Hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Watershed Network. For full event details visit: www.conservect.org/eastern/ectwn/.
 

Many CT Green Bank programs are directly aligned with Sustainable CT's menu of actions. As strategic partners, Green Bank and Sustainable CT can provide support for municipalities to earn certification. Representatives from Sustainable CT will also be invited.
 

Offering support to all Sustainable CT registered communities with Brownfields, the UConn Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) program offers no-cost technical assistance to New England municipalities on an ongoing basis. Join UConn TAB for their Spring & Summer Webinar series. Links to register for the webinars, as well as more information, will be updated continuously.
 

Our 2026 Spring into Summer Celebration, sponsored by Earth Forward Group, will be held at the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, on June 11 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Join us for a landmark evening as we celebrate the communities and leaders shaping a more resilient future for Connecticut. As our nation prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, we gather to reflect on our state's past, celebrate our shared progress, and honor the visionary work making history today.

Hill-Stead is a National Historic Landmark. The Colonial Revival estate was designed by Theodate Pope Riddle, one of America's first female architects. The museum’s impressive collection includes original furnishings and decorative arts, paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, James M. Whistler and Mary Cassatt, as well as numerous works on paper and Japanese woodblock prints, sculpture, and more. Its sunken gardens and historic grounds provide the perfect backdrop for a celebration of heritage and innovation. Come early to visit the Hill-Stead Museum's first floor including Impressionist paintings, displayed within the original, in-situ domestic interiors of the 1901 historic house - open for a self-guided tour from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

We'll be honoring our spring certified communities, some of our favorite friends and partners will be tabling, and we'll introduce our newest cohort of Sustainable CT Fellows. We'll have music and light fare, of course, and all of your Sustainable CT friends will be there. 

Together, we aren't just reflecting on history - we're creating it. So, please do REGISTER TODAY because space is limited. Your hard work and continuing support are of vital importance to us, so we hope to see you on June 11!

Thank you to our generous sponsors Earth Forward Group, Liberty Bank, Capital for Change, Clean Transportation Communities of Southern Connecticut, Titan Energy, Casella, All American Waste, and Connecticut Water Company.
 

Stream Smart is a training program and resource for anyone interested in planning, designing, or constructing road-stream crossings. First launched in 2011 through Maine Audubon, Stream Smart has been implemented in many states across the Northeast. The goal of Stream Smart is to connect fish and wildlife habitat while protecting roads and public safety, and to prepare for the large and frequent storm events that have been washing out roads throughout the Northeast. These full-day trainings will consist of lectures, a stream-table demonstration of how Stream Smart crossings work, and an optional field site visit to look at example crossings.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

Join the Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (CEEJAC) for a public quarterly meeting and community tour at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St in Waterbury.
 

CT Green Bank offers financing options for areas of environmental infrastructure related to climate adaptation and resiliency. Join this workshop to learn more about these programs. Please note: this topic could be subject to change.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

This session will be an open office hour format for those interested in learning more about CT Green Bank's programs and brainstorming potential opportunities for funding proposed projects.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

This workshop will focus on CT Green Bank's programs to support municipalities and schools to improve resilience and energy use.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

Energy Storage Solutions is an incentive program overseen by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) administered by the CT Green Bank and utilities. Learn more about upfront and yearly performance incentives available for batteries paired with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and standalone batteries.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

This workshop will focus on the Smart-E Loans program offering low-interest financing for residential home energy improvements through a network of contractors and lenders.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.
 

Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Council (CEEJAC) was established in Executive Order 21-3 to provide guidance to the Commissioner of CT's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) on issues related to the state's historic and current environmental injustice and inequities across the state.

The Council convenes quarterly to hear updates from subcommittees and discuss key projects. All Quarterly Meetings are open to the public. If you have questions, please contact [email protected].

Accessibility Needs: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact us at (860) 418-5910 or [email protected] if you: have a disability and need a communication aid or service; have limited proficiency in English and may need information in another language; or if you wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint. Any person needing a hearing accommodation may call the State of Connecticut relay number - 711. Requests for accommodations must be made at least two weeks prior to any agency hearing, program or event.
 

Join Sustainable CT for virtual, informal, discussions most third Thursdays of each month. We share program updates and resources, explore your questions, and strengthen the network of Sustainable CT champions. These sessions are free and open to all.