Trainings & Events

For decades, Amy Smith has prepared taxes for artists, taught financial well-being workshops, and coached artists one on one. This workshop will cover the basics of taxes for artists, including separating personal and artistic finances, Schedule C filing, self-employment versus employment, and tracking deductions. This workshop will have a particular eye toward artists’ current financial challenges and helping artists navigate updates to tax law. It will not cover specifics of quarterly estimated taxes.

Amy Smith is an educator, professional tax-preparer and the former Co-Director of Headlong Dance Theater, a Bessie-award winning Philadelphia-based dance theater company.

Suitable for artists of all disciplines.
 

Pop in to have yours questions answered by the UConn TAB team regarding your FY26 EPA Grant Application.
 

Join Nylab Noori, from New England Rural Health Association for a discussion on how rural communities are impacted by brownfields.
 

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together climate and environmental stakeholders from across the state of Connecticut to learn about Connecticut’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) and to actively engage in a collaborative dialogue on the different implementation strategies outlined in the plan. This session will focus on three key sectors:

• Transportation
• Buildings
• Natural and Working Lands

The workshop will serve as a platform for knowledge-sharing and feedback on near- and long-term tactics the state could pursue to achieve Connecticut's climate goals. Stakeholder input gathered during the webinar will inform and strengthen the development of equitable, effective, and actionable pathways for near- and long-term climate resilience and emissions reduction.

This meeting is open to all who are interested in climate action in Connecticut. For those who cannot attend the meeting, DEEP will post a recording of the meeting on its website.
 

Speakers: Andrew Peters, Catherine Bohn, Dan Bubser, Dewberry

Host: Emily Wilson, UConn CLEAR & Alfredo Herrera, CT GIS Office

This webinar will offer an overview of the entire statewide project that started in 2022 and running through 2026. Dewberry will give a review of the data products produced from the 2023 data. Experts will explore the current ways the data is being used and the future possible uses. Lastly, UConn CLEAR will look forward at the 2026 acquisition and delivery.
 

Join our December Coffee Hour, featuring Brian Hess from CT DEEP Wildlife Division. Connecticut's Wildlife Action Plan has been updated for 2025. Learn about the new plan revision, how it can help you, and tools to help prioritize and track implementation. Conserving wildlife requires many diverse partners, so tune into this webinar to learn how to join a statewide network of partners working together to help Connecticut's wildlife.

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.
 

Speakers: Chris Renshaw, UConn Fire Chief & Emily Wilson, UConn CLEAR

Bringing together extensive knowledge about wildfire, firefighting, and natural resources in Connecticut, UConn Fire Chief Chris Renshaw discovered overlapping conditions that show how Connecticut could suffer a similar fate to Maui, Hawaii, where a surprise and devastating wildfire caused destruction and loss of life.

A new story map and map viewer explain the overlapping conditions of fire ecology, forest health, changing weather, and housing density, and compare them to recent brush fires across the state. During the webinar, Chris and Emily will explain the situation through the story map and discuss what Connecticut fire departments and residents can do. A must attend for land managers, elected officials, and fire service personnel. Find the Wildfire in Connecticut Story Map and the CT Wildland-Urban Interface/Intermix Viewer on the CT Wildland Fire section of CT ECO: https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/projects/fire/.
 

This informative day will include keynote speakers, breakout sessions, networking, a catered lunch, and exhibitors. Attendees will benefit from a variety of themed breakout sessions, providing education on composting related to the basics, home, farm, municipal, schools, and medium to large scale operations. The event will highlight how composting can benefit local communities, businesses, the environment, and improve climate resiliency.