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Sustainability at Conn

 

In a time of inequitable access to opportunity and threats to our natural, human, and financial resources, Conn is committed to making choices that improve the living, learning, and working conditions of our campus and local community. Protecting and making the best use of our environmental assets — from our arboretum campus to our waterfront overlooking Long Island Sound.

 

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Sustainability at Connecticut College 

Students roll a reef ball into the water during the expansion process.
With three new grants, Professor Maria Rosa and her team are deploying 80 reef balls made of pH-balanced concrete to create a living shoreline that will help restore Connecticut’s tidal marshes.
A student walking through the Sprout Garden.
Founded in 2004 the Sprout Garden is a cohesive and shared community that provides social and educational spaces in which students can practice gardening and gain hands-on experience with sustainable, small-scale agriculture.
A student glues eel grass to a clam.
Connecticut College is at the forefront of eelgrass restoration innovation, thanks to a recent grant and partnership with local environmental nonprofit Save the Sound. The eelgrass is a vital part of restoring the Thames River ecosystem, and securing seeds to live clams allows for a sturdy surface for the plant to grow underwater.
Two students carrying solar panels
More than 130 sleek black solar panels now adorn the roof of the Service Building, creating an on-site, renewable electricity system. The project harnessed the passion and expertise of students, alumni and faculty who are committed to supporting the College’s sustainability plan.
A student cuts a cucumber for PreK students during a Sprout Garden tour.
Sprout Garden aims to actualize the College’s commitment to sustainability by minimizing the College’s food-footprint and increasing New London’s local food resilience
A student working in the greenhouse.
Used as teaching and research facility for the Connecticut College botany and ecology classes, the greenhouse collection is comprised of approximately 433 individual plants, representing 328 unique taxa, 83 families and over 70 countries.
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Connecticut College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to all students at the college. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other college administered programs.