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.
Connecticut College celebrates Earth Day with a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030
Conn President Katherine Bergeron announced the College’s commitment to zeroing out its carbon footprint.
Urban agriculture
Connecticut College’s 91-year-old Arboretum won a $19,800 award that it will share with FRESH New London, an 18-year-old community farm and food justice organization, to promote urban agriculture.
Connecticut College receives rare GOLD rating for sustainability
The new national rating places Conn in the top 15% of the 1000-plus institutions currently rated by AASHE, and ahead of other NESCAC peer institutions.
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