1911	Connecticut College founded to provide higher educational opportunities for women
Connecticut College Arboretum established	1931
			1952	Bolleswood Natural Area designated for long-term ecological studies
Human Ecology (now Environmental Studies) major first offered	1969		1969	Environmental Model Committee Established
Campus wide recycling program begun (one of the first in the nation)	1970
			1973	Unity House founded to support multicultural students
Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment established	1993
Earth House formed	1994		1994	First Environmental Coordinator hired
			1996	Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy established
College signs carbon offset agreement with Reforest the Tropics	1999
			2001	Renewable Energy Fund (now Sustainable Projects Fund) begun
Sustainability Fellows Program initiated	2012		2012	New London Hall reopens after a green renovation and receives LEED Gold
			2013	Office of Sustainability established
Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of Sustainability appointed	2014
			2016	First Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion hired
Campus Sustainability Task Force convened	2017
			2018	Connecticut College awarded Silver ranking from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Connecticut College achieves Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education	2021
			2022	Public commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Work begins on a new solar array planned for the south area of campus	2023