SCSU Office of Sustainability

♻️🌍 Hometown Recycling Day is back! 🌍♻️
Join us Saturday, Oct. 25 | 9 AM – 12 PM at 114 Farnham Ave (SCSU campus) for a community cleanup and recycling event!
Bring your:
🔹 Bottles & cans
🔹 Documents (on-site shredding)
🔹 Electronics (TVs, phones, computers & more)
🔹 Textiles (clothes, shoes, hats — clean & bagged)
Learn about:
✅ Curbside recycling
✅ Safe disposal of hazardous waste & paint
Let’s keep New Haven clean and green! 🌱

🌎✨ Emerging Technologies Forum 2025 ✨🌎
Hosted by the SCSU Innovation Hub, this event brings together students, educators, community leaders, and industry professionals to explore how emerging technologies are shaping Connecticut’s workforce and the world. 💡🤝
🔹 When: Friday, November 14th, 2025 9:00a-1:00p
🔹 Where: 101 College Street, New Haven Conn.
🔹 Why attend:
→ Network with industry innovators & educators
→ Gain insights into the future of technology and sustainability
→ Discover educational & career pathways in emerging fields
Don’t miss this chance to connect, learn, and innovate!
👉 Register now:
🔗 Learn more: https://innovation.southernct.edu/programs-and-services/etf/

Another successful clean-up at Beaver Brook! Today we joined and local residents/neighbors to improve access to urban green spaces and create a trail along the brook. This location is a hot spot for illegal dumping so removing trash and clearing invasives was a priority. Maintenance is an ongoing project! Let us know if you are interested in supporting this project.

Test an e-bike, ride in an EV, learn about rebates, eat some food, and check out the awesome work is doing in Newhallville. 2-6pm today 9/21 at the Learning Corridor 222 Shelton Ave right off the Farmington River Canal Trail.

Welcome to our last Friday at the Garden this Summer. Today, we’ll look at a frequent flyer—the Ailanthus Webworm Moth.
When landed, these moths can look like beetles because they hold their wings tightly against their bodies. Native to Florida and tropical Central and South America, these moths’ original host plants for their larva was the paradise tree. However, since these moths have spread across the Americas as north as Ontario, Canada, they’ve made host plants of the invasive Tree of Heaven. Like monarch butterflies, they feed on their host plants as larva which makes them toxic to potential predators.

The heat & humidity didn’t deter our book club! Braving the weather with help from snacks 🍓and help planning from , we hosted a discussion as part of an event series leading up to the Climate Summit at this year’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Check out to learn more about the event and get in touch with to get your hand on a copy of the book 📕 See you at the Festival on June 21st!

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🌰 8 more chestnut seedlings planted today 🌳

Join us THIS SATURDAY May 10th from 12 noon to 3:30pm at Urbanscapes Native Plant Nursery with to learn about all things to elevate your backyard garden! You don’t want to miss it 🏡