Sustainable CT at WestCOG

Every summer, WestCOG takes on Sustainable CT fellows to work directly with local municipalities on their sustainable initiatives. Sustainable CT is a nonprofit organization that provides a voluntary certification program and opportunities for grant funding for towns and council of governments (COGs) to inspire, guide, and celebrate sustainable projects across the state of Connecticut.

✅Registered: New Canaan, Westport, Weston, Danbury, Newtown, Brookfield, Redding
🥉Bronze Status: Bethel, Ridgefield, Norwalk, Stamford
🥈Silver Status: Greenwich, Darien, Wilton
💫Climate Leader Designation: Greenwich

Municipal Services

Action Roadmap: We’ll help you develop a strategy to maximize credits across the 78 sustainability actions recognized by Sustainable CT. Each action description includes links to supporting resources, funding, and municipal success stories from across the state.

No-Cost Assistance: We can provide consulting support to complete various actions, like assessing community climate vulnerabilities, streamlining solar permitting, equity coaching, and more.

Community Match Fund: This one-to-one crowdfunding grant matching program is open to anyone in your community (this includes the town, nonprofits, schools (including student activists), and residents). We’ve seen many exciting projects including tree plantings, compost initiatives, festivals celebrating the arts, and more. Since September of 2019 over $4.5 million invested in over 350 projects across the state.

Contact

Maya Avilés
maviles@westcog.org

Sreya Mothukuri
smothukuri@westcog.org