CT Sustainable Fashion Tour

Tuesday, October 29, 2025

  • Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (approx.)
    New Haven, CT

  • Cost: $40 per participant

About the Tour

Join us for an immersive, full-day field tour exploring the lifecycle of fashion in Connecticut - from waste and reuse to remanufacturing and innovation. As part of the Sustainable Fashion Consumption Symposium, this exclusive excursion will offer participants behind-the-scenes access to key facilities, including a municipal waste transfer station, a large-scale Goodwill outlet and sorting center, and a traditional textile mill working to revitalize U.S. manufacturing.

The tour will be led by Haley Lieberman, a consultant in the field of Tech for Climate Solutions and a sustainable fashion entrepreneur, and will provide a rare opportunity to connect theory with practice through on-site learning and conversation

Symposium Tour Stops

  • New Haven Transfer Station

    Jeff Simon will be our guide and lead us through the facility and share his insights into consumption and discarding patterns, behavioral trends, and how waste streams have shifted over time—a unique real-world lens on the issues we’re discussing at the symposium.

  • Goodwill Outlet (Hamden)

    At Goodwill Outlet we’ll tour both the sales floor and the back-of-house sorting facility, where countless pounds of clothing are processed, sorted, and channeled into various reuse and recycling streams.

  • American Woolens (Stafford Springs)

    CEO Jacob Long will host us. Their facility includes a working mill, with processes spanning spinning, weaving, and finishing—a rare opportunity to see traditional textile manufacturing still alive in the U.S. We’ll also discuss how Jacob is working to revitalize American textile production and strengthen supply chains for sustainable materials.

Questions?

Contact: Hayley Lieberman

Haley Lieberman is an entrepreneur, sustainability advocate, and community builder. She founded ShopTomorrows, a venture-backed resale marketplace acquired in 2023, and co-founded a stealth-mode startup for resale curation. Most recently, she was the founding Director of Marketing & Community at ClimateHaven, a Yale-affiliated incubator, where she built the communication channels, partnerships, and programs that supported early-stage climate-tech startups.

Haley is an affiliate of Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment, advising on Moving the Needle, the university’s sustainable fashion initiative. Earlier in her career, she was a costume designer and stylist for clients from Madonna to the Metropolitan Opera. The volume of capital and clothing she managed for stage and film productions ultimately shaped her commitment to sustainable consumption and circular innovation. She now writes SubConscious Consumption: The Circular, a newsletter merging fashion technology with history and climate commentary to inspire systemic change.

Email: haley@haleylieberman.com

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