Tag Archives: sustainable communities
Ewing Township Green Team Sparks Community Conversation on Sustainability Goals
June 18, 2014Peter Boughton is a 40-year resident of Ewing Township and Chair of the Ewing Township Sustainable Green Team. He admits that his volunteer work is driven by a personal motive. He is concerned about the quality of life for future … Continue reading
Birders Boost Jersey Shore Economy: Why Communities Should Invest in Nature
June 16, 2014A recent Nature Conservancy study found birders who visit Lower Cape May Meadows and surrounding birding destinations contribute $313 million each year to Cape May County’s economy. Birders return to the Meadow after a restoration project led by The Nature … Continue reading
Facing Our Future
April 11, 2012Back in November, I shared in this blog about a groundbreaking project the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers has been spearheading since 2010 – Facing Our Future. Last month, we were pleased to release an update to the original report … Continue reading
Ingredients for a Sustainability Champion
November 16, 2011By Randall Solomon Sustainable New Jersey 2011 Sustainability Champion Ingredients: Dedicated leader, hardworking Green Team, balanced sustainability program and over 400 certification points in the Sustainable Jersey municipal certification program. Each of the 28 towns that have just achieved Sustainable … Continue reading
Creative and Sustainable Partnerships at the New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference
November 14, 2011By Ann Marie Miller Executive Director Art Pride This week the New Jersey League of Municipalities will host its 96th Annual Conference in Atlantic City from November 15 – 18. This year’s theme is Creating a Community with a Common … Continue reading
Dream Green and Dream Big
September 21, 2011By Donna Drewes and Randall Solomon Sustainable Jersey Nearly 90 applications were submitted for the 31 available Sustainable Jersey Small Grants this year. Needless to say, it was not an easy job to pick the winners from the stacks of … Continue reading
An Artful Path to Redevelopment
June 17, 2011By Michelle Knapik Environment Program Director Art met industrial history and invited the City of Paterson, aka Silk City, to re-imagine itself, to connect past and present, and to listen to voices and visions of transformation. Last Saturday, the Paterson … Continue reading
The Museum of Possibilities
February 4, 2011Last spring, the city of Montreal invited its citizens to explore the possibilities of the city’s public spaces and share their ideas for the future of a particular lot in the Quartier des Spectacles district through this extraordinarily clever and … Continue reading
The Sustainability Jackpot
November 25, 2009Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director Atlantic City was the site for last week’s New Jersey League of Municipalities annual conference and the inaugural Sustainable Jersey™ awards lunch, but it was through no stroke of luck that 34 towns achieved the … Continue reading
Road Trip! Creativity & Sustainability Part 2
August 24, 2009By the Dodge program staff (Part two of a three-part series) Last Monday we started to bring you the voices of our grantees as we explore how the themes of creativity and sustainability relate to each other. We provided you … Continue reading
Setting the Table for Local Foods
May 13, 2009Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director Last week, the Dodge Foundation sponsored a two-day workshop entitled, Bringing People and Land Back into the Economy. This diverse stakeholder process is a continuation and expansion of the Whole Thinking Retreat we launched last … Continue reading