Tag Archives: Sustainable Jersey
Join a statewide conversation about the critical sustainability issues
September 11, 2019Participate in a Sustainable Jersey listening session Sustainable Jersey is at a crossroads. Each day, more and more people are confronting the unsettling fact that the ecosystem is more fragile now than at any time in our recent history. For … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Starting with the lunch line, students push for sustainable solutions
May 21, 2019Raritan High School and Cape May City Elementary work to ditch plastic Students across New Jersey are pushing for their schools to operate more sustainably, starting with the lunch line. Working with teachers and district staff, they are helping schools … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
April 25, 2019Decade of empowering communities to create a better tomorrow Looking back to the launch of Sustainable Jersey in 2009, we can track some remarkable changes. Where once sustainability wasn’t present in the local conversation, now there are hundreds of new … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Identifying local strengths to build sustainable communities
February 4, 2019Every community has a different set of needs and challenges. For busy municipalities, it’s hard to slow down, stop and assess. Successful towns and green teams make time to do the important work of figuring out their local strengths, or … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Planting Trees to Restore NJ’s Floodplains
October 25, 2018Sustainable Jersey partners with The Nature Conservancy for the Roots for Rivers Reforestation Program With flooding having a devastating effect in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence, the importance of resilient floodplains has drawn renewed attention. Tree planting near our rivers’ … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Getting college students involved in community service
August 29, 2018Most people who are lifelong volunteers are active because they feel strongly about a cause or want to connect with their community. Helping busy college students find community service opportunities while in school is a great way to inspire a … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Creating a place, rather than a design
June 25, 2018Morristown and Asbury Park implement complete streets As summer begins in New Jersey, you may find yourself visiting one of the hundreds of communities in the state that have adopted or implemented policies promoting complete streets. Complete streets make it … Continue reading
Confronting plastic pollution, creating equitable communities and mapping sustainability issues
May 16, 20182018 New Jersey Sustainability Summit is June 18 Although the sustainability movement in New Jersey is experiencing significant momentum, important work is still on the horizon. There is perhaps no more powerful way to jump start fresh interest and energy … Continue reading
Toms River Regional School District and Township Green Team collaborate to open School of Environmental Sustainability
April 26, 2018Poseidon Academy building renewed after experiencing Superstorm Sandy damage Superstorm Sandy in 2012 had a huge impact on homeowners and businesses in Toms River– over 10,500 homes sustained some level of damage. Last month, the re-opening of a unique building … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Artists and creative powerhouses roll up their sleeves to cultivate a sustainable community
April 2, 2018What are the unique qualities that make your community feel like a vibrant place to live? In Frenchtown, a volunteer group set out to document and map the creative people, places, events, businesses, and resources throughout Hunterdon County in an … Continue reading
Mayors are the new front-line leaders on climate change
February 28, 2018Sustainable Jersey Gold Star in Energy provides pathway to goal Franklin Township Mayor Phil Kramer was distraught when it was announced the United States was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords. “I actually said to myself, someone should do … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: How sustainability became my brand and achieved my campaign promises
December 20, 2017Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac explains Sustainable Jersey to mayors in Connecticut On November 26, 2017 at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ annual convention, Sustainable Connecticut (CT) was launched. It is modeled on Sustainable Jersey. More than 200 municipal, business … Continue reading
Sustainability ingredients: Innovation, persistence, partnerships, and leadership
November 22, 2017Sustainable Jersey 2017 special awards announced This week, Sustainable Jersey celebrated the 82 municipalities, from 18 New Jersey counties, that achieved the Sustainable Jersey certification in 2017. Sustainable Jersey has almost hit the 80 percent participation mark this year with 445 … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Making sustainability change stick
October 9, 2017Sustainable Jersey Regional Hubs meet to advance collective leadership What drew leaders from Sustainable Jersey’s Regional Hubs to an indoors five-hour gathering on a recent beautiful fall Saturday? Consider the range of responses ticked off as we went around the room: … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: From New Jersey public school gardens to your table
August 28, 2017Long Branch Public School students practice agripreneurship Although school is out for summer, a group of students in Monmouth County are hard at work harvesting vegetables and herbs to sell at the local farmers market. Long Branch Public School students … Continue reading