How many events have you been to with plastic water bottles and eating utensils? Have you thought about the impact of all that trash on the environment? A growing number of event planners are becoming aware of their ability to minimize the environmental impact of these grand gatherings.
Read MoreThe NJ public has until September 1, 2019, to submit comments in the NJDEP’s ongoing efforts to resolve the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problems plaguing 21 of the state’s densely-populated communities.
Read MoreLambertville’s “Ditching Disposables” campaign aims to clean up the plastic waste in their town, while leading the way for other NJ municipalities to do the same.
Read MoreFlint, Michigan is dealing with lead levels in its water. Hundreds of other water systems in the U.S. still test for hazardous levels, including - in New Jersey - Newark, Trenton, and Hackensack.
Read MoreSpringfield’s Green Acres along the Rahway River have sprouted hundreds of tubes this summer. Each tube is protecting a young tree or shrub from deer in order to reforest the flood plain around the river.
Read MoreTwo different organizations demonstrate what can happen when Generation Z becomes civically engaged: as young people learn how their voices can effect change, they grow more committed to participating in democracy.
Read MoreSustainable Jersey and partners map out what it will take over the next ten years to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Read MoreThe 2019 Stormwater Utilities Symposium focused on upcoming changes in stormwater management rules, and the best ways to mitigate (mostly urban) flooding, a problem that threatens to get worse with climate change.
Read MoreWhat happens when over 300 people take part in more than 50 different conversations about how to improve life in their communities? That’s what happened last week in Newark, when Creative New Jersey convened its largest-ever Call to Collaboration.
Read MoreThe 17th annual New Jersey Future Smart Growth Ceremony honored nominees for their excellence in smart planning and development. Held at the Newark Museum, the evening featured accolades handed out to seven built developments that bring smart growth ideals to light.
Read MoreMSU’s PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies officially launched eight Green Teams last week, each made up of five students, and set to tackle separate areas of environmental study over the course of the summer.
Read MoreYou would think an organization called Creative New Jersey might be able to define what it means to be “creative”. But ask co-founder Larry Capo, and he’ll tell you they can’t - creativity defies definition. It’s too all-encompassing. That’s when Creative NJ realized it needed to include community change in ALL its forms, whether that be art or civics, collaboration or dialogue. So it comes as no surprise that Creative NJ’s 2019 Statewide Summit, held on May 20 at the Foundation for Educational Administration in Monroe Township, was actually made up of eight distinct presentations, each from one of Creative NJ’s community collaborations.
Read MoreTurning trash into treasure may seem to be an illogical business proposition, but those who know the recycling industry well point out that it has been an important part of the U.S. and N.J. economies for decades, and we are constantly looking for innovative ways to dispose of the volumes of waste that we generate every day.
Read MoreWhen a town has more than 10,000 trees, it takes some teamwork to identify them all.
Read MoreThe first ever Hudson County Climate Town Hall drew a crowd of over 200 on Wednesday, April 17th, with dozens standing in the back of the packed Jersey City Council chambers, and hundreds more watching via live stream.
Read MoreClimate change science was driven by curiosity in the past. Now climate researchers need to focus on managing the risk of global warming's ill effects.
Read MoreWhat would happen if the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate became more productive, transparent, and constructive? What if legislators answered only to the best interests of society, instead of to partisan politics? Tina Kelley reports these are the aims of the Problem Solvers Caucus
Read MorePlastic waste is everywhere, even when we can’t see it. A Rutgers conference convened researchers, business, policymakers and communicators to evaluate the scale of the problem and work on solutions.
Read MoreClimate change will impact us all, and so it was appropriate that the panelists at the CivicStory forum on “Ecology & Economy: Resolving the Climate Crisis” should span the generations.
Read MoreEquity and inclusiveness were the themes of NJ Future’s annual Forum. But it was clear from the speeches and workshops that fairness in community redevelopment can’t be accomplished without some very, very hard work. (A sense of humor helps, too.)
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