Participants at the recent CivicStory forum. “Ecology & Economy: Resolving Our Climate Crisis,” question a basic assumption of economics that “growth” is good. Panelist Michael Taylor, environmental economist at Seton Hall University, explains that the environmental costs of an ever-expanding marketplace have been “externalized” and overlooked, and proposes ways to correct these omissions.
Read MoreThe recent CivicStory forum on “Ecology & Economy: Resolving the Climate Crisis” looked at how the news media might help move the needle on the public’s attitude toward the changing climate, and what we can do about it.
Read MoreAt the conclusion of the recent CivicStory forum on “Ecology & Economy: Resolving the Climate Crisis”, members of the audience were asked to weigh in with their thoughts on how we might improve the gloomy outlook for the global environment.
Read MoreYounger generations are facing the unfathomable task of reversing global warming. So it’s fitting that five students were chosen as keynote speakers for this year’s conference of the Alliance of New Jersey Environmental Educators (ANJEE).
Read MoreWhat happens when you combine computer skills, entrepreneurship, social services, youth, and a team of dedicated mentors all in one room? In Camden, you have Hopeworks, a remarkable nonprofit that mixes computer coding classes with life training. CivicStory spoke with students and staff and got a tour.
Read MoreNews readers be wary, advises a panel of journalists at CivicStory’s Nov. 22 “News & Democracy” public forum in Summit. “We all need to be vigilant about where we’re getting the news from," says Paula Saha, Director of Communications for the New Jersey State Bar Association, in the third of a series of excerpts from that forum.
Read MoreWhat can citizens do in the absence of local newspapers? At CivicStory’s 11/22 Forum on “News & Democracy,” panelists discuss various ways local news sources can keep our complex system of governance accountable while fostering effective local self-governance.
Read MoreAt the recent CivicStory forum on “News & Democracy”, the panel of multimedia journalists were in clear agreement on the single most important news story of the next five years, and that is: climate change. In the first of a series of three video excerpts from that forum, we hear the panelists’ recommendations on how to tackle that complex and nuanced story.
Read MoreOne of the shining examples of renewal in Newark is “Express Newark”, the mixed-use cultural “incubator” and creative space that dominates one corner of the recently renovated historic Hahne building in the heart of downtown. Express Newark aims to promote positive transformation through arts and creative exploration. Co-director Victor Davson calls it a “collaboratory” between Rutgers University and the Newark community.
Read MoreNewark hopes to link a general economic, social, and intellectual revival to an artistic renaissance in the city. And when thousands of people from near and far attended and participated in the recent Arts Festival, that strategy seemed to be working.
Read MoreNew Jersey citizens are redefining their relationship to waterfronts. Rivers that once powered an industrial revolution are now seen as environmental and recreational assets - but must first be cleaned of the heavy industrial wastes that were the price of “progress”. Take, for example, the Passaic River that borders Newark’s Ironbound district.
Read MoreNJ’s allocation of school funds follows a complex formula that defies understanding. See attorney Peter Humphreys solve this puzzle in just eight minutes, at a CivicStory forum called “Funding Our Future”.
Read MoreVIDEO: Camden Utility to be Off-Grid by 2020: Remarks by CCMUA Chief Andrew Kricun [3:29]
Read MoreVIDEO: Camden Citizens Share Passion for Renewal at Creative New Jersey's "Call to Collaboration" [3:35]
Read MoreThe Baptist Ministers Conference and GreenFaith, an environmental nonprofit in New Jersey, co-hosted an interfaith event to bless the use of electric vehicles in Newark. Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders say electric vehicles will help reduce carbon emissions, making the air healthier and safer to breathe.
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