by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Dec 4, 2019 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
Image Caption: “Plastic Bags Paccage” by zeevveez is licensed under CC BY 2.0 South Orange businesses are getting ready to phase out plastic bags as a reusable bag law passed in July takes effect on Jan. 1. Under the new...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Article, Essex, New Jersey
On Oct. 24, Columbia High School teacher Randall Post talks to Tuscan Elementary School students about reducing their carbon footprint as teacher Julia Sommer looks on. (Photo by Ambreen Ali) Students at South Mountain Elementary School gathered last week for...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Nov 3, 2019 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
Newark hosted a global convening on environmental justice last week, and issues around how trash from South Orange, Maplewood and other surrounding towns is processed led the conversation. The gathering included environmental justice advocates, students and...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Oct 25, 2019 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
If you attended a local farmers market this season, the recent Green Day event in Maplewood, or any numerous community gatherings, chances are you have met Java and Michelle Bradley. The couple run Java’s Compost, which earlier this year launched one of...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Sep 27, 2019 | Ecology, Essex, New Jersey
Seton Hall students are helping inventory the trees in South Orange. Don’t be surprised if you see a band of college students walking around South Orange neighborhoods this weekend taking photos of the trees on their cell phones – or a drone hovering over them...
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