by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Dec 17, 2019 | Essex, New Jersey, Waste
“IMG_4656” by robertgeiger1 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Maplewood Township Committee has a New Year’s resolution: Get rid of even more plastic. Now that the ban on carry-out plastic bags is in place, the committee plans to tackle...
by Kelly Ramos - The Nubian News | Dec 13, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Essex, New Jersey
Image caption: “turn up the hot hot” by eggrole is licensed under CC BY 2.0 TRENTON — Growing up in the 80’s, my friends and I always thought that everyone was exaggerating about climate change, and that it could not be as...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Dec 5, 2019 | Energy, Essex, New Jersey
Students from Columbia High School are leading another climate strike on Friday and are inviting community members to join them outside Maplewood Town Hall for a rally at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. The group is then planning to take a train to Newark to join a statewide...
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...
