by Brianna Baker - Next City | Apr 30, 2020 | Middlesex, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
(Photo illustration via Metuchen Virtual Market and SmartMockups.com) Metuchen – In early March, the board of volunteers behind the Metuchen Farmers Market in Metuchen, New Jersey, held a meeting to address a dilemma: How could they hold their indoor winter...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Feb 8, 2020 | Essex, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
Rachel Garcia, owner of the Dry Goods Refillery BYOC – as in, bring your own container, is all the buzz in Maplewood these days. A third business aimed at reducing packaging waste is opening its doors this month: Dry Goods Refillery, which kicks off its soft...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 30, 2020 | Camden, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
Through the Center for Environmental Transformation, these teens make and sell Kapow! Hot Sauce from peppers they grow in urban gardens, gaining marketable skills and learning about food ecology. Recently, the teenage “Eco Interns” at Camden’s Center for Environmental...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 27, 2020 | Bergen, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
Jersey’s own Olivia Bellace runs an eco-conscious business, organizes climate strikes and gives presentations on plastic pollution–all while attending fifth grade. 11-year-old Olivia Bellace of Haddonfield, NJ has a lot on her plate. Between math homework and field...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 7, 2020 | Camden, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
Entrepreneur Tom Marchetty pours his passion for history, reuse, and innovation into sustainably made furniture. Now, as the finalist in a Camden public art competition, he eyes his next possible project. Tom Marchetty loves a good backstory. Whether he’s slabbing...
by Donna Liu - CivicStory | Jul 24, 2019 | Education, Environmental Commissions, Hunterdon, New Jersey, Other Sources, Sustainable Business
Panelists l to r – N. Dini Checko, Liz Magill Peer, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Dean Stephens. (Photo courtesy: Donna Liu) People go to Lambertville for a lot of reasons: the quaint downtown, the walks along the Delaware, the restaurants. But last Tuesday...
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