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by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Dec 8, 2021 | Agriculture, Article, Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey, Sustainable Business, Transportation, Waste, Water
HAMMONTON—With the prevalence of plastic in virtually all aspects of life, there is an often unseen danger about which not much is known: microplastics. According to Amy Menzel, the chair of the Hammonton Green Committee and the communications manager for the Atlantic...
by Amanda Wallace | Dec 6, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Ecology, Education, Ocean, Sustainable Business, Water, Wildlife
Speckled with boats and jet skis on a warm summer day, Barnegat Bay has long been a major hotspot for tourists and residents, along with a point of focus for local marine science professionals and students. Barnegat Bay, about 30 miles from the Atlantic City...
by Kristin Guglietti | Dec 1, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Sustainable Business, Waste
HAMMONTON—The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that the generation of textiles in 2018 was 17 million tons. “There’s a lot of things that we can recycle or just keep out of the landfill, and I think textiles are one of those things...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Nov 26, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey, Water, Wildlife
HAMMONTON—Since 2020, two scientists from Stockton University—Dr. Emma Witt, professor of environmental studies, and Dr. Aaron Stoler, professor of environmental science—have, along with their students, been conducting various studies at Hammonton Lake. Witt said that...
by Alicia Tedesco | Nov 12, 2021 | Article, Education, Essex, New Jersey, Waste
It’s a habit we don’t think about very much — we eat a snack, wrapped in plastic, or finish a box of pizza and throw the packaging in a trash bin. The container fills up to the point where barely anything fits into it anymore, and the...
by editors@civicstory.org | Sep 22, 2021 | Art, Article
***Update: the deadline to apply for the 2021-22 fellowships has now passed. Please check back in 2022 for an announcement of our next phase of the fellowship.*** CivicStory is offering student fellowships for NJ college and university juniors and seniors from October...
by Steven Rodas - TAPinto Camden | Oct 5, 2020 | Camden, Education, Environmental Justice, Health-Justice, New Jersey
Benjamin Saracco, Research and Digital Services’ Librarian for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, explained how he came across Camden’s NJDEP air monitoring lab. (Photo credit: Steven Rodas) The Comprehensive Air Monitoring Laboratory, which from...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Oct 5, 2020 | Cape May, New Jersey, Sustainable Business, Waste
(Photo courtesy: Shutterstock and Cape May County Herald) As shore area restaurants and shops faced challenges through the summer of COVID-19, those in Avalon, Stone Harbor, and Cape May dealt with the added complication of local ordinances limiting the use of...
by Steven Rodas - TAPinto Camden | Sep 18, 2020 | Art, Camden, New Jersey, Waste
Artist Erik James Montgomery is currently working to install his “Camden Is Bright Not Blight” project throughout Camden. Resident Brenda Antinore helped him post her portrait Thursday. (Photo courtesy: Steven Rodas) Camden is legendary, talented, tough, resilient and...
by Steven Rodas - TAPinto Camden | Sep 8, 2020 | Agriculture, Camden, Cumberland, New Jersey, Salem, Sustainable Business
Frederic Byarm and fiancée Myeshia Arline — as part of their work with Invincible City Farms — will look to fight food insecurity in Camden and South Jersey starting in 2021. (Photo courtesy: Steven Rodas) Frederic Byarm, 54, has seen food from many sides. As a chef,...
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