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Meet the Spring 2025 Ecology-Civics Fellows
CivicStory is pleased to announce the start of the seventh cohort of the NJ Sustainability Reporting Fellowship. In 2025, these journalists will cover topics concerning the environment, community-led initiatives and their intersection. Learn more about the seven Ecology-Civics fellows and read articles from our previous fellows below.
YES! Magazine
The Wisdom of Fungi Inspires Community Conservation
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Hakai Magazine
Scientists Eye Offshore Wind’s Effects on the Atlantic’s Crucial Cold Pool
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CivicStory
Working Toward Food Equity in Newark
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CivicStory
The Creation of a Micro-Forest
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NJ.com
Human composting — turning dead bodies into soil — could become legal in N.J.
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NJ.com
Turf wars raging as N.J. residents face off over replacing grass with artificial fields
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Faithfully Magazine
What New Jersey’s Community Solar Program Means for Renters and Low-Income Residents
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Front Runner New Jersey
NJ State Budget: Experts Worry About People of Color in Urban Communities
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Faithfully Magazine
More Than Money: What It Means for NJ Churches to Go Green
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The Vector, NJIT
Community Supported Agriculture Program Brings Local Greens to NJIT Campus
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The Vector, NJIT
PSEG ISS at MSU Launches Its Eighth Cohort for Summer 2023
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Front Runner New Jersey
All Things Are Possible Turns Students Into Eco Warriors
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Front Runner New Jersey
Diverse Voices: Native American Advancement Corp. Close to Making Cohanzick Nature Reserve Reality
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NJ.com
20 cell towers may go up along one of the Jersey Shore’s best-known beaches
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NJ.com
The hidden cost of legal weed in N.J.— big electric bills, diverted water and plastic trash
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Quo Vadis
Central Jersey Teacher Shows Passion for Helping the Environment
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Front Runner New Jersey
CROPS Grows With New Store, Grant From CRDA
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Front Runner New Jersey
Trees Change Camden, Other Urban Cities in New Jersey
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The Vector, NJIT
NJIT Sets Sustainable Goals to Achieve Higher Ranking
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NJ.com
Trucks, noise, odors: Here’s what it’s really like to live next to N.J. warehouses, residents say
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CivicStory
Saving monarch butterflies one garden at a time
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TAPinto Newark
St. Benedict’s urban garden plants seeds for a sustainable future in Newark
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CivicStory
Sustainable farming and community connections at Walking Bird Farm
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CivicStory
The Climate Gallery : The art of activism
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