by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 21, 2020 | Bergen, New Jersey, Transportation
With Connect 2020, Collingswood and Haddon Township are gathering public feedback to determine how to facilitate biking and walking between the two towns. Collingswood and Haddon Township are linked by Haddon Avenue, a bustling corridor that runs through...
by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Jan 20, 2020 | Ecology, Essex, New Jersey
The test will be conducted at the base of Floods Hill, where South Orange screens outdoor movies in the summer. (Photo by Ambreen Ali) South Orange is testing organic methods for maintaining grass turf on a two-acre field in Floods Hill this year to determine whether...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jan 14, 2020 | Cape May, Education, New Jersey
Destiny Corso, a 12th grader, from Wildwood Crest, chops vegetables as part of culinary class at Cape May County Technical High School. The scraps go into a compost bucket, which, in turn, feeds worms that feed the fish in the school aquaculture program. CREST...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 9, 2020 | Burlington, New Jersey, Policy
Pennsylvania forest As the battle against a proposed natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania and New Jersey heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Delaware Riverkeeper explains how opponents can wield their right to a clean environment. Go to any...
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 Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jan 7, 2020 | Cape May, Education, New Jersey
Kevin Poltorak, a seventh and eighth-grade science teacher in Dennis Township, shows off the school garden. He said the students enjoy the time outdoors, while he sees lessons taking hold due to practical application. DENNISVILLE – It can be tough getting students...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Jan 6, 2020 | Camden, Infrastructure, New Jersey
The Trust for Public Land is using tons of data thanks to a new tool, combined with community input, to spruce up the city’s parks. The goal: prepare Camden for the climate crisis. As the climate crisis looms, cities like Camden are on the frontlines of warming...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Jan 3, 2020 | Cape May, Ecology, New Jersey
Iconic monarch butterfly populations have declined 90 percent in 20 years, but good weather has produced a bumper crop this summer. Climate change and regulatory rollbacks spell doom for threatened and endangered species. But along the New Jersey coastline, one...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Dec 31, 2019 | Atlantic, New Jersey, Video, Waste
SOMERS POINT — It sounded like a great idea at the time: ban all single-use plastic bags. Blamed for killing and maiming sea life and clogging landfills, plastic bags have many detractors. Americans use 100 billion of them a year, with only 1% of those bags being...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Dec 30, 2019 | Bergen, Infrastructure, New Jersey
Time-lapse of the solar panel installation project at Garret Mountain Plaza in Woodland Park, NJ. North Jersey Record MetLife Stadium in the North Jersey Meadowlands is among the nation’s greenest stadiums. It has a massive-scale recycling program and a ring of...
