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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...
by Marian Glenn - CivicStory | Jul 16, 2019 | Ecology, New Jersey, Other Sources, Union
Springfield’s Green Acres along the Rahway River have sprouted hundreds of tubes this summer. Each tube is protecting a young tree or shrub from deer in order to reforest the flood plain around the river.
by Donna Liu - CivicStory | Jun 26, 2019 | Ecology, Energy, Monmouth, New Jersey, Other Sources, Waste, Water
Sustainable Jersey Director Randall Solomon thanks collaboration partners at 2019 summit. (Photo courtesy: Donn Liu) Sustainable Jersey – the feisty nonprofit that spurs environmental action across New Jersey’s towns and schools – marked a bittersweet...
by The Climate Mobilization - CivicStory | May 1, 2019 | Ecology, Environmental Justice, Hudson, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Other Sources, Water
Ananya Singh of the Sunrise Movement received the loudest ovation of the evening for her impassioned speech about fighting for her future under the specter of a changing planet. (Photo courtesy: The Climate Mobilization (Hudson Chapter) and CivicStory) This article...
by Mitchell Baker - CivicStory | Nov 29, 2017 | Infrastructure, New Jersey, Other Sources, Policy, Transportation, Union
Hop off New Jersey Transit’s Gladstone Branch at the Berkeley Heights stop, and you’re in a township of 13,000 spanning two exits of Interstate 78. Berkeley Heights covers six square miles surrounded by Chatham to the north, New Providence and Summit to...
by Cailley LaPara - CivicStory | Nov 29, 2017 | Ecology, New Jersey, Other Sources, Trees, Union
Planting trees is an exercise in patience, commitment, and faith that present-day actions will pay off decades from now for generations not yet born. For tree-planting organizations in New Jersey, complications and restrictions due to COVID-19 tested that patience...
by CivicStory | Oct 18, 2017 | Energy, New Jersey, Other Sources, Policy, Sustainable Business, Union, Video
Can NJ Lead in Renewable Energy? – Public Forum, October 18, 2017 5 expert panelists explore the how, why, & when of renewable energy Venue: Auditorium, Central Presbyterian Church, 70 Maple St., Summit Panelists: Laura Stern (Co-Founder...
by Sonia Schnee - CivicStory | Dec 22, 2014 | Art, New Jersey, Other Sources, Passaic, Sustainable Business, Video
Industrial arts, gallery exhibitions, photo shoots, special events. These are typical activities at Paterson’s Art Factory. Once a busy manufacturing site for textiles and ship rigging, this 400,000 square foot complex houses studios and work spaces for a...
by Sonia Schnee - CivicStory | Sep 24, 2014 | Morris, New Jersey, Other Sources, Sustainable Business
NJ environmental researchers and students know the dangers of toxins in conventional household cleaners, and the benefits of using natural cleaners such as baking soda and vinegar. “Lemon juice, soap and water, elbow grease, can solve most of your problems,”...
by CivicStory | Nov 26, 2013 | Bergen, Ecology, Hudson, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Other Sources, Video, Water
This video was produced by NJ Arts News and posted on CivicStory on November 26, 2013. Secaucus, October 26, 2013 – ‘Super Bowl XLVIII (48) – to be played on February 2 in the NJ Meadowlands – is called the first ‘Public...
