by Evelynn Morrill | Aug 3, 2022 | Article, Monmouth, New Jersey, Ocean
Cookouts are a popular way to embrace summer, but you might want to think twice about sinking your teeth into that grilled burger or hot dog. Meat consumption is exacerbating the current climate crisis. Reducing your meat consumption is a step toward...
by Janique Burke | Jul 29, 2022 | Article, Ecology, Education, Environmental Justice, Mercer, New Jersey, Wildlife
Environmental education is as important for children as for adults. Over the years, there has been plenty of conversation about leaving a better planet to our kids, and what better way than to introduce them to the concept of environmental sustainability than a summer...
by Janique Burke | Jul 27, 2022 | Article, Environmental Justice, Health-Justice, Mercer, New Jersey, Nutrition, Sustainable Business, Water
It’s no secret that healthy food options are hard to find within urban and low-income communities. People living in food deserts, as these areas are sometimes referred to, lack access to affordable, nutritious food choices, which can lead to a community of unhealthy...
by Dana DiFilippo | Jul 26, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Ecology, Hudson, New Jersey, Policy, Water, Wildlife
Liberty State Park again at center of controversy over development The half-mile stretch of Caven Point beach seems fairly ordinary, as beaches go. Birds fish in the flats and perch in the reeds, their calls the only sound breaking the silence of this nature preserve...
by Talia Wiener | Jul 19, 2022 | Article, Ecology, Education, Essex, New Jersey, Water
Rising sixth grader Delilah Lovell’s waders flooded with river water. And she didn’t have a change of clothes in her backpack. Delilah made her way to the river bank, peeled off the waders and wrung out her socks. She found a sunny spot on the muddy bank, hoping to...
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