Category Archives: Environment
Sustainable Jersey Travels to South Korea for Clean Air
September 21, 2016Sharing expertise and experience to support Clean Air Asia pilot certification program I left New Jersey on Aug. 25 with my colleague, Renee Haider, en route for South Korea. Sustainable Jersey was invited to participate in the Clean Air for Cities conference … Continue reading
Dodge Road Trip: Protecting the Jersey Shore
August 30, 2016On a warm and breezy afternoon earlier this summer, I arrived at the offices of the American Littoral Society and Clean Ocean Action. These organizations share a building at Fort Hancock, near the end of Sandy Hook Gateway Recreational Area, that offers a breathtaking … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: A Better Tomorrow, One Rooftop At a Time
August 17, 2016Encouraging NJ solar consumers through municipal-level nudging I’m often asked what will have the most impact on slowing climate change. Using less energy and generating new clean energy are the two meaningful ways to make progress. And in New Jersey, … Continue reading
What We’re Learning: What Effects Are Rising Sea Levels Having on New Jersey?
July 21, 2016Sea-level rise and coastal flooding are two threats challenging New Jersey’s economic and cultural prosperity. That was an eye-opening takeaway from the hard-hitting keynote at Sustainable Jersey’s New Jersey Sustainability Summit delivered by Benjamin Strauss, vice president of Sea Level and Climate … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: In a zombie apocalypse, it’s good to know where your food comes from
July 20, 2016The John P. Stevens High School Greenhouse opens a world of opportunities in Edison. Laura Holborow begins the food science unit in the biology class she teaches at John P. Stevens High School the same way, by asking, “Where … Continue reading
The Fund for New Jersey: Taking Aim at Climate Change — There’s a Seat at the Table for Place-Based Funders
July 13, 2016Taking on climate change is a daunting challenge for any institution, let alone a small place-based foundation in a state with no coal-fired power plants. So when I learned that the focus of Council on Foundations’ annual conference was … Continue reading
Jersey Water Works: 10 Great Ideas for New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure
June 30, 2016New Jersey Delegation Gathers National Best Practices from One Water Summit Innovative ways to integrate water management, reduce costs, partner and build broad public support were all on tap at the U.S. Water Alliance’s second annual One Water Summit, on … Continue reading
Dodge Road Trip: Banding Red Knots with Conserve Wildlife Foundation
June 9, 2016The cacophonous sound of shorebirds is deafening. I’m huddled behind tall beach grass repeating the instructions for the task before me in my mind. “I hope I don’t screw this up,” I think to myself. On the beach, out of view, are … Continue reading
Trust for Public Land: Building Healthy Parks and Healthy Communities
May 23, 2016It’s no secret that families in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood shoulder an undue burden stemming from impacts of centuries of industrial and economic growth focused in the community. Every day, parents worry how to keep their children healthy despite well-documented lead … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: What are the Biggest Sustainability Challenges Facing NJ?
May 18, 2016New gold standards to be unveiled at the 2016 New Jersey Sustainability Summit Sustainable Jersey will break new ground at the 2016 New Jersey Sustainability Summit with the much anticipated release of the first elements of the gold standard … Continue reading
New Jersey Future: Infrastructure Matters
May 16, 2016New Jersey Future is participating again this year, along with hundreds of other groups around the country, in Infrastructure Week 2016, to raise awareness about the need to invest in infrastructure as the backbone of our economy, locally and nationally. … Continue reading
One Creative Solution to America’s Yard Problem
May 12, 2016I live in a corner of New Jersey that was the epicenter for exurban, sprawling development that defined much of the late 1990’s up through the financial crash of 2008. The 5-acre lot subdivisions that dot the otherwise agrarian … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Creating a National Network of State-level Sustainability Programs
April 20, 2016Sustainable Jersey releases Statewide Sustainability Report Imagine what we could accomplish if we worked together. The idea of starting a multi-state conversation about state-level sustainability programs originated during a national American Planning Association session in 2014. A group of us … Continue reading
Dodge Partners with New Jersey Health Initiatives to Support Build It Green Competition
April 14, 2016BIG Competition Aims to Spark Innovative Stormwater Management Solutions in New Jersey Communities The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and New Jersey Health Initiatives recently awarded $165,000 in matching grants to New Jersey Future in support of the new Build It … Continue reading
The Garden State: Join Us Today on Twitter For Our First #BetterNJ Chat
April 14, 2016Join us for our first-ever #BetterNJ LIVE Twitter chat to learn about the Garden State’s community gardens and urban farms with some of New Jersey’s leading organizations working to develop regional food systems that offer plentiful access to fresh, local foods. Thursday … Continue reading
