Category Archives: Green Ideas

Poetry Friday Guest Blog: Greening the Dodge Poetry Festival

Posted on by Jenny Vickers, Clean Water Fund, NJ Communications Director

Let’s face it – festivals and big events produce a lot of waste. Think of all the single use items, like plastic and Styrofoam, we toss in the trash instead of recycling, reusing or even entirely avoid using. Everything that … Continue reading

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Watching Our Garden Grow

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It’s snowing in New Jersey today, but that’s not keeping us from thinking about and looking forward to another season with our rooftop garden. We’ve got a new item to add to our garden wishlist: What’s that, you ask? A … Continue reading

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The Newest Feature of Our Rooftop Garden?

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Although it will be a few months yet before we can get our hands back into our rooftop garden, we’ve been thinking about ways to improve our operations in 2011. We have a water source on our rooftop that we … Continue reading

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Adventures in Composting

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At Dodge, we have a staff “Green Team” which meets monthly to discuss and improve our green practices. We focus on a variety of areas, including how to green our Poetry Festival, how to choose office supplies, what we can … Continue reading

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Getting Our Hands Dirty

Posted on by Molly de Aguiar

Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate We’re only weeks away from getting our hands in the dirt and planting our rooftop garden—we’ve already cleaned it up and have starter plants of lettuces, dill and radishes in our kitchen. We’re also working … Continue reading

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