Tag Archives: Sustainability
New Jersey schools ride the green wave for a brighter future
December 7, 2018Sustainable Jersey for Schools 2018 special awards announced Sustainable Jersey for Schools celebrated the 111 schools that achieved Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification in 2018 at an awards event attended by over 250 teachers, principals, green team volunteers, school board … Continue reading
Mayors are the new front-line leaders on climate change
February 28, 2018Sustainable Jersey Gold Star in Energy provides pathway to goal Franklin Township Mayor Phil Kramer was distraught when it was announced the United States was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords. “I actually said to myself, someone should do … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: Making sustainability change stick
October 9, 2017Sustainable Jersey Regional Hubs meet to advance collective leadership What drew leaders from Sustainable Jersey’s Regional Hubs to an indoors five-hour gathering on a recent beautiful fall Saturday? Consider the range of responses ticked off as we went around the room: … 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
Leading by example, New Jersey schools focus on sustainability
December 16, 2015Sustainable Jersey for Schools had an exceptional first year, culminating with the recognition of our inaugural group of 59 certified schools at the New Jersey School Boards Association Workshop 2015. Five school districts emerged as sustainability leaders by successfully supporting … Continue reading
To Solve Our Sustainability Challenges, We Need an Evolution of Governance
October 22, 2015The year was 1789 and the newly formed United States of America had just completed its first presidential election. The “Spirit of ‘76” describes a time of hope and change when radical ideas, such as the notion that a people … Continue reading
Declaration of Dependence
April 27, 2015Communities and news organizations working together will transform local journalism. Here’s how. The long-term sustainability of local news depends on deepening journalists’ engagement with communities. Through shifts in technology, economics and newsroom processes, the public has become increasingly central to … Continue reading
Sustainable Jersey: To Get to Gold, First Define the Goal
March 19, 20152015 New Jersey Sustainability Report and Summit “Recalculating,” the GPS voice said again. Turning the car around, I reasoned that the gadget, although stern, was kind enough to provide an estimated time of arrival despite my wrong turns. My thoughts … Continue reading
Does Green Infrastructure Create Real Estate Value?
April 2, 2014As the real estate market stages a slow but steady comeback from the Great Recession, and as commercial property owners consider new investments and re-investments in buildings and land, the use of green infrastructure (rain gardens, bioswales, permeable pavement, additional … Continue reading
Poetry Friday Guest Blog: Greening the Dodge Poetry Festival
September 28, 2012Let’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
Sharing Jersey Peaches With Minister Shen of Taiwan
August 17, 2011By Donna Drewes and Randall Solomon Sustainable Jersey As Pam Mount presented the overflowing bag of fuzzy, ripe peaches to Stephen Shen, the Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan (EPAT) and his delegation, a big grin spread across … Continue reading
Save the Date!
December 17, 2010Building a Sustainable Future for New Jersey’s Coastal and Ocean Economy Friday, February 11, 2011 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Monmouth University Wilson Hall Auditorium Although it may seem a long way away, February will be here before we know … Continue reading
Let the Great World Spin – Elephants and All
March 24, 2010David Grant, President and CEO I had one of those trains of thought last week that come, at least to me, in repose. It began with pride in a colleague and ended with pride as a father, and along the … Continue reading
New Jersey Learns…Wednesday Edition
March 3, 2010Today is the final installment of the New Jersey Learns series, in which we have had the pleasure of hearing from teachers and community leaders who have completed The Cloud Institute’s unique leadership training program “New Jersey Learns: Schools and … Continue reading
New Jersey Learns Mondays
February 8, 2010Dodge has teamed-up with the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education for a Monday blog series that is sure to help beat the February blues! The reflections and stories from K-12 teachers and community leaders who have completed Cloud’s unique leadership … Continue reading
