Sustainable Jersey Training and Events
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For presentations and webinars from previous events, please see the 'PAST Sustainable Jersey Trainings & Events' link at left.
For info on Grants and Other Potential Opportunities, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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• Sustainable Jersey SURVEY
• Sustainable Jersey Conference Calls- scheduled open Q&A with Sustainable Jersey experts. Scroll down for info.
• Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) program - Letter of Intent to participate in the NJ Green Ribbon Application process by February 6, 2012. Full details: New Jersey Green Ribbon Schools web site.
• School Energy Conservation “Tools For Schools” Workshop- Feb. 22, 2012, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Neptune High School Media Center, 55 Neptune Blvd, Neptune, NJ . FREE. See flier here.
• GREEN MAP Update
• BONNER SCHOLARS Update
Details, descriptions, registration info....
GREEN TEAM MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF SUSTAINABLE JERSEY -- WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Sustainable Jersey is getting ready for 2012 with a new line-up of
workshops and trainings, and we'd like your input. Let us know how
we're doing, and give us your suggestions for topics, delivery methods
and more by following this link and taking a short survey here.
We'd love to hear from you by the end of January, 2012 so we can better
meet your needs in the coming year.
SUSTAINABLE JERSEY CONFERENCE CALLS:
We will be hosting regular conference calls to answer questions about Sustainable Jersey certification program elements. You can call into the conference line to ask your question and/or hear the questions posed by other municipalities.
Starting July 5th we will have a new call-in number:
1-877-718-9371
Passcode: 6371735
We are also switching to a once-a-month format (first Tuesday of each month). From August on, the calls will be at 6:30 p.m.
1st Tuesday
Oct. 4th-- 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 1st-- 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 6th-- 6:30 p.m.
STAY TUNED TO SEE IF WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THESE TIMES, change the time, or drop the specified "call-in"- depending on results from the SURVEY described above.
Remember that you can call or email Sustainable Jersey during business hours at 609-771-2938 or info@sustainablejersey.com.
EXCITING NEWS!
Sustainable Jersey is proud to announce New Jersey’s participation in the new national Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) program, which will recognize exemplary achievement and best practices in the areas of energy efficiency, healthy school environments and sustainability education.
A key element of the GRS program will focus on how successful practices lower operating costs while improving student achievement.
New Jersey is one of 34 states that will implement the GRS program in 2012, its pilot year. Schools making significant efforts in one or more of the areas cited above are strongly encouraged to apply. The application can also serve as a self-assessment tool for your schools.
Important Deadlines: Interested schools should email a Letter of Intent to participate in the NJ Green Ribbon Application process by February 6, 2012 to Carol James at cajames@me.com.
Email the completed NJ Green Ribbon Schools Application and all related documents to Carol James at: cajames@me.com by March 2nd, 2012.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity, visit the New Jersey Green Ribbon Schools web site.
SCHOOL ENERGY CONSERVATION “TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS” WORKSHOP
February 22, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Neptune High School Media Center
55 Neptune Blvd, Neptune, NJ
FREE
Flier here.
Whether your school is interested in becoming more energy efficient, upgrading its lighting fixtures, or becoming a “NJ Green Ribbon School” this workshop is for you!
Find out how your school can get the resources it needs to benchmark its current energy use, reduce its energy consumption, upgrade its lighting or facilities, or set up an Energy Savings Improvement Plan.
Learn about:
• programs and incentives for schools from the NJ BPU’s Clean Energy Program (CEP)
• free Energy Conservation toolkits from See The Light for schools in the NJ Natural Gas service territory (a $1000 value)
• how schools can set up Energy Savings Improvement Plans (ESIPs) to learn how to maximize CEP program benefits
• the new federal Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools program and New Jersey’s participation
Register here.
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Sustainable Jersey will be working with our partners to provide a webinar which will cover the content of this workshop, so please continue to check here http://www.sustainablejersey.com/events.php to learn more
Green Map UPDATE
The first Sustainable Jersey Green Teams have been selected to receive specialized consulting from Green Map System as they create interactive and/or printed Green Maps highlighting sustainability-related, community assets and challenges.
"Thanks to the support of the G. R. Dodge Foundation, our non-profit sustainability mapping organization is able to provide nine communities with specialized mapmaking assistance and also offer workshop support to even more Green Teams in the coming months", said Wendy Brawer, Founding Director of the award-winning Green Map System.
Two collaborative, multi-community proposals were selected, the first from Camden County - including Camden, Galloway and Haddonfield - and the second from central New Jersey -including Hillsborough Twp, Montgomery Twp, Princeton Twp and Lawrence Twp. Two other cities selected are working independently - Jersey City and Montclair. Each of these communities has been offered direct support as they create engaging strategies for developing a Green Map that both addresses Sustainable Jersey's priorities and generates a compelling way to visualize and connect with local progress toward sustainability. Beyond this direct support, all Green Teams in New Jersey will be able to take advantage of five workshops and webinars that begin in September. Find related information, tools and links to these webinars at www.GreenMap.org/snj and at www.SustainableJersey.com.
Bonner Scholars UPDATE
SUSTAINABLE JERSEY AND BONNER COMMUNITY SCHOLARS TEAM TO WORK WITH 4 NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES
After reviewing 27 outstanding municipal applications for teams of Sustainable Jersey/Bonner Community Scholars, we are pleased to announce that the following municipalities have been selected to participate in the 2011 pilot program: Burlington City, Green Brook, Mt. Holly and Trenton.
Program staff from the Bonner Center and Sustainable Jersey reviewed the applications and selected the host municipalities based on the types of projects that were proposed, the interest of the scholars in the proposed projects, the ability of the scholars to implement the priority projects in the timeframe available, and the ability of the municipality to supervise the scholars.
For the 2011 pilot program, funding is available for Bonner Community Scholar teams to work with 4 communities. If this pilot project is a success, we hope to add more communities next year. Thanks to everyone who applied, and congratulations to those communities who were selected.