Certification Resources Webinars Green Team Resources Actions Program Updates   Annual Certification Application Cycle Sustainable Jersey operates on an annual certification application cycle with three submission dates. To...

Annual Award Recipients Sustainable Jersey presents its Annual Awards at the Sustainable Jersey Luncheon held during the New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference.  The 2025 Sustainable Jersey Annual Luncheon was held on November 18. View the Annual Luncheon Program Book here . ...

Advancing Equity: Activities to Date Since its founding in 2009, Sustainable Jersey has held social equity as integral to the holistic vision of a sustainable future guiding its mission. New Jerseyans face wide-ranging race- and place-based disparities in access to the conditions supporting...

Download Master Action Tracking Spreadsheet spacing block Download Sustainable Jersey Brochure spacing block Tour the Sustainable Jersey Website Actions Sustainable Jersey actions are designed with flexibility to meet the...

Action Development Sustainable Jersey actions are developed through a transparent and participatory process. Sustainable Jersey has 15 task forces made up of representatives from state agencies, universities, government, non-profit organizations, businesses, stakeholders and other...

Download Sustainable Jersey Brochure   Tour the Sustainable Jersey Website   Vision To achieve a sustainable New Jersey, one community at a time.   Mission Empower New Jersey communities to build a better world for future ...

Session Descriptions & Speakers Sustainability Summit Presentations The 2026 Sustainability Summit provided a deeper understanding of how to use existing tools and resources from Sustainable Jersey and partner organizations during 19 Sustainability...

A Second Application for Roots for Rivers Reforestation Grants and Technical Assistance Now Open Sustainable Jersey announced today that over $50,000 was awarded to 15 New Jersey municipalities for floodplain reforestation projects. The Roots for Rivers Reforestation Grant and...

Grant recipients from seven NJ counties: Bergen, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and Union Sustainable Jersey announced today the eleven municipalities selected to receive Sustainable Jersey grants funded by the Gardinier Environmental Fund. Two $30,000 grants and nine $10,000...

Sustainable Jersey announced today that its municipal certification program continues to show remarkable growth as 100 towns achieved certification in 2019. Following the initial 83 certifications issued in October 2019, 17 towns achieved certification by the end of the certification cycle in...