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...

Advancing Equity and Anti-Racism Through Ongoing Commitments: On this path towards greater equity, Sustainable Jersey commits to the implementing the following measures: Develop, implement and promote actions that advance equity and combat racism in the municipal and school certification...

Register Are you thinking about starting a nonprofit? This free webinar from the Pro Bono Partnership will help you understand the upsides and downsides of starting a nonprofit and will introduce several alternatives that might better serve the community and achieve your goals. Topics will...

Register for August 19 Register for September 9 The New Jersey Department of Transportation is now accepting Safe Routes to School Grant Applications. SRTS grants are available for infrastructure projects that encourage and enable K-8 students to walk and bike safely to school....

REGISTER - fee applies The NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative (NJCRC) is launching a virtual "Coffee Chat" program to connect local communities with technical assistance providers that can help with resilience planning and implementation. The first Coffee Chat will feature NJDEP’s new...

Register The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will host its first-ever Virtual Electric Vehicle (EV) Test Drive. In an effort to continue raising awareness about electric vehicles, the very popular in-person Ride & Drive event has been transformed into a virtual...

Register Lead is a potent toxin which is still pervasive in the places where we live, play, work and raise our families. Young children who absorb even the smallest traces of lead suffer lifelong, pernicious effects – which are disproportionately experienced in communities of color and...

Register Food insecure communities observe higher incidences of poor health outcomes related to nutrition such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. All of these conditions often become chronic and debilitating, causing a strain on the healthcare and economic systems within a...

Register Municipal government have a considerable impact on the conditions that determine how well and how long we live through their functions in public education, land-use planning and zoning, transportation planning, environmental management, housing, infrastructure investments,...

Register Sustainable Jersey had added another gold star! It's been two years in the making, and the Gold Star in Health is finally here. In the first segment (10:00-11:00am), we will connect the dots as to the many (many) ways that health connects to sustainability and equity, while...