Grant recipients from 16 New Jersey counties: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Warren Today in Highland Park, Sustainable Jersey announced the thirty-one New Jersey municipalities...

REGISTER Join Together North Jersey for the first of a three-part series of workshops on Creative Placemaking as a tool to foster economic benefits in a community.    This first session introduces the overarching placemaking process. This workshop will show how placemaking can be used...

The presentations and on-site judging of Sustainable Jersey’s first ever civic tech competition, Coding for Community, took place today at The College of New Jersey. Competing teams working with ten municipalities presented their civic tech solutions to an audience and judges for prizes. AT&T...

EVENT ADVISORY WHAT: Free event at which finalist teams in Sustainable Jersey’s Coding for Community competition will demonstrate their solutions to an audience and the judges and awards will be announced. Coding for Community connected towns in New Jersey with a talented pool of tech...

Earth Hour is a global environmental movement sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. In 2015, Earth Hour grew to become the largest grassroots movement for the environment. Now, it engages hundreds of millions of supporters, individuals and...

Many urban Americans struggle to be healthy in the face of economic and built environment factors that create inadequate urban food systems. Local urban governments face significant challenges in mitigating these factors. This lecture explores some of these challenges as well as proposes the need...

The 11th annual Mercer Green Fest will feature sustainable local businesses and community organizations, local farms, cooking demonstrations, as well as hands-on workshops, and informational speaker presentations.  It is organized by the MCSC to educate and inform area residents about the best of...

REGISTER April 22, 2017 marks the 47 th  anniversary of Earth Day and this year Earth Day Network is putting education at the forefront.   For help with organizing successful events, Earth Day Network has developed a  series of toolkits  that will help you as you think about how to...

REGISTER The entire community can reap the benefits of utilizing efficient landscaping techniques to create an attractive environment in balance with the native surroundings, local climate, and function of the space.  Learn about actions and resources in both the Sustainable Jersey and...