Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for April, 2009SCH table a big hit at spring festival…This weekend, Cherry Hill Township held its annual Art Blooms Spring Festival and Craft Show at Croft Farm. The unusually steamy spring day brought hundreds of South Jersey residents out to enjoy the crafts, art show, community tables and kids activities. Our table was the place to be! We offered children (or the young at [...]
Celebrating Sustainability with "Green Earth Evening" at Mirabella CafeSustainable Cherry Hill celebrated its one year anniversary in style with “Green Earth Evening” at Mirabella Cafe on Wednesday, April 22, Earth Day, sponsored by Cipriani Builders. The event was a sell out hit with participants enjoying great company, a delicious four course “green” gourmet meal and some fantastic live classic rock music provided by [...]
A Game Changing Decision by the Federal GovernmentOK folks, this is important. We can change all of our light bulbs, drive our hybrid cars and kick the plastic bag habit, but in reality, the ONLY way to save this sinking ship of a planet is for our federal government to pass bold and sweeping climate change legislation. A bottom up/top down approach [...]
WOW! The First Ever Earth Day Festival was a hit!Yesterday, SCH and the Cherry Hill Schools (with the support of Cherry Hill Township) hosted the First Ever Earth Day Festival at Carusi Middle School. The day was warm and sunny with just enough wind to cause a little mischief. Over 1000 people of all ages came from all over South Jersey to celebrate Earth [...]
Another productive SCH General Board MeetingLast night, SCH held our third “General Board Meeting” at the CH Board of Education Administration building. Our group, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization has an Executive Committee of seven that handles the day to day operations and development of the group. Our General Board, a group of approximately thirty diverse community members, serves to further [...]
17 year old guest blogger speaks her mindRecently, Devon Braunstein, a junior at Cherry Hill High School East and Community Editor of the award winning school paper, EASTSIDE, asked me if she could try her hand at blogging. This is the first in a series of posts illustrating the perspective of a young person looking ahead towards the future that awaits her. [...]
SCH "SWAG" is here!SWAG (swag)- noun An acronym for “Stuff We All Get”; Useful items given to a specific group of people designed to reinforce a theme, a brand or an experience; Also known as branded logo merchandise, promotional products and advertising specialties. In this case, our SWAG is for sale in order to raise awareness about SCHand [...]
Sustainability’s Sweet Side (Happy Easter!)Sustainable Cherry Hill likes to occasionally spotlight businesses that are switching to sustainable practices in harmony with the planet. It was with this in mind that I could not resist sharing a recent Washington Post article on a product that is quite popular on this particular holiday (and quite popular with me any day of [...]
A busy couple weeks for SCH!The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for Sustainable Cherry Hill. We have been reaching out into the community for help with technology, fund raising and marketing with wonderful results. SCH is also getting noticed at the state level for our community sustainability efforts with our input requested with the newly launched Sustainable Jersey [...]
Plant a Tree USAâ„¢ and Amazon PartnershipI asked Cindy Katz, owner of Plant a Tree USA and a sponsor of our Mike McGrath Organic Gardening program, to write a guest blog entry about a new initiative of the company. Please check out the Plant a Tree USA website to learn about the company and the good work that they do for [...]
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