Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
|
|
Archive for August, 2009FRESH: New thinking about what we’re eating!Join Sustainable Cherry Hill and Tuv Ha’Aretz for a screening of the new documentary, FRESH on Sunday, November 1, 7pm at the Ritz Theatre in Westmont, NJ. FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, [...]
And we thought Cherry Hill was setting ambitious sustainability goals!Many of you have read about Cherry Hill’s efforts to become more sustainable. From the township’s Recycle Bank program, to solar panels on town hall to Sustainable Cherry Hill’s recent visioning conference, we are making strides each and every day. But our town’s efforts pale in comparison to one Japanese community. Kamikatsu, a small mountainous [...]
Sustainable Cherry Hill is hitting the ground RUNNING!Last month, Sustainable Cherry Hill hosted a sustainability conference where community members developed a shared vision for Cherry Hill over the next ten years and formed an action plan and task forces to make sure we get there! Now, you might think that these folks would have put all this sustainability stuff on the back [...]
Our Next door Neighbor is Greener than ever!Ya gotta love bipartisanship, especially when the environment wins. Like this instance of sustainable policy making: Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed more than $140 million in open space, recreation and land preservation allocations into law last week. The package of bills includes money for several Burlington County projects. The projects are approved and funded by [...]
We actually ARE all connected…This morning, a couple of us from Sustainable Cherry Hill took a little field trip over to South Camden. Check out my post from July 4th “With Liberty and Justice for all?” for some background about this community of contrasts. We were invited to join the legendary Father Michael Doyle for a Sunday Mass and [...]
The view from faraway sparks a desire to preserve the planetSometimes it takes some distance to realize how precious and vulnerable this place we call home really is… NASA goes green with new sustainability baseBuilding will utilize solar panels, fuel cells and water recycling systems One of NASA’s most ambitious new projects isn’t in space, but on the ground. The agency is planning to build [...]
A "Shout Out" to local Farmer’s Markets!(Jay Lassiter)– One of the coolest things about living in Cherry Hill is our close proximity to the venerable Collingswood Farmer’s Market. A feast of abundance AND community, the Collingswood Market offers the very best of the region’s bounty! (If you love it as much as I do, go vote for Collingswood as the Nation’s [...]
No More HOTAIR on wind power, please!Take a peek at Frank Brill’s latest blog entry which chronicles the race to maximize sustainable wind energy. New Jersey is near the front of the pack, but seems to be fading a bit.
|
Posted in: 