Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for September, 2009This is not your Grandmother’s fundraiser…But we’re sure she’d have a blast if you brought her! Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 25, 7-9pm for the first ever Sustainable Cherry Hill Oktoberfest/Live Music Fundraiser. Join us for two hours of high energy, foot stomping fun as we nosh, drink and mingle with your community. This is not to be missed. [...]
FRESH: New thinking about what we’re eatingJoin us for a screening of the new documentary, FRESH. Sunday, November 1, 7 to 9:30 pm The Ritz Theatre 915 White Horse Pike Haddon Township, NJ. (NOT the Ritz Movie Theatre!) FRESH is a call to action. This film celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. [...]
Asking the right question: The Economics of SustainabilityTraditionally, economists consider environmental damage as an “externality”. This is a cost that impacts society, but isn’t imposed upon either the producer or the consumer. But, of course, someone ends up paying the price and it’s usually not just or pretty. Think the Tennessee coal ash fiasco or the overfishing caused by poorly regulated fishing [...]
Free Seminar! Go Green-Get Green: The ABC’s of a Home Energy AuditGo Green – Get Green: ABC’s of Getting a Home Energy Audit As cool, autumn nights give way to a long, cold winter, New Jersey homeowners may be hearing talk about saving money through a home energy audit program in the Garden State. South Jersey homeowners can learn how they can save up to 30 [...]
Eat, Drink and Dance with Sustainable Cherry HillSustainable Cherry Hill Ocktoberfest Gathering Live Music, Great Beer and Noshes Underlying all that Sustainable Cherry Hill does is the idea of building community. What could be better than spending a couple of hours with your friends and neighbors, eating, drinking and enjoying live music from an award winning band? Sunday, October 25,2009 7-9pm PJ [...]
A little piece of heaven… only an hour away!Yesterday, a group of us who participate in the Jewish Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, Tuv Ha’Aretz took a little field trip to Honey Brook Organic Farm in Pennington, NJ. From Honey Brook’s website, “Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an attempt to address the many problems of modern agriculture by redefining the relationship between the [...]
Sustainable Cherry Hill Local Food & Gardening Task Force Makes Plans for the YearLast night I stopped by the SCH Local Food & Gardening Task Force meeting to see what the group was up to. Â This meeting, hosted by Joe Palombo at Mirabella Cafe (Thanks for the delicious brushetta, Joe!) was the group’s second and boy did they have a lot on the agenda. Â The group was so [...]
Free Seminar! Go Green-Get Green: The ABC’s of a Home Energy AuditGo Green – Get Green: ABC’s of Getting a Home Energy Audit As cool, autumn nights give way to a long, cold winter, New Jersey homeowners may be hearing talk about saving money through a home energy audit program in the Garden State. South Jersey homeowners can learn how they can save up to 30 [...]
Greening the workplace from the bottom up!Mary Reilly, of Reilly Green Associates is a friend of Sustainable Cherry Hill and a wonderful “green consultant” for organizations and businesses. She recently guest blogged on the site Green Talk with a great post on how employees can empower themselves to make real changes at their work places. Check it out! How to Make [...]
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