Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for November, 2009A fresh look at Black Friday with “The Story of Stuff”As we head into the holiday season with all it’s flurry of consumerism, take a few minutes to watch “The Story of Stuff”.В
Restaurant Composting Pilot Program to Begin in Cherry HillRemember the movie Back to the Future where food waste fueled the DeLorean car that zoomed Michael J. Fox’s character through time? That “future” scenario may be closer to reality in Cherry Hill. The Sustainable Cherry Hill Compost/Zero Waste task force has been investigating possibilities on reducing waste in the township. According to the EPA, [...]
Donate your RecycleBank Points to our kids!Great news! Cherry Hill East has been selected for the RecycleBank Green Schools Program. Green Schools enables students to understand their impact on the environment and take action. They are looking to further the student’s environmental education, and RecycleBank has offered an opportunity to help them reach their goals.В The biology department applied for the [...]
N.J. restaurant offers customers ‘pay what you can’ optionPay what you can at A Better World Cafe Imagine an eatery that serves wholesome, locally grown and produced food, where you can choose your own portion and price?В Those who have some money to spare can pay a little more to subsidize others in the community who may be between jobs or who would [...]
Green buds in Camden, NJLast Saturday, my husband and I took a trip down to the Parkside neighborhood in Camden to lend a hand at their “Green Themed” Haddon Avenue Street Festival.В The event was organized byВ Parkside Business & Community in Partnership, Inc (PBCIP).В According to Stella Bonaparte, who works for the group, PBCIP is a nonprofit membership [...]
South Jersey gets “FRESH”About 100 people took a break from Phillies Fever to attend a screening of the film FRESH and stayed for a panel discussion about sustainable food practices.В This film highlights the differences between food that is produced and processed in an industrial “monoculture” fashion and that from small to medium sized sustainable farms.В These smaller, [...]
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