Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for January, 2010It’s a long ten miles from Cherry Hill to CamdenThis afternoon, a group of Cherry Hill teachers, students and parents took a trip over to Waterfront South Camden to tour the greenhouse, garden and the neighborhood around The Center for Transformation (CFT). Â Representatives from Cherry Hill East High School, Beck Middle School and Woodcrest Elementary School came to Camden to learn how to start [...]
Hard work and nourishment for the soulLast Thursday, Sustainable Cherry Hill sponsored a screening of the film “The Poet of Poverty” and a panel discussion with Fr. Michael Doyle from Sacred Heart Church as well as Mark Doorley and Andrea Ferich from The Center for Transformation in Camden. The topic of the program was Camden and the Suburbs: How are we [...]
The Poet of Poverty is SOLD OUT!The response from the community has been overwhelming and we are currently over subscribed to the screening of the documentary “The Poet of Poverty” and the following panel discussion with Fr. Michael Doyle and representatives from The Center for Transformation. For those with reservations for the January 21st Poet of Poverty program, please get there [...]
Cherry Hill tries to be more walker-friendlyThe residents of Cherry Hill want to get out of their cars. We want to be able to safely walk or ride our bikes to the store, to work or to a friend’s house in another neighborhood. Â We even dream of having some sort of little cooking oil fueled bus to take us around town. [...]
Heirloom seedling sale grows more than just vegetablesSustainable Cherry Hill is partnering with Camden’s The Center for Transformation (CFT)Â to foster a connection between Camden and its suburbs. One of the ways we are doing this is through an heirloom seed/seedling sale. Suburban gardeners everywhere start dreaming of their summer vegetable gardens in January as they fantasize about which tomatoes, green beans [...]
Volunteers transforming Camden neighborhood“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”  Martin Luther King In the spirit of the upcoming celebration of Dr. King, take a moment to read this article from this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer, [...]
Local Green Job opportunities for employers and workersI invited Megan Barbano-Maxwell, Coordinator of the Green Jobs Training Program for the Hispanic Center in Camden, to guest blog for us. Â I recently met a few of her graduates at Green Drinks and was so impressed by them and by the program. Â I also just finished having my own home weatherized and thought it [...]
Do you have a “Hummer” of a diet?You’ve made your home more energy efficient, gave up disposable water bottles, drive a hybrid car, and almost never use plastic bags anymore. Really, what more could anyone do to reduce their ecological footprint? Um… what did you eat for dinner last night? Did you know that eating a plant based diet is THE biggest [...]
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