Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for September, 2010Looking to ancient Jewish teachings for sustainability inspirationLatest blog post from Sustainable Cherry Hill… Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of women from the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El in Voorhees, NJ about “Jewish Values and Sustainability”. In preparation for the presentation, I spent some time researching the topic and found a wealth of great information from such [...]
Advocating for communities & efficiency at Trenton BPU forumThis morning, I headed up to Trenton to participate in the Energy Master Plan (EMP) Stakeholder Open Forum: Proposed Changes and Future Outlook. This meeting was the third of three efforts to engage the NJ public in Governor Christie’s to evaluate the 2008 Energy Master Plan passed by Governor Corzine. The current administration and it’s [...]
Get down and dirty in Cherry Hill this weekend!Fall is the perfect time to dig in to a morning of public service in Cherry Hill! Cherry Hill Township is sponsoring a day of hands on service for National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9am to noon. Join the Cherry Hill Environmental Advisory Committee (CHEAC) at one of two [...]
Sustainable Cherry Hill is having a retreat!Let’s gather for an afternoon of celebration, sharing and support! Dear Community member, It’s been over a year since we held our Cherry Hill 2020: Shaping a Sustainable Future visioning conference! It’s been over a year since we held our Cherry Hill 2020: Shaping a Sustainable Future visioning conference! We hope you can join us [...]
It’s not easy bein’ green…My friend, Nathan Levinson, shared this article that recently appeared in the Rutgers: Camden student run newspaper’s Sustainability Corner… In the mid 1950’s before many of those reading this article were even born, a green puppet, of Sesame Street fame was created, or should I say recycled. Kermit the frog, the beloved green Muppet was “born” [...]
Adventures in “B” LandI asked my new friend, D.H. Saker, a local sustainable entrepreneur, to guest blog about her experience with B Corporation, a new type of corporation which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems…. It took me awhile to catch on. I had heard of B Lab and their certification a few [...]
Environmental Justice in Camden: Why should I care?Last night, I headed to Rutgers: Camden to a fascinating and heartbreaking program called Environmental Justice: A Camden Forum, sponsored by the NJ Council for the Humanities. I had already been introduced to the concept of environmental injustice earlier this year when Sustainable Cherry Hill hosted a viewing of The Poet of Poverty and panel [...]
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