Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for December, 2010A Christmas morning hike in Cherry HillAfter months of passing by the sign on Kresson Road on my way to meetings, car pools and errands, I finally laced up my hiking boots, grabbed my husband and hit the trail! Â I heard rumors of the miles of hiking trails spread throughout Cherry Hill from my friend, Lew Gorman, chairman of the Cherry [...]
Changes to electronic waste, plastics disposal start on Jan. 1From The Mayor’s Weekly Briefing 12/17/10: Beginning in the New Year, a new state law requires residents to recycle electronic waste – computers, televisions and cell phones – instead of trashing them. This means that, effective Jan. 1, municipal waste-haulers will no longer collect any e-waste left curbside. Luckily, Cherry Hill is ahead of the [...]
Solar panels up and running at Dept. of Public WorksFrom The Mayor’s Weekly Briefing 12/17/10: Cherry Hill reached a major sustainability milestone this week, with the activation of a long-awaited solar array at the Department of Public Works. As I’ve said time and again, shifting to renewable energy has long been a priority for myself and my administration, and I am proud to see [...]
News from Cherry Hill’s Green TeamSustainability~Cooperation~Progress (Originally published in Cherry Hill Township Winter 2011 Community Magazine) Creating a sustainable community requires leadership, vision and a long term commitment to the process. Â The Cherry Hill Township Green Team, established by resolution, is the catalyst for moving the community’s sustainability efforts forward. Â Consisting of municipal staff and community members, the group works [...]
Free 5 week course: Camden City: The Challenge of Environmental JusticeThis event is full!  Leave your name on the waiting list as the class may be repeated in the fall. (856) 227-7200, ext. 4333 The Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility at Camden County College  is offering a free 5 week course called Camden City: The Challenge of Environmental Justice at its Cherry Hill Rohrer Branch.  This course [...]
Cherry Hill residents & Recycle Bank come through for Beck Middle School!The RecycleBank Green Schools Program grants money to schools undertaking projects that motivate youth and communities to realize a world “where nothing is wasted”. Each semester, the program awards environmental project grants of up to $5,000 to schools in RecycleBank home recycling communities. RecycleBank donates $10 for every 100 points donated to a school. The Green [...]
JFCS TOPS program goes green!Yesterday, I had so much fun visiting the  Jewish Family & Childrens Service‘s TOPS program to talk to its members about trash and recycling.  TOPS (To Our Positive Success) is a new day program for young adults with special needs.  Program Coordinator, Suzanne Fox invited me in as part of an effort to provide meaningful [...]
A Hot Solar Night in Cherry HillAs temperatures dipped and frigid winds whipped and a sliver of moon shone down, Young and old gathered to learn about solar in the warmth of the Heart of Town. And learn they did!  Eighty or so South Jersey residents filled a large meeting room in the Cherry Hill Library on the evening of December 8 to take in a professionally-prepared and expertly [...]
Who Knew? NJ a Garden State of Sustainability (featuring Cherry Hill!)Changemakers, a global online community of action, connects people to share ideas, inspire and mentor each other, and find and support for the best ideas in social innovation. Participants in Changemakers online competitions compete to surface the most promising solutions, and then collaborate to refine, enrich, and implement them. Â Sustainable Jersey was a competition contestant [...]
The newest, greenest house of worship in town!Submitted by Anne Simonoff,  leader of the Sustainable Cherry Hill Faith Task Force: On November 22, 2010, four members of the Faith Task Force, Chair Anne Simonoff, Nancy Ashton, Jeffrey Kirk and Bob O’Reilly joined Executive Director Lori Braunstein on a tour of the soon to be completed mosque in Cherry Hill. Our gracious guide , [...]
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