Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for February, 2011A Voorhees teen gets it… Why don’t we?It seems that the more I talk about the connection between Camden and its suburbs, the more others reach out to connect with me over the issue. Â Yesterday, I posted an email from a Whitman Park Camden resident telling me about her vibrant neighborhood and the clean cut suburbanites who come to Camden to buy [...]
From Cherry Hill to Camden: More than just trashThis post is a follow up to my last, “Is Justice a Naughty Word?”. Yesterday, I received this poignant email from a Whitman Park resident of Camden, who was at the Camden County Freeholders meeting with me on Tuesday night. Â I often think about the trash and sewage that flows from Cherry Hill to Camden, [...]
Is “Justice” a naughty word?Wow. Â What a crazy evening it was at the Camden County Freeholders meeting in Cherry Hill tonight. Â I had been planning to attend the meeting to make a short comment about the need to address sustainability at a regional level and entered the Cherry Hill Township Community Center speech in hand. Â I had been warned [...]
Top Tier Regional Sustainability Symposium- FreeDate: Thursday, March 31, 2011 Time: 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Location: Rutgers University Camden Campus, Gordon Theater Public officials, internationally acclaimed architects, business and community leaders and university professors will convene on March 31, 2011 to explore the latest developments in sustainability. The half-day symposium will focus on the latest in regional planning, funding [...]
What is “Community Sustainability” anyway?Organic Guide to North America recently interviewed me about Sustainable Cherry Hill.  I think this article gets right to the nut of what SCH and the notion of “community sustainability” is all about. Lori Braunstein is the Executive Director and Founder of Sustainable Cherry Hill. Under Lori’s leadership – and with the help of some [...]
Cherry Hill~ 2011 Household Special Waste Collection DayThe wait is over! Â Grab all that toxic stuff from your garage and under your sink and come on down to Cherry Hill Department of Public Works on Saturday, March 19th from 8:30 to 3:00pm. Â I just looked at the What to Bring – What Not to Bring list and already have my gun cleaner [...]
Cherry Hill BOE considers sustainabilityI’ve yet to meet a person who, when learning about Sustainable Cherry Hill, doesn’t exclaim, “You have to get this into the schools” or “We  have to start with the kids”.  There is a reason why kids and sustainability are such a sound match… our kids have the most to win or lose if we [...]
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