Ensuring the Future by Acting in the Present
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Archive for December, 2011Cherry Hill achieves Sustainable Jersey Silver CertificationNew Jersey is the first state in the nation to have a comprehensive sustainability program for municipalities, called Sustainable Jersey.  Governments and their community partners across the state are embracing sustainability: strategies that are simultaneously beneficial to social, economic and ecological interests — or people, prosperity and the planet. The program defines sustainability as: “Protecting [...]
Who needs the mall?While many people were fighting the crowds at the Cherry Hill Mall this Christmas Eve, our family bundled up for a pre-holiday hike on the trails at Croft Farm. Â The nature trail behind the red Arts Center is one of Cherry Hill’s two National Recreation Trails. Peppered throughout the path as it winds it way [...]
Making a difference this holiday seasonI just got word from the Food Bank of South Jersey and I have some very good news to share with friends of Sustainable Cherry Hill!   Last weekend’s  Food Drive — an effort co-Sponsored by Sustainable Cherry Hill — raised over 1,700 pounds of nutritious food  JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!  Braving the bone-chilling [...]
“It’s In Our Power” – Make Energy Choice a RealityThe maze of energy choice options is clearer following Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Green Building/Business Task Force seminar at the Cherry Hill Library December 1. Nearly 100 participants along with presenters and event sponsors participated in the public forum, “Energy Choice: It’s in Your Power.” Participants learned the ABC’s of energy choice from “how to read [...]
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