Sustainable Jersey

Attention Municipalities: If you are submitting a certification application in 2025, register for our 2025 Municipal Certification Webinar! This webinar will cover the cycle timeline, certification requirements, managing your application, new and updated actions, and tips for a successful application. Don't miss this chance to get ahead of the February 23 deadline for your municipal certification application! #SustainableJerseyCertified Register here: bit.ly/2025MuniCertWebinar

New Sustainability Hero: Congratulations Kira Sikorski, Franklin Township Public Schools Coordinator of School-Based Green Teams ▶Read more: https://bit.ly/SJHero_Dec Kira Sikorski has been an educator at the Franklin Park Elementary School for 22 years and serves as the Franklin Township Public Schools coordinator of the school-based green teams. In this role, she has led nine of the ten schools in the district to achieve Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification with three of the schools at the silver-level and six of the schools achieving a Digital School Star as part of their certification. Five district schools were awarded grants by Sustainable Jersey for Schools in 2023/2024, totaling $18,000. #SJhero

#NJStudentClimateChallenge: Earn up to a $2,500 grant for your school to support climate education efforts. 🟢Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d3kvJ8Aw. Student team entries due on April 9, 2025.

Are you ready for a challenge? The #NJStudentClimateChallenge is open to NJ public school students in grades 6 to 12. Guided by their teacher, students work in small groups to complete a project that addresses a cause or impact of climate change and share what they have accomplished in a short video. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d3kvJ8Aw 

New Sustainability Hero: Congratulations Joann Held, Chair of the Hopewell Valley Green Team. ▶Read more: https://bit.ly/SJHero_Nov   For almost 50 years, Joann Held has worked to protect and enhance the environment through education, advocacy and regulation. Known as the ‘queen of green,’ Joann is a sustainability hero who has made a significant impact in Mercer County and across New Jersey. Joann worked at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for 26 years, specializing in air quality issues. She is the chair of the Hopewell Valley Green Team, which includes the communities of Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough. A 45 year resident of Pennington Borough, Joann is a member of the Pennington Borough Environmental Commission and the chair of the Pennington Farmers Market.

NEWS: Sustainable Jersey presented Helpsy with the 2024 Sustainable Business Leadership Award, in recognition of the company’s significant commitment to the core sustainability principles of people, planet and prosperity, along with strong support for values that the Sustainable Jersey program advances. Helpsy accepted the award at Sustainable Jersey’s Annual Luncheon at the New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference. Read the release: https://lnkd.in/eDptDFph #sustainablebusiness #clothesarenttrash #circularfashion #textilewaste Helpsy®

Today, Sustainable Jersey announced the recipients of the 2024 Annual Awards and recognized the 78 towns that achieved certification in 2024. A capacity crowd filled the Crown Ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic City to celebrate the top municipalities and their work. 🟢Read the news: https://lnkd.in/e-aJk5PW 🔵Read about the awards: https://lnkd.in/eBfjn3vg

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities presented an award of $200,000 to the Borough of Madison yesterday. The grant is part of the NJBPU’s Community Energy Plan Implementation (CEPI) Grant Program to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of the Hartley Dodge Memorial and the 200-year-old Borough Hall. Press Release: https://bit.ly/3Z8JYZC

Attention K-5 educators!  🌱Discover 18 new unit plans now available on our New Jersey Climate Education Hub - including 9 new bilingual (Spanish and English) unit plans. These unit plans focus on cross-cultural climate solutions and the human connection to the natural world, with the goal of fostering civic engagement, climate activism, and environmental stewardship. Explore, inspire, and educate! 🌎✨ Explore the resources here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dk8_k8t2 Sustainable Jersey #ClimateEducation #BilingualResources #K5Teachers #EnvironmentalStewardship

Don't miss the Sustainable Jersey Sessions at the New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM) Conference in Atlantic City. Read about the sessions: https://lnkd.in/eaCQUD-X Register for the Sustainable Jersey Luncheon: https://lnkd.in/dPgqHgJd #SustainableJersey #njleague #municipalawards ‎