Already a Sustainable Jersey Bronze Community, Madison Goes for Silver Certification
The Madison Environmental Commission has just completed its Natural Resource Inventory (NRI), one of the selective steps to achieve the next level of Sustainable Jersey Certification.
NRIs are inventories of a municipality’s  natural resources, which includes both descriptive, data, infographical and map based information of  environmental features. Data can include geology, hydrology, air quality, soils, vegetation, wildlife, open space, recycling, brownfields and relationships to the wider political and environmental region i.e. watershed and related compacts.  Maps are contained a separate document.
A Public Comment Session will be held during the Madison Environmental Commission’s November 3rd meeting, to be held at 7:30pm in the Committee Room on the second floor of the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building at 50 Kings Road in Madison, NJ.
Madison and other North Jersey communities may be receiving help on achieving their respective levels of Sustainable Jersey from North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority’s 2011-2012 work plan bears out.
Climate change skeptics still saving energy
Michele Byers, scion of environmental protection in NJ, writes a nice piece on how climate skeptics have still come around to saving energy.
This Sustainability Stuff is Hard…but worth it
Rutheford Borough, Bergen County just received a semi-clean bill of health for its community garden. Â It can plant, but should probably use raised beds. For more see here.
Facing Our Future – Report From CNJG
Situation is dire, claims the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. Their report claims with a nearly $16 billion shortfall by 2016 in combined school, local and state budget gaps.
The organizations web site claims that “The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers exists to strengthen and promote effective philanthropy throughout New Jersey.”
Some commentary on the report appears here.
Closter, Bergen County Green Team meeting
Attend on Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Closter Public Library at 280 High St. For more see here.
West Windsor, Mercer County Sustainable Jersey Silver Update
Among the items featured in this article, garbage trucks will now be required to use biodiesel fuel; and the contract costs less too.