The Sustainable South Jersey annual Earth Festival is the largest eco-event in South Jersey and draws 5000 visitors. This year’s theme is: Reduce Plastic – Fantastic! This family-friendly event features: bike ride (8:30am), bike valet parking, entertainment, healthy food for purchase (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, too), outdoor arts & crafts, earth-friendly vendors and organizations, perennial plant swap, free tree seedlings (while supply lasts), recycle-upcycle depot drop-off, plastic-cap kids-craft, reusable water bottle refills, and Flying Fish Sustainable Sips (aged 21+) and more. This is an all-weather FREE event.
Presenting sponsors: LourdesCare of Cherry Hill, Hutchinson-Expertly Better
Partners: Cherry Hill Township, Cherry Hill School District
Bike ride support: Erlton Bike Shop
Bike valet support: Courier Post
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Greens! Greens! Greens!
SJ Seed Circle Library will have seeds for early season varieties like green leafy vegetables. Be sure to stop by to get your seeds for garden produce that can be planted now. Someone will be on hand to answer your gardening questions. Free and open to the public. Bring a friend!
Collingswood Library, 771 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ
FOR MORE INFO: call (856) 425-2221 or click here.
This wooded island in the Delaware River is truly an urban oasis for woodland, wading and shore birds. Learn some interesting history along the way and discover how this industrial port is transforming into a wildlife sanctuary. Registration is REQUIRED for this trip. Details are given upon registration. Register here.
It’s on Saturday, September 21
7:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Petty’s Island, 36th Street and Harrison Avenue, Pennsauken Township, NJ
Led by Emily Wilmouth, Environmental Educator
Enjoy conversation, networking and educational speakers.
Three leaders in sustainability will be speaking (10 minute lightning talks):
1. Julia Mooney, teacher and creator of the “One Outfit, 100 Days Project” discusses how she wore the same dress to school for 100 days to raise awareness of Fast Fashion (as seen on Good Morning America and USA Today): See https://www.instagram.com/oneoutfit100days for more information.
2. Lori Braunstein, Outreach Manager, Environmental Leadership Program (and founder of Sustainable Cherry Hill) will discuss a transformative environmental education program.
3. Jeff Quattrone, Founder, Library Seed Bank, artist and Leader, Slow Food’s Ark of Taste Project.
2. Lori Braunstein, Outreach Manager, Environmental Leadership Program (and founder of Sustainable Cherry Hill) will discuss a transformative environmental education program.
3. Jeff Quattrone, Founder, Library Seed Bank, artist and Leader, Slow Food’s Ark of Taste Project.
Free appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages provided by Sustainable South Jersey.
Free and open to public. Please register here.
Hosted by Sustainable South Jersey (formally Sustainable Cherry Hill) and Tri-County Sustainability Alliance.
Join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance for the 14th annual “Line on the Pines” on Sunday, March 10th from 11 am to 4 pm. This Pinelands education at Stockton University is a very special chance to meet Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans. Over eighty Pine Barrens artists will sign their books, display their artwork, play music and share their love of the Pine Barrens. Bring your children to the “Lines on the Pines for Kids” area! Click here for more information.
Location: Stockton University Campus Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205.
Please join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance on Saturday, March 9th starting at 9 am for this daylong educational event at Stockton University featuring lectures, field trips and music. Topics include weather, geology, hiking, blueberries and cranberries, plants, birds, frogs and toads, snakes, and much more! PPA staff Dr. Ryan Rebozo, will lead a field trip to the pygmy pine plains. Pinelands Adventures staff will also be leading a bus trip and giving a talk. Location: Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205. The cost is $50. For more information and to register click here.