SJC believes we get a lot of bang for our buck by installing Rain Gardens city-wide, especially since we are braiding community education and the arts into this campaign for more Green Infrastructure in Jersey City. Rain gardens provide many benefits to nature and local communities; don't underestimate their ability to transform our neighborhoods.
Read more here Rain Gardens nature.org
FLASH Funding Weekend!! From now until this $1000 pot runs dry, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation will match every donation dollar for dollar – turn $25 into $50!!
https://www.ioby.org/project/sjcs-rain-gardens-art-campaign
We are nearing the end of this campaign, and these matching dollars from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation can push us over the edge with your help! Contribute now!
Warm regards,
Sustainable Jersey City
SustainableJC.org
The U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) estimates that textile waste occupies nearly 5% of all landfill space. Ideally, there should be no textiles in our landfills. It almost seems like we are wired for a use and throw mindset which even prevents the user to see quality or value in currently owned items. The distancing of waste and landfills promotes a guilt free consumer economy. It is a norm to fashionably consume more and beyond the basic needs. This phenomenon has devastating effects on our Eco system not only in the terms of loss of resources but the accumulation of waste in our landfills.
Sustainable Jersey City is a catalyst organization that educates, empowers and activates community stakeholders, to make Jersey City NJ a more sustainable place to live and work.
Our vision is for Jersey City to become the greenest and most sustainable city in New Jersey, with community stakeholders that are educated about and committed to environmental, economic and social justice.
