Hello Friends,

As the Coordinator for the Green Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities Fair portion of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s 2009 Green Ventures Conference, I’m writing to invite you to participate in the Fair, to held on Thursday, May 21, from 4 to 8 p.m.  The Fair is part of the Conference, entitled “Jumpstarting the New Green Economy ,” running from May 19-21 at FDU’s College at Florham in Madison, NJ.

We are inviting businesses, business associations, government agencies, nonprofits, and recruiters to participate. In addition to the more than 400 conference attendees, admission to the Fair will be free to the public, and we are expecting a large number of people. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with people who want to shift their careers in this new, challenging, and exciting direction, and to establish your company or organization as a leader in the new economy.

For exhibitors in the Jobs Fair, there is a $125 suggested donation to help defray costs, which will include a table, exposition space, and refreshments.

Of course, you are also welcome to register for the full three-day conference - either as an exhibitor at our Green Expo or as an attendee. Please act now, because our Early Bird rate will be ending soon.

Note: Any organizations that sign up for the full Conference or Expo ($225 Early Bird rate) are invited to stay for the Jobs and Opportunities Fair, and attend any conference sessions they wish.

For more information and to register, please visit http://GreenVenturesConference.org.

To just participate in the Green Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities Fair, please contact me directly: robbkushner@gmail.com or 973-763-8844.

Thanks,

Robb Kushner

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robbkushner@gmail.com
973-763-8844

From: Joann Held <joannheld@comcast.net>
Hopewell Valley Green Net Coordinator

Hopewell Valley Green Market
April 17th and 18th
at the Masonic Hall and the Hopewell Train Station

The second Hopewell Valley Green Market opens with a family-friendly evening, April 17, 2009, at the Masonic Hall, 88 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ. Come at 7 PM to hear an educational talk from NJ State Beekeeper Bob Hughes and enjoy honey ice cream from The Bent Spoon, followed by a screening of Seinfeld’s hilarious but poignant Bee Movie. The film, talk, and ice cream will cost you nothing. If the weather proves unseasonably warm, the event will take place on the grass outside the Historic Train Station, 1 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ.

Events the next day (Saturday, April 18, 2009) run from 10 AM-3 PM. Earth Day occurs four days later, and Arbor Day two days after that, but this event will celebrate simply Emersonian self-reliance. There will be an emphasis on living frugally and sustainably through home-made, hand-made items. Famed traditions expert Meg Cox will join the Pennington Quilt Works in a How To Quilt exhibit and demonstration. Christine Toto from Around the Table will show how to make salad dressing. Internet sensation Leila Darabi from Everydaytrash.com will be present to help us rethink waste. There will be displays by some of the area’s most highly-regarded artisans and crafters, as well as demonstrations by local merchants of wool spinning, drum carding, pot throwing, and how-to-build-a-birdhouse, how-to-make-bird-seed (both dry and suet), how-to-make-pet-food, how-to-grow-a-biodynamic-garden, how-to-make-soup, how-to-can/preserve, how-to-needlefelt, how-to-make-an-awesome totebag-with-only-plastic-grocery-bags-and-an-iron-and-possibly-a-sewing-machine. There will be alpacas to pet and chickens to hold and fresh eggs to inspect. Sterling Planet will be there to sign up residents for clean power. Terracycle will demonstrate their best-selling creations built from recycled drink pouches, yogurt cups, and granola wrappers. Photo Haven will take your picture with the Lorax and Horton the Elephant. All of this, plus much more, including live music, games, and possibly a glimpse into the future of electric cars, will be free of charge.

In addition, there will be hot meals for sale (made by many of Hopewell’s finest restaurants) as well as seedlings, trees, cut flowers, vegetables, green products, and instant garden kits.

We’ll be posting a schedule of events soon. Please use the contact form if you’re curious about participating or if you want to volunteer.

See you there!
Tom Adelman
Chairman, Hopewell Valley Green Market

If You Think of Yourself…

…as a sustainability activist at all, you will want to make sure you save the dates for an amazing event to take place June 5-6 on the campus of Rider University in Lawrence Township.

Entitled “Stoking Our Sustainability Fire”, this event seeks to build, strengthen and expand the growing sense of community those concerned with this challenge, Nonprofit leaders, business people, municipal officials, religious leaders, farmers, teachers — it won’t matter what you do.  If you’re serious about moving your community, organization or neighborhood deep into the 21st century as a truly sustainable place to be — you want to be with us.

Spend this time coming together, delving into the diversity that is the sustainability community, and learning more about how to live the practice, extend the message, and make real the powerful, positive vision of sustainable life in which you have come to believe so strongly.

Sponsored by a large number of organizations in education, faith, business, and community activism, folks from Sustainable Lawrence will be there in numbers.   Executive Director Ralph Copleman will be leading an all-day track on leadership for sustainability.  SL Board Chair David Prescott will convene the event.  SL founder Pam Mount will also lead a session.

It’s workshops.  It’s community-building.  It could be life-changing.  It’s a celebration, too.

You’ll start seeing full details soon.  In the meantime, mark down the information you see here, and contact us with any questions.

P.S. Forward this e-mail to anyone you think may be interested.  Thank you.

“Stoking the Sustainability Fire” Key Info…  http://www.sustainablelawrence.org/

TCNJ will be hosting a wide variety of activities on campus as part of the National Teach-in on Global Warming on Thursday, February 5, 2009. The schedule of events for the day follows.

All members of the TCNJ community and the public are invited. More details will be posted to http://www.tcnj.edu/climate/nationalteach.html as they are available. The National Teach-In website is: http://www.nationalteachin.org/.

Times, Activities, and Locations

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. National Teach-In Day Video. ½ hour video shown in multiple venues around campus:  School of Business monitors, Brower Student Center lobbies and residence hall lounges.  Also on TCNJ Cable channel #20

11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. “Green Fair” in Brower Student Center atrium : green careers, compact fluorescent light bulb distribution, greening IT, recycling at TCNJ, Environmental Studies Concentration, President’s Climate Commitment Committee, Poster sessions and others.

11:30 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. Plate Scrape in Eickhoff , Eickhoff Dining Hall

11:30 a.m. – 12 noon. Plenary Speaker: NJ DEP Commissioner Mark Mauriello, Brower Student Center 202E

12:15 – 2 p.m. Faculty Panel: “Climate Change : Where do we go from here?” Mort Winston (Philosophy), Nate Magee (Physics), Marty Bierbaum (MLUC), Matt Bender (History), Brower Student Center BSC 202E.

12:15 -1 p.m. “Introducing Sustainable Jersey: A Better Tomorrow, One Community at a Time,” Donna Drewes, MLUC, Brower Student Center 210

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Demonstration test drives in Smart ForTwo Cars, Brower Student Center parking lot 2A

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. TRashion Show: Teams of students will make outfits from trash and compete to win prizes, Forcina Hall 134

When: January 30th, 2009

Time: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome from NJHEPS and Kohler Sponsored Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Doug Shattuck, NJ Clean Energy Program,  SmartStart Buildings Energy Efficiency Incentives
9:30 – 10:00 Michael Wironen, Ecology & Environment, Using the “Green Ride” Ride Sharing Program in Higher Education
10:00 – 10:30 Wayne Lahey, Pepco Energy Services, Higher Education Case Studies- Reducing Energy Costs, Improving Reliability, and Upgrading Energy Efficiency
10:30 – 11:00 Mike Fischette, the Concord Group, Performance Contracts and Power Purchase Agreements in Higher Education
11:00 – 11:30 Mike Kornitas, Rutgers University, The New Rutgers Visitors Center and Solar Energy PV Array Projects
11:30 – 12:00 Soltage, Jesse Grossman, Solar Solutions for NJ Higher
Education While Creating Clean Jobs in New Jersey
12:00 - 12:30  Lunch and Networking
12:30 – 1:30 Thomas J. McGeachen PPPL/USGBC, The New LEED Standards
1:30 – 2:30 Bill Bobenhausen, Sustainable Design Collaborative, Using the New LEED Standards Impact on Higher Education & NJHEPS Guidelines

**Bill Bobenhausen will provide AIA credits for his presentation**

NJHEPS encourages the use of public transportation.  NJIT is located off the Newark City Subway’s Warren Street stop.
Parking available in NJIT Parking Lot 7.

Please Register Now: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=171814

Dear Friends,
Get the straight facts on how to be sustainble at home.  Free.
“GREENER DAYS” WORKSHOPS
TWO FREE PROGRAMS BY SUSTAINABLE LAWRENCE
January 29 and February 5 (7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

Lawrence Branch Library, Darrah Lane and US Route 1
The people, businesses, and institutions of Lawrence Township are going “green”, and Sustainable Lawrence, since 2005, has been leading the way.

Spend an evening (or two) with Ralph Copleman, Executive Director and co-founder of Sustainable Lawrence.  Learn how to practice sustainability at home and save money as you do.  Find out what people in your community are doing to meet the greatest challenge facing all of us in the twenty-fist century.

Session 1 (Thursday evening, 1/29) will cover the sustainability story in Lawrence Township, what people all over town are already doing, how the organization started, and what municipal government, public schools, and others are doing to contribute.

Session 2 (Thursday evening, 2/5) takes a close look at ways to be green and save money at home.  We’ll cover energy use, appliances, food shopping, water conservation, composting, and more.  Bring your questions (as well as your suggestions).

Attend either or both sessions.
You’ll learn new ways
to get involved, save money
and be part of town-wide changes.

NO PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Join us for either or both evenings.

For additional information
Contact Sustainable Lawrence or the Lawrence Branch Library

Ralph Copleman
Sustainable Lawrence

Stakeholder input on the draft of the Global Warming Response Act
Recommendation Report is critical, and to facilitate this, the State is
conducting six stakeholder meetings between Jan. 6 and Jan. 16, as
listed below. To attend, RSVP by Dec. 31, 2008 via this e-mail:
rsvp-ghg@dep.state.nj.us. Please identify the meeting(s) you plan to
attend. More information and agendas will be distributed before the
meetings. Please share this information with those who might be
interested in participating.

Meeting Schedule

Green Buildings, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the DEP
Public Hearing, First floor, 401 East State Street, Trenton.

Industry, Electric Generation Units, Waste and Water, Wednesday, Jan. 7,
2009 from 9 a.m. to noon, Department of Personnel multi-purpose room,
first floor, 44 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton.

Terrestrial Sequestration and Agriculture, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 from 9
a.m. to noon, DEP Public Hearing Room.

Transportation (vehicles. fuels and infrastructure), Monday, Jan. 12,
2009 from 9 a.m. to noon, DEP Public Hearing Room.

Land Use/Transportation Planning. Wed., Jan. 14, 2009 from 1 to 4 p.m.,
DOT multi-purpose room, first floor, 1035 Parkway Avenue in Trenton.

Non-CO2 Highly Warming Gases, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 from 9 a.m. noon,
DEP Public Hearing Room.

To receive more EMP news and announcements, please join the listerv at:
http://nj.gov/emp/home/subscribe.html

Findings for the appliances found in my room:

• Lap-top: 24 watts while on
• Lap-top on stand-by: 0 watts
• Standing floor lamp (3-way bulb, at brightest): 90 watts
• I-home player: 4 watts
• cell phone charger while off: 0 watts
• cell phone charger on: 1 watt, 0 when fully charged
• TCNJ desk lamp with regular bulbs: 112 watts!!!! (56 watts for one bulb)
• TCNJ desk lamp with CFLs: 28 watts (both lights on)
• String of 50 small Christmas lights: 18 watts
• String of 50 small Christmas lights (energy-saving): 11 watts
• Small TV: 47 watts
• DVD player: 7 watts

I find this extremely beneficial because the most important finding is that switching your lightbulbs to energy-saving CFLs really makes a difference. The important thing to remember is while CFLs will last for years, they need to be returned to the store where they were bought, or recycled in a proper container at a recycling center once they go out. The EPA also details steps to take if one of the bulbs break; they are a potential hazard in large quantities because of the small traces of mercury in the bulbs. Just one is not damaging, but hundreds of them in a landfill could be potentially hazardous. Main message: recycle your CFLs after use!

It is also important to remember to turn off your lights if you are out of the room for more than 10 minutes, and be aware of appliances left on!

Useful links:

http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/index.htm#fluorescent

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls

Save the dates for the Princeton Environmental Film Festival

January 2-11, 2009

Greetings from the Princeton Environmental Film Festival!

The festival goal is to use film as a medium to encourage discussion about the environment, raise awareness about environmental issues and concerns, and stimulate community action to develop make more environmentally sustainable choices and create more livable communities.

We are pleased to announce this initial selection of films, talks and workshops.

Please stay tuned for additional film selections, announcements, updates and a complete schedule.