Greener Bloomfield

Visit Greener Bloomfield at this weekend’s Harvest Fest and get a free compact fluorescent lightbulb from Project Porchlight!

September 18th, 2009 | Tags: Anti-Idling, Green Fest, Greener Bloomfield, Lighting, Project Porchlight, Water | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

You like STUFF? 
Want to know where STUFF comes from? 
Where STUFF goes when it turns to trash? 
And what it does along the way?
Join our regular Greener Bloomfield meeting on Thursday, May 28, 7pm at the Bloomfield Civic Center, 84 Broad Street, where we’ll have a screening of “The Story of Stuff”, a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the [...]

May 20th, 2009 | Tags: Green Fest, Meetings, Recycling, Sustainable Jersey, Waste | Category: Events, Featured, Green Fest, Meetings, Recycling | Leave a comment

…and so did about 200 people to the Bloomfield Green Fest on Saturday, May 2, at Brookside Park. After a slightly soggy beginning, the sun brought more good cheer and more people, and some didn’t want to leave! Those who attended enjoyed finding out about the organizations and green businesses there. The kids had a [...]

May 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Composting, Earth Day, Energy, Events, Green Fest, Greener Bloomfield, Lighting, Recycling | Category: Composting, Earth Day 2009, Energy, Events, Green Fest, Recycling | Leave a comment

Please join us four our regular Greener Bloomfield meeting on Thursday, April 30, at 7:00 p.m., at the Bloomfield Civic Center at 84 Broad Street (downstairs). All are welcome. Please forward to others you know who may be interested. We meet on the last Thursday of each month. On the agenda for the meeting: 

Bloomfield Green Fest: final [...]

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: Events, Green Fest, Meetings, Sustainable Jersey | Category: Events, Green Fest, Meetings | Leave a comment

 
Celebrate and learn about sustainable living, working, and community at the Bloomfield Green Fest on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Brookside Park.  This event continues Earth Day festivities locally and focuses on energy conservation and respect for the environment.

See exhibits from over 40 local businesses and organizations
Hear guest speakers [...]

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: Bloomfield, Earth Day, Events, Green Fest, Greener Bloomfield, Homes, Recycling, Recycling Committee, Sustainability | Category: Earth Day 2009, Energy, Events, Green Fest, Recycling | Leave a comment

Today is Earth Day! (We’re extending it through to our Bloomfield Green Fest on May 2 at Brookside Park.) Remember: reduce, reuse, recycle. Use your own reusable grocery bags. Ban plastic water bottles from your life – use a reusable bottle. Try to go meatless at least one day/week. Buy organic when you can. When you have to drive, [...]

April 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Earth Day, Green Fest, Ideas, Recycling | Category: Earth Day 2009, Events, Green Fest, Recycling | Leave a comment

At the Bloomfield Green Fest, 86 people signed up to express their interest in joining the Greener Bloomfield organization and helping our community go green! If you didn’t get a chance to sign up at Green Fest, please leave a comment with your name and contact information, and we’ll add you to the list!

September 29th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest, Greener Bloomfield, Organization | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

An excellent article in the September 25 issue of The Independent Press of Bloomfield captured the excitement of the first Bloomfield Green Fest. If you don’t have the paper, you can read the article online at LocalSource.com.

September 29th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest, Local press | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

The first Bloomfield Green Fest was by all accounts a huge success. At Green Fest, held during Bloomfield’s annual Harvest Fest on September 20-21, 2008, about 1,000 people visited the 26 exhibitors, all local non-profit organizations and businesses focused on sustainability, to learn about recycling, composting, home energy efficiency audits and remodeling, and green products [...]

September 29th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

The first Bloomfield Green Fest received a nice preview write-up last week in The Independent Press of Bloomfield. Staff Writer Michael W. Curley, Jr., captured the excitement we had going into the event, and we’re looking forward to seeing this week’s write-up. The article isn’t on their website any longer, but I’ve posted it after the [...]

September 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest, Local press | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

The first Bloomfield Green Fest got off to an outstanding start with a steady stream of visitors to the 17 exhibitors’ tables. Everyone was pleased, from the event organizers to the vendors and non-profits, the visitors, and even Bloomfield’s Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Council members who stopped by. On Sunday, Sept. 21, from noon to [...]

September 20th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

Every event like the Bloomfield Green Fest relies on volunteers to help keep things running smoothly. We’d appreciate your help with overall event setup, exhibitor set up, greeters, runners, clean-up, and more. If you’d like to volunteer, click on the “more” link to find out how.

September 17th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment

Can’t wait for the Bloomfield Green Fest? Help us promote it by printing and posting some flyers! We want to make sure everyone in Bloomfield and surrounding communities knows about it so they can visit our exhibits and learn more about going green.

September 16th, 2008 | Tags: Green Fest | Category: Events, Green Fest | Leave a comment