Greener Bloomfield » Hybrids http://greenerbloomfield.org Greener living, working, and community in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Celebrate at Dec. 3 Meeting! http://greenerbloomfield.org/2009/11/celebrate-at-dec-3-meeting/ http://greenerbloomfield.org/2009/11/celebrate-at-dec-3-meeting/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:20 +0000 John http://greenerbloomfield.org/?p=599 We have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for. Instead of our usual last-Thursday-of-the-month Greener Bloomfield meetings, which would fall on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, we’re going to combine them into one “Celebrate!” meeting on Thursday, December 3, 7:30 pm, at the Bloomfield Civic Center. (Repeat: NO MEETING NOVEMBER 26 OR DECEMBER 24!)

SNJ logo_Bloomfield150_editedWe’ll celebrate Bloomfield’s Sustainable Jersey certification, a great accomplishment due to the volunteer work of our Greener Bloomfield members, friends on the Recycling Committee and other local organizations, and our elected officials and department heads! We’ll celebrate Bloomfield’s first hybrid police and fire vehicles! We’ll celebrate the holidays with a discussion on greening the holidays with Erin Ihde! And we’ll have some festive refreshments as we enjoy getting together one last time in a fulfilling 2009!

Erin Ihde, a Research/Project Manager for The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, has written about getting to a greener holiday in the latest Bloomfield Buzz. She asks that we come to the discussion with some ideas to share to make the holidays greener.

]]> http://greenerbloomfield.org/2009/11/celebrate-at-dec-3-meeting/feed/ 0 Feb 26 Meeting Inspires Many to Action http://greenerbloomfield.org/2009/03/feb-26-meeting-inspires-many-to-action/ http://greenerbloomfield.org/2009/03/feb-26-meeting-inspires-many-to-action/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:57:19 +0000 John http://greenerbloomfield.org/?p=249 At Greener Bloomfield’s February 26 meeting, over 20 residents participated at the Civic Center meeting room. First, John Palomaki presented the Sustainable Jersey program and website, which officially launched earlier that day. Councilman Nick Joanow described a field trip that several town administrators, John Palomaki, and he took to Westwood, NJ, a town that uses vegetable oil from local restaurants to produce biodiesel and has added 2 hybrid police vehicles and a DPW SUV to its fleet, saving thousands of dollars in fuel costs. Nick also invited everyone to an event at 7:00 pm on March 10 at the Civic Center with Dr. Nicholas Smith-Sebasto, a Montclair State professor who has implemented an aerobic food waste composting process that can consume 2 tons of food daily and yields nutrient-rich compost. Finally, the group “greenstormed” on the Earth Day event Greener Bloomfield is co-sponsoring with the Bloomfield Recycling Committee on May 2 at Brookside Park, with members volunteering for a variety of committees. More details will be provided in separate posts.

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