Greener Bloomfield

Montclair’s Environmental Affairs office and Community Green present the first offering of 2010’s monthly Green Film Series: a double-feature examining a fundamental element of modern American culture – the creation and disposal of what we call “waste.”

The screening will be hosted at the Montclair Public Library’s Main Branch, 50 South Fullerton Avenue tonight, Thursday, January 21st at 6:30 p.m. All events at the Library are free. The Green Film Series continues throughout 2010, on the third Thursday of each month. This year’s first film, “The Story of Stuff”

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: Events, Local groups, Recycling, Waste | Category: Events | Leave a comment

The Great West Essex Toy Swap on Sunday, February 21, is an opportunity to bring your old toys to exchange for different toys your kids will love.

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: Events, Local groups, Recycling, Waste | Category: Events, Recycling | Leave a comment

Bloomfield can recycle in style with new recycling containers in the town’s public spaces. Bloomfield Department of Public Works, in partnership with the Bloomfield Recycling Committee, has launched a new, cost-free public space recycling program.
Baristanet reports that the program, launched with Creative Outdoor Advertising of America (”COA”), “is designed to enhance the township’s recycling [...]

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: Bloomfield, Recycling, Recycling Committee, Waste | Category: Bloomfield Township Gov't, Recycling | Leave a comment

Happy New Year! In the January 14 Bloomfield Life, Greener Bloomfield coordinator John Palomaki wrote the Public Square column and offered some New Year’s Resolutions for Bloomfield, focused mostly on sustainability.

January 14th, 2010 | Tags: Anti-Idling, Bloomfield, Food, Green Building, Ideas, Local Government, Local press, Open space, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste | Category: Bloomfield Township Gov't, Featured, Green Building, Recycling | Comments (1)

Bloomfield Township is one of only 47 communities in New Jersey to complete its application for Sustainable Jersey certification. The application, submitted by Greener Bloomfield coordinator John Palomaki on behalf of the Township, is currently being reviewed by Sustainable Jersey.

October 14th, 2009 | Tags: Anti-Idling, Bloomfield, Events, Green Building, Green Fest, Greener Bloomfield, Local Government, Recycling, Redevelopment, Sustainability, Sustainable Jersey, Water | Category: Bloomfield Township Gov't, Featured | 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

 
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 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 [...]

March 1st, 2009 | Tags: Biodiesel, Composting, Earth Day, Greenstorming, Hybrids, Recycling, Recycling Committee, Sustainable Jersey | Category: Bloomfield Township Gov't, Composting, Earth Day 2009, Events, Food, Meetings | Leave a comment

Despite the snow and the date change, an enthusiastic group participated in the Greener Bloomfield meeting on Feb. 3. Most of the discussion centered around the Sustainable Jersey program, a certification system for municipalities going green, which officially launches on February 26. We also discussed ideas for an Earth Day event. You can also read [...]

February 16th, 2009 | Tags: Earth Day, Green Fest, Local press, Recycling, Redevelopment, Sustainable Jersey | Category: Earth Day 2009, Events | Leave a comment