sJC RESOURCES
Below we have provided references (links) to various sustainability topics, including discussion boards and infographics developed by some of SJC's Education Partners.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
New York City Housing Authority – GREEN, GREEN, GREEN !
Affordable Housing Preservation FAQs
Housing and Community Development Network of NJ
Center for Urban Pedagogy in NYC
Enterprise Green Communities Development Criteria
Enterprise Opportunity 360 Program - Affordable Housing
Public Purpose ESCO (Energy Service Companies) For Affordable Housing
Vermont Innovation Federal agency funds are available to support these.
NYC Retrofit Program Benefits Affordable Housing With Lower Energy & Water Costs
AGING IN PLACE aka SUSTAINABLE AGING
Creating Places To Age In NJ / Municipal Best Practices - NJ Future
Housing & Healthcare Collaboration MUST HAPPEN - Toolkit Now Available!
+ART
SJC believes that SUSTAINABILITY is a cultural conversation. We also believe that art and design have an integral role to play in the reinvention and transformation of Jersey City, towards a more sustainable and climate change resilient live / work place. For each of our project initiatives, we have a +ART component, holding participating artists as dynamic co-creators of urban design solutions that work with nature, rather than against it.
Art, Architecture and Design: Transforming Place in Global Cities
Gary Snyder - poet laureate of 'Deep Ecology'
MEDIA ARTS
Residence On Earth
SJC's Rain Gardens +ART Campaign
BIODIVERSITY
NWF Eco Schools Biodiversity Learning Pathway
BIOMIMICRY
Applied To Neighborhood Redesign
Applied To Org Structures For Business, Citizen Led Initiatives
BUILDINGS - See GREENER BUILDINGS below
BUSINESS
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
CSR Reporting - Free Subscription (SJC Favorite - Elaine Cohen is VERY Funny!)
MITSloan Management 2014 Report - Collaboration & Leadership For Sustainability
CSR For Small & Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)
Schneider Electric - Energy Consultant
ShopRite - Sustainability & ShopRite (2015)
BCorps - Social Enterprise Corporations
BCorps - BE The Impact Metrics
GREENING YOUR BUSINESS
Measuring Success -
SBDC NJ - Free Tech Support on Greening Your Business
US Small Business
Small Business Guide to Recycling - NJ State Chamber of Commerce
Smart Steps Greening Guide by US EPA - Small / Medium Size Biz Focus
Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification Program Resources
Woodbridge Chamber of Commerce - Recycling Resources
[TRY THIS - google chamber of commerce nj, recycling - you'll get a listing of what some of the other municipalities and counties have posted as resources]
>>> NJ -Green Business Development Partner Programs
Green Business Recognition Program - Sustainable Jersey / Green Seal
Municipal Models - (also see NJ Municipal Government below and Green Economic Development, Green Infrastructure / Municipal Best Practices above - )
Eco-Friendly Guide for Airbnb Hosts
CARBON FARMING
CARBON FOOTPRINTS
US EPA Calculator for HOME Carbon Footprints
Business Operations Carbon Footprint Calculator - CarbonFund.org
Commercial Building Carbon Footprint Calculator Options
Municipal
CITIZEN SCIENCE
CITY OF JERSEY CITY
City of Jersey City Masterplans
UPDATES - JC Resiliency Master Plan and new Flood Zone Ordinance for JC
JC Ward Map - City Planning / HEDC
2011 Sustainable Jersey Certification - SILVER
2014 Sustainable Jersey Certification - BRONZE
2017 Sustainable Jersey Certification - SILVER
2018 Resilient Design Handbook
JC Make It Green - Office of Sustainability
What is an Environmental Resource Inventory
2015 Jersey City Tree Canopy Study (satellite images, analysis, recommendations)
Jersey City Environmental Commission Municipal Action Recommendations for Stormwater Management Best Practices / Tom Gibbons, JCEC Chair 2011 (not implemented yet)
Mar 2017 Development Map of Jersey City - Jersey Digs
Nov 2014 Jersey City Report On Housing In JC
NEW PERFORMANCE METRICS COMING TO MUNICIPALITIES IN 2016
>>>Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification Program
CITY OF JERSEY CITY Green Policies - are we enforcing these?
2011 Environmental Commission Recommendations - LID & More Green Infrastructure / has not been implemented.
Current Jersey City Stormwater Management Ordinance 02 2015 (update passed by Council in 2017 still not implemented)
Jersey City Parks & Forestry Division
Jersey City Forestry Standards (loophole allows for removal of mature trees if replaced with saplings)
Jersey City Tree Ordinance (loophole allows for tree removal for ‘improvements’ to public access venues)
** SEARCH JERSEY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE FOR UPDATES HERE
Mayor Fulop’s Transition Report
Mayor’s Quality of Life Task Force
CLIMATE CHANGE / CITIES (Also See Resilience Below)
Climate Adaptation
Cities Responsible For Almost 70% of Global Emissions
Climate Central - Cities Designed Like Ecosystems Offer Untold Gains !
CLIMATE CLOCK - HUMAN IMPACTS LAB
CLIMATE MAYORS 2017 - ACTIONS US CITIES ARE TAKING TO SUPPORT THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT JC IS A SIGNATORY BUT HAS NOT YET ADDED THEIR ACTION PLAN (Jersey City SIGNTATORY)
GLOBAL COVENANT OF MAYORS - (Jersey City SIGNATORY)
Climate Security Thinktank - SECURITY SUSTAINABILTY FORUM.ORG
427 Four Twenty Seven Climate Risk Intelligence - Premier Economic Impact Analysis
JC Municipal Bonds will have a climate risk factor ascribed - Assessing Exposure to Climate Risk in U.S. Municipalities
Green Apps to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
GRACE Eco-Centric / Climate Change
2014 “Meet the Nexus” Guide - learn how food, water and energy systems are interconnected and be surprised by some of these great factoids !
New certification now available: LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities
See Jersey City Resiliency Masterplan and Climate Adaptation Masterplan
NRDC Climate Change Indicators NJ
NRDC Report on Water Related Impacts of Climate Change – NYC Metro Area Profiled
Planning For Sea Level Rise Adaptation at the Site Scale in New Jersey (NOAA)
Project Drawdown
Drawdown, book by Paul Hawken
The Drawdown Review - March 2020 Update on Top Solutions Available Now on Project Drawdown website
Schneider Electric infographic
2014 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (IPCC)
UPDATE 2018 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (IPCC)
Who Are The People Behind The IPCC ?
US EPA Local Climate Change Podcasts & Webcasts
** For more information on Municipal Certification Programs in NJ see Sustainable Jersey Certification Program below
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Campus Sustainability Resources
NYU's Citizen Science Initiative
Interdisciplinary Courses of Study
Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies, Ramapo College of NJ
Interdisciplinary Master of Fine Art for Sustainable Culture, University of Hartford, CT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Bergen and Hudson County Partnerships
Civic Action Training
Invisible.org - Indivisible is a nationwide movement of thousands of volunteer-led local groups that engage in progressive advocacy and electoral work at the local, state, and national level.
Conflict Mitigation Strategies - Inherent in Civic Action, Community Organizing, and Change Advocacy Work are conflicts between human beings who approach challenges from different points of view. It’s quite useful to develop skills that provide different approaches to bridging conflicts
Empathic World by Shig Matsukawa
Faith-based Organizations Take The Lead
CITIZEN SCIENCE
OpenTreeMap is an example of Citizen Science Crowdsourcing
Cooperatives, Learning Communities, Open Source, The Commons
Report on Collaborative Economy / Summary
Community Organizing - Coalition Building
5 Calls Tool To Have Community Voices Heard
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING & BUDGETING
The Participatory Budgeting Project
Expanding the reach of environmental research with Citizen Science
We The People 2.0 Movie Trailer
Tragedy of the Commons, Garret Hardin, 1968 Article
Tragedy of the Commons – Video
Participatory Process Design Guide
TAXES - Understand Tax Abatements & Property Taxes In Jersey City. With These EXCELLENT Infographics. Then consider what we don't have tax incentives for going GREEN - other Cities are doing it.
COMMUNITY HEALTH
Toolkits Database of Best Practices
Change Projects - Develop A Logic Model
The Lancet Countdown Project - Tracking Progress on Public Health & Climate Change
COMPLETE STREETS (>>> GREEN Complete Streets)
Smarth Growth America Green Complete Streets
CROWDFUNDING
many options in this fundraising space; SJC has partnered with ioby.org which is focused entirely on environmental projects and provides a charitable donations platform / tax deductions for donors; more info about how to get started here.
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING
Economic Development - Sustainability / Resiliency Focus (also see Green Economic Development and Green Infrastructure - Municipal Best Practices)
Real Estate Dev With Neighborhood Revitalization In Mind - Low Impact Development (LID) Opportunities - also see Green Infrastructure and Best Municipal Practices links below; City of Jersey City /JCEC white paper by Tom Gibbons, Chair 2011
Energy
EMISSIONS
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know - Articles by Union of Concerned Scientists
Open Source Smartphone App To Measure and Share Health & Environmental Data
Carbon Footprint - Measure Your Personal Impact To The Planet
AIR POLLUTION - CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP 5 HEALTH HAZARDS IN THE WORLD
Research
MOSS WALLS (An Innovative Solution)
https://hyperallergic.com/388340/a-moss-wall-with-the-pollution-eating-power-of-275-trees/ NOTE: $25K for 13 foot wall = pollution filtration benefits of 275 trees (City of JC charges $250 / tree to residents during tree planting season, i.e., $55K for 275 trees)
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/citytree-urban-pollution/index.html
2030 Architects - Energy Use by Sector + Emissions by Sector
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
ENERGY (CLEAN, RENEWABLE, ALTERNATIVE)
Governor Phil Murphy New Developing Energy Master Plan For The State Of New Jersey - 2019
Energy Efficiency Tips - HOME, WORK, AT SCHOOL, ON THE GO by ase.org
See also Greener Buildings section below
WHY TALLER BUILDINGS USE MORE ENERGY THAN LOWRISE BUILDINGS
CUT ENERGY USE IN LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BY 30% USING THESE TIPS
From Energy Monopoly To Energy Efficiency - Institute For Local Self Reliance
- Alternative Fuels
- Energy Aggregation (and NJ Clean Energy Choice)
- Solar Energy
Energy Efficiency Resource Sites and Orgs
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES
Partnership for Sustainable Communities
EVENT PLANNING
FOOD SYSTEMS
Ag Tech
Change Food (this is the new advocacy organization that has emerged from the TEDxManhattan 'Changing the Way We Eat') big FALL 2016 NYC Event Planned - stay tuned !
Food Routes – Buy Fresh Buy Local
FOOD SHARE- check out Ample Harvest
OCTOBER 2014 GOOD FOOD GUIDE JUST RELEASED - FOOD TANK / JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION
EAT WELL GUIDE Standards / GRACE
National Good Food Network Resource Center on FOOD HUBS
Seedstock Focus on Urban Food Enterprises
Table to Table Delivering Food to Those Who Need it Most
USDA Urban Ag Toolkit - new! Includes funding resources.
Wallace Center Food Hub Resource Center
FOOD WASTE REDUCTION
FOOD REUSE & RESCUE
Join The US EPA's Food Recovery Challenge !
EPA's Food Too Good To Waste (FTGTW) Consumer Toolkit
November 2014 Update on FTGTW
COMPOSTING
SJC Community Composting Initiative
Community Composting Best Management Practices - Institute for Local Self-Reliance - Full Report
Recycle ALL Food Waste Using the Bokashi Method (download brochure)
Video (great!) About Smiling Hogshead Ranch in Queens NY + BOKASHI (yes!) + Mycelium (yes!)
Why Ferment Food Waste & Reasons To Like Fungi - Understand The World of Microbes
Community Compost Company - residential and small business pick up services now available in Jersey City !
The Composting Collaborative / GreenBlue
Why Use COMPOST In Rain Gardens ?
University Food Waste Recycling Efforts
FUNDING
Grant Writing - Develop A Logic Model
Municipal Model For Impact Investing
GARDENING - a.k.a URBAN FARMING
DIY & ADVICE -
Tips From PORCH.com Home Improvements Professional Network -
FABULOUS Resource for Beginner Gardeners - Beginner’s vegetable garden, salad garden, herb garden, tomato garden, canning garden, salsa garden, northern and southern seed collections – downloadable pdf charts here.
FARMING CONCRETE Data Collection Tool
Jersey City Community Gardens Are Already Listed in the BARN !
Five Boro Farm Toolkit - Jersey City New Pilot Group For This !!
Green Food Solutions - Rooftops, Parking Lots, Schoolyards & More !
My City Garden - Jersey City's Carol Nissan's Garden Blog Site
Mushroom Cultivation Workshop with Sean Walsh, Permaculture Teacher
MYCOLOGY GURU - Paul Stamets, SIX WAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD
PONICS ! Aero / Hydro - what's next or what about DYI ? Ideas here
Square Foot Gardening Foundation
Urban Gardens and Soil Contaminants
WINDOWFARMS Based In Brooklyn - What Are These ?
GREENER BUILDINGS - Energy Efficient Buildings
2018 SJC Sponsored Energy Efficiency Building Operator Training
Business Case for Green Commercial Buildings
Green Walls
Here's where MOSS comes in - SJC's First Green Wall in JC; Partner JMA 2017, more to come in 2018 !
CityTree of Berlin, Germany will be in the US by 2020
>>>>>United States
2030 Architects - Energy Use by Sector + Emissions by Sector - BUILDINGS
Other Resources for Greener Buildings
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation - What's The Difference ?
Energy Efficiency For Commercial Building Sector - NRDC / NYU / CBRE
GLOSSARY - National Realtors Association (NRA) Green Buildings
NJ Clean Energy Direct Install Program For Commercial Buildings
NJ Clean Energy Program – Residential and Commercial Rebate Programs
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
NEW RELi Standard - Climate Change Impacts Focused Resiliency Standards Now In Play
FAVORITE GREEN ARCHITECT IN JERSEY CITY - JMA Jorge Mastropietro Atelier
FAVORITE GREEN DEVELOPER IN JERSEY CITY - HOBOKEN BROWNSTONE / George Vallone, President
>>>>>International
RAIN WATER HARVESTING - Designing Buildings Wiki UK
Greener Buildings Consulting Groups You May Want To Get To Know
Earthbilt based in Jersey City, NJ
Greener Buildings Materials / Suppliers
See also City of Jersey City above for related ordinances where Green Buildings are encouraged, not mandated.
GREEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
District Energy Initiatives As Economic Development Driver For Cities
- Municipal Economic Development Planning Models
Hudson County Planning Division NJ
May 2014 Presentation by Hudson County Planning at Sustainable JC Monthly Meeting
Camden County MUA Takes The Lead - Model For Jersey City
FORGING THE LINKLinking the Economic Benefitsof Low Impact Developmentand Community Decisions - A Study Conducted By the UNH Stormwater Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Antioch University New England LID-Economic-Benefits-Resource-Manual-2011
GAIA Institute - Greener Buildings / Green Infrastructure = Economic Benefits
City Of Trees Screening Sept 15, 2016 - NJCU Presentation by Dr. Paul Mankiewicz - Ecological Transformation of Urban Surfaces to Reduce Energy Costs, Peak Load Requirements with Green Jobs
Dr. Paul Mankiewicz BIO 2016
GREEN HOUSING / NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES
Enterprise Opportunity 360 Program - Affordable Housing
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - RAIN GARDENS, BIOSWALES, TREES, GREEN WALLS & GREEN ROOFS
START Community Outreach Presentation 2019 - municipal working group SJC participates on
Understand Difference Between Sewersheds & Watersheds
Why Use COMPOST In Rain Gardens ?
Center for Neighborhood Technology The Value of Green InfrastructureWetrofit Jobs Program
City of Jersey City
Jersey City Environmental Commission Municipal Action Recommendations forStormwater Management Best Practices / Tom Gibbons, JCEC Chair 2011 (not implemented yet)
Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JC MUA) - Stormwater Management & Water Care / Suez Water
Community Projects FIVE PROJECTS ANY COMMUNITY CAN DO TO REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF IN FIVE EASY STEPS – thanks for compiling this ioby !
The Green Infrastructure Center Non-Profit based in Virginia (Jersey City JCEC Partner); this is the org which completed Jersey City’s 2015 Tree Canaopy Study
New 2019 Report - Trees Role In Helping Cities Manage Stormwater - 12 Cities Documented
New York City Best Practices
MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE REFERENCES UNDER GREEN BUILDINGS & URBAN FORESTRY
ALSO SEE, SJC website page on Green Infrastructure
NJ DEP Green Infrastructure Resource Site Facts, Best Practices, Projects Underway
NJ DEP Municipal TOOLKITS
New NJDEP Resource: Communicating with your municipality about Environmental Justice
Green Infrastructure Designs: Scalable Solutions to Local Challenges (Delta Institute) This toolkit features a decision support tool and downloadable design templates for an array of practical green infrastructure projects that can be scaled to sites across a wide geography. Its objective is to help municipal managers and decision-makers begin the process of implementing green infrastructure in their communities.
A presentation by the NJDEP / NJ Future shows how water infrastructure improvements connect to what municipalities are already trying to accomplish. Advancing Multiple Municipal Objectives through the Combined Sewer Overflow Permit illustrates mutual benefits such as local jobs, redevelopment and community greening. See Ripple Effects Report.
NJ Future / NRDC
Port of Seattle WA Testing Large Scale Mobile Rain Gardens - love this!!
SOIL SCIENCE MATTERS IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN
US EPA’s New Green Infrastructure Strategy for Communities
Watersheds and Sewersheds - Why the difference matters
MUNICIPAL BEST PRACTICES - GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANS
CSO Supplemntal Team Resource - NJ DEP
Climate Change Model Ordinances - Columbia Law School
Sewage Free Streets NJ - Statewide Campaign
HOBOKEN - (District Model for Jersey City !)
Jersey City Green Infrastructure Masterplan - 2017
University Sourced
Ashwani Vashishth / Ramapo College
Rutgers Cooperative Research
Washington State University
Nebraska University
Native Plant Society of NEW JERSEY
Rain Garden Campaign in CAMDEN, NJ
Rain Garden Campaign in KANSAS, MO
Save The Rain Campaign in SYRACUSE, NY
Harvesting Rainwater – Calculators and more
NRDC Report – Capturing Rainwater From Rooftops
Washington DC Could be Jersey City !! and How They Did It ~
US EPA - Green Infrastructure & Water Infrastructure Roadmap Sites
GREEN MAP
SJC Map of Jersey City Parks & Schools (scroll down to K-12 Schools, Parks and Community Gardens of Jersey City
GREEN ROOFS
HOUSEHOLD ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING PRODUCTS
Earthworm Cleaning Products - Made in NJ !
HUDSON COUNTY
Hudson County Cultural Affairs & Tourism
Hudson County Planning Division
Hudson County Improvement Authority
INVESTING IN SUSTAINABILITY / Resiliency Strategies For Cities & College Campuses
Impact Investing - Why Measurements Are Important
Rockefeller Report - Impact Investing 101
Rockefeller Impact Investment Report - A New Type Of Business Model
Green Revolving Funds - College Campuses - ALSO APPLICABLE TO CITIES
US Infrastructure Funding Initiatives -
re:focus partners takes on working with REBUILD BY DESIGN Winning Cities Portfolio to engage the capital markets on project finance opportunities
RE:INVEST INITIATIVE - CITY REPORTS
GLOBAL Infrastructure Funding Initiatives -
LAND TRUSTS
MAPPING
MEDIA & CIVIL SOCIETY
Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies (also see Biomimicry above)
Energy Districts - Economic Development
NJ MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
NJ State League of Municipalities
>>>Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification Program
Technical Details to State of the NJ Sustainability Report - Data Sources, etal
Winning Municipalities Best Practices
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
NON-PROFIT RESOURCES
PHILANTHROPY
PERMACULTURE
Backyard Permaculture: 12-Step Program
Green STEM Using Permaculture Design Principles (SJC prefers STEAM = +ART !)
Center for BioRegional Living - Andrew Faust
Permaculture For Kids - SJC Sustainable Schools Initiative
Beyond Organic Design (BOD) (very excited about SJC collaboration with these Folks!)
Permaculture 101 - BOD Guest Speaker ppt - SJC Monthly Mtg April 7th 2015
Permaculture Design Concepts - Deep Green Permaculture
Permaculture Podcasts by Scott Mann !
Permaculture & Urban Ag in Canada
Principles of Permaculture by David Holmgren
Permaculture Reading List provided by Sean Walsh / Appleseed Permaculture NJ
Research Perspectives on Permaculture - Lieberation Ecology
SEED - Patterns In Permaculture
Global Permaculture Projects & Communities
Urban Permaculture Talks by Geoff Lawton - Permaculture Research Institute Founder
Great Video About Smiling Hogshead Ranch in Queens NY + BOKASHI (yes!)
Fermented Food Waste & Bioremediation - Why Ferment Food Waste & Reasons To Like Fungi - Understand The World of Microbes
Mushroom Cultivation Workshop with Sean Walsh, Permaculture Teacher
Be The Solution videos - Central Florida Urban Permaculture
Permaculture Network of New Jersey
RAIN GARDENS - SEE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE LINKS ABOVE
RECYCLING - REFUSE, REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE
Bag The Ban provides an interactive map that notes an active area of legislation for each state that has partially or wholly banned plastic bags.
Global Citizen - Take the pledge and say NO to plastic
Learn about the History of Plastics
Recycling Resources, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Veterans & Their Families Benefit - Recycle Cars, donate both working & non-working vehicles
“War on Plastics” details New Jersey’s current efforts to curb the plastic pollution problem
World Economic Forum - Learn about how microplastics affect human health
Global Green Building / Block Ambassador Program - Overview
Greener Corners Presentation to Jersey City 2012 - Bins That Educate or NOT ? Confused about what to Recycle ? So are we :-)
Transparent Reporting Is NOT Happening In Jersey City - Where does our trash go and what is our Recycling rate ?
PassaicLaunchFiller
Jersey City Zero Waste Conference 2015- Where Did This Lead Us???
Hoboken Guide to Residential Single Stream Recycling
Hudson County Improvement Authority Guidelines
Jersey City Department of Public Works - Sanitation & Recycling Guide
Jersey City Single-Use Plastic Bag Ordinance - Implementation Coming in 2019
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Portland WA Master Recylcer Program - Community Based Model
Sign Up For Recycling Coach - Search For Different Household Items And How To Dispose
Residential Sustainability - Tips and Resources (contact us if you have more to share for this category !)
Homeowners Guide To Sustainability by Angie's list
RESILIENCE STRATEGIES
C3 Living Design Project - Civic Ecology Value Flows & Methodology + RELi Standard
REVITALIZATION - The Journal of Urban, Rural and Environmental Resilience
Coastal Resilience Index: Community Self-Assessment Tool
City of Jersey City
Institute For Local Self Reliance
OMA REBUILD BY DESIGN Defense Strategy for Weekhawken, Hoboken and Jersey City
NYC Urban Green Council – Building Resiliency
PlaNYC - NYC's Comprehensive Sustainability Plan
11 American Cities Leading on Climate Resiliency Planning
Revitalization News - up to date chronicle of what other towns and cities are doing!
Rockefeller Foundation on Resiliency - 2 articles
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
Let SJC and ioby.org Help You With Your School's Sustainability Projects
Teacher & School Program Fundraising Site - Donors Choose !
ioby.org's Green-Schools-Guide FIVE EASY PROJECTS EVERY SCHOOL CAN DO
Composting Model for Schools - Institute for Local Self Reliance
Sign Up To Be An Eco School Today - It's Free & Curriculum Based !
Eco School Projects Around The State
Creative Change / Educating for Sustainability
Ed Web Resource Site - Curriculum / Best Practices / Program Ideas for Core Standards
Edutopia, the George Lucas Education Foundation
NJ School Board Association 'The Bottom Line On Sustainability'
New York City Environmental Education Initiatives
Project Based Learning - Buck Institute for Education
Sustainable Jersey for Schools
SOIL
NEW STUDY PUBLISHED MARCH 2018! Backyard soils can lock in more planet-warming carbon emissions than soils found in native grasslands or urban forests like arboretums, according to Carly Ziter, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Comprehensive Soil Analytics / USDA NRCS
New Jersey Soil Conservation Districts
NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Some great quotations http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/edu/7thru12/?cid=nrcs142p2_054312
Poster about on-site soil evaluation http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_054362.pdf
10 messages about soil (11 slides) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052550.pdf
Healthy Soil / Nutrient Values
Good Microbes - RecycleFoodWaste.org
See Community Composting / Bokashi & Mushroom Cultivation on this page
Phytotechnology
2015 12th Annual Phytotechnologies Conference Abstract, Kansas State University
SOLAR - a.k.a COMMUNITY SOLAR
See SJC Project page on Community Solar
Jersey City Needs to Recalibrate 2050 Goals for 2035 Milestones and Join the Sierra Club READY FOR 100 Campaign!
Sierra Club - Guidelines for Community Commitments to 100% Renewable Energy
Coalition For Community Solar Access
Solar Gardens in the Garden State: Community Solar Policy Recommendations for New Jersey (Presentation) Princeton University
Solar Gardens in the Garden State: Community Solar Recommendations for New Jersey (Report) Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
What Community Solar Is & ISN’T – from our friends over at EnergySage
Residential Solar Installation Guide
Solar Guidebook for New Jersey Municipalities (US Department of Energy)
True Cost of Solar, Guide for New Jersey
SUSTAINABLE CITIES BEST PRACTICES
Engaging The Community in Urban Design Decisions
Measuring Sustainability - GREAT MODEL, City of Jacksonville, FL
Municipal Finances: A Handbook For Local Governments
Public Sector Sustainability Reporting - 2013 UK Perspectives
>>>Sustainable Jersey Municipal Certification Program
TOGETHER NORTH JERSEY - Transportation Planning Authority / North Jersey Region led Municipal Planning Initiatives Focused On Transit Oriented Development - FOCUS: COMPETITIVE, EFFICIENT, LIVABLE, RESILIENT (includes presentations by Hoboken and Jersey City)
SUSTAINABLE JERSEY CITY (SJC)
SJC Charter - Sustainability, Resiliency & Adaptive Management
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM - SJC'S Certificate Program In Urban Sustainability (For Jersey City)
2016 Certificate Program Materials - login required
2017 Certificate Program Materials - login required
2018 Certificate Program Materials - login required
SJC EVENT PRESENTATIONS & WEBINAR LINKS
Experts Talk - SJC Greener Buildings Series 2013
Dan Riggle / Glenn Kwederis, Schneider Electric August 2013
Kai Olsen Sawyer, GRACE Communications Foundation Sept 2013
Jorge Mastropietro, JMA July 2013 and October 2014
SJC Community Composting - 2014 Presentations
SJC and Jackson Hill Main Street SID 2014 - Bethune Center
"Why Build Green?" - John Decina, GreenPath NJ
Eco Building Supplies - Brooks Perkins, Eco-Supply Center NYC
SJC Eat Meet Talk 2014-11-04 - Solar in JC
Marie Therese Aberjinger: EAT MEET TALK - SOLAR
Tim Snyder: Sustainable JC Solar Discussion
Andy Velwest: Solar Opportunities in JC
SJC Eat Meet Talk Feb 2015 - PASSIVE HOUSE Building Technology
SJC Eat Meet Talk April 2015 - Intro To Permaculture & Community Project Design
SJC 2018 Presentations
Feb 2018 SJC Monthly Meeting - Community Solar / Gus Escher
Earth Day 2018 - Composting Opportunities in Jersey City /Tyler Randall
May 2018 SJC Monthly Meeting - Passive House Building Technology / NJPH Team
SJC 2019 Presentations
February 5th 2019 Monthly Meeting ‘ All About Green Infrastructure’
March 5th 2019 ‘Green Infrastructure Part 2 - The Embankment & The Bergen Arches’
Oct 8th 2019 ‘Managing Urban Soils to Tackle Climate Change’
>>RUTGER'S LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS TAKE ON JERSEY CITY!
Mushroom Cultivation Workshop with Sean Walsh, Permaculture Teacher
SYSTEMS THINKING - Understand the Interconnections
Alternative Community Designs - NEXT SYSTEMS PROJECT Report
Change Agenda Roadmaps -
Design Thinking - Darden Executive Education Series, University of VA
SCIENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY
GRACE Communications Foundation – Food, Energy & Water Nexus
Surdna Foundation – Buildings, Transportation, Food & Water
Energy Flow Between Self & Community – EmpatheticCommunities
TRANSPORTATION
Bicycling In Jersey City
Hudson County Studies on Bus Rapid Transit and Expanded Bike Share
Bayonne / Greenville / Journal Square Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Study
Expanded Bike Share Study
New Jersey Transportation Authority- various resource info on BRT and Bike Share
Rail + the City, slides 1-35 - NYC Project42.org Vision by Roxanne Warren
New Book 'Rail & The City', 2014 and previously, 'The Urban Oasis'
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/rail-and-city
https://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/oasis.htm
Smarth Growth America Green Complete Streets Program
Pedestran Street Safety Checklist by StreetSmart NJ
Transit Oriented Development Initiatives
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
We need more Electric Vehicles in JC ! Check out EV Infrastructure Company Greenspot, located right here in Jersey City :-)
TREES - a.k.a URBAN FORESTRY (also see Green Infrastructure above)
SJC’s OpenTreeMapping Census
SJC’s Winter 2021 Education Series For Tree Mappers
Bios of Advisors and Educators
Kieran Hunt - NJ Forestry Association Board Member / Aplundh Municipal Manager
Ryan Metz - Arcadis Forester Engineer / Past JC Forester
CITY OF JERSEY CITY - Community Forestry Management Plan 2015-2019
FUNDING A TREES CAMPAIGN FOR JERSEY CITY - See CROWDFUNDING above and info about charitable donations partner site ioby.org whose platform is totally devoted to neighborhood environmental projects !
GIC Tree Canopy Study sponsored by JC Environmental Commission June 2015
Trees and Stormwater Management
HEALTH / OTHER BENEFITS OF TREES
NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN SPACE_LARGE URBAN CENTER - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS / NATURE.COM
USDA Forest Service Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States First national study finds trees saving lives, reducing respiratory problems
Various
NJ Tree Foundation - SJC's community partner for our Rain Gardens +ART Campaign and the JC STREET TREES initiative - next: BIOSWALES WITH TREES !
NJTF TreeKeepers Certification Training Coming To Jersey City March 2016 !
NJTF Recommended Resources from NJ Forest Service
MAPPING
OPEN TREE MAP - Cloud-based Tree Mapping & Inventory Management Platform
Tree Mapping Perspectives from DeepRoot
OpenTreeMap shows monetized benefits
Story of The 84 Mature Shelterbelt of Trees At Society Hill - (Oct 2018)
Part 1 - 84 Mature Trees To Be Cut Down At Society Hill Walkway - Why Did This Happen ?
Part 2 - LESSONS LEARNED - Destruction of Shelterbelt
Part 3 - Temporary Moratorium By The JC Environmental Commission
PSE&G RECOMMENDATIONS - SMALL TREES FOR PLANTING UNDER UTILITY WIRES
SHELTERBELT OF TREES PLANTED IN CAMDEN - Smart Stormwater Management Strategy !
TREE PIT PLANTING RESOURCES
SOIL GUIDELINES - Important Perspectives on NYC Million Trees Initiative provided by the USDA NRCS
Comprehensive Soil Analytics / USDA NRCS
USDA Soil Analysis Data - Hudson County Soil Analysis Complete (See Jersey City Soil Assessments by using this tool)
URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT / US EPA - PLANT MORE TREES!
US_Mayors-Tree_Canopy_Survey - BEST PRACTICES FROM 135 CITIES !
Know about Cork Forests ? Check out this amazing organization !
Baltimore City Forestry Initiative 2015
UTILITY INITIATIVES TO CONSERVE ENERGY & WATER
WASTE STREAMS
Great site for all kinds of Waste news - check outWASTE DIVE !
WATER
NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLY PLAN 2017-2022, State of New Jersey, Department of Enviornmental Protection
WATER CONSERVATION
GRACE H2O Water Footprint Calculator (fabulous family fun!)
Food, Water and Energy: Know The Nexus great booklet by the Grace Communications Foundation
Important to understand the Nexus - simple explaination here. Water is the Nexus !
US EPA New Jersey Water Fact Sheet
H2O Conserve Water Footprint Calculator
Funders Network State Of Water In The US
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW JERSEY
Water Infrastructure in New Jersey
Watersheds and Sewersheds - Know the difference ?
COMBINED SEWAGE OVERFLOW (CSO)
Riverkeeper.org - CSO Overview
Long-term Control Plans for CSO’s - Opportunity for Municipalities, NJ DEP ppt
Elevating the Importance of Upgrading New
Model Water Utility in Hillsborough NJ - Natural Systems Utilities (Bcorp!)
SJC Resource Doc - JC CSO & Green Infrastructure Opportunities!
Clean Waterways Healthy Neighborhoods (Regional Consortium Including Jersey City)
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
