Sustainable & Green Living
Sustainable Communities in New Jersey
Find out what some NJ towns and one county are doing to become sustainable.
The profiles provide summary descriptions of each community's programs, plans, hurdles and keys to success.
- NJ Office of Planning and Sustainable Communities
- Green Communities - a five-step planning process, provides tools and information to help your community help itself become more sustainable.
- Green Communities Checklist
- NJ Green Homes - programs, resources and building guidelines for residents, developers, and government entities
- Source Reduction (Waste Reduction)
- Climate Control – What You Can Do
- Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Personal Emissions Calculator
- NJ Clean Communities
- NJ Certified Organic Farms
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ
- Organic Turf Management
- NJ Grown
- Environmental Education
- NJ Community Forestry Program
- Volunteers in NJ Forestry Program
- “National Geographic” Quizzes - Think you know green? Test your green IQ with these quizzes
- Environment For Kids
- Sustainability in the News