Spring is a little more than a month away! Sustainable Mullica is gearing up for its most ambitious project - the Mullica Township Schoolyard Garden! We will bring real hands-on learning to the students while growing fruits and vegetables they will love to eat! We will have a meeting soon to discuss our timeline and organize volunteers, but first a plea for donations!
Above are two lists, one for plants and the other for tools/equipment needed (see tabs on top of post) If you, or someone you know, would like to make a donation please contact me ASAP.
I have spent hours researching schoolyard gardens and making phone calls. I am trying to be organized and communicate clearly. I want success! If you have any suggestions or ways to help please give me a shout.
2/09/2012
Mullica Township Schoolyard Garden
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING SERIES
I’m delighted to be able to announce that Douglas Tallamy will be the keynote speaker for our three part Sustainable Landscaping Series. Tallamy’s book, Bringing Nature Home; How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, was met with wide acclaim and has greatly influenced the sustainable landscaping movement.
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is sponsoring Tallamy’s presentation which will take place on Monday, March 19 at 7:00 PM in the College Center Theater on Stockton’s campus in Pomona, NJ. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore, the Atlantic County Master Gardeners: Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County, and the Task Force for a Sustainable Galloway (Go Green Galloway) are co-sponsoring the presentation. The talk which will be followed by a Q & A, is free and open to the public.
The second and third workshops in the Sustainable Landscaping Series will take place at the UUCSJS Center. (Located at 75 S Pomona Rd., on the corner of Liebig and Pomona, across from Stockton College student housing and parking lots.) “Backyard Invaders and Native Alternatives” will take place on Monday, March 26th at 7:00 PM. “Landscaping for Birds and Other Wildlife" is scheduled for the following Monday, April 2 at 7:00 PM.
See link above for the pdf flyer.
1/20/2012
Sustainable Mullica awarded a $1,500 AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initialive Grant
Sustainable Mullica was chosen to receive a $1,500 Garden Award as part of the AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initiative Grant program. While we are thrilled to get this grant, we need your help too! Please see letter below describing what the program is about and how you can get involved. Any interested parties, please email Susan.
11/01/2011
Adopt-A-Road, Saturday, 9:00 AM
The monthly ACUA Road Clean-Up is scheduled for this Saturday, November 5th from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM. We will be meeting at the Egg Harbor City Cemetery on Moss Mill Road. Join the good work, we need your help!
10/24/2011
Sustainable Mullica Meeting, Friday Night at 7:00 PM
- Education for Sustainability Programs – Bringing the Sustainable Me! Program to Mullica Township Middle School
- Food Production – School Garden – Mullica Township Committee, Sustainable Mullica, AtlantiCare’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Children and Mullica Township School will join together to create a school garden
- Waste Reduction – Continue Gayle Brill’s action and focus on recycling in our schools
- Adopt a Backyard Composting Program
- Adopt a Grass – Cut It and Leave It Program
- Other Innovative Project – Work on creating a sustainable living demonstration site
It's official! Sustainable Mullica achieves Bronze Level Certification
Sustainable Jersey representatives has announced that Mullica Township has met the rigorous requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification. Mullica Township is one of 82 towns out of 350 registered municipalities that have attained certification. Sustainable Jersey's participating communities represent over half the state's municipalities and nearly 75% of its population. Mullica Township will be honored at the Sustainable Jersey awards luncheon on Tuesday, November 15 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic City.
“It’s quite an accomplishment to become Sustainable Jersey certified,” said Pam Mount, Interim Chair of the Sustainable Jersey Board of Trustees. “The certified towns have joined a first rate group of municipalities that are leading the way with impressive sustainability initiatives in New Jersey while providing a model for towns across the United States.”
Certified towns excelled in areas such as improving energy efficiency and health and wellness, reducing waste, sustaining local economies, protecting natural resources, and addressing diversity and equity. “These are exceptional towns with outstanding programs. We’ve been amazed to see how this program has catalyzed community spirit and fostered grassroots leadership, cross-sector creativity and collaboration across New Jersey,” said Donna Drewes, Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainability Planning & Governance at the Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey (MLUC@TCNJ) and Sustainable Jersey founding partner. Randall Solomon also a Co-Director at the Institute for Sustainability Planning & Governance congratulated the certified towns. “Our certified towns are municipal leaders that are making extraordinary contributions toward the long-term goal of a sustainable New Jersey and world.”
The award winning towns will be recognized at the annual Sustainable Jersey awards luncheon on Tuesday, November 15 at the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ conference. In addition to the award presentations at the luncheon, key note speakers will include James Florio, the former New Jersey Governor and Trustee of the Sustainable Jersey Board of Trustees and project partners Joseph Fiordaliso, Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and Michele Siekerka, Assistant Commissioner, Economic Growth and Green Energy, at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
3rd Annual Sustainable Jersey Awards Luncheon
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel
THE CROWN BALL ROOM, 2ND FLOOR
12 noon to 1:30 pm (Doors open at 11:30 am)
If anyone would like information about attending the luncheon, please contact Susan at susanpolk53@gmail.com.
8/27/2011
Adopt-A-Road Clean Up - Saturday, September 3 at 9:00 a.m.
Our new Adopt-a-Road Clean Up Schedule will be every other first Saturday of the month. We will meet next Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 9:00 am at the Egg Harbor City Cemetery. There are now Sustainable Mullica signs at the beginning and end of our section of Moss Mill Road. It is 1.37 miles. During the last clean up 12 volunteers showed up and it really made the job easy! Please mark your calendars and join us for some exercise and good community action. Thanks!