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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Environmentalism

Global Greening

Christine Eibs Singer was visiting a health clinic in Senegal in 1997 when she saw the light—literally. more

The Sheeleigh Project: July/August Update

Work on the Sheeleigh residence was in full gear on my mid-July visit. more

Roiling The Waters

A bill to mandate fluoride in New Jersey’s public water supply has pitted some natural allies against each other. Can dentists, environmentalists, and other groups resolve their differences? more

The Sheeleigh Project: June Update

When I first visited the Sheeleigh house back in March to learn about the LEEDs project I was reporting on, there wasn’t much to look at. more

Boardwalk Into Controversy

Wildwood’s apparent use of rain-forest wood irks environmentalists. more

Turning French Toast To Compost

Nick Smith-Sebasto’s foray into the world of composting was a lot like going to a pool party where everyone wants to swim, but no one knows what the water is like. more

Leeding The Way

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the new wave of ultra-green certification, moves from schools and businesses into private homes. more

Go Green, Garden State

April 3–5: The state’s premier Earth Month celebration, the PSEG GreenFest 2009, welcomes keynote speakers to inspire the global green movement: Ed Begley Jr., Van Jones, Bill Nye (yes, the Science Guy), Daryl Hannah, and New Jersey natives and PBS television personalities Chris and Martin Kratt (above, with their lemur pal Zoboomafoo). more

EcoLogic: Equinox Detox

Pack up the winter clothes, clean out the garage, and scrub those windowsills. It is spring cleaning time, which is good for your closets and floors, but not always for your air, watershed, or planet. more

The State of the State Tree

A bacterium is attacking our red oaks. Will they survive this scourge? more

Reviving the Passaic

Branded by the EPA in 1970 as the second most polluted river in the U.S., the Passaic is on the mend, but much of the hardest work remains. more

EcoLogic: It's Easy Being Green

It is that time of year when everyone likes to don some green and pretend to be Irish. Now that environmentalism is in vogue, a different kind of “greenwashing”—products or businesses using earth-friendly advertisements or labels without the action to back them up—is on the rise. more

EcoLogic: Lights Out

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities president Jeanne M. Fox estimates that the average home wastes a quarter of the hot or cool air it generates, meaning lost energy and wasted dollars. more