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SJG is a sponsor of Sustainable Jersey, a certification program for municipalities in New Jersey that want to go green, save money, and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term.
The organization works to:
- Identify concrete actions that municipalities can implement to become "certified" and be considered leaders on the path to sustainable communities
- Provide clear “how to” guidance and tools to enable communities to make progress on each action.
- Allow access to grants, and identifies existing and new funding opportunities for municipalities to make progress toward the actions.
- Encompass the 3 equal, interrelated components of sustainability:
- Prosperity-support your local economy and use community resources.
- Planet-practice responsible environmental management and conservation.
- People-embrace social equity and fairness.
For more information about Sustainable Jersey, go to www.sustainablejersey.com.
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