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The Summit Farmers' Market Has Begun
May 15, 2012The Summit Farmers’ Market, everyone’s favorite, opened on May 13, and will take place every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p....
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Earth Day Clean Up A Great Success
May 2, 2012Even with the threat of a Nor'easter on the way, more than 100 volunteers came out to clean up Summit's parks and trails on Sa...
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Arbor Day: Make Your Choice to Celebrate Trees
April 17, 2012A single person can make a difference. Consider Johnny Chapman, familiarly known as Johnny Appleseed. When the United States was a...
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Green Articles are Chock-Full of Easy and Cost-Effective Ideas
April 3, 2012During the past year, members and friends of the Summit Environmental Commission have been writing articles and blog posts about many ...
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Plant and Tree Insights from Reeves-Reed Arboretum Manager of Horticulture, Shari Edelson
March 20, 2012Reeves-Reed Arboretum (RRA) horticulture expert Shari Edelson graciously agreed to answer questions on how changes in the weather and ...
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Make Summit Safer by Driving and Walking without Distractions
March 6, 2012The beautiful tree-lined streets of Summit should be safe places for people to walk but, particularly in the last few years, there hav...
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Books and the Environment: Buying, Borrowing and Downloading
February 22, 2012True confession: I love my Kindle. Especially when we travel, having books on the small, convenient Kindle lightens the load considera...
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Cupid is taking aim...
February 8, 2012Valentine's Day is a retailer's dream. Driven by love, or possibly guilt, people run out to stores to load up on those traditi...
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Reduce Vegetable Waste by Souping It Up
January 25, 2012Take a look in your frig vegetable drawer. How many questionable vegetables are in there? A half of a red pepper, a third of a head of...
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Breathe Easier Inside This Winter
January 10, 2012We pay a lot of attention to outdoor air pollutants like smog, carbon dioxide, and ozone but, especially during the winter, we spend m...
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Green Resolutions that Benefit Everyone
December 31, 2011I can hear you groan from here. Who doesn't hate thinking about New Year's resolutions? But beyond the "I will lose weigh...
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Decorate Simply and Naturally this Holiday Season
December 14, 2011So the gifts are bought (wishful thinking for some, I know), and you're ready to set the stage for the holidays by dressing up you...
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Think Green this Holiday Shopping Season
November 29, 2011Holiday lights and decorations are going up, Christmas carols are wafting through the air, and Santa is coming to town. Perhaps you ha...
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Is a Generator Right for You?
November 16, 2011The double whammy of Hurricane Irene and the October 29 snowstorm left many homes in Summit without power for a week each time. People...
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Interfaith Program Celebrating The Environment to be Held
October 26, 2011An afternoon of interfaith music, song and dance, poetry and visual Arts in many mediums will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from...
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Summit Free Market Next Three Saturdays
October 20, 2011If you’ve never been to the Summit Free Market, you are missing out on a fantastic community event! From 8am to 3pm a...
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Save Green by Being Green in the Cold: Reduce Energy Use and Energy Waste
October 5, 2011After a brutally hot, rainy and humid summer and September, the fall crispness is a welcome relief. An added plus is the brief period ...
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Going Paperless to Save Money, Space and the Planet
September 21, 2011Paper, paper everywhere: newspapers, catalogs, magazines, bills, bank statements, school notices, work product. They pile up so quickl...
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How to "Green" Your Events
September 13, 2011We're entering the time of year when events abound--back-to-school nights, tailgates, fund-raisers, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and D...
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Meatless Mondays
August 24, 2011When you hear "vegetarian," do you think "tofu"? Does the thought of tofurkey for Thanksgiving make you swear neve...
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Getting Ready for College? Think Green
August 10, 2011Most colleges and universities have made sustainability an integral part of campus life. Nearby Drew University, for example, prides i...
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Something's Fishy...
July 27, 2011Think of all the good that oceans do for the global population, providing protein-rich food for millions, livelihoods for many, multip...
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The Cost of Styrofoam is Too High
July 15, 2011In a time when environmental awareness and concerns about personal health are on the rise, the amount of deceivingly dangerous materia...
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Be Safe In The Sun This Summer
June 15, 2011For safe summer fun, you want to protect your skin. After all, more than one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the Uni...
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Eco-Earth Club Swap at Summit High School, June 11th
June 9, 2011After moving back from California and entering Summit High School as a new student, my mother strongly encouraged me to find a way to ...