No Mow May allows flowers to bloom on a lawn, which aids early-season pollinators, including bees, which are crucial for our food supply.Read More
Environmental Action
Spring Festival, ‘A Home for Us All: Protecting the Hackensack River American Eel’
Taking action to ensure ‘a home for us all’ and to protect ‘sacred spaces’ will be the centerpiece of our Spring Festival on April 23. You’re invited to be part of our success!Read More
Project Aims to Save Eels, a Keystone Species–Can You Help?
We are looking for volunteers for important environmental work on behalf of the American eel, a keystone species in the Hackensack River.Read More
Social Action Sunday: 550 pounds of donations and 200 postcards for voting rights
By the time the Helpsy clothing bins arrived, piles of bags and boxes full of donations had already been dropped off–just the start of a successful Social Action Sunday.Read More
Seeds Before Creeds: Opportunity for Environmental Action
Our Society will participate in the ‘Boots Not Suits’ Earth Day event in Elizabeth on April 22, providing information about the impact of food waste on climate change. Volunteers and participants of all ages welcome. Read More
Society Helped Get Interim Win on Fracking, and More Action Needed
Society members who participated in a letter-writing campaign contributed to a preliminary victory in the fight against plans for a fracked-gas power plant in Newark.Read More
