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Environmental Film Library
ANJEC has the following films available to lend to your Environmental Commission or school:
  • Plastic Ocean
  • Bag It!  Is your life too plastic? 
  • Poisoned Waters  The kinds of pollution now contaminating America’s waterways.
  • Highlands Rediscovered 
  • King Corn  Addresses questions about how we eat and how we farm.
  • Groundswell Rising -  Protecting our children’s air & water.
  • Flow- How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water? 
  • Kilowatt Ours– A Plan to Re-Energize America 
  • Turning the Tide - Hackensack Meadowlands documentary
To reserve a film email ANJEC or call 973-539-7547
New guide for restaurants to avoid plastic pollution - ​Download
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Bettina Hempel, Teaneck Environmental Commission Chair, invites you to use and share this new flyer she created to switch to compost their leaves instead of either bagging them or blowing them onto the street.
​Jersey Water Works.org is live! Check out the new website and get engaged with the collaborative effort to transform New Jersey’s inadequate urban water infrastructure. ​
FREE TRAINING:
Implementing Complete Streets at the Local Level
Thursday, January 9, 2020, 9:30am - 4:00pm, Vineland
This FREE full-day training workshop features an overview of complete streets and the many resources available to assist municipal elected officials, administrators, engineers, planners, green team members and others in advancing complete streets initiatives.
For more information
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Rutgers Environmental Stewards now recruiting for 2020 classes
Since 2005 the Rutgers Environmental Steward program has trained volunteers on how they can take action to help solve environmental problems in their communities. Classes are running in Mercer, Union, Atlantic, Somerset, and Passaic Counties.
More info
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ANJEC Climate Change Pinball
Test your knowledge of climate change with our new Climate Change IQ Pin Ball game.  Questions range from human behavior, energy, causes and effects and more. To schedule, contact the ANJEC Resource Center at 973-539-7547.
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Plastic Ocean film available
ANJEC has the 22 minute educational version of the documentary film, A Plastic Ocean available to lend to Environmental Commissions and Green Teams for group screenings.
To schedule, email the ANJEC Resource Center or call 973-539-7547
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Watch VIDEO: Gardening to Feed the Aquifer