4/5/2016

Summit Residents Imagine Life in 10 Years at "Sustainable Future" Forum
More than 60 Summit area residents attended the forum, Summit's Sustainable Future, last Wednesday evening at Central Presbyterian Church, and shared strategies for matching community needs and resources in 10 years.   Ideas ranged from neighborhood gardens, gray-water recycling, and waste reduction incentives, to a "human school bus" enabling seniors to walk children to school. 

Rabbi Avi Friedman speaking at Summit's Sustainable Future forum, Central Presbyterian Church auditorium,Summit.
Photo Credit: LeafyGreen.Info

Attendees included 9 members of the Summit-New Providence Rotary Club, Summit Area YMCA CEO Paul Kieltyka, Family Promise  Development Director Cara Bradshaw, Summit City Council Members Mary Ogden and David Naidu, and Summit City Engineer Aaron Schrager. 

Read a detailed review of the forum at LeafyGreen.infoa Springfield, NJ-based site promoting ecology, and eco-friendly practices and products. 
CivicStory Honored by Garden State Film Festival in Atlantic City

Susan Haig (CS founder) and Alice van Straalen (CS editor/grant-writer) at Garden State Film Festival.

CivicStory was among 5 special honorees at the 14th annual Garden State Film Festival, March 31-April 3 in Atlantic City.  The GSFF presented more than 200 films from 14 countries in 8 different Boardwalk venues, including documentaries, animated films, narrative shorts and feature-length films.

Susan Haig and GSFF Founder Diane Raver

"The Broader Vision Award is a huge honor for CivicStory," said founder and creative director Susan Haig. "I gratefully accept it on behalf of many - our creative team and board members, donors, sponsors, and partners that have enabled us to amplify New Jersey's creative story through short videos." Actors Ed Asner and Sally Struthers were featured speakers at the awards gala on Sunday evening in the ornate Claridge Hotel ballroom.

Response to the 10-question, 4-minute Sustainable Home Survey is growing, with 85 environmental science students weighing in during classes yesterday. Test your home sustainability quotient, and view the results immediately!  Click for survey.
See you in 2 weeks!

Susan Haig, Founder & Creative Director,
and the CivicStory Team
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