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6th Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference – February 11-13, 2021
February 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am
We are delighted to welcome you to our Annual Conference on February 11-13, 2021. This event is one of the largest environmental and community activist gatherings in northern New Jersey. At the conference, you will have the opportunity to meet community leaders and groups from northern and central New Jersey to network about environmental issues, […]
Montclair Make Music Day – At Crane Park, Montclair, NJ
August 8 @ 5:00 pm
Mark your calendars! Every Saturday from July 25th until Labor Day, we will have music at the park to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of the Crane Park Demonstration Garden. The Northeast Earth Coalition has partnered with Montclair Make Music Day to sponsor these events. (July 18th and 25th, August 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th). […]
GARDENING FOR POLLINATORS
June 27 @ 10:00 am
Learn the basics for creating a beautiful garden with year-around interest that supports beleaguered pollinators. Pollinators play an essential ecological role, but they are in trouble. There is much you can do in your own yard to throw them a lifeline. A well-designed pollinator garden will add beauty, interest, and ecological value to your property. […]
Featured Articles
Spring is around the corner! But so is Coronavirus
by Jose German
By Jose German Spring: perhaps the most beautiful time of the year. But this year it’s accompanied by the Coronavirus. Our daily social routines are being upended. Cancellations of events and gatherings are necessary measures to stop the spread of the virus. Voluntary isolation is strongly recommended. What to do? In the face of this […]
Gardening for life: wrapping up gardening season
by Jose German
By Jose German It is not the end of the gardening season but the beginning of a transformation that will guide us through the winter and into the spring. Nature is taking a much-needed break to get stronger and resurrect with vibrant energy and colors in the spring. For those of us who have created […]
Recent Articles
Finishing up the gardening season
by Jose German
By Jose German Fall is the beginning of a new cycle of life. It is a kind of respite for nature before we move into winter. It is not the end of the gardening season but the beginning of a transformation that will guide us through the winter and into the spring. Plants and trees […]
In a difficult time, take inspiration from your garden
by Jose German-Gomez
By Jose German Goldenrod and Joe-Pye Weed are in bloom, and the asters’ buds are starting to open. Nesting goldfinches are flocking over drying coneflowers in search of seeds to nourish their hatchlings. Monarch butterflies are laying their last batches of eggs to produce this season’s final generation of butterflies before the migration to Mexico. […]