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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. […]
Worldwide Environmental Day
June 5 @ 8:00 am
Friday, June 5th, 2020 Location and Time to be announced later What is Worldwide Environment Day 2020? Worldwide Environment Day will be held on Friday, June 5th 2020. This is an environmental awareness day organized by the United Nations and sometimes unofficially called Eco Day. The aim of the Day is to raise awareness of […]
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
It’s the Roaring’ 20s, for Chipmunks
by NEEC Contributor
By David Wasmuth David Wasmuth is a local environmentalist and amateur naturalist. He is a Rutgers Environmental Steward and the founder of the Montclair Backyard Habitat Project. Amid the mix of disturbing and hopeful news that has made 2020 a year like none other, one quietly odd phenomenon has been hard to ignore: chipmunks seem […]
Suspicious seeds arrive in Montclair
by Jose German
By Jose German Here in Montclair and across the nation, an alarming number of people are reporting receiving strange packets of seeds by mail that they did not order. The mysterious packages are creating a wave of speculation around this scam. Most of the packages come from China, but some are from other foreign countries. […]