Monthly Meeting Schedule and Highlights

MONTHLY MEETINGS

All meetings are at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, unless otherwise indicated. Meetings are open to the public. 

January 11, 2011

February 7, 2011

March 7, 2011

April 4, 2011

May 2, 2011

June 6, 2011 (Cora Hartshorn Arboretum)

July 11, 2011

September 12, 2011

October 3, 2011

November 7, 2011

December 5, 2011

HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT ACTIVITIES

• Annual Clean Up Millburn – April 8 to April 15, 2011 - This community-wide effort involved over a hundred volunteers and community groups which coordinated to clean up parks and open spaces throughout the Township.

 • Millburn Green Challenge - May 15, 2010 - A day of environmental awareness, family activities, live music and local food, where residents challenged themselves to take steps to reduce water use, reduce energy use and more. 

• Millburn Township, together with the Millburn Environmental Commission, the Millburn Green Team and the Cora Hartshorn Aboretum hosted the Millburn Green Challenge 2010, a community-wide environmental awareness event held at the Cora Hartshorn Aboretum in Short Hills on May 15, 2010.

   The event was comprised of a series of "green challenges", with the goal to increase environmental awareness and motivate individuals, families and businesses to change their behavior in support of Millburn's goals for sustainability.  Over 700 visitors, who signed over 1,700 plegdes, attended the event.  Sustainable practices were implemented for event logistics.

• Millburn Township Certified as a Sustainable Jersey Community - In 2010, after a year and a half of work by Millburn's Green Team, Millburn achieved this prestigious designation under the Sustainable Jersey municipal certification program.  Millburn was certifed at the bronze level by engaging in activities that promote responsible environmental management and conservation of its natural resources.  The certification makes Millburn eligible for grant money to undertake fruther environmental initiatives.

• Ask Your Environmental Commission - A regular column appearing in The Item of Millburn and Short Hills discussing topics of environmental importance such as idling vehicles, gardening, e-cycling, and composting.

• Idle Free Millburn – Initiated campaign to reduce vehicle idling informed the public through scientific presentations at many local organizations including the Wyoming Civic Association, Millburn Board of Education, and the Deerfield Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization.  The MEC worked with New Jersey Environmental Federation to design a new Idle Free New Jersey Web site: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/state_focus/njef. The many benefits of reducing the incidence of car idling include health benefits - especially for our children, the saving of fuel and money, and the reduction of environmentally harmful greenhouse gasses and air pollution.

• Town wide PTO Environmental Committee – Parent representatives of all five elementary schools have joined together with the Millburn Environmental Commission to work on "greening" their schools through distribution of information (Green notes) and hands-on campaigns.