NJSSI - Summer 2008 - Student Internship Opportunities

NJSSI is seeking student interns with an interest in, and knowledge of, sustainable development, green communities, global warming, smart growth, and similar issues, to fill a summer internship position with a leading sustainability organization located at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Full time and part time positions are available. For more information, click here.

The Middlesex County Sustainability Committee held its first meeting December 12th, 2007 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Freeholders H. James Polos and Camille Fernicole, co-chairs of the committee, presented on Middlesex County's current sustainability efforts. Randy Solomon, Director of NJSSI, gave an overview of the Sustainable Middlesex Project. For more information, please see the following presentations Middlesex County Current Sustainability Efforts and Middlesex County Sustainability Plan.

Middlesex County has hired NJSSI, through a $75,000 grant from the Office of Smart Growth, to help the county develop a strategic plan for sustainability. For more information check out the recent press releases from the Star Ledger and Home News Tribune.  Click here to see the latest stories featuring NJSSI.

Looking for the tools from the Mayors' Committee for a Green Future meeting? Click here.

On Jan. 29th, 2008, NJSSI co-presented The Mayors’ Committee for a Green Future- Workshop & Business Meeting at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. This event was open to Mayors, their designees, and other individuals formally representing a municipality in its greening and sustainability efforts. Participants learned how to make their towns more “green,” and save money while “doing good!” For more information go to the Mayors' Committee for a Green Future Project Page.

NJSSI recently released the final report of our multi-year Energy Sustainability Project.
New Jersey has adopted the most aggressive target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of any U.S. state. Now New Jersey is grappling with the difficulty of achieving these targets. You can read the final report via PDF: Climate and Energy in New Jersey. The report presents original energy and climate research, future NJ scenarios, and brings consensus on a set of priorities for climate and energy policy in New Jersey. 

The report was released at a conference held on October 29, 2007 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick entitled "Reaching Our Targets: Innovative Global Warming Solutions for New Jersey." 

See more information on Climate and Energy in New Jersey on our project page: Energy Sustainability Project.