News & Events
Bloustein School hosts Dr. Brian Smedley – March 27
Bloustein School hosts Dr. Brian Smedley March 27 lecture on “Place, Race and Poverty: Advancing Health Equity in New Jersey and Nationally.” Event is free but registration is required. Read more or register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/place-race-and-power-advancing-health-equity-in-new-jersey-and-nationally-tickets-41249904575 Click here to download...
EAC Conducts Health Impact Assessment Training for Housing and Community Development of New Jersey
Karen Lowrie of EAC, together with Planning Healthy Communities Initiatives (PHCI) colleague Leigh Ann Von Hagen of the Voorhees Transportation Center, conducted training in Health Impact Assessment at nine regional "A-team" meetings held at locations around New Jersey by the NJ Housing and Community Development Network during January and February of...
EAC’s Jeanne Herb quoted in NY Times article on links between extreme weather and toxic spills risks
EAC's Executive Director Jeanne Herb was quoted in a recent article in the New York Times about the links between extreme weather impacts, such as increased frequency and severity of flooding, and amplified risk of toxic spills at chemical sites. Read the full article here. Read about the EAC group's related work on using geographic tools to identify...
Bloustein School joins Sustainable Jersey and New Jersey League of Conservation Voters in hosting Mayor’s Climate Summit
Bloustein School joins Sustainable Jersey and New Jersey League of Conservation Voters in hosting Mayor's Climate Summit Learn more about it here: http://www.sustainablejersey.com/events-trainings/nj-mayors-climate-summit/ Photo credit: Event co-hosts with First Lady Tammy Murphy from SustainableJersey.com
Join EAC for HIA: Incorporating Health into Planning & Decision-Making – Feb 23
Join EAC for an upcoming training course, Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision-Making, offered through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education. In this session, facilitators from the Planning Healthy Communities Initiative will lead an introductory training on health impact assessment as a tool to...
EAC Associate Director Jeanne Herb is quoted in an article regarding New Jersey rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
EAC Executive Director Jeanne Herb is quoted in an article regarding New Jersey rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read the full article here: https://thinkprogress.org/new-jersey-to-rejoin-rggi-0d2d8dbde287/ Image from ThinkProgress.org
Save the Date: Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference – June 8
Save the Date: Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference. The 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, June 8, 2018. Mark your calendar now and visit http://raritan.rutgers.edu for more information soon.
EAC Supports Age-Friendly Planning in Elizabeth, NJ
Meet EAC team member, Dr. Karen Lowrie and hear about her work building healthy communities for aging populations in the City of Elizabeth. With support from the Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation, EAC Associate Director Dr. Karen Lowrie is working with a collaboration of partners through Lifelong Elizabeth, a community led, city-endorsed initiative that...
EAC’s Stacy Krause and Matt Campo partner with a Rutgers team and others to advance a regional resilience plan in northern Monmouth County
EAC’s Stacy Krause and Matt Campo, collaborate with a Rutgers team and others to advance a regional resilience plan in northern Monmouth County. In partnership with Rutgers colleagues at the Rutgers Climate Institute and the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, EAC team members Stacy Krause and Matt Campo are working with the New Jersey...
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb and Karen Lowrie win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. Principal Investigators Jennifer Whytlaw and Jeanne Herb and partners, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg, were one of four teams across the country to win a grant award from the County Health Rankings and...
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Improving Air Quality: A Guide for Property Owners
Ensuring good air quality is essential to creating living environments that support healthy, comfortable and productive building occupants. Improving air quality need not be a major financial burden for either property owners or tenants, and the benefits of ensuring...
Green and Resilient: Synergies and Implementation Strategies for Emergency Shelters
Some occurrences of natural and human-made hazards require use of emergency shelters. Sheltering is ultimately a local government responsibility and most sheltering needs are met locally. Multijurisdictional, large scale or extended duration events may require...
Assessing “green” and “resilient” building features using a purposeful systems approach
There is significant overlap between the goals of two urban imperatives – sustainability and resilience – and current research highlights synergies. However, few studies are able to test this assumption under disruptive conditions. This paper questions the relevance...
Climate Change Attitudes in New Jersey
Concern About Climate Change Two-thirds of New Jerseyans are either “very” (37 percent) or “somewhat” (30 percent) concerned about the effects of climate change on their life, their family members, or the people around them. Fifteen percent are “not very” concerned,...