Sustainable Ewing Township Green Team

04/24/2026

Pre-Arbor Day celebration during Take Your Child to Work Day. Planting a Red Maple at the municipal center and celebrating Ewing becomming a Tree City USA https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HEDLar3sC/

04/23/2026

A couple of pics from our annual Stream Cleanup with The Watershed Institute

04/21/2026

Red, White, & Delicious : Restaurant Week 2026 begins this weekend. https://ewingnj.org/government/news/2102-restaurant-week-2026-begins-this-weekend

04/21/2026

Our 250 Tree Campaign in action. Planting a Black tupelo (AKA Black gum and Botanical name - Nyssa sylvatica) from Bountiful Gardens. Our gardener shared: "Made sure the hole wasn't too deep and didn't volcano mulch it! :)" This is a gorgeous tree with beautiful fall color (see photo of mature specimen) that likes moist soil and enjoys full sun to partial sunlight. Because of our ongoing drought conditions be sure to keep all of your 250 trees well-watered for the first two years until well established. We'd love to see some photos from some of our other tree planters...

04/16/2026

Join us in celebrating Arbor Day 2026 either at Watson Park for our ceremonial tree planting at 9 am or plant a tree in your yard in solidarity. Be sure to fill out our Pledge to Plant form (linked in the article below) so we can keep track of the number of trees being planted this year in hopes of reaching our 250 Tree Campaign goal.

It’s All About Trees Ewing Township will mark Arbor Day 2026 with our annual tree planting and celebration of joining the ranks of Tree City USA communities across the nation. To earn Tree City USA…

04/11/2026

Plant natives this spring and help to sustain our local wildlife.

Fill Your Landscape with Native Plants to Sustain Our Native Wildlife April is officially Native Plant Month, and the Ewing Green Team encourages you to fill your garden with beautiful NJ natives t…

04/07/2026

Sign the petition asking Governor Sherrill to enact a three-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers in New Jersey so the state can evaluate risks, set clear standards, and ensure communities have a voice and help protect our water, energy system, and environment.

Article also contains a SAMPLE MODEL ORDINANCE in addition to petition urging Governor Sherrill to implement a 3-year moratorium on construction of mega AI Dara Centers in New Jersey.
-> https://snjtoday.com/sign-petition-ask-governor-for-moratorium-on-data-centers/

03/31/2026

https://wildearthguardians.org/press-releases/federal-court-strikes-down-president-trumps-attacks-against-endangered-species-act/

The ruling reaffirms that federal agencies must use the best available science when assessing harm to species, they cannot ignore incremental harm to critical habitat, and the agencies must firmly commit to any measures relied upon to reduce harm to imperiled plants and animals.

03/19/2026

Sharing the notice about the Community Conservation Conference sponsored by FoHVOS (Friends of FoHVOS - Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space) on Saturday, April 18th. The event will feature the ever-popular Doug Tallamy and Jared Rosenbaum of Wild Ridge Plants. It's sure to be a great event!