Seven Good Things to do with Your Leaves
Learn how to use your piles of leaves to care for your yard and garden this fall, and to love your leaves! Use your lawn mower to mulch your leaves […]
Explainer Series #1: Electric Cars and Lithium Batteries
Welcome to our new explainer series, taking important topics and going deeper! How sustainable are electric cars and lithium batteries? Lithium is the planet’s lightest metal, as well as being […]
Witherspoon Jackson STAR Neighborhood’s Downspout Planters
In August of 2021, ten downspout planters were installed in the Witherspoon Jackson STAR Neighborhood with funding from a STAR mini-grant. The planters were built with support from a group […]
A Note to our Neighbors About Community Solar & Third Party Energy Solicitations
October 20, 2023 We’ve heard reports of neighbors having community solar or third party energy sales representatives knocking on their doors to sign them up for a community solar […]
Honoring Penny Thomas
At this year’s Mission Princeton, Sustainable Princeton honored longtime sustainability advocate, Penny Thomas. Penny was a Sustainable Princeton Trustee from 2013-2019 and is passionate about recycling and composting, as well […]
People emPOWERing Princeton:The Larsen Family
Welcome to the Larsen Family Home! Introducing the Larsen Family Nina from the Larsen family first connected with Sustainable Princeton when she reached out with ideas that could encourage residents […]
Swap Party Success!
On Saturday, August 26, Sustainable Princeton hosted its first Swap Party. Over 50 sustainably minded community members attended and brought various gently-loved items to swap with each other. Items ranged […]
Explore Princeton’s Newest Native Meadow
Caldwell Park STAR Neighborhood’s Native Meadow is flourishing! Funded by a STAR mini-grant in 2021, the neighborhood transformed a 25’x75’ grass area into a beautiful meadow with native plants. Here […]
Subscription Recycling Programs: What to Know
In 2021, Sustainable Princeton adopted a new strategic plan to focus our efforts on actions that make the most impact to reduce our community’s greenhouse gas emissions and be more […]
Even Small Spaces Can Protect the Local Ecosystem
Leaving her big native plant garden in Maryland and moving to a small apartment was not easy for Alice. A Princeton resident for the past two and a half years, […]
