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Rowan GPS Department Leads New Environmental Education Initiative with Support from EPA
A new chapter in environmental education and community empowerment began in Camden, New Jersey, as local leaders, educators, and...
Community Planning + Visualization Lab Staff
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Coming this Fall! The EMoGI Project: Emotional Mapping of Green Infrastructure
How many hours a week do you spend outdoors? Perhaps this is not something you have ever really thought about. For many adult Americans,...
Michelle Contarino
Aug 15, 20223 min read
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Project GrEEEn Gets the Green Light
Dr. Meenar and his Community Planning + Visualization Lab at Rowan University are pleased to announce their receipt of a $100,000 grant...
Chris Tirri
Aug 4, 20223 min read
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The Supreme Court's Decision on Climate Change
Over the past few weeks, the United States Supreme Court has shocked the country with their major decisions. With many left raged by the...
Hope Viviani
Jul 9, 20222 min read
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Glassboro Food Hub - a 1-Stop Resource for Residents
Normal growth and development as well as physical health and mental well-being all rely on consumption of nutritious foods throughout all...
Michelle Contarino
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Cultivating ABLE Plots: A Glassboro Community Garden Story
Rowan University received funding from the NJ Department of Disability Services to increase inclusivity of individuals with disabilities...
Jenna Bottiglieri
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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Glassboro: A Community That Shares
When we think about hunger, we all have a particular picture in mind—the little boy with the abnormally large round belly, the woman with...
Michelle Contarino
May 15, 20214 min read
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Glassboro Health Equity Coalition meets virtually to generate and propose project ideas for Phase II
On March 26, the Glassboro Health Equity Coalition convened virtually to discuss project ideas for Phase II of the Glassboro Food and...
Santino D'Agostino
Apr 12, 20212 min read
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A step toward justice for environmental justice
Amid a year of pandemic-related chaos and passionate movements to eradicate systemic racism, one positive consequence of the tumult has...
Chris Tirri
Apr 10, 20212 min read
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Health coaches offer guidance to ‘Glassboro Grows’ families
After a long winter, spring is finally in the air! Springtime is a season of new beginnings, of warmer weather, and of sunshine. The buds...
Michelle Contarino
Apr 3, 20213 min read
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Toxic doughnuts in Chicago
Clean air is an important aspect of health. Despite this, many Americans continue to breathe unhealthy air, and the burden is unevenly...
Christina Friend
Mar 21, 20213 min read
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From COVID-19 to the Neighborhood 15
The concept of the 15-minute neighborhood has been part of planning vernacular for well over a decade as a way to promote walkability and...
Chris Tirri
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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The benefits of growing your own produce
The process of becoming a beginner gardener can seem intimidating when a family doesn’t have firsthand experience with growing their own...
Arianna Adan
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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Fighting fire with fire; a hazy situation for NJ waste incinerators
New Jersey is subsidizing the burning of trash. In the article ‘Paying for pollution’: As N.J.’s incinerators dirty the air, electric...
Katrina McCarthy
Mar 8, 20213 min read
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Climate change: Do you feel unsafe is uncomfortable?
In an individualized and somewhat apathetic society, we don’t care about each other’s problems until and unless it happens to us. In the...
Kira Rose
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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