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Spring, 2026. We’re back!
Food for Thought: Eat Your Way to a Healthy Environment
This spring, we explore how everyday food choices can support a more sustainable planet. Your appetite for learning about responsible foraging,sustainable agriculture and fisheries, safe fish consumption practices, and how food donations help reduce waste while strengthening communities will be satisfied. Together, you’ll get your fill of practical, science‑based insights to empower healthier eating habits that protect both people and the planet. This webinar series is conducted in partnership with the Marine Extension Program Seminar Series.
4/13 – Foraging: Unearthing Nature’s Harvest – Brooklyne Wassel, University of Georgia– Connecting with nature and food is an interest that continues to grow in popularity for many following 2020. Though seemingly simple, there are keys to foraging safely, sustainably, and successfully that are important to protect both people and wildlife. Brooklyne Wassel, for the University of Georgia, will cover foraging safety, the basic principles of obtaining food from nature, and how to begin a wild harvesting journey.
4/20 – Sustainable Agriculture – Warren Love, Foodshed Alliance – Learn about the basics of sustainable agriculture, which is a set of farming practices that provides healthier food for people while protecting the environment and ensuring social equity. Warren Love from the Foodshed Alliance will discuss ways to support local, sustainable agriculture through your shopping and food choices.
4/27 – Sustainable Seafood, Explained: What the Science Says About How to Eat Earth Friendly – Max Mossler, University of Washington – Food choices have real environmental impacts, but those impacts are rarely as simple as we’re told. What are the tradeoffs between different foods, and where does seafood fit in? This talk will translate the science of sustainable seafood into plain English. You’ll learn how to make choices that are genuinely better for the ocean and the planet as a whole.
5/4 – Food Donations and New Guidelines – Jennifer Shukaitis, Rutgers University – Learn about how nonprofit organizations and grocery retailers follow food safety guidelines to make sure that food donated to worthy causes is stored and handled properly. You’ll learn more about these safety procedures and the State of New Jersey’s recently updated guidelines for donated food safety. Join us to learn about the changes and how you can prevent food waste and ensure food security for our neighbors.
5/11 – The Value of Bivalves: Learning About New Jersey’s Shellfish Aquaculture Industry – Dr. Mike Acquafredda, Rutgers University – Join us to learn about New Jersey’s shellfish aquaculture industry, including what species are farmed, how they are grown, and where these farms are located at the Jersey Shore. This presentation will also feature information about how bivalve farming improves our marine environments, supports our local economy, and contributes to a healthy and delicious diet.
5/18 – Fish Smart, Eat Smart: The New Jersey Recreational Fish Consumption Advisory Program – Dr. Dan Milleman, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Join us to learn about the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish Smart, Eat Smart program. This guide assesses potentially harmful chemical contaminants such as dioxin, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides and mercury, and provides consumption advisories for fish and crabs found in the state.
Our Earth Day, Every Day webinar series focuses on steps everyone can take to protect the environment. We can all do our part to take actions that make our homes more sustainable, from environmentally-friendly lawn care, to recycling, to conducting a home energy audit. These actions, more than ever, start at home.
Webinar Archive
Click on the category titles below to view the YouTube archives for all of our webinars.
Climate Change
Rock You Like a Hurricane: Hurricane Science
Featuring Dr. Travis Miles with Rutgers University.
This session explored how hurricanes work, how they are changing, and the variety of observation platforms used to study ...them. Buoys, drones, aircraft, and underwater gliders are all used to study hurricanes, but we focused on underwater gliders (autonomous robots) for this talk. All of the data collected by Rutgers researchers helps scientists track and predict hurricanes more accurately, not just here in New Jersey, but all over the world.Show More
Energy
What's An Energy Audit And Do you Need One? | View the recording
Food
Food Waste and Climate Change
Recorded October 15, 2024
60 million tons of food are wasted in the United States each year and that wasted food generates more than ...170 million tons of CO2 equivalents in greenhouse gases each year. Food waste, its climate change impacts, and what you can do to mitigate those impacts are discussed during this presentation.Show More
Insect & Pest Management
Invasive Insects Update: Spotted Lanternfly, Emerald Ash Borer and Hornets
Featuring Dr. George Hamilton, Rutgers University.
New Jersey’s forests, farms, and residents face invasive insect pests including spotted lanternfly and emerald ash borer. Dr. George ...Hamilton, Rutgers Extension Specialist in Pest Management, provides an update on efforts to combat these pests, as well as a discussion on some of the large wasps we may — and may not — encounter in the Garden State: European hornets, cicada killer wasps, and the newsworthy Asian giant hornet.Show More
Native Plants
Autumn Leaves: Conditions that Affect Leaf Color
Featuring Dr. Jason Grabosky with Rutgers University.
This session explored the importance of leaves to trees and the role that chlorophyll plays in leaf color. The timing ...of leaf color changes is often related to shorter days but can also change due to stressors such as heat, lack of water, and damage to the tree. Weather and temperature can impact the intensity of the leaf's new color. Lastly, we were given tree recommendations to plant for dazzling fall yellow and red leaf colors.Show More
Natural Resource Management
Fire’s Role in Ecosystem Health
This session explored how prescribed fire not only aids in protecting life and property from the ...catastrophic wildfire, but also how it supports ecosystem health. Prescribed fire used appropriately can benefit habitats for both flora and fauna, while also supporting hazardous fuel and invasive plant species mitigation efforts. Lastly, we explored the unfamiliar benefits of how a wildfire essentially promotes habitat diversity and natural environmental processes.Show More
Nature Therapy
Infusing EcoTherapy Into Your Life
Plastics
Plastic Reductions in NJ
Featuring N. Dini Checko with the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC)
Soil
Down to Earth Soil Management
Volunteering
YOU Can Be a Citizen Scientist!
Water
Let's Stop As-Salting Our Streams The Impacts of Road Salt on Freshwater
Wildlife
Blinded by the Light: Light Pollution
Featuring Stephen Mariconda with DarkSky New Jersey
This session explored how light pollution disrupts ecosystems, obscures the night sky, and harms human health. Artificial light can ...also impact animal predator/prey dynamics, mating cycles, and feeding patterns. We learned how to reverse light pollution through the 5 principles of responsible lighting practices and how to advocate for policies that reduce light pollution in New Jersey and beyond.Show More
Yard Care
Trees of the Living Dead: How to Remove Aggressively Sprouting Invasive Trees
Featuring Jean Epiphan, Rutgers University.
Have you ever cut down an invasive tree just to get 50 more in its place? Learn which invasive trees species ...do this and the properly timed steps to prevent zombie trees from sprouting back to life.Show More
