Sunday, April 21, 2013
The Fair Lawn Green Team is holding a free Composting Workshop Wednesday night at the Fair Lawn Community Center.
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Sunday, April 21
The Fair Lawn Green Team will host a free Composting Workshop Wednesday at the Fair Lawn Community Center as part of the group's ongoing "One Pound at A Time" initiative. Master Gardener Daphne Boss Ayalon will lead the workship, which begins at 7:30 p.m. and will teach residents how to recycle food waste into fertilizer for their garden or potted plants. For more information, call 201-794-5314. -- Follow Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to receive our daily newsletter in your inbox each morning
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wayne Robbins attended the Fair Lawn Green Team-sponsored "One Pound at a Time: Reduce Weight" kickoff at the Community Center on Feb. 20
The Fair Lawn Green Team kicked off its "One Pound at a Time" campaign on Feb. 20 with a clean eating presentation by Valley Hospital nutritionist Danielle Cinnante and a public weigh-in by borough manager Tom Metzler. The event drew about 40 people who were given the opportunity to speak with representatives from Lucille Roberts gym and get additional information fitness tips from the borough's Parks and Recreation department. Metzler, the "One Pound at a Time" poster boy who weighed in at 261 pounds at the meeting, will have his weight loss efforts tracked over the next month. Residents are encouraged to pledge money per pound Metzler sheds, which will go toward home repairs in Bergen County towns hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. Anyone …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Councilwoman Lisa Swain, Health director Carol Wagner and Green Team chairwoman Joan Goldstein spoke with Inside Fair Lawn's Wayne Robbins about their new initiative
Inside Fair Lawn's Wayne Robbins recently sat down with members of Fair Lawn's Green Team about the group's upcoming "One Pound at a Time" initiative. The "Lose Weight" portion of One Pound at a Time will launch on Feb. 20 at the Fair Lawn Community Center, with borough manager Tom Metzler standing in as the poster boy for weight loss in Fair Lawn. The night's event will include a talk on nutrition by representatives from Valley Hospital and an initial weigh-in for Metzler. The event begins at 7 p.m. and admission is free. To pre-register, call 201-794-5314. Walk-ins are also welcome. -- Follow Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to receive our daily newsletter in your inbox each morning
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Fair Lawn Green Team, in partnership with Borough Manager Tom Metzler, will be launching a series of events and initiatives to encourage healthier and more environmentally sustainable lifestyles among borough residents.
Fair Lawn residents who resolved to drop a few pounds in 2012 can soon rally around the efforts of Borough Manager Tom Metzler, who will become the poster boy for the Green Team’s new One Pound at a Time initiative. While the team coordinates an effort to encourage residents to lose weight this year, the manager will take up the task himself, in a weight loss challenge to drop one pound at a time for charity. The Green Team introduced three components of its initiative earlier this year: reduce weight, reduce waste, and inflate tires. “These are three components that we feel will make Fair Lawn a more sustainable community,” said Councilwoman Lisa Swain, who proposed the initiative. The first two components, weight loss and waste reduction…
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wayne Robbins of "Inside Fair Lawn" attended the Fair Lawn Green Fair 2012 on Tuesday, May 22 at Fair Lawn High School and put together a series of videos showcasing some of the event's exhibitors.
The Fair Lawn Green Team sponsored the 3rd Annual Fair Lawn Green Fair Tuesday, which brought together individuals and organizations from throughout the area to share with residents their knowledge of environmental sustainability and green living. "We want to show residents how they can benefit at home from the same energy and money-saving green actions being implemented in our municipal offices and buildings," Green Team leader Joan Goldstein said in a statement. "Inside Fair Lawn," host Wayne Robbins attended the Green Fair and spoke with a variety of exhibitors and attendees about their projects, including Pat Larocco, who showcased the home and yard features that won her family a Fair Lawn 2012 Going Green Award; recycling coordinator …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Fair Lawn Green Team announced its first-ever Going Green Awards at Tuesday's council meeting
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Fair Lawn Green Team announced Tuesday the inaugural winners of the Fair Lawn Going Green Awards. The awards program, modeled after the Property Maintenance Committee's House Beautiful Award, recognizes local businesses, schools and residents for committing to sustainable, environmentally friendly initiatives. This year's individual winners were Michael and Pat LaRocco, who have done tremendous work to "green" their home. The LaRoccos have placed a hydronic baseboard heater in their basement, installed rain barrels to collect water runoff from their roof, installed compost bins in their backyard and even added a toilet tank handwashing basin in their bathroom to save on potable water. Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Warren Point …
Monday, March 19, 2012
This month the borough received its long-awaited bronze certification from Sustainable Jersey, the state's comprehensive sustainability program for municipalities.
After nearly three years spent establishing green initiatives throughout the community, the borough finally achieved official recognition this month for its ongoing environmental efforts. Fair Lawn learned March 8 that it had been awarded bronze certification by Sustainable Jersey, a statewide program that recognizes municipalities dedicated to going green, saving money and making progress toward sustainable living for years to come. Fair Lawn is one of 17 Sustainable Jersey-certified municipalities in Bergen County, “This is very exciting,” said councilwoman Lisa Swain, who spearheaded Fair Lawn’s sustainability efforts a few years back and formed the borough’s Green Team. “Educating the public about a sustainable future has been our goal…
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Today's top local events and tips
"Five Things" is a daily Patch feature where we give you Fair Lawn's top five tips and events for each day of the week. Have a suggestion for a "Five Things" item? E-mail me at zak.koeske@patch.com. 1) The Fair Lawn Board of Education meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 19 of Edison School. Despite the agreement reached recently by the negotiating teams of the Board of Ed and the Fair Lawn Education Association, there will not be a final vote made on the contract at Thursday's meeting. 2) The Fair Lawn Green Team meets Thursday at 7 p.m. in Room B-5, on the lower level of Borough Hall. At last month's meeting, the Green Team discussed a stormwater management tax plan. 3)Thursday is the final day of the River Road Improvement Corporation's…
Monday, December 12, 2011
Your guide to what's going on locally this week
For everything you need to know for Monday, check out 5 Things. Here is a little preview of what's on tap for the rest of the week in Fair Lawn: All Week Tattoos Express "Toys for Tats" Event "Toys For Tots" Collection TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Sunday, December 4, 2011
A plan presented to a joint meeting of the Fair Lawn Environmental Commission and Fair Lawn Green Team calls for a levy on impervious surface
Fair Lawn's Environmental Commission and Green Team are in the early stages of coordinating an effort to mitigate Fair Lawn's flooding problem. At a joint meeting Wednesday, the groups convened to discuss a stormwater management plan developed by Monica Moscovici, a master gardener who sits on both borough committees and oversaw the installation of a rain garden at Radburn School earlier this year. Ellis Marples, a former Pompton Lakes councilman who implemented an effective stormwater management plan in that community, attended the meeting as a guest speaker and offered tips on initiating such a program. As presented, Moscovici's plan would levy an annual fee on residents based on their property's amount of impervious surface (i.e. …
Lauren
9:11 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
awesome! maybe next up we can create a 5k walk / run in Fair Lawn too! more ›