The Christie Administration today honored a diverse group of environmental stewards for their leadership and efforts to improve their communities through green practices designed to protect the environment.
Honorees recognized at the 18th Annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards (GEEA) ceremony at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton included two Egg Harbor Township teachers whose environmental curriculum helped significantly reduce the school’s energy consumption and costs; a Cherry Hill market that keeps the environment at the forefront of its business model; and a Bergen County hospital system that leverages community partnerships to improve its sustainability efforts.
Other award winners included a Gloucester County township that has preserved more than 3,000 acres of land since 2004; a bi-state agency that switched its entire vehicle fleet to biodiesel to reduce emissions and promote clean air; and an Ocean County municipal utilities authority working on a protection and restoration plan for a river watershed that impacts seven communities in two Shore counties.
Read the complete news release on the DEP wesite.