#Act4CleanWater - Celebrate #Earth Week at Clean Water Conference!

By Jenny Vickers, NJ Communications Manager, Clean Water Action. Follow on Twitter @CleanWaterNJ

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Take action for clean water during #EarthWeek! Join us at Clean Water Action’s 29^th annual conference on Saturday, April 25, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, at Brookdale Community College's Student Learning Center in Lincroft, NJ. The event features prominent environmental leaders, scientists and policy makers discussing key issues such as Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Banning Frack Waste, Stopping Bad Oil & Gas Pipelines, Sustainable Water Infrastructure, as well as Protecting the Pinelands & Other Critical Land and Water Resources. Don’t miss out – find all the details on our website and Facebook page and register today! Tom Moran, Star Ledger editorial page editor and longtime statehouse reporter and political columnist, will lead an Environmental Roundtable with NJ Senator Tom Kean (R-Westfield), NJ Senator Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth), NJ Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Freehold), and NJ Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D-Hamilton Square). During the interactive workshops, attendees will also learn about our new Rethink Disposable campaign to move away from single use disposables, like plastic items, and towards reusables at schools, stores, and eateries; how to fight for SAFER chemicals in consumer products; as well as learning about the latest Social Media and online organizing tools. Students and professors are encouraged to attend the workshop led by students from Brookdale Community College, Montclair State University, and Georgian Court University who will discuss how the younger generation can and is making a difference in today’s environmental movement. Tom Moran, Star Ledger editorial page editor and longtime statehouse reporter and political columnist, will lead an Environmental Roundtable with NJ Senator Tom Kean (R-Westfield), NJ Senator Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth), NJ Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Freehold) and other top reporters and political leaders. We will also be honoring some of New Jersey’s most accomplished grassroots leaders during an Environmental Awards Ceremony: Ken Dolsky, Coalition to Stop Pilgrim Pipeline (CAPP); Paul Miller, Franciscan Charities; D'Arcy Rohan-Green, Pinelands Commissioner; and Louise Usechak, Monmouth County League of Women Voters, who is receiving a lifetime environmental achievement award. Don’t miss out! Register today! Regular admission is $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and only $15 for students. Click here to register. Includes continental breakfast, coffee, lunch, and a networking reception. While you're there, be sure to stop by and visit our green vendors Bus For Progress, Citizens Climate Lobby, EarthShare New Jersey, ECEnergy, LLC, and Shaklee. We’d like to thank our conference sponsors who enable us to hold this event each year: Dr. Joseph & Janet Tauro; Brookdale Environmental Club; Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 1036; Diane and John Burke; Kopp Electric Co.; Gordon and Gordon, P.C., Attorneys at Law; David Tykulsker, Esq.; and Tom and Linda Fote. Clean Water Action is a non-profit environmental organization that has been fighting to protect clean water, clean air, and open space in the U.S. since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. We’ve had a strong presence on the Jersey Shore since 1982, winning important victories that have had a huge impact on our quality of life such as the School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) law to protect children from toxic pesticides, the NJ Clean Cars Act to reduce air pollution, the NJ Highlands and Pinelands Protection Act, Banning Ocean Dumping, Category 1 (highest level) protection for our drinking water sources, the strongest-in-nation fertilizer law to protect Barnegat Bay, and much more. We hope you can attend the #Act4CleanWater conference to get more involved in these campaigns and help us win more victories for New Jersey and the nation. Register here or contact us at 732-963-9714 or njcwa@cleanwater.org for more information.