This public tool was co-developed by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, NJ Food Democracy Collaborative, community partners from Newark, New Brunswick and Camden, and the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, which is part of the Center for Urban Policy Research at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
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Access to Nature for People with Disabilities: Updated Findings and Implications for New Jersey
Approximately one in five adults in New Jersey has a disability, and people with disabilities face a variety of barriers to outdoor recreational experiences. The Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, with funding from NJSPL, is investigating state policies focusing on innovative programs and practices.
New EAC Grant Will Help Find Worldwide “Bright Spots” that Influence PSE Change
EAC’s Executive Director Jeanne Herb and Tisha Holmes of Florida State University embarked on a project funded by the Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions Team at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Addressing the State’s Needs Effectively, Innovatively, and Equitably
Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
Building Better Communities: Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group
Jeanne Herb gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments.
Inclusive Healthy Communities Grant Program Funding Opportunity
The grant program seeks to advance practice, systems and environmental changes to enhance healthy community outcomes for people with disabilities who also may experience societal discrimination as a result of, but not limited to age, race, socioeconomic or immigration status, and/or sexual orientation.
New Report: Public Health Observations and Attitudes in New Jersey
New Jersey ranks 31st in the nation in state funding for public health and 51st in grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Jersey not on target to reach greenhouse gas goal by 2050
But it stops short of making specific recommendations while examining a range of policies that other states are trying in an effort to reduce their carbon footprints, as well as many strategies frequently debated among New Jersey policymakers. “The good news in New...
Moore Foundation grants $1.2 million to to support progress on mid-atlantic ocean data portal
The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) has received a $1.2 million Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant to continue the development of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal (portal.midatlanticocean.org), a free, state-of-the-art mapping and information...
Five Northeast states, DC to develop potential market-based policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
On November 24 the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) released a report prepared by the GCC with Cambridge Systematics regarding opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in the northeast and mid-Atlantic. The report, “Reducing...
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Undergraduate New Student Information Session for Fall 2024 Majors
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIn-Person Session August 27th The Bloustein School is hosting the annual undergraduate student orientation for new majors on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Newly enrolled direct-admit students in Planning and Public Policy, […]
International Student Resources Information Session and Panel
VirtualMeet your Bloustein Graduate student services/career team and the Bloustein Liaison to our international students. The second hour will be a panel of international alumni who will share their journey […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]
Undergraduate Research Discovery Session: Public Health and Public Policy
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesDr. Jane Miller will present information about the Bloustein Honors Research Program (BHRP) and independent study options available. Dr. Liz Cooner, Director of the NJ State Policy Lab, will be […]