How to Close Out Your $2,000 Grant   View the webinar recording and presentation here Reporting Forms Every Sustainable Jersey grant has reporting requirements that must be fulfilled in order to...

Click here for more information and links to training modules. These web training modules help school and district staff organize efforts around sustainability initiatives using the framework of LEED for Existing Buildings. Each module addresses specific steps and strategies that can be...

100 schools within 47 districts register for Sustainable Jersey for Schools Today Sustainable Jersey announced the first one-hundred schools that have registered for the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification program. At the school district level, forty-seven districts have passed a...

  2025-2026 NJEA Grants Cycle The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), as a Sustainable Jersey for Schools program Underwriter, is contributing $180,000 to support a Sustainable Jersey Grants Program cycle for schools and school districts affiliated with NJEA. With this contribution,...

Project Modifications & Extensions All grant recipients are required to submit a project modification proposal if there are significant changes to the original project budget or the scope of work .  A significant change in the project budget is defined as a greater than 10% reallocation of...

  Annual Award Recipients Sustainable Jersey for Schools presents its Annual Awards to schools who went above and beyond being certified in the designated year. The awards are presented at the Sustainable Jersey for Schools Annual Awards Ceremony, held during the New Jersey School Boards...

  EmPowered Schools 2025-2026 Apply to be an EmPowered School!  The Empowered Schools program provides free support and resources to educate PK-12 students in saving energy and money in their schools and homes. Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG),...

REGISTER Youth support for policy change, program development and community planning can be the catalyst to success: When kids speak up, adults listen. Learn about youth engagement at the local, regional and state level, how kids of all ages are influencing their community in positive ways,...

REGISTER What if the people using your buildings - staff, administrators, even students - became part of your solution for reducing utility costs and impact on climate change? Join the Green Building Center (GBC) for this groundbreaking session to learn how, with minimal investment, a...

REGISTER Learn about how the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program complements the Sustainable Jersey and Sustainable Jersey for Schools programs, and how Environmental Stewards assist municipalities to achieve actions and help their communities to become more sustainable.  The  ...