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Navesink Estate Farmers Put the Veg Back into Garden State:

Navesink Estate Farmers Put the Veg Back into Garden State:

Michael Meier was a successful advertising executive working in New York City.  Megan Paska’s career was very similar.  That was, until, according to Michael, they both traded it away to pursue something more fulfilling, farming. But when you live in Brooklyn, farming means a life on the roof, for Meier who grew vegetables and Paska […]

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Jersey Shore Has a Deep History of Resilience

Jersey Shore Has a Deep History of Resilience

History is Richard Veit’s life’s work. As professor of anthropology at Monmouth University and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, as well as an accomplished author on Native American history, he knows intimately the history of the Native American people in New Jersey. But it’s Viet’s correlation between the suffering of […]

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TEDxNavesink Launches Second Life Bikes Crowdfunding Collaboration

TEDxNavesink Launches Second Life Bikes Crowdfunding Collaboration

The power of innovation. The joy of discovery. The gasp of enlightenment. TEDxNavesink is about all of these things. But the centerpiece of the event is the spirit of collaboration — and the amazing things that happen when it takes place. And what exemplifies that concept better than former TEDxNavesink speakers working together to impact […]

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TEDX Navesink Speaker and Filmmaker Wins Sundance Sustainability award

TEDX Navesink Speaker and Filmmaker Wins Sundance Sustainability award

    TEDx Navesink presenter and filmmaker Ben Kalina recently won the Sundance Sustainability Award  for his film Shored Up: When human nature and the force of nature collide. The prize, given to films which best showcase the issues, interconnections, challenges and opportunities around sustainability and resource challenges in a global context, awards $25,000 to […]

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