Jeanne Herb, Executive Director for Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group has been named Interim Administrative Director of a new multi-university coastal resilience hub. The Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) is made possible by a grant through the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People (CoPe) Program.
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Read about EAC’s participation in the Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Training Program in the current edition of Rutgers Magazine. Learn more here.
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EAC’s Matt Campo worked together with colleagues from Washington State Sea Grant and the American Planning Association’s Mazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Division (APA HMDR) to develop a 4-part webinar series on incorporating sea-level rise into urban planning decisions. The Planning Webcast series hosts the webinar recordings and supporting materials for free. The series included: […]
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The EAC Group’s Executive Director, Jeanne Herb, will give the keynote address at the 2021 New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference on June 17, 2021. The NJ History and Historic Preservation conference is the annual state-wide educational opportunity for history and historic preservation professionals and volunteers in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage site […]
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In this short video, Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the EAC Group at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, describes the Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience (C2R2) Initiative, which is an innovate and interdisciplinary certificate program that trains gradate students to better integrate all the elements of coastal systems and become fluent communicators, […]
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The client for this fall 2020 Bloustein resilience studio course is the state OPA and the studio focus is on supporting OPA’s effort to incorporate resilience into the Plan Endorsement process pursuant to Executive Order 89. The studio will accomplish this objective by working with two towns in Monmouth County undergoing Plan Endorsement by supporting […]
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The effects of a changing climate are currently and will continue to be a national security issue, impacting military installations, operational plans, and overall missions. Recognizing these threats, the New Jersey Department of Military Affairs and Veteran Affairs (NJDMAVA) engaged Rutgers University (Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Edward J. Bloustein School of […]
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Jeanne Herb of the Bloustein School’s EAC Group will be a speaker on the upcoming Pew Charitable Trusts’ Coastal Habitat Learning Series. Ms. Herb will be joined by Lisa Auermueller of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to present their work on the state’s “A Seat at the Table” initiative to develop guidance, […]
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Burger, Johanna, Michael Greenberg and Karen Lowrie, editors. July 9, 2020. Environmental Justice and Social Injustice: Ethnic, Racial, Economic and Other Marginalized People and Communities. Risk Analysis Journal. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924.environmental-justice-social-injustice This virtual issue provides a compendium of papers from the 1980’s through the present that examine some of the risks and disadvantages that people and communities […]
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With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises. Read this NJSpotlight opinion piece co-authored by EAC Executive Director Jeanne Herb that summarizes discussions at a recent virtual convening. https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/op-ed-covid-19-racial-injustice-and-climate-change-require-a-bold-approach-not-incrementalism/
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