Northeast Earth Coalition

Advocates, who recently learned that three Hispanic gardeners had fallen ill with COVID-19, worry about the virus’s spread in the Latino community.

The Northeast Earth Coalition (NEEC) in partnership with First Congregational Church installed the first little pantry in town. The free Little Pantry is based on a simple rule: Take what you need and donate what can. The NEEC is planning to install two more pantries.

Though COVID-19 transformed the world and our lives, it has also brought new appreciation of the value of nature, writes Jose German.

During high summer, grab a book and enjoy the garden's shade, color, birds and insects. Gardening is calming, writes Jose German.

Store windows all over town are displaying art as part of the Fresh Air Montclair, an ongoing public-facing art initiative. A fashion show and parade will be held Sunday, June 28.

Gardens can help with the traumatic stress of the pandemic. Plant vegetable and flower gardens for a beautiful spring, writes Jose German.

The Victory Garden is sprouting up everywhere, as food safety becomes a bigger issues. Here's a history and instructions on how to make one.

Notwithstanding the heavy rainy clouds outside creating a minor local climate 'crisis,' the largest crowd yet, of about 300 attendees, braved the weather to gather at one of the largest environmental activist gatherings in the area, the Fifth Annual Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference...

Jose German warns of a coming climate crisis, and invites the community to the Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World conference.

In his latest "Gardening for Life," Jose German, founder of the Northeast Earth Coalition, discusses what people can do to fight climate change.