{"id":2395,"date":"2020-07-03T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:34:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-008cf58ee0590bea1b9e941c16fb9ad6\" style=\"grid-template-columns:65% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-1024x901.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9400 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-1536x1352.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bike-trails-2048x1802.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f88f331ff43f74756ab98a635026d2f1\">BIKE RODEO 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-bf218b01f8487481dbc982cd9d94a679\">FOR KIDS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c635b24516d9c058b3fd8fe455a651e9\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Once again, it&#8217;s time for tricyclists and tyke bicyclists to join up with our very own Lawrence Police officers to travel the  &#8220;rodeo&#8221; trails!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d0f6b94a5b4bafd1bec0e64d41435da7\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>THIS SATURDAY, MAY 9th. Come anytime between 10am and 1pm!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d52f2980db475f1efa247656113d139\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrence Township<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3834702e37f7d68c2162c6f08426035d\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>**Free helmets (while supplies last) by Capital Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4dab0cd56849efcebff2a803d5991086\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>**Bike tuneups by Mercer County Boys and Girls Club Bike Exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afd71728f8f01bb419936e3845f31460\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>**Fire truck display<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1194a20690722ba445007a2e256c11b3\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>**and&#8230;yes, food trucks!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac9d13e5fdda8d34dce1d05bf5e65012\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>Come for great family fun!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c07dfa33bc30862707612377628b2814\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(216,236,184) 1%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\"><em>SUSTAINABLE BRIEFS<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(240,241,239) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plasticstats_poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plasticstats_poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plasticstats_poster.jpg 679w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plasticstats_poster-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5027997421c318acf7ffb826e9376c55\" style=\"font-size:17px\">&#8220;Humans are far more heavily exposed to plastics than sea-life through food packaging, bottled drinks, cutlery, clothing, furniture, cars, city air etc. Less than 0.5 per cent of human plastic waste ends up in the ocean \u2013 the rest stays in our living environment.&#8221; What <a href=\"https:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/post\/2026\/03\/plasticide-a-crime-against-humanity\/\">a recent study<\/a> says is: it doesn\u2019t take a lot of plastic to add up to a lethal dose for any living creature, ourselves included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-center-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45a86db91a61dff186c0ed911c2cec7e\" style=\"min-height:281px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-9443 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Light-Bulbs-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Light-Bulbs-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Light-Bulbs-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Light-Bulbs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Light-Bulbs.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#616c6a\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:139px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24dbf31d03b339f78bc781698dc7a041\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>ELECTRIC BILLS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bc32c788dd1e95aa3b21554ea5868a3d\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>ON THE RISE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-807338fc3dc44f27403f0a04646b21a5\">You may be feeling extreme price increases in your electric bill. Why have they risen so quickly in NJ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-51d6139a0a33ae055960014158bdd428\">To blame: the rapid rise of new A.I. data centers as well as problems directly related to PJM Interconnection, the nonprofit that manages the country\u2019s largest electricity grid region &#8212; which includes NJ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-80d59c1a86ac9f021b896919c616462c\"><strong>PSEG is providing assistance to residents to address these increasing costs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d485ad9493e0d329ee0a23acc4ff20e5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/electric-bills-rising-help-is-here\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9440\">Electric Bills Rising? 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