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Awards Overview

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One award will be presented in each of the categories listed below. You must identify the category of your nomination on the application.[/info-box-shortcode][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h3″ section_title_tag=”h5″ color=”white” spacing=”2″ gap=”2″ c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Climate Resilience” tab_id=”1649870006153-9fc7d91c-5a61″][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in helping communities and natural areas prepare for and recover from the effects of climate change. Their work should help create a stronger, safer and more sustainable future. Achievements could have been made through:

  • Policy and Planning – Integrate climate resilience into policy and planning processes. Projects can include the development of climate action plans, zoning regulations that promote resilient development and policies that incentivize sustainable practices and investments.
  • Infrastructure – Develop and implement infrastructure projects that improve resilience to climate impacts. Projects can include the construction of flood defenses, stormwater management systems, and climate-resilient buildings and transportation networks.
  • Community Preparedness – Engage and prepare communities for climate impacts. Projects can include the development of early warning systems, community education and training programs, and initiatives that support vulnerable populations in adapting to changing conditions.
  • Ecosystem-Based Adaptation – Utilize natural and ecological systems to enhance community resilience. Projects can include the creation or preservation of green spaces and natural buffers, the restoration of rivers, streams, wetlands and coastal habitats, as well as urban tree planting efforts and forestry initiatives, or other nature-based projects that reduce soil erosion, absorb floodwaters, mitigate heat island effects and improve air quality.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Climate Change Mitigation” tab_id=”1668093018986-b921713a-9b40″][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in programs or techniques that have resulted in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. These efforts should contribute to mitigating climate change and promoting a sustainable future. Achievements could have been made through:

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction – Use strategies and technology to lower or stop greenhouse gas emissions. Projects can include using clean energy like solar or wind, storing energy to support the power grid, switching to electric vehicles, using zero-emission equipment for construction, improving energy efficiency, installing heat pumps, using cleaner refrigerants, and choosing low-carbon transportation.
  • Innovation – Develop and apply innovative solutions to reduce emissions. Projects can include the creation of new technologies, processes, or products that significantly lower carbon footprints, as well as initiatives that promote circular economy practices and waste reduction.
  • Community Engagement – Involve and educate the community to help lower emissions. Examples include public education campaigns, local clean energy projects, and programs that encourage people to make eco-friendly choices in their daily lives.
  • Natural Climate Solutions – Use nature-based approaches to capture and store carbon. Projects can include the restoration of tidal wetlands, living shorelines, afforestation, reforestation, and urban forestry projects that focus on capturing carbon.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Watershed Management and Water Resources” tab_id=”1649870385748-31983ff7-166f”][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas and activities:

  • Water Quality – Improve surface or groundwater quality and reduce pollution through stormwater and wastewater management strategies and technologies.
  • Emerging Contaminants – Address emerging drinking water contaminants to ensure safe and clean water supplies.
  • Land Use – Promote or develop land use policies, including acquisition, restoration, watershed management, and green infrastructure projects to protect water sources, especially in the context of climate change.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Healthy Ecosystems and Habitats” tab_id=”1649873123329-8b55c700-f684″][vc_column_text css=””]This category honors individuals, organizations, or programs dedicated to the conservation, restoration, and protection of New Jersey’s natural ecosystems. Nominees should demonstrate a strong commitment to improving the health and function of ecological resources—such as forests, wetlands, estuaries, grasslands, and coastal areas—as well as habitats for nongame, threatened, and endangered species. Their efforts help ensure that wildlife will remain part of New Jersey’s future while delivering important benefits to people, such as cleaner air and water, flood protection, and spaces for recreation and learning.

Projects recognized in this category may involve:

  • Restoration – Restore and recover degraded ecosystems. Projects may include reforestation, wetland and marsh enhancement, invasive species removal, stream restoration, young forest management, and wildlife recovery initiatives for species of greatest conservation need.
  • Conservation – Support the long-term health of natural habitats through active care and improvement. This includes efforts to prevent species from becoming threatened or endangered by managing grasslands, planting native vegetation, creating forest openings, and removing invasive species. Conservation work may also benefit pollinators and other at-risk wildlife through efforts like “No Mow May,” backyard habitat projects, native plant landscaping, and the “Less Lawn” movement. Nominees may also engage in scientific studies, habitat mapping, or public education programs that raise awareness about the importance of conservation.
  • Protection – Preserve natural spaces and plan for land use in ways that keep ecosystems healthy. Projects may focus on protecting large, connected landscapes, preserving habitat corridors, preventing habitat fragmentation, and promoting sustainable development practices that reduce environmental harm.
  • Resilience – Strengthen the ability of ecosystems to adapt to climate change and other stressors. Projects may include installing green infrastructure, creating living shorelines, enhancing urban forests, improving coastal and aquatic habitats, and promoting land stewardship practices that support long-term ecological health and biodiversity.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Healthy Communities” tab_id=”1668093076634-bd92b752-c1d0″][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas:

  • Healthy Environments – Implement policies and projects that improve public health outcomes and promote wellness through restoring, preserving, or increasing access to natural environments (e.g., urban forestry, green space), and/or by reducing pollution or hazardous exposures (e.g., lead, extreme heat, flooding).
  • Community Action – Create community-based initiatives that foster participation, drive solutions, and address the effects of pollution and climate change, with a focus on overburdened communities.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sustainability and Waste Reduction” tab_id=”1649873679045-5c48fc53-c0cd”][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees, such as businesses, community organizations, or municipalities, should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas and activities:

  • Circular Economy – Advancing the use of recycled materials and reusables, and practicing product stewardship through repair, reuse, and repurposing.
    Example: A sustainable fashion brand might create a clothing line from upcycled textile scraps and returned garments, and offer a take-back program to reduce landfill waste.
  • Plastic Reduction – Reducing single-use plastics by promoting reusable alternatives.
    Example: A local coffee shop might incentivize customers to bring their own cups and serve drinks in glassware for dine-in guests.
  • Food Waste Reduction – Minimizing food waste through donation and creative upcycling.
    Example: A café offers a “Rescued Food” menu featuring items made from ingredients that would otherwise go to waste, such as juicing pulp used in baked goods or surplus produce turned into smoothies, crackers, or quiches.
  • Resource Conservation – Conserving natural materials such as water, wood, and land.
    Example: A furniture manufacturer uses sustainably sourced wood and manages its own forestland to prevent deforestation, restore native ecosystems, and support biodiversity through mindful harvesting.
  • Clean Energy Use – Improving energy efficiency and reducing fossil fuel use.
    Example: A municipality converts all its buildings to 100% renewable electricity through a mix of solar, clean power purchase agreements, and community solar participation.
  • Pollution Reduction – Lowering emissions and improving air quality through cleaner technologies.
    Example: A catering company switches to electric delivery vehicles, installs energy-efficient kitchen appliances, and adds advanced air filtration systems to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Environmental Justice” tab_id=”1649873913810-01187e26-af38″][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas and activities:

  • Environmental Equity – Deliver improved environmental quality, public health, and access to natural resources in historically disadvantaged and overburdened communities by reducing pollution and increasing environmental benefits like trees and open space.

  • Community Empowerment – Empower residents of disadvantaged and overburdened communities to actively participate in decision-making related to their health and environment.

  • Innovative Cleanup – Develop and apply innovative practices or technologies for the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated or brownfield sites in overburdened communities.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Environmental Educator” tab_id=”1649874392519-609135b6-d7ee”][vc_column_text css=””]Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas and activities:

  • Climate Education – Incorporate solutions-based climate change education into lessons with students.
    Example: A health teacher guides students through air quality experiments tied to exercise, leading to a student-led anti-idling campaign and deeper understanding of climate change’s impact on health.

  • Peer Mentorship – Mentor other colleagues in environmental education and/or climate change.
    Example: A librarian shares climate education resources during staff meetings, encouraging integration into school curricula.

  • Public Engagement – Promote environmental education to the public and provide opportunities for collective action.
    Example: A Scout leader organizes a native plant project that engages families and educates the community on pollinator pathways.

  • Experiential Learning – Incorporate experiential and/or place-based environmental education into lessons.
    Example: A social studies class grows a “3 Sisters Garden” while comparing Lenape environmental laws to modern land use and climate strategies.

  • Addressing Eco-Anxiety – Use teaching strategies that help students process and manage eco-anxiety.
    Example: Art camp students research and draw climate activists, expressing their climate emotions through personal letters.

  • Environmental Justice Education – Include environmental justice topics in lessons.
    Example: A math teacher leads a project analyzing urban heat islands and inequities in green space, leading students to advocate for change.

 

Please note if your school district participates in an environmental program such as the Sustainable Jersey for Schools program, Eco-Schools USA, the U.S. Green Ribbon Schools program, or another environmental program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”James J. Florio Emerging Environmental Leader (24 years or younger)” tab_id=”1669215371587-38fd516b-5452″][vc_column_text css=””]This award honors a young New Jersey resident who demonstrates exceptional leadership and outstanding accomplishments in environmental protection.

Nominees for this award should be 24 years or younger. Students are welcome to apply. Nominees should demonstrate a commitment to and have experience in one or more of the following:

  • Events or programs: Coordinate environmental sustainability events or actions within the state that further solutions-driven environmental awareness and action.
  • Leadership: Make a valuable contribution to the environment by serving in a leadership position, as a role model, achieving innovations and mentoring or supporting a diverse group of other individuals in work, school and/or community.
  • Impact: Demonstrate implementation of a program or project that has measurable positive impacts in climate change mitigation, adaptation or environmental protection generally.

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Eligibility

Who is eligible
Nominations will be accepted from individuals, organizations, institutions or businesses. You may nominate yourself or your employer as well as another company, individual, institution, or organization that you believe is worthy of recognition.

Awardees include:

  • Individuals
  • Businesses
  • Institutions
  • Communities
  • Organizations
  • Educators
  • Youth (24 years or younger)

Projects and nominees must:

  • Can part of an organization’s ongoing efforts but must be a special project that shows measurable effect within the past 12 months and have made a direct positive impact on New Jersey’s environment; and,
  • Must agree to have their project shared with others through a written description to appear in the awards program, press materials and on the excellence awards; and,
  • Must be performed voluntarily (not the result of federal or state mandates, regulations, or enforcement decrees); and,
  • Be in good standing with all NJDEP programs.

Nominating a third-party

The nominee must agree to the nomination before you submit the application.

Not eligible

The DEP, other executive branch NJ departments and agencies, as well as executive branch NJ employees are ineligible for awards and cannot submit award applications.

Applying for Multiple Awards

Only one application per nominee will be accepted for consideration each year. Previous award recipients are invited to apply again, provided they choose an award category for which they have not been recognized in the past five years and the activities in the nomination do not include those already recognized.[/info-box-shortcode][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”criteria” el_class=”mb-5″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”blue” border_width=”4″][info-box-shortcode]

Judging Criteria

All applicants must address the following four judging criteria.

Download the application questions to plan your answers. NOT FOR SUBMITTING.
You must submit via online form.[/info-box-shortcode][vc_tta_accordion section_title_tag=”h5″ color=”white” spacing=”2″ gap=”2″ c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Impact on Environment – 20 points” tab_id=”1649881880150-3741000d-97d5″][vc_column_text css=””]Describe the overall environmental benefits of this program/project or individual accomplishment over the past 12 months. (If available, you are welcome to include information or data from previous years to bolster the application.)

Examples of environmental benefits:

  • Amount of pollution prevented
  • Resources or energy conserved
  • Acres preserved
  • Tonnage recycled
  • Emissions reduced
  • Community impacts (number of people served, measurable health data, measurable engagement, etc.)
  • Other

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Addressing the Needs of New Jersey – 25 Points” tab_id=”1649881880165-743a7b41-348b”][vc_column_text css=””]Describe how this program/project or individual accomplishment addresses the environmental needs or challenges of New Jersey.

Examples:

  • Physical/mental health (e.g. Infectious diseases, respiratory issues, depression, PTSD)
  • Water supply and quality (e.g. impacts of drought, increased water runoff, exposure to pollution)
  • Animals and ecosystems (e.g. invasive species, habitat destruction, biodiversity)
  • Wildfires
  • Storms and flooding (e.g. tropical storms, “sunny day flooding”, flash floods)
  • Sea level rise
  • Extreme heat
  • Shift in seasons (e.g. less snow, earlier spring)
  • Air quality
  • Environmental Justice

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Leadership/Innovation – 30 Points” tab_id=”1649882164234-7fe180c0-5733″][vc_column_text css=””]Describe how this program/project or individual accomplishment shows originality and leadership in the environmental field.

Examples:

  • Collaboration (community members, nonprofits, government, businesses, schools, etc.)
  • Unique features or methodologies
  • Replicability (created/shared resources to help others do similar work; how can the project serve as a model for others to successfully recreate it?)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Education, Outreach and Impact on Community – 25 Points” tab_id=”1649882204692-4f657d34-1b52″][vc_column_text css=””]Describe what education and/or outreach activities were undertaken to reach or educate affected individuals, employees, students/faculty, stakeholders, contractors, consultants, community members, etc.  Also, describe the impact of the outreach/education on the target community.

Outreach/Education Examples:

  • Community meetings
  • Hands-on activities
  • Presentations
  • Informational materials
  • Social media outreach
  • Website development

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”mb-5″][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion section_title_tag=”h5″ color=”white” spacing=”2″ gap=”2″ c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-star” add_icon=”true” title=”Up to 5 Additional Points for Environmental Justice” tab_id=”1717518749445-9e700633-b93a”][vc_column_text css=””]To boost awareness and encourage future projects, up to five additional points may be awarded to projects that are located within or are easily accessible from an Overburdened Community (OBC), and, based on the review by the judges, show measurable environmental improvements within the project community/communities. Not all award nominations may fit the criteria to apply for these extra points.

Background: Central to the Department’s mission is protecting environmental quality and public health, and creating vibrant, sustainable communities. Historically, New Jersey’s low-income communities and communities of color face a disproportionately high number of environmental and public health stressors and, as a result, suffer from increased adverse health effects. New Jersey seeks to correct these outcomes by furthering the promise of environmental justice.

Instructions: Note whether the project site is located within an OBC. If the project site is not located within OBC but is easily accessible from (see definitions) and will directly benefit residents of a nearby OBC, describe the project site’s relative location and benefits to the OBC.

 

Definitions

Overburdened Community (OBC) – New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law defines an overburdened community as any census block group, as determined in accordance with the most recent United States Census, in which:

  1. at least 35 percent of the households qualify as low-income households (at or below twice the poverty threshold as determined by the United States Census Bureau); and/or
  2. at least 40 percent of the residents identify as minority or as members of a State recognized tribal community; and/or
  3. at least 40 percent of the households have limited English proficiency (without an adult that speaks English “very well” according to the United States Census Bureau).

Easily Accessible From an OBC – Less than ¼ mile away with no barriers to pedestrian access.  Barriers include impediments to people walking to the site, such as highways or impassable waterways.  Pedestrian access distance is measured not “as the crow flies,” but using GIS to follow the roads an ACS/OBC resident would need to walk to get to the site.

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Scoring

Groups of reviewers comprised of professionals from the DEP will evaluate the applications. Each of the judging criteria has an associated point value identified in the section above. The total number of points possible for each application is 100 (plus up to five additional points for environmental justice considerations). Applications will be scored on the answers to the four judging criteria and environmental justice criteria.

Applications are judged by: 

  • Four judging criteria
  • Additional environmental justice considerations
  • Up to 12 pages of support materials (articles, letters, diagrams, maps, photos, etc.). All supporting documentation should be combined and attached to the application as one pdf document. Any materials shared after the twelfth page will not be reviewed.

The DEP reserves the right not to give an award in any category if the total number of points of any nominee does not meet the DEP’s threshold for excellence. All decisions of the judges are final.[/info-box-shortcode][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”deadlines” el_class=”mb-5″][vc_column][vc_separator color=”blue” border_width=”4″][info-box-shortcode]

Deadline

The 2025 Award Application is open from Wednesday, July 30, to Friday, August 29. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, Sept. 5. 

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Please note: 

  • All applications become public information.
  • Applicants will be notified about award decisions in November or early December.
  • The in-person awards ceremony will be held in December.
  • Submissions can be part of an organization’s ongoing efforts, but must be a special project that shows measurable effects within the past year and has made a direct positive impact on New Jersey’s environment.

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