Green Ridgewood / Green Team

Meetings

  • 7:30 pm
  • 1st Thursday of every month
  • Village Hall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 "Senior Lounge"
    131 N Maple Ave,
    Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

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Members

  • David Refkin, Chairperson
  •  Justin Manger, Vice Chairperson
  • Bill Armbstruer, Member
  • Beth Gould Creller, Member
  • Joan Hubertus, Member
  • Peter Jerdee, Member
  • Jane Rouse, Member
  • Pamela Perron, Member - Village Council Representative
  • Saurabh Dani, Member - Board of Education Representative
  • Vicky Van Dyke, Member - Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board Representative
  • Jill Fasano, Member - Village Staff Member
  • Anika Mukkatira, Student Liaison Representative

Mission

Green Ridgewood, formerly known as Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee, assists the Village Council in long-range planning with respect to environmental issues. Green Ridgewood anticipates environmental problems, researches, and recommends solutions.

Green Team

Members

  • Michael Faherty, Chairperson
  • Geri Atwood, Member
  • Sean Elliott, Member
  • Joe Ferrante, Member
  • Mark Kaplan, Member 
  • Alina Mordkovich, Member
  • Manpreet Tyagi, Member
  • Pamela Perron, Member - Village Council Representative
  • Christopher Rutishauser, Member - Village Staff Member
  • Julia Grant - Student Liaison Representative

Mission

The Green Team is a subcommittee of Green Ridgewood and is devoted to completing the requirements for Sustainable Jersey certification and to educating Village residents regarding green initiatives.

Email Green Ridgewood and the Green Team. For additional information, visit the Green Ridgewood website.

Columbia University: Sustainable Saddle River County Park

Green Ridgewood worked with a team of graduate students from Columbia University's Master of Science in Sustainability Management Program during the summer of 2025, focusing on reimagining Bergen County's Saddle River County Park as a resilient, sustainable and accessible green urban space. Among the team's conclusions: Bergen County is the number one most vulnerable county in the United States for flooding, with more than $72 billion at risk.

View the Columbia Report


Columbia University: Resilient Ridgewood

Eleven graduate students from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) worked with Green Ridgewood for their “capstone” project during the spring 2024 semester. The students voted on a range of potential projects, and Ridgewood was voted the most popular project to work on. The students focused their efforts on three key areas:

  • Assist the Village in developing innovative strategies to minimize flooding.
  • Propose a long-term decarbonization plan for the Village. 
  • Develop a sustainability road map to implement the recommendations on the above topics and propose strategies related to the challenges and opportunities that exist for Ridgewood.

View the Columbia Report