Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of July 27, 2009

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

UMBI Seminar Series - August 12 - , presented by Dr. Upal Ghosh?Unviersity of Maryland, Baltimore County. Event will be held at 3:00 PM in the Multipurpose Conference Room at the (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)

- Seminars are held on Fridays at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, and are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 shortly before seminar (Sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

(The Gazette, 7/24/09)

(The Capital, 7/24/09)[Article cites Integration and Application Network, working in partnership with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Carol Harvat, Southern Maryland Newspapers On-line, 7/22/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center fore Environmental Science]

(A Daily Times Staff Report, DelMarVaNow On-line, 7/20/09)

(By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun, 7/20/09)

State of Maryland News

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

- Continuing their campaign to highlight unresolved pollution problems at the Sparrows Point steel-making complex, the and have scheduled a "town hall" meeting in Edgemere on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog,7/26/09)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 7/25/09)

  (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 7/23/09)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 7/23/09)

(The Baltimore Sun - Getting There Blog, 7/21/09) [Article cites average Maryland gas prices]

National and International News

(By Suzanne Goldberg and Damian Carrington, The [UK] Guardian, 7/26/09)

(By Amanda Wills, Yahoo News, 7/24/09)

(By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun, 7/24/09)

(By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald, 7/23/09)

(By Michael Rass, PRI-The World, National Public Radio, 7/23/09)

(Yahoo News, 7/23/09)

( By  Elaine Quijano, CNN-Politics, 7/23/09)

(By Alister Doyle, Reuters as reported by Alternet, 7/22/09)   

(AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 7/22/09)

(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 7/20/09)

(Bibi van der Zee and Adam Vaughan, The [UK] Guardian, 7/20/09)

(By Ben Casselman, The Wall Street Journal as reported by Yahoo Finance, 7/20/09)

(June 27 - September 13, 2009) The Edible Garden is a summer-long celebration of growing great food. Through delectable exhibitions and mouth-watering programs, be inspired to grow, prepare, and eat garden-fresh produce, and understand how plants provide the food and drink essential to maintaining life and enhancing wellness.

Please send your ideas and comments regarding campus sustainability to green@usmd.edu