Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of February 22, 2010

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

February 26th -  Dr. Jeff Stehr — Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science  — University of Maryland, College Park Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. The seminar is 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 on the UMBC campus shortly before the seminar.

BikeUMD Bike Ambassadors - University of Maryland, College Park is looking for Bike Ambassadors. For more information about bikeUMD, visit the . Please indicate interest in an ambassador position by February 26, 2010 by emailing transportation@umd.edu.

February 22nd from 7:00-9:00pm - . Event will be held at 1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

(By Brian Howes, The Cape Cod Times, 2/20/10) [Article quotes Jeffrey Cornwell of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Kristin Harty Barkley, Cumberland Times-News, 2/20/10) [Article quotes Cassie Doty of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(The Diamondback Online, 2/19/10)

(By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 2/18/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/20/10)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 2/18/10)

(By Vijay Govindarajan, Harvard Business Review Blog, 2/18/10)

(By Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun, 2/17/10)

(By Paul West, The Baltimore Sun, 2/16/10)

(Maryland Energy Administration Press Release, 2/16/10)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/16/10)

National and International News

February 25th - 6:30-8:00pm, National Building Museum, Washington DC - - Can working in a green building make you healthier? And if you can prove this, would reduce a company's health care insurance? Find out if this is a game changer when considering how and when to build sustainably. A discussion with: Gregory Kats, senior director and director of climate change policy, Good Energies, Michelle Moore, Federal Environmental Executive, President's Council on Environmental Quality, Mark Nicholls, Senior Vice President, Corporate Workplace Executive, Bank of America, Vivian Loftness, Professor, Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, Moderator, Robert Ivy, Architectural Record Editor-In-Chief.

(The New York Times, Op-Ed, 2/21/10)

(By Margot Roosevelt, The Baltimore Sun, 2/21/10)

(By Robert H. Frank, The New York Times - Op Ed, 2/20/10)

(By Harry Hurt III, Portfolio.com, 2/19/10)

(By Juliet Jowit, The [UK] Guardian, 2/18/10)

(By Vijay Govindarajan, Harvard Business Review, 2/18/10)

(By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, Op Ed Columnist, 2/17/10) []

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The Nre York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 2/17/10)

(By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 2/17/10)

(By John Buell, Bangor Daily News, 2/16/10)

(USA Today - Green House, 2/16/10)

(By Carl Zimmer, Yale Environment360, 2/15/10)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/15/10)

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