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Week of April 26, 2010

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

April 27^th - -  5:30pm-7:30pm, 1524 Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park Campus. Sponsor: Smith School of Business. Calvert is a leader in sustainable and responsible investing, managing over $14 billion in assets. In addition to strong performance in the marketplace, Calvert is recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and an "Eco Leader" by the Alliance for Workplace Excellence. Join the Smith School for April's CEO@Smith lecture to learn more about Barbara Krumsiek's leadership at the Bethesda-based Calvert Group.

April 27^th - - 12-1pm, Symons 1110, University of Maryland, College Park campus. Sponsor: The Office of Sustainability. Join a discussion with your faculty colleagues about integrating sustainability across the curriculum. RSVP by April 21 to stewartm@umd.edu. Lunch will be provided.

April 28^th -  Salisbury University - Smart Growth Day - SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University's Department of Geography and Geosciences in the Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology holds "Smart Growth Day," a one-day conference on Wednesday, April 28. The event is a forum to engage communities, organizations, elected officials, environmentalists, planners, consulting firms and developers in constructive discussions about Maryland's future growth. For more information, visit the or call 410-543-6457.

April 29^th - (Exact time and location to be announced). Sponsor: UMD for Clean Energy - Speakers from several non-profits talk about the harmful practice of mountain top removal coal mining and what can be done to put a stop to it.

April 30^th - Dr. Christopher Small?- Lamont Doherty-Earth Observatory, Columbia University. 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, which is a part of the CUERE Seminar Series, 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.

April 30^th - - 12:15-1:45, School of Public Policy, 1113 Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park campus. Sponsor: Ecological Economics Student Groups (EESG). Join EESG to hear a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Turner, the Director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center. She will present on China's environment, discussing issues such as desertification and other environmental issues where economics play a significant role.

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/26/10)[Article cites Â鶹ÊÓƵ universities on the "greenest colleges" list - Salisbury University; Towson University; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and University of Maryland, College Park]

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(By Calum McKinney, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/22/10)

(By Deborah Gates, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/21/10)

(UMBC News, 4/21/10)

(DelMarVaNow.com, 4/20/10)

(By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post - College, Inc. Blog, 4/20/10)

(By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 4/20/10)

(Towson University News Room, 4/20/10)

(Salisbury University Press Release, 4/19/10)

(By Calum McKinney, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/19/10)

: Cultivating Our World by Planting Seeds in Our Community, April 2010

State of Maryland News

(By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun, 4/22/10)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 4/21/10)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/19/10)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/19/10)

(By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun, 4/17/10)

National and International News 

(BBC News, 4/26/10)

(By NPR Staff, National Public Radio, 4/25/10)

(By Molly Samuel, National Public Radio, 4/25/10)

(By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/25/10)

(By Janie Lorber, The New York Times - Green Blog, 4/25/10)

(The New York Times - Editorial, 4/25/10)

(By Aaron Wiener, The Washington Independent, 4/23/10)

(By Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen.com, 4/23/10)

(By Alixis Madrigal, Wired - Science, 4/23/10)

(By Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg.com, 4/23/10)

(By Dana Bash, CNN Politics, 4/23/10)

(By Jeanne Cummings, Politico, 4/23/10)

(The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/23/10)

(National Academy of Science Press Release, 4/22/10)

(Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, 4/22/10)

(Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones - Blue Marble, 4/22/10)

(By Naomi Klein, The Nation, 4/21/10)

(The New York Times - The Business of Green, 4/21/10) [Video diagrams]

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 4/21/10)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 4/21/10)

(By Clay Farris Naff, Scientific American, 4/19/10)

(The Geological Society of America Position Statement, Adopted in October 2006; revised April 2010)