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Week of March 28, 2011

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

March 31^st - - In celebration of RecycleMania, Facilities Management is holding a complementary door-to-door recycling collection to pick up your recyclable paper, magazines, cardboard, etc., and providing a shred truck for shredding sensitive documents on-site. From 9am-3pm - Door-to-door recyclable paper collection throughout main buildings and providing lobby drop-off points for paper collection in surrounding buildings. From 1pm-2pm - Shred truck available on-site for you to bring your sensitive documents.

April 1^st -?Dr. Tim Brennan, ?UMBC, Department of Public Policy -? This seminar, sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, will be held on Friday at 2:00pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and 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 seminar.

April 3^rd - 5^th  - , The Inn and Conference Center (LEED Certified), University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD. Colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to serve as living laboratories for sustainability.  The Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference is a comprehensive symposium that features sessions and workshops on smart growth and sustainable practices that serve the economy, the community, and the environment. This year's theme, Connecting the Classroom to the Campus to the Community, emphasizes the importance of the relationship between the physical space of campus buildings and infrastructure, curriculum, culture, capital, and community.

April 18^th - - Towson University in the University Union, 2nd and 3rd Floors - 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The annual conference is designed to raise awareness among students, faculty and staff about environmental topics, issues and solutions. Each year members of the campus community gather to hear presentations from faculty, students and environmental leaders in the Baltimore region. The conference addresses the impact of individuals and communities on the environment and actions that individuals and communities can take to positively impact the environment and create a more sustainable world.

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(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/11)

(By Alexandra Witze, Science News, 3/26/11) Article quotes Robert Bindschadler and Michael Studinger, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

State of Maryland News

(By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/11)

(By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 3/27/11)

(By Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun, 3/26/11)

(By Yeganeh June Torbati, The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/11)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/21/11)

National and International News

April 6^th - by Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Pachauri will be the featured speaker in the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) Dialogue Series at 7:30 p.m., in Mitchell Hall, on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, DE. His talk will focus on how the cumulative effects of industrialization have affected the health of our natural resources and ecosystems. Unsustainable growth is creating problems that not only affect the environment, but also, in some heavily industrialized areas, pose a serious threat to human health. For more information on this event, contact the DENIN office at 301-831-4335.

(By Liz Sly, Tara Bahrampour and Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post, 3/28/11)

(By Andrew Simms, The [UK] Guardian, 3/28/11)

(By Matt Seaton, The [UK] Guardian, The Environment - Bike Blog, 3/25/11)

(By Barbara Demick, The Los Angeles Times, 3/25/11)

(By Margot Roosevelt, The Los Angeles Times - Greenspace, 3/25/11)

(PHOTOS) (The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/25/11)

(By Caleb Denison, The Earth Techling as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/25/11)

(By William D. Ruckelshaus and Christine Todd Whitman, The Washington Post - Opinions, 3/24/11)

(By John Collins Rudolf, The New York Times - Environment - Green Blog, 3/24/11)

(By Joel Achenbach and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, 3/23/11)

(ByJack Ewing and Vikas Bajaj, The New York Times - Global Business, 3/23/11)

(By Erin N. Marcus, MD, The Huffington Post - Health Blog, 3/23/11)

(By Christine Hauser, The New York Times - Business Day, 3/21/11)