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Week of October 24, 2011

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Nov. 4^th - Dr. Susan Day - Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation and Department of ?Horticulture,?Virginia Tech University. 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.

Nov. 4^th - - What if your home and all its memories disappeared forever? The people of Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu - Micronesian atolls that rise only three to five feet above sea level - may become permanent refugees, cut off from everything they have known, as the ocean rises and swallows their homelands due to climate change. An ensemble of musicians, dancers and storytellers from these three island nations share their cultural riches and affirm their love of village, community, family, church, the ocean and the lagoon. With joyful music and dance, illuminated by images from their homes, they express their hope for a future in the place they love. This event will be held at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in the Kay Theater at 8pm, on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Nov. 3^rd - - Baltimore Sun correspondent Tim Wheeler reports on the environment and the Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, he has reported on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, he's crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Falls from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a Western Maryland coal mine. A seafood lover and country rambler, he will share his good stories.  This event, sponsored by UM Go Green,  will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the SMC Campus Center Green Room on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, at 621 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD, 21201. is required.

(By the Diamondback Editorial Board, The Diamondback Online, 10/21/11)

(By Spencer Israel, The Diamondback Online, 10/20/11)

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(Editorial, The Baltimore Sun, 10/24/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/21/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/18/11)

National and International News

(The Economist Magazine - Science and Technology, from the 10/22/11 print edition)

(By Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor as reported by MSNBC.com, 10/22/11)

(By Steven Mufson, The Wasington Post - Business, 10/21/11)

(By Michael Pollitt, The [UK] Guardian, 10/20/11)

(By Ian Sample, The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 10/20/11)

(By Paul Kane, The Washington Post, 10/19/11)

(By Dow Jones Newswires as reported by Fox Business, 10/19/11)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 10/19/11)

(Reported by Diane Rehm, The Diane Rehm Show, 10/18/11)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian as reported by Alernet.org - Environment, 10/18/11)

(By Marie Diamond, Think Progress - Green, 10/17/11)

(PHOTOS, VIDEO) (By Robin Wilkey, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 10/17/11)