Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of November 26, 2012

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

Nov. 28th - lecture by Dr. Whitman Miller, from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.  This event is a part of the Fall CBL Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series - 2012. The seminar will be held on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., BFL 1101, at the Chesapeake Bay Laboratory.

Nov. 30th - lecture by Dr. David Newburn, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at 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, 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, in the UMBC campus, shortly before seminar.

Dec. 3rd - Deadline for - The green industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy with many exciting career opportunities for college graduates. Get your foot in the "green jobs" door by working on sustainability initiatives at the University of Maryland, College Park, which is recognized as a national leader in campus sustainability. See their sustainability web site for .

(The Diamondback Online, 11/26/12)

State of Maryland News

(Switchboard - Peter Lehner's Blog, Natural Resources Defense Council, 11/19/12) [Maryland rankings noted in each section of report]

(By Brian Shane, DelMarVaNow.com, 11/26/12)

(By Gary Haber, Baltimore Business Journal, 11/26/12)

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

National and International News

(By Jessica Aldred and Eric Hilaire, The [UK] Guardian, 11/26/12)

(By Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com, 11/26/12)

(By Steve Connor, The [UK] Independent - Science, 11/25/12)

(By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian - Comment Is Free, 11/25/12)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 11/23/12)

(By Philip Bump, Grist.org, 11/21/12)

 (By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/20/12)

(By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/20/12)

(By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, 11/19/12)

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