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Week of December 3, 2012

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Dec. 5^th  - Sunshine Menezes of The Metcalf Institute will lecture on The seminar is a part of the Horn Point Laboratory Seminar Series, and is hosted by J. Pierson. It will be held on Wednesday at 11:00am in the HPL auditorium (Coastal Science Bldg.).

Dec. 6^th - - Join us to learn about what is going on at the Public Health Garden and discuss garden activities and upcoming events. The meeting will be held at 5pm at the Public Health Garden, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The Public Health Garden at the University of Maryland, College Park, is a student teaching and community garden demonstrating sustainable agriculture and environmental best practices in support of public, environmental and community health.  

Dec. 10^th - - Join us for a fun-filled day of festivities that will include a tour of the Bowie State greenhouse, a lecture series and a full day of recycle activities centered on students to increase sustainable education and promote green living. This event will be held from 10am - 5pm at the Wiseman Center. The Day of Service activity will be held at 10am in the Campus Green House; the Recycle Drive activity will take place from 10am - 5pm at the Wiseman Center; and the Lecture Series activity will take place at 12pm at the Thurgood Marshall Library. All activity locations are on the Bowie State campus. For more information, contact Mi'Shaun Stevenson at 301-860-3471 or at mstevenson@bowiestate.edu.

State of Maryland News

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/29/12)

(By Holly Nunn, Gazette.net, 11/28/12)

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(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/28/12)

National and International News

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12)

(Damian Carrington, the [UK] Guardian, 11/28/12)

(By Josh Lederman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12)

(By David A. Gabel, Environmental News Network, 11/28/12)

(By Lucia Graves, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12)

(By Bill McKibben, Nnimmo Bassey and Pablo Solon, 350.org, 11/28/12)

(By Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com as reported by Salon.com, 11/27/12)

(By Jaeah Lee, Mother Jones as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 11/27/12)

(By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian, 11/27/12)

(By Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post - Political Blog, 11/27/12)

(Economist.com, 11/26/12)

(By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12)

(By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12)