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Week of January 7, 2013

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Jan. 1st - Conference registration opens for - Colleges and universities are incubators of innovation, tackling the biggest challenges of society through creative means. The 2013 Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, to be held April 15-16 in Bethesda, MD, provides the setting to learn, share and explore how campuses are using their passion for innovation to develop technologies, infrastructure, programs and curricula that address the world's most pressing sustainability challenges.

Jan. 29th - - In this hands-on recycling workshop, attendees will learn the difference between trash and recyclables. Sorting "garbage" from recycling, we'll talk fact vs. fiction about the entire recycling process. and leave a confident University recycler. After all, UM recycles much more than just paper. Join us for Garbology 101, and learn about what you can drop in those blue bins! This event will be held from Noon to 1 p.m., SMC Campus Center Green Room, on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore.

- 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 and surrounding region. Terps, thanks for leaving small footprints and helping to make UMD a national leader in sustainability. Click to view all internship postings.

State of Maryland News

(By Candy Thomson, The Baltimore Sun, 1/3/13)

(Maryland Department of the Environment, Press Release, 1/2/13)    

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/2/13)

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

• Practices
• Programs
• Policies

• Presentations
• Climate Change Definitions
• Facilities Master Planning
• Statewide Sustainability Efforts
• Useful Links and References

(By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, 1/7/13)

(By Lauren Morello and ClimateWire, Scientific American, 1/5/13)

(By Lisa Friedman and ClimateWire, Scientific American, 1/3/13)

(By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 1/2/13)

(By Mary Pemberton, The Huffington Post, 1/2/13)

(By Douglas Fischer, The Daily Climate as reported by Climate Central, 1/2/13)

(By Jim Suhr, The Huffington Post, 1/2/13)

(By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 1/2/13)

(By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 1/1/13)

(By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 12/31/12)