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Week of February 11, 2013

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Feb. 12^th - - Colleen Wright-Riva, Director, Greg Thompson, Assistant Director, Dining Services. This talk is a part of the Sustainable Tuesday Speaker Series, which is co-sponsored by the University Office of Sustainability, and ARCH 289i: Sustainability and the University of Maryland, Ralph Bennett, Professor (Emeritus), Instructor. This event will be held at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Auditorium, at 4:30pm.           

Feb. 13^th -  by Dr. Stephanie Lansing, ENST. Lecture is a part of the Spring CBL Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series - 2013. Seminar will be held on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., BFL 1101, at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

- 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, which is recognized as a national leader in campus sustainability. (University of Maryland, College Park; Office of Sustainability)

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(Maryland Department of the Environment press release, 2/7/13)

(Maryland Department of the Environment press release, 2/6/13)

(Maryland Department of the Environment press release, 2/6/13)

 National and International News

(By David Roberts, Grist.org, 2/11/13)

(By Igor Volsky, Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 2/10/13)

(By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/8/13)

(By Michael T. Klare, Grist.org, 2/7/13)

(By Felicity Barringer, The New York Times, Energy and Environment Blog, 2/7/13)

(By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 2/6/13)

(Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development press release as reported by Environmental News Network, 2/6/13)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 2/6/13)

(By Christopher Doering, USA Today, 2/5/13)

(By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 2/4/13)