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Week of February 18, 2013

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Feb. 19^th - Dr. Marla MacIntosh, Professor of Plant Science, University of Maryland, College Park. This talk is a part of the Sustainable Tuesdays Series, co-Sponsored by the University Office of Sustainability, and ARCH 289i: Sustainability and the University of Maryland, Ralph Bennett, Professor (Emeritus), Instructor. This talk will be held at 4:30 pm in the auditorium of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Feb. 26^th - - The fair will be held from 11:00am-3:00pm in the Colony Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. This event is designed to enhance awareness of environmental, sustainability and agriculture careers and employment opportunities. It will bring together public and private sector employers, campus student groups and selected university departmental majors whose expertise and interests lie in this area.

(UMCES Environmental Insights magazine, February 2013)

(By Gary Haber, Baltimore Business Journal, 2/12/13)

(BayNet.com, 2/12/13)

(By Jim Snyder and Justin Doom, Bloomberg News, 2/11/13)

(By Lauren McCauley, CommonDreams.org, 2/18/13)

(Reported by Matt Laslo, National Public Radio - WAMU, 2/17/13)

(By Yves Engler, CommonDreams.org, 2/15/13)

(By Lisa Hymas, Grist.org, 2/15/13)

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(By Jacob Chamberlain, CommonDreams.org, 2/15/13)

(By Bob Ward, The [UK] Guardian, 2/15/13)

(By Lauren McCauley, CommonDreams.org, 2/15/13)

(By Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service, 2/14/13)

(By Jeff Spross, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 2/14/13)

(By Lisa Hymas, Grist.org, 2/13/13)

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

(By Luke Johnson, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/13/13)

(By Adam Peck, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress blog, 2/13/13)

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

(By Chris McCahill and Norman Garrick, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 2/12/13)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - Post Politics, 2/12/13)

(By Adam Vaughan, The [UK] Guardian, 2/12/13)

(and Get More People Out on Bikes) (By Sarah Goodyear, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 2/12/13)