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Week of May 20, 2013

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

May 24^th - 25^th - - Friday from 9:30am - 4:30pm and Saturday from 9:30am - 4:00pm at Burdick Gym on the Towson University campus. Each spring, students leave lots of good stuff behind and donate it for an end of the year sale. Items include furniture, electronics, appliances, lamps, household goods, mattress pads, clothes, shoes, decor, laundry detergent, toiletries, mirrors, and more! Prices will be extremely low, and all profits will go towards the Go Green Initiative at Towson. Please contact cfang@towson.edu for questions!

May 25^th - - This event will be held from 8:00 - 9:30 am. Meet at the fountain in the northwest corner of Patterson Park. 

(By Sarah Gantz, Baltimore Business Journal, 5/14/13) 

State of Maryland News

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 5/19/13)

(Maryland Department of the Environment, Social Media News Release, 5/16/13)

(By Jon Meoli, The Baltimore Sun, 5/14/13)

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

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Asia and west and central Africa bore the brunt. Some 1.3 million people were displaced in rich countries, with the US particularly affected. Floods in India and Nigeria accounted for 41% of displacement, according to the International Displacement Monitoring Centre and Norwegian Refugee Council?• Floods, cyclones ... business and governments must wake up to disaster?• Worst natural disasters of 2012 by numbers displaced - in pictures (The [UK] Guardian, 5/20/13)

(By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 5/20/13) 

(By Desmond Brown, Inter Press Service, 5/19/13) 

(By The New York Times Editorial Board, The New York Times, 5/19/13)

(By James O'Toole, CNN - Money, 5/17/13) 

(By Kevin Kiley, Inside Higher Ed, 5/17/13)

(By Marlene Cimons, Climate Nexus as reported by The Huffington Post - GreenBlog, 5/18/13)

(By Richard Florida, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 5/17/13) 

(U.S. PIRG, Press Release, 5/14/13)

(By Claire Thompson, Grist.org, 5/14/13)

(By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog as reported by CommonDreams.org, 5/16/13)

(By Phil Plait, Slate.com, 5/17/13)

(By Jeff Turrentine, OnEarth.org as reported by Salon.com, 5/16/13)

(By Emily Badger, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 5/15/13)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 5/16/13) 

(By Christine Lepisto, Treehugger.com, 5/14/13)

(By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 5/15/13)

(By Marty Kaplan, Salon.com, 5/15/13)

(By Melanie Fitzpatrick, CommonDreams.org, 8/14/13)

(By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 8/14/13)