Â鶹ÊÓƵ National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of October 7, 2013
News
from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses
October
12th - - Discover
the science of the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. The Horn Point Laboratory invites
the public to take part in its annual Community Open House from 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. Located on the banks of the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern
Shore, the laboratory is renowned for its study of marine ecosystems. The
theme for this year's event is "Science - Charting a Course for the Bay." It
features exhibits by the laboratory's scientists of their investigations in the
Chesapeake Bay and coastal areas along the Atlantic and around the world.
October
15th - 16th - - Energy generation- including clean renewable
power, transmission, distribution and resiliency- are all part of the puzzle of
coordinating and securing power supply systems. With the application of
communications technology to manage this critical infrastructure for cost
savings, reliability, security, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions- the
"democratization of the grid" is becoming a reality. This two-day
forum, held at the University of Maryland University College's Inn and
Conference Center, will address the challenges of identifying, integrating, and
assembling the various pieces of the puzzle needed to advance distributed
energy solutions. .
(University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science -
Appalachian Laboratory, Press Release, 10/3/13)
(By Julie Baughman, The
Baltimore Sun, 10/2/13)
State
of Maryland News
October
9th - - Since
1972, the NAAEE conference has convened top educators, government officials,
researchers, nonprofit and community groups, environmental experts,
corporations, and others. With the shared mission of advancing environmental
education throughout society-from schoolrooms to board rooms and community
centers to zoos and museums-attendees discuss how environmental education can
achieve environmental goals, as well as be a conduit to STEM education, a
springboard for civic engagement, and a tool for current and future generations
to make sense of the world around them. The conference will be held at the
Baltimore Convention Center, located at One West Pratt Street in Baltimore,
Maryland, and will take place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
October
9th -
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Lecture by Elizabeth Fetherston, Deputy Director, Fish Conservation program,
Ocean Conservancy. This event will be held from 12:00 - 1:15pm?at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, located at 624 N.
Broadway?(Hampton House, HH250), in Baltimore.
October
31st - - Join Governor Martin
O'Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown to discuss critical issues surrounding
three themes:
-Protecting Our Water Quality and the Chesapeake Bay
- Sustaining our Natural Resources
-Sustainability Communities
This
event will be held from 12:00 - 1:30pm at the North Laurel Community Center,
located at 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel, MD. Doors open at 11:30am.
National
and International News
(The Associated Press
as reported by The Washington Post, 10/7/13)
(By Pete Danko, Salon.com,
10/7/13)
(By Suzanne
Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian - Environment Blog, 10/4/13)
(By Anthony
Flint, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 10/3/13)
(By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 10/3/13)
(By John Upton,
Grist.org, 10/2/13)
(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, 10/2/13)
(By Jeff
Spross, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 10/2/13)
(By John Upton, Grist.org, 10/1/13)
(By Katie
Valentine, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 10/1/13)
(By
Michael Graham Richard, Treehugger.com - Transportation Blog, 10/1/13)
(By Malin Rising, AP - The Big Story,
9/30/13)
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