Â鶹ÊÓƵ National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of November 25, 2013
News
from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses
Dec. 4th
- - The Towson University Office of Sustainability presents
the Sustainability Film series, featuring recently critically acclaimed
documentaries on the most important issues of this generation. Environmental
activist Colin Beavan confronts the problem of consumption head on by getting
his family to live for one year with no net environmental impact. They
experiment with living without toilet paper, washer and dryer, refrigerator,
elevators, electric lights and cars. Along the way he finds that the low
consumption life style may be a more joyful one as well. The film begins at 7
p.m. in CLA 2110 on the Towson University campus.
Dec. 4th
- , 12-12:45pm, Public Health Garden at the University of
Maryland Arboretum.
(By Sarah Polus, WTOP -103.5
FM Radio, 11/19/13) [Article quotes Donald Meritt of the University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science]
State
of Maryland News
January
10th - Deadline - Environmental Education K-12 Mini Grant Now
Open - The Trust is currently for its Environmental Education K-12 Mini Grant program.
This program is designed to engage citizens and students in D.C., Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia in activities that raise
public awareness and participation in the restoration and protection of the
Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. To learn more about this grant program, .
(Maryland Department of the
Environment, 11/20/13)
National
and International News
(By Seth
Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog,
11/25/13)
(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, 11/25/13)
(By Karl Ritter, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington
Post - Green Blog, 11/24/13)
(By Ari
Phillips, ThinkProgess.org- Climate Progress Blog, 11/21/13)
(By Jeremey Hance, Mongabay.com as reported by
Environmental News Network, 11/20/13
(By Katie Valentine, ThinkProgess.org- Climate Progress Blog, 11/20/13)
(By Stephan
Richter, The Globalist as reported by Salon.com, 11/19/13)
(By The National
Water Research Institute as reported by The Environmental News Network,
11/19/13)
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