Â鶹ÊÓƵ National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of December 2, 2013
News
from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses
Dec. 6th
- - The Office of
Sustainability at the University of Maryland, College Park is looking for
interns for Spring 2014 Internships. The internships are in the areas of
communications, graphic design, green building assessment, LEAF outreach,
sustainability measurement and assessment, and video production. There are also
other "green" internships available on campus and off campus in the DC-metro
area. Interviews being conducted mid-December. Visit the Office of
Sustainability web site for .
(By Sarah Polus, The Capital News
Service - The Daily Record, 12/1/13)
(By The Associated Press as reported by
The Washington Post, 11/30/13) [Article cites a new project by the University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
State
of Maryland News
January
10th - -
The Chesapeake Bay Trust Mini Grant Program (up to $5,000 per grant) supports
activities such as Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE),
teacher professional development and programs to advance
environmental literacy in the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams.
Non-profit organizations, community associations, faith-based organizations and
more. See
for full list of organizations.
February
14th - -
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Maryland
Department of Natural Resources Green Streets collaborative effort supports
the implementation of the . It
serves as a key component of the Chesapeake Bay Green Street-Green Jobs-Green Towns
Initiative which supports local, grassroots-level greening efforts by towns
and communities
in urbanized watersheds that reduce stormwater run-off, through creation
of "green streets", the increase in tree canopy, and the reduction of
impervious surfaces.
(Maryland Department of the Environment News, 12/2/13) [Maryland
is a RGGI - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives - state]
National
and International News
(By Emily
Atkin, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 12/2/13)
(By Lauren
McCauley, CommonDreams.org, 12/2/13)
(By Justin Gillis, The New
York Times - Environment, 12/1/13)
(By Joe
Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/27/13)
(By Thom Hartmann, Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 11/26/13)
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