Sustainability Matters at UMBC
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Prof. Swan's Green Prisons: seeding vacant lots in city
Christopher Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, Discusses Maryland Green Prisons Initiative in the Baltimore Sun Posted on April 30, 2015 by Max Cole Christopher Swan, an associate...
May 4, 2015 · 11:00 AM
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Poppin Tags: How I Sustainably Shop for clothes & more
By: Eco-Ambassador Emily Anderson
When I was in high school I started becoming aware of how much we produce and also waste in America. The average American trashes nearly 65 pounds of textiles each year. Almost half of the U.S...
May 2, 2015 · 4:22 PM
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Dr. Musil's Earth Week Talk: Role of Women & Environment
Become one with nature BY BRANDON FOSTER   •   APRIL 29, 2015 The retriever weekly BRANDON FOSTER Staff Writer brafos1@umbc.edu Dr. Robert Musil gives book talk for Earth week As...
April 30, 2015 · 2:38 PM
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Sustainability Themed ProveIt Finalists and voting next week
Voting is from May 4th - 6th
Prove-it is an annual grant competition sponsored by the Student Government. It asks students to submit ideas to improve our campus.  Vote here: http://my.umbc.edu/discussions/15714 This...
April 30, 2015 · 2:20 PM
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Communicating Climate Symposium celebrates 20 years of JCET
April 29, 2015 4:01 PM By Sarah Hansen Members of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) from UMBC and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center met at UMBC on April 20, 2015 to...
April 30, 2015 · 2:03 PM
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My attempt to use less plastic silverware...
By using a reusable spork instead!
Like most of you, I buy food from the Commons that comes in disposable packaging.  Having a meal plan, I feel like using some of this disposable packaging is inevitable.  That doesn’t mean I like...
April 27, 2015 · 10:10 PM
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Greek Life Leads Campus Cleanup
Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Sigma Alpha clean up Pig Pen Pond
UMBC fraternity Pi Kappa Phi recently teamed up with the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority to host a cleanup of Pig Pen Pond as a part of UMBC Greek Week. The two Greek Life organizations brought out a...
April 27, 2015 · 2:32 PM
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Turn Down Tuesday: Get Ready for Earth Day
As a prelude to this Wednesday's Earth Day, let us all come together to realize the importance of respecting our Earth.  As our home, the Earth provides us with everything we could possibly need....
April 21, 2015 · 9:29 AM
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Turn Down Tuesday: It's (finally) Spring!
What do you think about this beautiful weather?!    It’s been great to see UMBC’s Hillside Apartment residents opening their windows to cool down rather than turn on their air conditioners. ...
April 14, 2015 · 11:47 AM
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"Ebb & Flow" is a modern dance piece inspired by nature
Will be performed on Earth Day at URCAD 2015!
As a double major in Environmental Studies and Dance, I try to find ways to connect my two fields and have been able to do this through my choreography. I tend to use my personal observations...
April 12, 2015 · 11:16 PM
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