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Helping the pond, helping the bay: repairs to library pond
Stormwater Management (Pond) Repair Project Posted on December 23, 2013 by Roland King WHAT: A repair project is needed on the stormwater retention facility (pond). WHERE: Work will be...
December 23, 2013 · 2:25 PM
When you do the math, our energy use adds up
Short and simple first steps to help the planet
The greenest, cleanest energy is the energy we save! Behind the scenes, Facilities Management, the Climate Change Task Force and especially our campus Energy Manager have been hard at work...
December 19, 2013 · 3:38 PM
Building Community Around Sustainable Transportation
Read about Karly's internship experience at OCSS
"Before I applied for my internship with UMBC Off-Campus Student Services, I knew it was right for me. My passion throughout college was always taking the information I learned as an environmental...
December 16, 2013 · 1:57 PM
New Retriever Exchange Group: Green Offices share supplies
Save time and money on new supplies, by reusing!
Julie Rosenthal is the Program Management Specialist in the Asian Studies Program but she has also taken the initative to launch a new group, to facilitate the exchange and sharing of office...
November 11, 2013 · 4:36 PM
25 Students Inspired & Empowered @Climate Conference
Powershift gears students up to protect people & the planet
The following is a feature article for the Retriever Weekly UMBC students involved in Powershift A trip to Pittsburgh that left students inspired and motivated By Shannon Williams Staff...
November 4, 2013 · 12:54 PM
Dr. Dawn Biehler on Mind Over Matters, Seattle Public Radio
Dr. Biehler talks about her new book, *Pests in the City*
Dr. Dawn Biehler gave an interview about her new book *Pests in the City* on the Sustainability Segment of Mind Over Matters, KEXP-Seattle Public Radio (to listen to the archived program, click on...
November 3, 2013 · 10:01 PM
BreakingGround Course: Environmental Justice in the city
New course deals w green spaces, community garden & wellness
AMST 422: Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimoretrains students to complete research in cultural history and develop related public programming working with a community in Baltimore city....
October 28, 2013 · 10:10 AM
Using the Planet: Erle Ellis Feature in Global Change Mag
Humans have been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia
In his new feature article in Global Change Magazine: Using the Planet, Erle Ellis advances a broader view of the Anthropocene over many millennia, and what that means for land stewardship. Even...
October 25, 2013 · 1:42 PM
Bike Share to launch tomorrow at Noon, with RAC re-opening
Victory for SGA, campus sustainability, the RAC & the Hub
The bikeshare will be launching tomorrow at the RAC, an opening celebration will take place at noon. The retriever weekly reported: "Alongside SGA President, Jeffrey Kee, senior information...
October 24, 2013 · 12:19 PM
Can UMBC Go Green? Interview with Sustainability Coordinator
UMBC Magazine feature story on campus sustainability
When UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, he took the first step to put UMBC on the path to a more...
October 15, 2013 · 3:25 PM

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