Week of February 18, 2008

2008 Smart and Sustainable Campus Conference (National Association of College and University Business Officers) March 31- April 2, 2008 - The Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD

O'Malley: Human Survival at Risk From Warming (By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun Weblog, 2/20/08)

Boesch to Head U of Maryland's Sustainability Efforts (By Rona Kobell, The Baltimore Sun Weblog, 2/19/08)

UMCES President Don Boesch Appointed Vice Chancellor of Environmental Sustainability for the University System of Maryland (University System of Maryland Newsroom, 2/15/08)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

• Practices
• Programs
• Policies

• Presentations (Power Point)
• Climate Change Definitions
• Facilities Master Planning
• Statewide Sustainability Efforts
• ACUPCC National Benchmarking
• Useful Links and References

Alternative Energy and Green Development: Economic Realities for Maryland (Conference 2/27/08, Sponsored by RESI/Towson University, Columbia Sheraton Hotel, Columbia, MD)

Salisbury Participates in National RecycleMania Program (Salisbury University, 2/8/08)

Focus the Nation 2008 at University of Maryland, Baltimore (Maryland Environmental Law Society, University of Maryland School of Law)

Md. universities become leaders in fight against global warming
(By Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner [Baltimore, MD] 2/19/08)

UMd. to push energy efficiency on campuses (By Sue Schultz, Contributing Writer, Washington Business Journal, 2/18/08)

State of Maryland News

Envisioning a Sustainable Chesapeake (By Dr. Donald F. Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Vice Chancellor of Environmental Sustainability for the University System of Maryland; The Capital - www.HometownAnnapolis.com, 2/16/08)

Oceans in Peril: Scientists looking wide and deep find damage almost everywhere (By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun, 2/15/08)

Energy programs could drive rates up, bills down (By Jaime Malarkey, The Examiner, 2/13/08)

Proposal calls for cleaner power, more efficiency (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/13/08)

College raising funds for Clarksville 'green' building (By Nate Sandstrom, Howard County Times, 2/7/08)

National and International News

Sustainability News: a Petition in Maryland, a Protest in Santa Cruz, and Purchasing Power in Ithaca (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/15/08)

A Profile of Campus Sustainability Officers (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/14/08)

Calling All Students: Bill Clinton Wants You (in New Orleans) (By Elia Powers, Inside Higher Ed, 2/14/08)

Going Out to Eat, but Staying Green (By Florence Fabricant, The New York Times, 2/13/08)  

Pedaling Change: The Ripon Velorution Project (Ripon College, 2/13/08)