Week of March 31, 2008

News from Across the USM Campuses

 Salisbury University's Children's Literature Festival, featuring the Green Earth Book Award Ceremony, April 1-3, 2008, the nation's first environmental stewardship book award. For more information about the award please visit the Newton Marasco Foundation website (To be held at the Ward Museum, Salisbury University. For directions to Salisbury University click here. For a map to the Ward Museum click here)

Sustainability Speaker Series: "Sustainability 101: Arithmetic, Population, and Energy," Presenter: Dr. Albert Bartlett, Wednesday, April 2^nd, from 12-1pm at Symons Hall, Room 0200, University of Maryland, College Park (Scroll down to April Events)

State of Maryland News

Baltimore Green Week (April 28 - May 2, 2008) The slogan of the Baltimore Green Week is "promoting a sustainable lifestyle in the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland." Green Week is a week-long citywide program of community events, hands-on activities, forums, and lectures throughout the city, all related to sustainability and "green living."

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

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

Majoring in Renewable Energy (By Keith Schneider, The New York Times, 3/26/08)

New eco-towns make it hard going for cars with 15 mph limit (By Robert Booth, The Guardian, 3/26/08)

Wind Turbine Is Latest Addition to Tribal College's Sustainability Efforts (By Lawrence Beimiller, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/25/08)

Vast Antarctic ice shelf on the verge of collapse: Latest sign of global warming's impact shocks scientists (By Andrea Thompson, MSNBC.com, 3/25/08)

Boston wants to harness composting energy (By Curt Nickisch, National Public Radio - All Things Considered, 3/25/08)

Step Away From the Bottle: Take Back the Tap (By Dan Thanh Dang, The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/08)