USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of November 25, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Dec. 4th
- "No
Impact Man" - The Towson University Office of Sustainability presents
the Sustainability Film series, featuring recently critically acclaimed
documentaries on the most important issues of this generation. Environmental
activist Colin Beavan confronts the problem of consumption head on by getting
his family to live for one year with no net environmental impact. They
experiment with living without toilet paper, washer and dryer, refrigerator,
elevators, electric lights and cars. Along the way he finds that the low
consumption life style may be a more joyful one as well. The film begins at 7
p.m. in CLA 2110 on the Towson University campus.
Dec. 4th
- Arboretum:
Public Health Garden, 12-12:45pm, Public Health Garden at the University of
Maryland Arboretum.
Md.
oyster shell recycling program faces problems (By Sarah Polus, WTOP -103.5
FM Radio, 11/19/13) [Article quotes Donald Meritt of the University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science]
State
of Maryland News
January
10th - Deadline - Environmental Education K-12 Mini Grant Now
Open - The Trust is currently accepting
applications for its Environmental Education K-12 Mini Grant program.
This program is designed to engage citizens and students in D.C., Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia in activities that raise
public awareness and participation in the restoration and protection of the
Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. To learn more about this grant program, click
here.
Maryland
Department of the Environment highlights best practices in stormwater
management at Real Food Farm of Civic Works (Maryland Department of the
Environment, 11/20/13)
National
and International News
U.S.
Methane Study Says Emissions 50 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates (By Seth
Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog,
11/25/13)
The
New York Times is dropping the ball on climate change: The public editor
confirms that the paper's green coverage has been declining in quantity and
quality (By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, 11/25/13)
Future
Of UN Climate Talks Hinges On 2015 Deal After Uneventful Summit, EU Commissioner
Says (By Karl Ritter, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington
Post - Green Blog, 11/24/13)
Ninety
Companies Responsible For Two-Thirds Of Global Warming Emissions (By Ari
Phillips, ThinkProgess.org- Climate Progress Blog, 11/21/13)
Carbon emissions set to hit
new record high in 2013 (By Jeremey Hance, Mongabay.com as reported by
Environmental News Network, 11/20/13
Italian
Island Hit By ‘Apocalyptic' Storm As 17 Inches Of Rain Fall In 90 Minutes
(By Katie Valentine, ThinkProgess.org- Climate Progress Blog, 11/20/13)
A
new view of climate change: Terrorism against the people: That is how it's felt
in the Philippines and in many poor nations around the world (By Stephan
Richter, The Globalist as reported by Salon.com, 11/19/13)
Risks of Manmade Chemicals in
Drinking Water the Focus of 2013 NWRI Clarke Prize Lecture (By The National
Water Research Institute as reported by The Environmental News Network,
11/19/13)
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