By Sophia Herndon
EarthFest’s goal is to motivate students to learn about student organizations, campus departments and programs’ sustainability efforts for Earth Month. Continue reading UMD EarthFest highlights sustainability efforts, organizations with an afternoon of fun
By Jennifer Baxter
Talk of the environment has taken over campus this week through plant swapping, ceremonial planting and reflection of the nearly lost environmental gem, Guilford Woods. Read about it in this week’s newsletter! Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: UMD events foster environmental awareness, local history promotes conservation
By Clare Roth
The water bottle coolers are part of the school’s new sustainability initiative, aiming to cut costs and eliminate waste. Continue reading Students express frustration, confusion with new water coolers in Van Munching Hall
By Kendrick Brown
Solana Page, the outreach and communications associate for the University of Maryland’s Office of Sustainability, wants students to work with her to make the campus a better, greener place. Continue reading UMD sustainability office’s Solana Page shares love for environmental justice
By Hannah Harris
The University of Maryland’s surplus store, the Terrapin Trader, supported sustainability at their multi-day Homecoming Week event. Continue reading Terrapin Trader event promotes sustainability in College Park community
By Hayden Whirley In 2021, University of Maryland President Darryll Pines announced that the University of Maryland will achieve university-wide carbon neutrality for all scopes of emissions by 2025. Three years later, the university remains proactive in advancing sustainability and climate efforts. Carbon neutrality is defined by a balance between the greenhouse gasses the world produces and the removal of those gasses from the atmosphere, … Continue reading UMD demonstrates its commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2025 through various sustainability projects
By Fiona Flowers The University of Maryland emphasized the cultural, economic and environmental benefits of ethnic crops during a lecture on March 26, commencing a series of virtual food sustainability presentations discussing agriculture and nutritional security. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources invited Nadine Burton, a farm management specialist at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, to examine food insecurity among immigrant communities. A … Continue reading Sustainability lecture discusses ethnic crop production and food insecurity among migrant communities
The event, hosted by this university’s office of sustainability, included rows of tables around Hornbake Plaza with informational materials and engaging activities to draw students in and educate them about campus sustainability. Continue reading Sustainability celebration educates students, highlights environmental issues
By Fiona Roy The Student Government Association’s sustainability committee held its first clean-up event on Feb. 26 to collect litter throughout the downtown College Park area. The crew of SGA members and student volunteers walked through the Old Town and Leonardtown areas picking up trash scattered along the streets and sidewalks. Seven volunteers turned out for the first event, but the SGA is hopeful for … Continue reading SGA’s sustainability committee hosts first environment clean-up event
By Jessica Harden The Farmers Market at Maryland, open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tawes Plaza Gardens during the spring and fall, reopened for the season on April 6. The market hosts vendors from as far as 250 miles from College Park and gives students the opportunity to buy fresh produce. “I basically came here every week last semester,” said sophomore … Continue reading Bike-powered blender at Farmers Market promotes sustainability and Bike Week
