Stamp Vertical Garden, New Green Deal, Walk With An Arborist & More!

Terps Leave Small Footprints at University of Maryland.

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With the help of a University Sustainability Fund grant, students, faculty and staff can now reap the benefits of a vertical garden installed on the ground-floor patio inside the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Student Life.

It becomes the second indoor green wall on campus, after a “biowall” was installed in the lobby of McKeldin Library last spring.

Wall of Wellness

Nathan Hultman, an author of the America's Pledge on Climate report and director of the Center for Global Sustainability, said the flurry of new state policies could help push the U.S. closer to its Paris goal, a reduction of emissions at least 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, though it would take time to gauge their full impact.

Did you know that the entire University of Maryland campus is an arboretum? Enjoy an early morning walk around some of the highlights of our gardens and grounds with outreach coordinator and certified arborist, Meg Smolinski.

See how a staff member from the Department of Astronomy traded traffic for the train in a new Smart Commute Success Story from Transportation Services.

A new first-ever statewide survey shows that Marylanders have many connections to agriculture and hold highly favorable views of farmers, but have less familiarity with the economic importance and environmental benefits of the state’s forestry industry.

EVENTS

Tuesday, February 26
Study Opportunities in Sustainability
Tuesday, February 26
Impacts of Food Insecurity on College Student Well-Being & Academic Success
Wednesday, February 27
Climate Change, Demographic Pressures and Global Sustainability
Wednesday, February 27
AgEnterprise Challenge Finals
Thursday, February 28
Research Greenhouse Complex Tour
Tuesday, March 5
The Neighbors: What College Park and University Park are Doing for Sustainability
Wednesday, March 6
Workshop on Society and the Environment
Tuesday, March 12
Buying Energy for a (really) Big User
Tuesday, March 12
Industrial Hemp - Potential Profits and Pitfalls
Friday, March 15
Walk with an Arborist
Friday, March 22
Walk with an Arborist
Tuesday, March 26
Smart Growth: Making Sustainable Settlements and Places
Tuesday, March 26
The Resilient Farmer - Managing Stress on the Farm
Wednesday, March 27
Attitudes towards Electricity Theft in Northern India
Thursday, March 28
Smart Commute Rideshare Pool Party
Friday, March 29
Walk with an Arborist
Friday, March 29
Shredding and Electronics Recycling Event

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