Have you heard of UMBC’s Green Pledge? Once I took the green pledge, I knew I made a public commitment to living green. I found that I was more aware and mindful of my choices and actions, and...
May 5, 2015
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A few weeks ago, Students for Environmental Awareness held a Free Store for the very first time during Recycle Mania and it was a great success! For this trial-run of the Free Store, members of...
May 5, 2015
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Christopher Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, Discusses Maryland Green Prisons Initiative in the Baltimore Sun Posted on April 30, 2015 by Max Cole Christopher Swan, an associate...
May 4, 2015
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By: Eco-Ambassador Emily Anderson
When I was in high school I started becoming aware of how much we produce and also waste in America. The average American trashes nearly 65 pounds of textiles each year. Almost half of the U.S...
May 2, 2015
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Become one with nature BY BRANDON FOSTER • APRIL 29, 2015 The retriever weekly BRANDON FOSTER Staff Writer brafos1@umbc.edu Dr. Robert Musil gives book talk for Earth week As...
April 30, 2015
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Voting is from May 4th - 6th
Prove-it is an annual grant competition sponsored by the Student Government. It asks students to submit ideas to improve our campus. Vote here: http://my.umbc.edu/discussions/15714 This...
April 30, 2015
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April 29, 2015 4:01 PM By Sarah Hansen Members of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) from UMBC and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center met at UMBC on April 20, 2015 to...
April 30, 2015
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2:03 PM
By using a reusable spork instead!
Like most of you, I buy food from the Commons that comes in disposable packaging. Having a meal plan, I feel like using some of this disposable packaging is inevitable. That doesn’t mean I like...
April 27, 2015
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Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Sigma Alpha clean up Pig Pen Pond
UMBC fraternity Pi Kappa Phi recently teamed up with the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority to host a cleanup of Pig Pen Pond as a part of UMBC Greek Week. The two Greek Life organizations brought out a...
April 27, 2015
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As a prelude to this Wednesday's Earth Day, let us all come together to realize the importance of respecting our Earth. As our home, the Earth provides us with everything we could possibly need....
April 21, 2015
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