Sustainability Matters at UMBC

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Gwynns Falls

Trail Remix

A shared passion for the outdoors leads to a collaborative journey down the Gwynns Falls Trail.
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Green Man

Good to be Green

Students are learning the importance of recycling through the Recyclemania competition and its Green Man mascot.
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Gourd Season

Gourd Season

Baltimore birds will soon find refuge in hand-made birdhouses this spring – but these small homes aren’t made of wood and paint. Painted, carved gourds, often used to decorate the Thanksgiving table, will be hung instead, thanks to a faculty-student collaboration in the visual arts department.
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CUERE

Wired Watchdog of the Waterways

Claire Welty watched a thunderstorm roll in from the west. The network of monitors tracking Gwynns Falls streams began to react, tracking the Baltimore area’s streams and rivers like an MRI of a patient’s veins and arteries.
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At UMBC, we are working to address global warming every day. Through our research and academic programs, we are developing both the knowledge and the new generation of leaders needed to move the world toward dramatically reduced use of greenhouse gases. In addition, the campus community is engaged in a variety of initiatives to reduce our own carbon footprint on campus and beyond. We hope you will find this Web site a useful resource in learning more about sustainability and UMBC’s goals to help protect our planet.

 

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