This May, the Department of Resident Life completed their 6th annual Trash to Treasure campaign. The program provides University of Maryland students the opportunity to donate unwanted, gently used items to Goodwill during spring move out. During this year’s efforts, a total of 11,520 pounds of goods were collected for donation.  

 One of the newest additions to the University of Maryland campus, the state-of-the-art Edward St. John Teaching and Learning Center (ESJ) is not only a marvel of modern technology and design, but it’s also the university’s newest green building.  

Members of the University of Maryland campus community may have noticed something different about campus recently, in addition to all the new building construction. The Office of Solid Waste and Recycling in Facilities Management has been diligently working for the past two years to expand campus compost collection and the fruits of their efforts are in full bloom.

The Maryland Sustainability Engineers (MDSE) have completed their retrofit project of a stormwater management system at Wellness Way after receiving a grant of $25,325 from the University Sustainability Fund.

The University of Maryland, in partnership with WGL Energy and the Maryland Energy Administration, recently completed the installation of three solar panel canopies at the Regents Drive, Terrapin Trail, and Mowatt Lane parking garages.

The University of Maryland has been established as a “Do Good” campus, meaning as a community we strive to take initiatives in social change. This mentality is designed to inspire students and the entire UMD community to become aware and educated about social, environmental, and policy issues.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked the University of Maryland No.

Michael Lagua ‘13 always wanted to work for a mission-driven organization, which is why he felt drawn to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. “I really like how nonprofits are mission driven organizations,” he says. “It was mostly about finding a place that aligned with my ethics. Just being around that work environment is really cool.”

Although the virtual world can’t operate without the data centers that house oceans of internet information, these giant computerized hubs create problems in the real world. They consume 3 percent of the globe’s electrical power and pump as much carbon into the air as all airlines combined, contributing to climate change.

If you like to eat, bees are your friends. The crops they pollinate account for 30 percent of Americans’ diets, and have an economic value of more than $20 billion.