Our Guide to Sustainable Gifting: Ideas for Mindful and Ethical Gifts this Season!
Sustainable Gifting Guide
Americans toss 25% more trash than usual between Thanksgiving and New Year’s — about 1 million tons of extra garbage weekly, according to the National Environmental Education Foundation. Here are some ideas for ways to gift thoughtfully and reduce waste!
Coping with Climate Anxiety- Toolkit
Do you feel anxious or stressed about global risks like the coronavirus and climate change? That’s perfectly normal, as global risks are certainly nerve wracking. We’ve compiled some coping strategies to help navigate the stress and anxiety that our current crises can trigger.
Trails & Green Spaces: At & Around UMD
Green at Home Guide
Bring Sustainability Home!
The first step to going green at home is talking to those you live with: your roommates, housemates, your family, or whoever impacts your home decisions. Ask them to brainstorm ways to be more sustainable while saving money.
Sustainability Council Meeting Minutes
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Sustainability Council
The University Sustainability Council advises the President, the Office of Sustainability, and the campus community about issues related to the integration of sustainability into campus operations. Campus operations include the physical campus as well as the university’s core missions of teaching, research, and service.
Sustainability Education & Research
Innovations for Sustainable Solutions
Opportunities are endless to incorporate sustainability into research and learning. From degree programs to research projects to living-learning programs, students and faculty learn, enhance, and find support for addressing sustainability issues.
Sustainability Advisors
Support Sustainability Awareness:
The UMD Office of Sustainability aspires to introduce all students to core sustainability concepts and the university's network of sustainability-minded faculty, staff and students.
Student Projects
Each year, students in Professional Writing and other courses select campus sustainability as the focus of their semester projects. Because many students write proposals for initiatives that campus facilities managers are already working on (installing solar panels on campus buildings, installing energy efficient lights in residence halls, etc.), the Office of Sustainability constructed the following list of possible research projects to guide students toward research topics that will help us create a more sustainable campus.