USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

Practices

What kind of practices is USM undertaking to mitigate and adapt to climate change?

The variety of ideas being implemented by the institutions is as varied as the institutions themselves, but they fall into the following basic categories, with links to some examples:

ENERGY
(conservation, source alternatives)

UM College Park energy conservation
http://www.sustainability.umd.edu/index.php?p=sustain_co_energy

Towson University's energy conservation programs
http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/facilities/recycling/energyconservation/

Frostburg State alternative energy activities
http://www.frostburg.edu/renewable/Activities.html

Salisbury University energy initiatives
http://www.salisbury.edu/president/sustainabilityinitiatives/greenataglance.html

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative
GREEN BUILDINGS
(sustainable construction and renovation, capital funding)

Universities at Shady Grove LEED "Gold" building
http://www.shadygrove.umd.edu/campus-sustainability/sgiii.cfm

Towson's green building programs
http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/facilities/recycling/greeninit/greenbuilding/

UM University College's LEED "Silver" building
http://www.umuc.edu/events/press/news222.html

TRANSPORTATION 
(fleet management, commuter policies, alternatives)

UM College Park transportation alternatives and environmental programs
http://www.sustainability.umd.edu/index.php?p=sustain_co_transportation

Salisbury's transportation initiatives are featured here
http://www.salisbury.edu/president/sustainabilityinitiatives/greenataglance.html

PROCUREMENT
(sustainable products and services) 

UM College Park's "buy green" programs
http://www.purchase.umd.edu/general/green.htm

RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
(recycling, re-use, composting, reselling)

Frostburg State's recycling programs
http://www.frostburg.edu/lglg/recycling.htm

Towson's "Go Green" programs
http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/Facilities/recycling/howtogogreen/index.asp

UM College Park recycling programs
http://www.sustainability.umd.edu/index.php?p=sus_recycle

Salisbury University's recycling program
http://www.salisbury.edu/newsevents/fullstoryview.asp?id=3258

UM College Park equipment re-use and reselling program
http://www.purchase.umd.edu/ttrader/

Please send your ideas and comments regarding campus sustainability to green@usmd.edu