Congratulations to our 2017 Sustainable Maryland Certified Municipalities!
Our monthly sampling of news, resources, events and other items of interest from across the sustainability spectrum in Maryland.
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Congratulations to our Sustainable Maryland Certified Class of 2017!
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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Community Change Grants
(America Walks)
Deadline: November 10
More info
Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants
(Maryland Environmental Trust)
Deadline: Nov. 15
More info
Deadline: Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Grants
(Maryland DNR)
Deadline: semi-annual
More info
Charles County Forestry Grant Program
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
Community Engagement & Restoration Mini-grants
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
Prince Georges County Weatherization Program
Deadline: Rolling
Prince Georges County Raincheck Rebate
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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Engineering Green
Date: October 24
Location: Baltimore
Link
Looking Ahead
Trees Matter 2017
Event Date: November 1
Location: Silver Spring Civil Center
Link
Winning with PACE - Game Plans for Financing Energy Improvements
Date: Nov. 13
Location: Washington DC
Link
SM Leadership Training: Community Resiliency
Date: Nov. 13
Location: Cambridge
Link
SM Leadership Training: Community Resiliency
Date: Nov. 15
Location: Hyattsville
SM Leadership Training: Community Resiliency
Date: Nov. 16
Location: Hagaerstown
Trash Summit: Transforming Communities for Clean Land, Safe Water, & Healthy Lives
Date: Nov. 16
Location: Washington, DC
Link
Maryland Water Monitoring Council Annual Conference: Managing Water Quality in a Changing World
Date: December 8
Location: Linthicum
Link
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SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND COMMUNITIES IN THE NEWS
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Burkittsville, Mount Airy Recognized as Sustainable Maryland Certified
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Boonsboro Re-Certified as Sustainable Maryland Community
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Frostburg Named Sustainable Maryland Certified
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College Park Council discusses goals for ongoing sustainability plans
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Hyattsville's Green Expo offers residents info on how to "green" their lives, homes
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SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Check out our
2016 Annual Report with info on certified municipalities, SM events and initiatives, and more!
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OUR CLASS OF 2017 - SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND CERTIFIED!
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We are pleased to announce the following 14 municipalities achieved Sustainable Maryland Certified status in 2017:
- City of Takoma Park (Montgomery County; first certified in 2014) Named our 2017 Sustainability Champion for amassing more points than any other community this year.
- Town of Mount Airy (Carroll/Frederick Counties - the first certified municipality in Carrol County; NEW)
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REGISTER NOW! "BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE"
WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER
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The Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland will host Sustainable Maryland's annual Leadership Training workshops in November. This training series fosters leadership skills to engage diverse stakeholders, reduce contention, and garner support for sustainability initiatives.
This year's workshop topic, BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, will incorporate examples, stories and tools that will help communities: define resilience; foster strategies to develop resilience actions; and improve participants' ability to communicate the importance of resilience to residents.
3 DATES / 3 LOCATIONS
- SAME GREAT PROGRAM!
Choose the most convenient date/location:
Monday, November 13, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Cambridge Public Safety Building,
Cambridge
Wednesday, November 15, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Hyattsville City Hall,
Hyattsville
Thursday, November 16, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: University System of Maryland at
Hagerstown
REGISTRATION FEE: $35.00
(includes breakfast, lunch, program materials, free parking)
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IS YOUR COMMUNITY 100% COMMITTED TO RENEWABLES?
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With climate change threatening our planet and our way of life, mountain communities and winter sports businesses worldwide are taking action and becoming
100% Committed
to renewable electricity. Join the
Climate Reality Project
and join the movement that's saving the season and snow we love.
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KEEP MARYLAND BEAUTIFUL - JOIN NOW!
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Attention Green Teams - Join Keep Maryland Beautiful!
Deadline : November 15
Join the more than 620 community-based affiliates nationwide that are making a positive impact in their
cities, towns and neighborhoods by inspiring and educating people to take action every day to improve cleanliness and beautification by increasing litter removal, greening activities, community education, and citizen stewardship.
LOCAL AFFILIATE MEMBER BENEFITS:
* Training - provided locally by Keep America Beautiful National Trainers including manuals, step-by-step instructions on developing your local programs and activities, and other resources to assist in initial Affiliate development
* Tools and Programs - access to resources, like the Community Appearance Index and Focus Area Survey, to help track the impact of your cleaning and greening initiatives.
* Grants - eligibility for national funding programs offered by Keep America Beautiful and their partners and priority consideration for Clean Up & Green Up Maryland grants offered by Keep Maryland Beautiful through the Maryland Environmental Trust.
The deadline is November 15th. If you sign up to become a local affiliate by November 15th, you'll receive $100 towards your One-Time Certification fee.
For more information contact:
Alyssa K. Clemons, Alyssa.Clemons@maryland.gov, 410-209-5808
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QUOTE
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"Mayors tend to be more pragmatic and less ideological than national legislators, because they are more accountable to voters, and more visible. The public can see what mayors do, while it's harder to understand what elected officials at the state level do . . . and much harder at the federal level."
-Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City (excerpt from Climate of Hope)
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Sustainable Maryland is an initiative of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland. It is a free and voluntary program designed to help Maryland communities choose a direction for their sustainability efforts, improve access to resources needed to implement action, and recognize their accomplishments. Our sponsors include the Town Creek Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Municipal League. For more information about how your municipality can register in the Sustainable Maryland program, plus customized Green Team training and access to student resources that are available to provide consultancy services for municipal planning, please contact 301-405-7956 or mikeh75@umd.edu
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Mike Hunninghake
Program Manager
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