Prince George's County Sustainable Energy grants

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Dates: March 18-28

Dates: March 23-24

Dates: April 6-8

Date: April 13

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Date: April 24

Dates: May 4-6

Date: May 5

Dates: May 14-16

Location: Cumberland

Date: May 20

Dates: May 25-26

Dates: June 8-9

Dates: June 17-18

Dates: June 27-30

Middletown commits to helping monarch butterflies

175 MW solar array planned for former coal mine in Maryland

Maryland Energy Administration Awards $1.6 million for Park Lot Solar Upgrades

Maryland Senate Passes Measure to Fight Climate Change

$75k in environmental grants for Salisbury

Eastern Shore collaborates, plants more trees

Annapolis sues 26 oil and gas companies for their role in climate change

Check out the Sustainable Maryland 2020 Annual Report, a wrap-up of our annual certifications, events, trainings and more.   

Learn more about our 2020 certified municipalities and other municipal sustainability projects across the state here. 

SM staff have had the pleasure of seeing and learning about so many exciting and innovative sustainability projects over the years. For our 10th anniversary, we've decided to share our Top 10 with you. Each month we'll profile a cool project, plan or event that we hope other towns and cities will be inspired by to do something similar in their community.

#10: The Town of Bel Air employs local goats from a local farmer to clear invasive plant species from Rockfield Park. The park had become overwhelmed by non-native species. The goats are voracious eaters, but can be prevented from consuming native plants by spraying peppermint on the plant. The results from the first 5 years are encouraging, with most areas not returning to their invasive growth to the previous degree. Once the goats have cleared an area, the Town follows with seedling plantings to begin the process of reclaiming the area for native material.

We'll be doing our Top 10 countdown in the newsletter and on Facebook each month, with our #1 in December, so stay tuned!

As part of Sustainable Maryland's 10th anniversary this year, we are hoping to inspire as many towns and cities as possible across the state to hold an Earth Day event. These can be clean-ups, tree plantings, recycling events, whatever works best for your community. And they can be in-person and socially-distanced, or virtual. Whether they are lead by the Green Team or municipal staff, please let us know your plans, and we'll help publicize and celebrate them in April!

Fill out this form to let us know about your earth Day event!

1ST PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT FOR HOMEOWNERS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, MARCH 30 (VIRTUAL)

Join the Sustainable Maryland team (virtually) as we highlight new Green Teams and a Sustainability Action Framework specifically designed for HOAs, civic and neighborhood associations in Prince George's County. This new effort seeks to empower and organize Green Teams at the local and neighborhood scale, and better connect their efforts to municipal and county government.

6:30 – 6:40pm: Welcome from Prince George’s County

6:40 – 7:00pm: Sustainable Maryland Residential Action Framework

Speaker: Brandy Espinola, Sustainable Maryland                  

7:00 – 7:15pm: A Green Team in Practice

7:15 – 7:20pm: Stretch Break

7:20 – 7:40pm: Supporting Sustainability through Community-Driven Stormwater Action

Speaker: Mary Abe, Natural Resource Manager, Prince George’s County Department of the Environment

                                                                               

7:40 – 8:20pm: Building a Strong Network of Sustainability Champions

8:20 - 8:30pm: Wrap Up

This initiative is funded by Prince George's County Department of the Environment, through a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust.

Join the conversation: https://umd.zoom.us/j/94554960749

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Intergovernmental Relations invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS). LGAC and SCAS members and qualified nominees hold elected or appointed positions with local, tribal, state, and territorial governments. This notice solicits nominations to fill up to 30 memberships on EPA's LGAC and 10-15 on the SCAS throughout 2021.

To be considered for 2021 appointments, nominations should be submitted by April 16, 2021. Nominations are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Click here for further information.

"A key plank of our Build Back Better Recovery Plan is building a modern, resilient climate infrastructure and clean energy future that will create millions of good-paying union jobs — not 7, 8, 10, 12 dollars an hour, but prevailing wage and benefits. "

-President Joseph Biden, upon signing Executive Orders on January 27 addressing Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Restoring Scientific Integrity.