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If you have ideas on how to make our campus more sustainable apply for a grant anywhere between $2,000 - $330,000 to help you launch your vision into reality! Approximately $330,000 is available each fiscal year. | ||||||||||||||
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10-20 hours per week | Paid The Recycling and Solid Waste unit in Facilities Management is looking for a student employee to help track, coordinate and promote institutional recycling practices at UMD. | ||||||||||||||
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The Green Terp Program offers reusable utensil or straw sets to students who fulfill a commitment to adopt sustainable practices in their daily lives! Stop by one of our outreach events to meet the Outreach Team & Ambassadors, do fun DIYS or activities, and get some sustainable swag! Tue, Oct 5, 6 - 8pm | North Campus Diner Wed, Oct 6, 11am - 1pm | Farmer's Market at Tawes Plaza Fri, Oct 8, 11am - 2pm | Terps Take Care on McKeldin Mall Tue, Oct 12, 6pm - 8pm | South Campus Diner Wed, Oct 13, 11am - 1pm | Farmer's Market at Tawes Plaza Thu, Oct 14, 11am - 1pm | Stamp Student Union (Outside) Tue, Oct 19, 6pm - 8pm | 251 North Diner Wed, Oct 20, 11am - 1pm | Farmer's Market at Tawes Plaza Thu, Oct 21, 11am - 1pm | McKeldin Steps (Outside) Tue, Oct 26, 6pm - 8pm | North Campus Diner Wed, Oct 27, 11am - 1pm | Farmer's Market at Tawes Plaza Thu, Oct 28, 11am - 1pm | Location TBD | ||||||||||||||
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Adjacent to the Arboretum Outreach Center, 3931 Stadium Drive. Join staff from the UMD Bee Lab to help care for one of our many pollinator-friendly gardens on campus. Located next to "Dwelling: Paint Branch Creek," an art installation that is also a solitary bee wall, this garden supports those bees and other pollinators with native habitat. Regular care is needed in this garden, such as pruning and weeding. | ||||||||||||||
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Mondays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 10 AM Community Learning Garden at UMD Drop in to open volunteer hours and learn how to grow food! Assist with planting, pruning, weeding, planning, watering, or harvesting. Sample some of the produce, which is donated to the Campus Pantry to help ensure no Terp goes hungry! | ||||||||||||||
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New this year, now your office, Greek chapter, student org or other group can adopt a garden on campus. By adopting a garden you can check off an action towards Green Office and Chapter certification and help us cultivate our living campus. Our entire UMD campus is a world-class arboretum and you can help cultivate native plants, pollinator gardens, rain gardens, edible landscaping, and more! | ||||||||||||||
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Arboretum horticulturists and staff will work with you to select a garden area that is meaningful to you and needs some extra TLC, then coordinate monthly volunteer events with your group. | ||||||||||||||
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