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Week of October 29, 2012

News from Across the USM Campuses

Nov. 2^nd - - Dr. Chris Boone, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105, on the UMBC campus, shortly before the seminar.

Nov. 2^nd - 4^th - - The Center for Social Value Creation is hosting a weekend long event aimed at creating new, real-world ideas to promote and advance sustainability. Using the principles of Design Thinking and rapid Design Prototyping, the College Park Sustainability Jam is part of a global Jam movement that connects "Jammers" from all backgrounds, levels of experience, and parts of the world. This event will be held from 5pm on Nov. 2^nd through Nov. 4^th at 2pm at the Center for Social Value Creation located in Van Munching Hall, Suite 2410, on the campus of University of Maryland, College Park.

(USM Newsdesk, 10/26/12)

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(By Kaustuv Basu, The Herald-Mail, 10/26/12)

(By Fredrick Kunkle, The Washington Post - Post Local, 10/25/12)

(By Alexander Pyles, The Daily Record, 10/25/12)

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(By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now as reported by EnergyBulletin.net, 10/29/12)

(By Allison Winter, Environmental News Network, 10/29/12)

(By Andrew Leonard, Salon.com, 10/29/12)

(By Dan Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council, Switchboard Blog, 10/27/12)

(By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post, 10/26/12)

(By Rachael Marcus and John Dunbar, Center for Public Integrity, 10/26/12)

(By Adam Vaughan and Camila Ruz, The [UK] Guardian, 10/25/12)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 10/25/12)

(Science Daily, 10/25/12)

(By John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire, 10/23/12)