Recap: Montgomery County Stormwater Summit / MSEC Energy Efficiency Funding Alert / EFC Student Profile: Noah Maghsadi / Volunteers Need for Urban Heat Island Study
Our monthly sampling of news, resources, events and other items of interest from across the sustainability spectrum in Maryland.
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Attendees at the Montgomery County Stormwater Summit for Homeowners on June 6
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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Maryland Smart Energy Communities Grants
Deadline: October 10
More info
Contact SM staff for assistance with applications
Keep Maryland Beautiful: Clean Up, Green Up grants
Deadline: Nov. 15
More info
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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2018 Grid Evolution Summit - National Town Meeting
Date: July 9-12
Location: Wash, DC
Link
Congressional Clean Energy Expo & Policy Forum
Date: July 10
Location: Wash, DC
Talbot County Fair
Dates: July 12-14
Location: Easton
Link
College Park Sustainability Expo
Date: July 14
Location: College Park
Link
Health in Buildings Roundtable
Date: July 19-20
Location: Bethesda
Link
Building Resilience and Planning for an Uncertain Future
Date: July 23
Location: Dover, DE
Link
Looking Ahead
Brownfield Basics
Date: August 1
Location: Catonsville
Link
Brownfields Green Infrastructure Bootcamp
Date: August 2
Location: Catonsville
Link
5th Annual Leaders in Energy Green Jobs Forum "Growing the Regional Clean Economy"
Date: August 16
Location: Wash, DC
Link
National Drive Electric Week Event
Date: September 15
Location: Poolesville
Link
Managing Your Water System into the Future
Date: Sept. 19
Location: Elkridge
Link
Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference
Date: Oct. 7-10
Location: Wash, DC
Link
Maryland Clean Energy Summit
Date: Oct. 8-10
Location: UMD
Link
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SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND COMMUNITIES IN THE NEWS
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Dinner and a show: These nine goats clear an overgrown park in Mount Rainier
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2017 SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND ANNUAL REPORT
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Check out our
2017 Annual Report with info on certified municipalities, SM events and initiatives, and more!
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LOCAL ACTION: MONTGOMERY COUNTY STORMWATER SUMMIT RECAP
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EFC STUDENT PROFILE: NOAH MAGHSADI
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Noah at High Rock Overlook, Pen Mar Park, Washington County
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After completing a joint BA/MA program at the University of Maryland, College Park, Noah graduated in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a master's degree in Public Policy, specializing in environmental policy. Noah's undergraduate career took him first to Peru, where he studied Macaw behavior, and then to Istanbul, for a semester abroad. Noah's love for travel did not stop as an undergraduate. During his master's program, he traveled with a winter abroad program to Indonesia to study complex socio-ecological systems and sustainable development. Noah's public policy coursework focused on climate policy, sustainability, and natural resource conservation, which was strengthened through real-world experience, while he worked as a student consultant with the World Resources Institute (WRI). As a student consultant at WRI, he identified cases of transformative adaptation, studied their drivers, and created recommendations for governments looking to engage in these large-scale transformations.
At the EFC, Noah supports management of the MOST Center website, is facilitating the addition of new actions to the Sustainable Maryland program, and assists with a variety of research needs. Noah is currently looking for an environmental policy position in the D.C. area, where he hopes to use the skills he has gained during his time as a student and his time at the EFC.
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$500,000 AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS FROM MARYLAND SMART ENERGY COMMUNITIES GRANTS
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Funding for the Maryland Smart Energy Communities (MSEC) program for the fiscal year 2019 is now available. The budget is intended to be $500,000 to be divided between new communities and existing MSEC communities. In the Fiscal Year 2019,
funding Is ONLY available for energy-efficiency projects. SM staff assist the Maryland Energy Administration with these grants. If your municipality has never applied for these grants, please contact Mike Hunninghake immediately at mikeh75@umd.edu or 301-405-7956 to discuss possible projects for an application. First time applicants have an advantage in receiving funding.
Application deadline is October 10.
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MANAGING YOUR WATER SYSTEM INTO THE FUTURE - WORKSHOP ON SEPT. 19
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Green Teams and municipal staff: please forward this opportunity to your local small water systems operators
Managing Your Water System Into the Future
September 19, 9:00am-4:30pm
University of Maryland University College
Dorsey Station, Room 2138
6865 Deerpath Road, Elkridge, MD
Register Online
This free workshop will cover skills and information to help you manage your water system successfully now and into the future. Attendees will learn to:
- Have the right people to run your system
- Ensure you get the longest life out of your infrastructure and have a plan to replace it
- Have the money you need for operations and capital
- Communicate these plans and financial needs to decision makers and the public
Who Should Attend:
This workshop was designed for water systems serving 10,000 or fewer people (though systems of any size may attend), especially targeting local government systems facing financial challenges. Owners of privately owned systems, consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems were also invited to attend.
Sponsored by the
Environmental Finance Center Network.
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VOLUNTEERS NEED FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY IN BALTIMORE AND DC, JULY 17-20
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 MD Dept of Health and The Urban Sustainability Directors Network are seeking volunteers for an urban heat island study to serve as team leads that can commit to collecting data over one hour time windows, during three times of day. The teams will be tasked with covering as much of the city and as many land uses as possible. The data collection is enhanced by volunteers knowledge of the commun
ities and streets where the data collection will take place. Training will be provided on the methodology and data collection guidelines to all volunteers ahead of data collection.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
--Henry James, author
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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 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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