SustainableUMD News

C. Gallagher / Dec. 15, 2023

A $30,000 grant from the Sustainability Fund helps the Community Learning Garden grow to support learning, community, and food security at the university.

C. Lundquist & E. Hightower  /  Nov 02, 2022

UMD’s award-winning Dining Services program has served as a leader for sustainability initiatives on campus for over a decade. Green Dining programs aim to educate the community while progressing UMD's carbon neutrality goal.

E. Hightower  /  Oct 12, 2022

Forests and other green spaces provide important benefits to mental and physical health, education, and campus operations. Students and researchers at UMD partner to better understand forest carbon sequestration and flux.

E. Hightower  /  Mar 25, 2022

The University continues to strive for excellence in climate action, aiming to achieve the visions embodied in campus, community, and global sustainability goals. The 2020 calendar year highlights the University’s unwavering commitment to sustainability and climate action even as financial and social challenges mounted with the impacts of the global pandemic.

S. DeLeon  /  Nov 18, 2020

Since sustainability is⁠—in essence⁠—about the future, thoughtful planning is an essential piece of creating a story that achieves the kind of visions embodied in campus, community, and global sustainability goals. At the local scale, UMD and partners in government and business are guiding that planning with a deep commitment to “smart growth.”

V. Maneval /  Sept 26, 2025

A $100K Sustainability Fund project grows power through agrivoltaics

T. Brinks /  Sept 9, 2025

Eleven projects awarded over $400K in 2024-25, with many receiving multi-year funding

T. Brinks & N. Pilsbury /  Apr 17, 2025

Six inspiring Terps and the sustainability programs they've made- how students, staff, and faculty continue to shape our campus sustainability culture.

N. Pilsbury /  Feb 5, 2025

Students and faculty in the A. James Clark School of Engineering are learning to couple engineering and sustainability through two creative Sustainability Fund projects.

N. Pilsbury /  Nov 6, 2024

The UMD Golf Course converts part of the golf course into an inviting outdoor classroom featuring native and pollinator friendly plants.

D. Frye  /  Sept 27, 2024

A new report measuring sustainability values, attitudes and behaviors of first-year students reveals an increased concern for environmental issues and the importance of reducing environmental impact. 

C. Gallagher / Feb 28, 2024

Supported by the Sustainability Fund, entomology graduate student leads collaborative education and outreach about the importance of protecting insect biodiversity to support ecosystem services that are essential to every field of study at UMD.

C. Gallagher /  Dec 15, 2023

A $30,000 grant from the Sustainability Fund helps the Community Learning Garden grow to support learning, community, and food security at the university.

R. Rodriguez /  May 01, 2023

More than $230K awarded in 2022-2023 grant cycle towards sustainable operations, academics, and research. Learn how and when to submit a sustainability fund proposal.

S. Holt /  Apr 21, 2023

A new tool for engagement in the Office of Sustainability, the Outreach Bike adds mobility and addresses one of the grand challenges on our campus: sustainability and climate action.