The focus of UMB’s sustainability steering committee is to provide direction and leadership providing leadership for the campus on environmental issues, and engaging the campus community and meeting their environmental information and forum needs.
If you are interested in joining one or more working groups, please email sustainability@umaryland.edu.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is comprised of high level administration appointed by Dr. Jarrell that supports sustainability campus initiatives and ensures champions within each stakeholder group follow through with University Commitments.
Reduction Working Group
The Reduction Working Group is tasked with mitigating UMB's impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Efforts include: energy reduction, increasing alternative transportation methods, waste minimization, green purchasing.
Resiliency Working Group
The Resiliency Working Group is tasked with implementing smart growth and adapting to the changing climate at UMB through design and infrastructure. Methods include increasing the University’s greenscape, conserving natural resources, designing to account for future extreme weather events.
Engagement & Education Working Group
The Engagement & Education Working Group helps connect UMB to the rest of Baltimore City via partnerships, finds and implements ways to effectively communicate updates to existing programs, teaches the campus community about the intersectional and systems approach the University has adopted for incorporating sustainability in its campus culture, and works to incorporate sustainability into curricula.
Green Labs Working Group
The Green Labs Working Group will assist with the creation and implementation of a UMB Green Labs Program.