Brownfields
Program
Baltimore's
designation as a Brownfields Pilot City, along with the state
of Maryland's developing Brownfields legislation, increased
the importance of urban site redevelopment in Maryland. As
part of its emphasis on exploring emerging environmental issues,
the Environment Project developed and conducted several Brownfields
focused programs. Click here for
a list of activities and outcomes specific to this project.
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Energy
Deregulation Conference
As
deregulation of the energy utility industry proceeds throughout
the U.S., many unforeseen issues have arisen. To assess potential
impacts of deregulation in Maryland, the Maryland Energy Institute,
along with The Environment Project, hosted a one-day conference
entitled "Utility Deregulation in Your Future" in December
1998. Nearly 100 people attended the workshop, which covered
topics on deregulation from the perspective of the State government,
utility companies, energy service companies and end users.
In addition, the potential economic and environmental impacts
associated with energy deregulation were also explored.
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Environment
Maryland Directory
Recognizing the
need for information about environmental career and educational
options for interested students, the Environment Project partnered
with the Maryland State Department of Education, Maryland
Department of the Environment, Maryland Department of Business
and Economic Development, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Baltimore
Urban League, and the Western School of Technology and Environmental
Science to produce a statewide directory of environmental
business, education, and career resources in Maryland. Dubbed
"Environment Maryland! A Directory of Business, Education
and Career Resources", the directory was released by Governor
Glendening at a press conference in Baltimore in July 1996.
"Environment Maryland!" profiles nearly 1,000 private, non-profit
and government environmental employers and educational institutions
across the state. In addition, the directory contains information
on national and state employment trends and career pathways.
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here for a list of activities and outcomes specific to this
project.
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Environment
Maryland Website
To continue its
work in cooperative education program development, as well
as optimize on-going updating of Environment Maryland!, the
Environment Project developed an online version of Environment
Maryland! The central mission of the website is to link environmental
employers, educational institutions, and students interested
in environmental careers in order to foster environmental
education and workforce development opportunities. Click
here for a list of activities and outcomes specific to this
project.
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Industrial
Ecology Curriculum
Recognizing the
need for industrial ecology curriculum at the community college
level, the Industrial Ecology Curriculum Project began in
the fall of 1997. The Environment Project was chosen by the
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to
serve as the lead community college for the project because
of the unique and successful business partnerships and linkages
developed at the college and the experience developing innovative
environmental science curriculum. The goals of the Industrial
Ecology Curriculum Project: were to:
1. foster the principles of industrial ecology which can help
businesses preserve and enhance the environment through wiser
materials use, product design, energy efficiency, waste reduction,
and pollution prevention, and;
2.
transfer the expertise and knowledge of corporate environmental
leaders to help medium and small businesses improve their
economic and environmental performance through industrial
ecology initiatives.
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here for a list of activities and outcomes specific to this
project.
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Maryland
Environmental Business Alliance
The Environment
Project helped to launch the Maryland Environmental Business
Alliance (MEBA) in 1996. The mission of MEBA was to foster
development of the Maryland's environmental technology industry.
MEBA held programs to enhance business development, international
trade, education and training, effective policy, and innovative
technologies for its membership, which includes environmental
technology, service and manufacturing companies as well as
other companies and manufacturers interested in improving
environmental performance. MEBA sponsored a regular program
of monthly meetings focused on topics relevant to environmental
technology and industry, attended by representatives from
over 500 environmental companies and organizations in Maryland
and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
MEBA
has been involved in several international trade programs
and has sponsored its events with other economic and workforce
development organizations, including the Suburban Maryland
High Tech Council, the Greater Baltimore Committee Technology
Council, the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Maryland
International Division, the Department of Business and Economic
Development, the U.S. Asian Environmental Partnership and
the White House Interagency Environmental Technology Office.
Recently, MEBA has obtained separate 501c3 status, and has
begun to offer its program at community colleges throughout
the state. Click here for a list
or MEBA programs co-sponsored by the Environment Project.
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Southwest
Baltimore Repair & Reuse Pilot Project
The goal of the Southwest
Baltimore Repair and Reuse Pilot Project is to catalyze sustainable
economic growth in southwest Baltimore by networking and empowering
material goods repair and reuse businesses by:
1.
Increasing consumer awareness of environmental benefits of
repair/reuse, developing tools for consumer purchase/repair
decisions, thereby empowering consumers, and;
2.
Working with repair & reuse businesses to develop strategic
initiatives for increasing market share and networking repair
& reuse business to implement market share programs.
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