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91看片鈥檚 Office of Sustainability is celebrating Earth Month this April with a series of events that reflect the University鈥檚 Laudato Si鈥� commitment to 鈥渞espond to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.鈥�

鈥淚 hope members of our community take advantage of the many different opportunities to learn about various environmental issues and get outside and enjoy our campus鈥� natural beauty,鈥� said Brigid Gregory, director of sustainability.

The celebration kicked off with an Earth Day Festival and Climate Change Mental Health Fair on Earth Day, April 22, and will continue through the end of the month.

Arboretum Tour

91看片 will celebrate Arbor Day on Thursday, April 23, with a special Arboretum Tour and Reflective Nature Sketching Workshop, beginning at 5 p.m. in front of the Humanities Center. All are welcome and materials will be provided. .

Arboretum Ecology Tour

The celebration will continue on Friday, April 24, with a longer Arboretum Ecology Tour, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in Maryland Circle. The ecology tour will be led by Maren Blohm, Ph.D., professor of biology. .

Grow Your Network

91看片 will close out Earth Month on Thursday, April 30, by co-hosting , an inter-university sustainability event with The Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, and University of Maryland, Baltimore at Carrie Murray Nature Center. The event, which takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., will feature food, animals from a nature center, a scavenger hunt, prizes, pathos planting, and speakers from the Maryland Zoo.

Integral Ecology at 91看片

91看片 maintains a level II arboretum accreditation through ArbNet and has also been recognized by The Arbor Day Foundation as a Higher Education Tree Campus. The Evergreen campus is an 81-acre arboretum featuring more than 2,200 trees that represent at least 124 varieties, including a 100-foot-tall European beech at the Fitness & Aquatic Center, which is listed as a state Champion Tree by .

91看片 has consistently been recognized as a 鈥�Green College鈥� in The Princeton Review鈥檚 annual guide.