What UMBC is Doing

44.02% Reduction in GHG Emissions from 2007 – 2020

397 Tons of Organic Waste Composted since 2016

26.18 Million kWh of Renewable Energy used in 2020

Over 20 sustainability web tools to explore campus features, review green data, and measure your own impact

UMBC has a history of working to implement sustainable practices on campus while also researching sustainable opportunities in the classroom. These actions create and demonstrate positive social, economic, and environmental impacts both locally and globally. 

Ratings & Recognition

AASHE STARS Seal Gold

second nature marks of distinction

2021 MDE Sustainability Leadership Award Winner

Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Logo

Featured News

Using the Planet: Erle Ellis Feature in Global Change Mag

Humans have been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia

In his new feature article in Global Change Magazine: Using the Planet, Erle Ellis advances a broader view of the Anthropocene over many millennia, and what that means for land stewardship. Even...

Posted: October 25, 2013, 1:42 PM

Bike Share to launch tomorrow at Noon, with RAC re-opening

Victory for SGA, campus sustainability, the RAC & the Hub

The bikeshare will be launching tomorrow at the RAC, an opening celebration will take place at noon. The retriever weekly reported: "Alongside SGA President, Jeffrey Kee, senior information...

Posted: October 24, 2013, 12:19 PM

Can UMBC Go Green? Interview with Sustainability Coordinator

UMBC Magazine feature story on campus sustainability

When UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, he took the first step to put UMBC on the path to a more...

Posted: October 15, 2013, 3:25 PM