Baltimore Green Works is now partnering with the B more B green Project, an interactive traveling exhibit that will promote conservation in the home.  First stop, Port Discovery!

Support Baltimore’s first conservation exhibit by donating today.  Join B more B green on facebook and twitter, help spread the word!

Dive Deeper into Bay Restoration!

March 13, 2010, 8:30 – 2:30 p.m. at the College of Notre Dame

Join Baltimore County and Baltimore City in understanding the challenges of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. Review initiatives made with the Watershed Agreement Phase 1 Action Plan (2.8 MB PDF) and participate in discussions about current trends related to stormwater.  Preview the agenda and register now!

Why a Watershed Agreement?

 More than 200 citizens attended past conferences.

The Baltimore Watershed Agreement formalizes the commitment of Baltimore City and Baltimore County to work together on the management and monitoring of shared watersheds.  First signed in 2002 and renewed in 2006, the agreement acknowledges that geographic boundaries of watersheds are more appropriate for managing these important natural resources than political boundaries.

Rivers and streams don’t fall neatly within city and county boundaries. Many of the streams are shared by Baltimore County and Baltimore City. The headwaters of the Gwynns Falls and Jones Falls, for example, are in Baltimore County but the streams flow to the harbor. Herring Run begins in the County, meanders through the City, and finally empties into the Back River in the County. Drinking water is another shared resource. The Prettyboy, Liberty and Loch Raven Reservoirs are owned and managed by Baltimore City, but are located in Baltimore County. They provide drinking water for much of the Baltimore Metropolitan region. Since 1984 the local governments in the region have worked cooperatively to protect the drinking water reservoirs. The Reservoir Agreement became a sort of model for the Watershed Agreement….

For more information or to register for the conference click here.

If you are looking for ways to get involved locally, click here.

Cleanup talks include ways to reduce runoff

By Meredith Cohn, meredith.cohn@baltsun.com

February 28th, 2010

Years of attempts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay have fallen short and there is continuing opposition to tougher regulation, but a panel of environmental activists that included the Obama administration’s point man for bay cleanup said Saturday there is still reason to hope that anti-pollution efforts will succeed.

The group gathered at the Museum of Industry in Baltimore, once the site of an oyster-packing plant, to discuss ways that community groups and individuals could improve water quality in the nation’s largest estuary – which sustains not only thousands of wildlife species, but recreational opportunities and a slice of Maryland’s economy….

To read more check out the Baltimore Sun website.

March 4, 2010, 6:30-10 p.m.

Pier 5 Hotel, 711 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202

Speaker: Tony Geraci, Food Service Director for Baltimore City Public Schools

Help us to kick off National Nutrition Month!

The Health Care Food Leadership Council of Maryland and DC are hosting a dinner celebration on Thursday, March 4 to highlight hospitals that have taken the Balanced Menus Challenge, a commitment to permanently reduce meat purchasing (i.e. beef, pork and poultry) by 20% over a 12 month period, and increase sustainable meat purchasing.

For more information click here.

Hope for the Bay panelist John Campagna was featured in the Baltimore Business Journal today! Read the article here.
Don’t forget to RSVP for the Hope For The Bay Light Brunch and Panel Discussion on February 27th, 10am to noon. For more information or to register, click here