Environmental News for Howard County Maryland | HoLLIE

The Why and How of Carbon Offsets

Did you know you can take direct action yourself to create carbon offsets? See how in this blog post from Ned Tillman! (Thanks to Marlee...

Alpha Ridge Landfill - First Ever Free Shredded Wood Giveaway

Beginning Monday, February 10, the County’s Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Services, will be giving away shredded...

Giving Children a connection to Nature

In this article from the New York Times, the author of "How to Train your Dragon" tells about her childhood experiences with the outdoors....

Feb 13 Climate Action Program at the HoCo Conservancy

Those of you who have attended HoLLIE classes in the last two years have heard Tamara Toles O'Loughlin and know what a powerful speaker...

Igniting a movement for grass-roots environmentalism

"CHISPA" is Spanish for Spark. It's also the name of the Latino organizing program within the League of Conservation Voters. This is a...

Farmers use food waste to generate electricity

If you missed this story from NPR, it's an encouraging look at what can be accomplished with new approaches to cleaning up the...

Sustainable and Healthy Communities Webinar Tuesday 12/03/19 2:00PM to 3:00PM EST

Dr Miguel Román is familiar to participants of the 2019 Environmental Learning and Leadership class, where he gave us a stirring...

Nov 21 Event - 24 hours of Reality

Join the Global Climate Conversation - For 24 hours, Climate Reality leaders around the world will tell the truth about our shared...