Kai Hagen: Outgoing Frederick County Commissioner says farewell

Frederick commissioner questions Office of Sustainability

from the Gazette Office says county saves nearly $500,000 per year by encouraging green practices by Katherine Heerbrandt | Staff Writer // Frederick County government has achieved major savings by going green, but at least one commissioner is not yet convinced that those savings are large enough or sustainable enough to warrant a separate office. [...]

FREDERICK COUNTY RECYLES…

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…and Recycling! Back to School With the “4 R’s” For students, parents and teachers starting the new academic year we’d like to offer some tips on going “green”—no matter what your school colors are! Lunches: According to the U.S. Energy Information Association, the average school-age child generates 67 pounds of waste per school [...]

Water Usage Plan at Provincial House

An Estimate of the Water usage Associated with Senior Housing and the Implementation of a Plan at the Provincial House to Offset this Usage with Reductions August 16, 2010 Summary Each phase of the proposed project for senior housing will use 1,168,000 gallons of water a year.  Based on a study prepared by H.F. Lenz, [...]

Leading the Way: Frederick County Sustainability Action Plan for County Operations FY 2011- FY 2015

Download the PDF: http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/documents/County%20Manager/Sustainability/Publications/Sustainable%20Action%20Plan%20for%20County%20Ops_Final.07.23.10.PDF

The Great Maryland Lawn Mower Exchange

Missed it this year but…in the drop bucket for next year. On Saturday, August 14, Maryland residents are invited to turn in their old gas-powered lawn mowers and purchase deeply-discounted, select electric lawn mowers at The Great Maryland Lawn Mower Exchange… event. Most people identify air pollution problems with industry and power plants, and the [...]

Green Jobs Task Force Report

Subject: Green Jobs Task Force Report Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:30:47 +0000 Good Morning Governor O’Malley; I see in a report from the Green Jobs & Industry Task Force there is a recommendation to incentivize construction of waste-of-energy plants. I would like you to know that the facility planned for Frederick will be a [...]

Green Jobs Task Force Report – right here in Maryland

Due to the political nature of the on-going thread on this issue, I chose to remain silent… until now. Sorry, for the politicking, but I cannot resist!! I must say, I’ve read with some bemusement (and to admit some sardonic amusement as well) the hand-wringing over a Democrat supporting an obviously non-environmental, non-viable solution to [...]

Frederick County Office of Environmental Sustainability

Office of Environmental Sustainability www.sustainablefrederickcounty.org Welcome to Frederick County’s Office of Environmental Sustainability! Our mission is to advance practical solutions for protecting the environment, conserving energy, and living sustainably in Frederick County, Maryland. Working towards a Sustainable Frederick County requires initiative and leadership from the entire community. There is a role for everyone to play — please [...]

Frederick County Recycling Program

Frederick County-CVP Partership.pdf