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SMCM Sustainability promotes green living through sustainability initiatives at St. Mary's College o Mary's College of Maryland.

We are a team committed to creating and supporting environmentally sustainable initiatives at St. Visit our website, call, or e-mail us for more information. You can also follow us on Twitter to stay updated about upcoming events and projects: https://twitter.com/SustainableSMCM

THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the Free Store on Wheels event!! A huge shoutout to Taylor and Nasyr Nas and Tay fo...
10/09/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the Free Store on Wheels event!! A huge shoutout to Taylor and Nasyr Nas and Tay for their help! As well as smcm programs board !! and Sustainability Club SMCM for their support, outreach, and supplies. Look at these amazing finds and upcycle designs!

Who remembers the free store? This Friday from 11am to 2pm we are taking the free store on the go at the Campus Center P...
10/06/2026

Who remembers the free store? This Friday from 11am to 2pm we are taking the free store on the go at the Campus Center Patio! Take some clothes, bring your own, or donate clothes all in one place.

We had a great time at RiverFest this past Saturday! We had the opportunity to meet over 100 community members. Sustaina...
09/29/2026

We had a great time at RiverFest this past Saturday! We had the opportunity to meet over 100 community members. Sustainability is all about connections, and that is what we did! Thank you to St.Marys River Watershed Association for a wonderful event. 💚

Do you want to learn more about the St. Mary’s River? Join us at RiverFest on Saturday, September 26th to celebrate and ...
09/22/2026

Do you want to learn more about the St. Mary’s River? Join us at RiverFest on Saturday, September 26th to celebrate and learn more about how to protect and conserve the St. Mary’s River and its wildlife. We would love to see you there! For more info, visit: https://smrwa.org/riverfest/

Sustainability Fellows Sarah and Ari recently installed two wood duck boxes in the upper area of Fishermans Creek to sup...
09/17/2026

Sustainability Fellows Sarah and Ari recently installed two wood duck boxes in the upper area of Fishermans Creek to support local wildlife.

Wood ducks are a one of North America's most colorful migratory waterfowl and love habitats like They live in bottomland forests, wooded lakes, rivers, swamps, and streams, making Fishermans creek a great home.

Here's the catch, wood ducks cannot make their own nesting cavities. Instead, they rely on abandoned woodpecker holes or...wood duck boxes!

Keep an eye out for them in the creek over the spring and summer! 🦆

Curious to learn more about wood ducks? Check out the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Guide: https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/pages/habitat/wawoodduck.aspx

June is National Pollinator Month! 🐝💛 Established by the USDA and U.S. Senate in 2007 as national pollinator week and la...
09/17/2026

June is National Pollinator Month! 🐝💛
Established by the USDA and U.S. Senate in 2007 as national pollinator week and later national pollinator month, is an annual campaign dedicated to celebrating and protecting the bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators that sustain our ecosystem and feed supply. 🦋

What can you do?
Plant native habitat! 🌱
Avoid pesticides
Provide water sources for pollinators to utilize!

The bee hotels at Kate Farm are just one example of a pollinator project you can do at home! They were made by student volunteers under the leadership of Kate Farm Interns and Sustainability Club members and installed with the help of students in the Natural Resources program at the James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center (Leonardtown High School).

Following the townhouse compost pilot in the Spring of 2026, we have started the plot process for the study: Making the ...
09/17/2026

Following the townhouse compost pilot in the Spring of 2026, we have started the plot process for the study: Making the Most of Compost.

With the help of Kate Farm summer interns, Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission interns, Dr. Muchnick, Dr. Wilfong, and Sustainability Fellows Ari and Sarah, we measured, mowed, tilled, raked, and prepped 6 plots for our study.

We will be planting cover crops, monitoring, and calculating the crop yield (how much product we are growing) from the plots. Check back during the beginning of the semester to be involved!

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number [c-AWD00001846]

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Office of Sustainability would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Ariana Lecouras 25’ the 25-26' Sustainability Fellow!...
09/17/2026

The Office of Sustainability would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Ariana Lecouras 25’ the 25-26' Sustainability Fellow!

Ari has accomplished a LOT in her time at St. Mary's as a student and as a fellow.
Thank you for your hard work, continue being amazing Ari! 🌻😊

It’s been a busy summer at the Kate Farm! Since June 1st, 2,285lbs of produce have been harvested and 6,747 eggs have be...
09/17/2026

It’s been a busy summer at the Kate Farm! Since June 1st, 2,285lbs of produce have been harvested and 6,747 eggs have been collected. 🫑🌽🥚

A special shoutout to the people who make the Kate Farm so productive!

Even better? Produce and eggs have been donated to the surrounding community: Solomon’s Mission Center, St. Mary’s Caring, and the Lexington Park Baptist Church.🌻

Keep your eye out for sustainability workshops and farm events in the fall semester!

Kate Farm summer interns and the Sustainability Fellow attended the SAV Watchers training that took place at Jug Bay Wet...
09/17/2026

Kate Farm summer interns and the Sustainability Fellow attended the SAV Watchers training that took place at Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary in Anne Arundel County. 🌿🫧🐠

The Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers is a program that provides volunteer scientists an engaging and educational experience with submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) while generating useful data for Bay scientists and managers.

SAV - also known as underwater grass - plays an ESSENTIAL role in the Bay ecosystem and provides us with many ecosystem services. It is important to monitor SAV as it is an indicator species for overall Chesapeake Bay health because it is sensitive to positive and negative changes in water quality.

SAV is present in our very own St. Mary’s River! If you are interested in becoming a Chesapeake Bay SAV Watcher or want to learn more about SAV, check out the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative, MD DNR, NOAA, and Chesapeake Bay Program websites. Contact [email protected] for information pertaining to training.

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