Spring is here with Earth Month!

April marks "Earth to College Park" Earth Month here at the University of Maryland. All this month student groups and departments play host to green productions and seminars. On April 22nd is Earth Day (go out and enjoy the fact that this is the one planet we have found to support flourishing life) and April 25th is Maryland Day, our biggest event of the year.

I am looking forward to both! But, as an intern at the Office of Sustainability, boy has life been busy lately. Yet, I have had the opportunity to discover so many local green organizations I had never heard of before (such as "Brand of the Free" and Bethesda Green). Truly, April is a wonderful month.

As long as the weather holds.

This weekend has been absolutely beautiful! And I have spent almost every wonderful minute of it enjoying the outdoors: from hiking along the Potomac (and seeing bald eagles!) to simply walking the cats in my backyard. We're currently in that brief period where the days reach 70*F but there aren't any mosquitoes out yet. A truly magical time.

And everything is growing. Our blackberries have new shoots, our strawberries are growing back, and the deer are eating our tulip bulbs (which have remarkably grown back but may not flower).

So, to all I say: "Happy growing season!" and enjoy your April outdoors.