Welcome to The Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland.EFC Joins the National Center for Smart Growth Effective February 1, 2007, the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) became an independent operating unit located within the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (NCSG) at the University of Maryland (news release). This merger will allow the two centers to work collaboratively on issues such as land use planning, natural resource preservation and urban growth issues. NCSG was created in 2000 as an affiliate of four schools and colleges at the University of Maryland: the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the School of Public Affairs, the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Our Mission The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of Maryland is one of nine University-based centers across the country providing communities with the tools and information necessary to manage change for a healthy environment and an enhanced quality of life. EFC believes that environmental finance can be used to develop a shared community vision. Our focus is protecting natural resources and watersheds by strengthening the capacity of local decision-makers to analyze environmental problems, develop innovative and effective methods of financing environmental efforts and educate communities about the role of finance and economic development in the protection of the environment. Our Approach EFC promotes a comprehensive concept of environmental financing where state and federal funding programs are combined with innovative financing techniques to create a sustainable watershed protection financing strategy. EFC uses a number of tools to help communities identify the financing strategies that best fit their needs including:
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Foodtrader.org in the media: NBC4, WAMU 88.5FM, and WBAL TV 11!
EFC to present at MML Fall Conference (October 23)
EFC working with MD DNR to provide technical assistance to local governments for Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund
EFC presents at Financing Green Initiatives, a Pre-Forum Workshop (October 2 and 3) of the 2008 Chesapeake Watershed Forum. Local governments sign up HERE!
ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE COURSES now offered by the Maryland School of Public Policy (Fall 2008)
EFC launches the Maryland Online Farmers Market (July 2008) and the Maryland Agricultural Exchange (April 2008)
EFC hosts its third Eastern Shore Agriculture Collaborative meeting (July 22, 2008).
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Environmental Finance Center 1104 Preinkert Field House, College Park, MD 20742 phone: (301) 405-5036 | fax: (301) 314-5639 | email: efc@umd.edu |