Sustainability and climate change emerge in architecture schools across the country

BALTIMORE — Nicole Ponce, a senior architecture student at the Maryland Institute College of Art, visited a freshwater lake in the Netherlands as part of a class last summer. Her assignment: to envision sustainable housing and commercial uses for the…

Planting trees to fight climate change

BALTIMORE — As a field specialist at the Baltimore Tree Trust, Kwamel Couther spends most of his time planting and maintaining trees throughout the city. “I can’t stop thinking about work,” Couther says, “even in my sleep.” The Baltimore Tree…