Are You Like Robbyn?
Do you want to keep your neighborhood and our harbor free of trash? Baltimore Office of Sustainability and our network of partner organizations offer a wide range of resources and opportunities to help you do just that.
Know of another organization that should be on the list? Let us know at sustainability@baltimorecity.gov.
See how the Baltimore Sustainability Plan empowers community voices and the progress we’ve made as a city in our annual sustainability plan reports.
New Trash Cans + Recycling Bins
Did you know that Baltimore City is rolling out brand new trash cans for residents?
And … Learn how you can turn your old trash can into a recycling bin with one simple sticker.
The Waterfront Partnership‘s Healthy Harbor Initiative fights for a harbor free of trash and other pollution so we can all enjoy the beauty and benefit of one of our city’s greatest assets. Robbyn and her neighbors created their mural in partnership with the Healthy Harbor Initiative’s Alley Makeover Project, which helps communities harness their creativity to transform eyesores into amazing works of art, and keep trash out of our storm drains.
Connect with Blue Water Baltimore to learn the many ways you can help secure clean water for all through community action and advocacy, from stream cleanups to lobbying your representatives.
- If you live in Greater Highlandtown, Greater Mondawmin, Oliver, Cherry Hill, or Belair-Edison, Deep Blue is an innovative partnership between Blue Water Baltimore, the Neighborhood Design Center, the City and local neighborhoods working to identify and implement greening projects on public and private land that advance community priorities.
- For those who live in Sharp Leadenhall, Reservoir Hill, McElderry Park, or Greenmount West, the Clean Water Community Initiative helps community leaders identify actions they can take to improve water quality and quality of life in their neighborhoods.
The Office of Sustainability’s Baltimore Green Network program seeks to reuse vacant land to green neighborhoods, reduce stormwater runoff, grow food, and create community spaces out of vacant properties that set the stage for growing Baltimore.
- The Growing Green Initiative uses the Green Pattern Book as a tool to guide for greening vacant land.
- As part of the Vacants to Value program, Adopt-A-Lot encourages residents to adopt city-owned vacant lots in their neighborhood to green community space and reduce stormwater runoff.
Civic Works – Baltimore Conservation Leadership Corps
A summer leadership program that helps high school students from Baltimore City develop job skills, stay active and learn more about the environment through urban farm food production, repairing damaged trails, and working on stormwater management projects on previously vacant city lots.
Learn everything you need to know about stormwater fees and how you can reduce the cost for your home or business by planting trees, creating rain gardens and many other simple stormwater management practices.
Stormwater + Flood Preparedness
Learn more about …
… the various ways you can be more prepared for floods and their aftermath …
Baltimore’s overall floodplain management program …
… how you can get affordable flood insurance for your home or business …
how the Baltimore Office of Sustainability worked with community partners and the federal government to make that insurance even cheaper (and Baltimore more resilient to floods of course) … as in, hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings for city residents …
… oh, and the history of flooding in Baltimore.