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Events at Smith Electric Car Dreams- film screening Tentatively re-scheduled for March 3 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Will green energy and electric cars drive a new global climate change plan? Denmark is setting a global example in creating clean power, storing it, and using it responsibly. Their reliance on wind power to produce electricity without contributing to global warming is well known, but now they're looking to drive the point home with electric cars. To do this, they've partnered with social entrepreneur Shai Agassi and his company Better Place. In this film NOW investigates how the Danish government and Better Place are working together to put electric cars into the hands of as many Danish families as possible. The idea is still having trouble getting out of the garage here in America, but Denmark could be an inspiration. More... Seelye 106 4:15 pm Smith College Committee on Sustainability Meeting! Every other Thursday throughout the semester The Committee on Sustainability, whose members include students, faculty, and staff, is concerned with the best long-term use of finite natural resources and the college's impact on the local, regional and global environment. Read more at the web link provided. More... Campus Center 102 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Sustainability and Climate Action Forum February 16, 2010 Please join us for a campus discussion of the draft version of the College Sustainability and Climate Action Management Plan (SCAMP). Enjoy pizza and learn about the Plan. Talk to staff who are directly involved with developing a sustainable future for buildings, grounds, purchasing, waste management, food, and academics. We welcome your ideas and feedback! Take a moment to read the plan online (see link) and bring your comments and suggestions to the Forum. More... Campus Center Carroll Room 12:00 pm Events Off Campus Exhibition: Greening The Valley: Sustainable Architecture in the Pioneer Valley Through May 9, 2010 For the first time in our region, a landmark exhibition on sustainable contemporary architecture and environmentally sensitive building practices will take place at The University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst. This three-month long project will run from February 10 through May 9, 2010. The exhibition, its related lecture series, and the Green Lounge* are designed to deepen the public�s understanding and use of �green� design, while demonstrating that the key elements of sustainability can be accessible to all. Sustainability has become an accepted concept that applies to people from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds. It requires broad systemic thinking around critical economic, social, as well as environmental issues. The exhibition will address these issues, providing a springboard for thought-provoking questions, discussions, and commentaries. The specific focus on the Pioneer Valley will highlight our region and its forward looking communities More... The University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst		Events at Smith Green Team Meeting! Every other Thursday throughout the semester The Green Team is a coalition of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to fostering sustainability at Smith. We work to educate and support the campus community and the college's sustainability committee in the efficient use of finite natural resources. Our work touches many areas of Smith's operations, including construction, transportation, purchasing, materials use, energy use, and waste management. Join us! All are welcome. More... Campus Center, room 102 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Film Screening: The End of the Line: Where have all the fish gone? February 23, 2010 On current trends, by the middle of this century there will be no fish left in the sea. The consequences are terrifying: millions will die, because fish is a staple part of their diet. THE END OF THE LINE tells the story of how this has happened, who is to blame and what we can all do about it. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, the film, narrated by Ted Danson, has been called "The Inconvenient Truth about the Oceans". More... Seelye Hall 106 7:00 pm Events Off Campus Lecture: A River, A Place February 17, 2010 With Stanley Crawford, Visiting Writer, Master of Fine Arts Program, English Department. Stanley Crawford is a novelist, essayist, and farming activist who has lived and farmed the Embudo Valley of Northern New Mexico since 1970. He is currently a visiting writer in residence in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Stanley Crawford is the author of eight books, including Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico; A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small Farm in New Mexico; and The River in Winter: New and Collected Essays. In addition to his three non-fiction books, Crawford has published five novels. Petroleum Man, a satirical novel, was published by The Overlook Press, New York, in early 2005; in 2006 his first novel Gascoyne was reissued, as was his third novel, Log of the S.S. The Mrs.Unguentine in 2008. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian Magazine, and High Country News. His work was the subject of a major review in The New Yorker Magazine More... UMASS, Amherst, Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union 3:30 pm Lecture: Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation February 22, 2010 With Harry Greene, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Professor Greene is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and author of SNAKES: THE EVOLUTION OF MYSTERY IN NATURE, winner of a PEN Literary award and recipient of the American Society of Naturalists' E.O. Wilson Award. Sponsored by Environmental Studies, the Pick Colloquium, and the Department of Biology Amherst College, Pruyne 4:00 pm		Events at Smith Smith College Committee on Sustainability Meeting! Every other Thursday throughout the semester The Committee on Sustainability, whose members include students, faculty, and staff, is concerned with the best long-term use of finite natural resources and the college's impact on the local, regional and global environment. Read more at the web link provided. More... Campus Center 102 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Environmental Science & Policy Program Lunchbag February 26, 2010 "Guns, Germs, and Steal: Current Problems facing East African Pastoralists", a presentation by professor Elliot Fratkin of the Anthropology department and the Environmental Science and Policy Program. Lunch provided. Bass Hall 102 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm Events Off Campus Transition Town potluck, socializing, and film! February 26, 2010 ALL WELCOME to join in the Friday, Feb. 26 evening Potluck, Socializing &Film Potluck at 6:30 p.m., Film at 7:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Tina Clarke tinaclarke@transitionnetwork.org 413-863-5253 More... Woolman Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield, MA 6:30 pm From Oil Dependencey to Local Resilience- Transition Towns Training! February 27, 2010 You may have heard of the Transition Towns movement out of the U.K. and now rapidly going global: www.transitiontowns.org This movement is more good fun than we're all used to having on environmentally-related work!! Join us for a two-day Training for Transition course as developed by Naresh Giangrande and Sophy Banks of the Transition Network in Totnes, England (www.transitiontowns.org). The course is an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community. Contact Tina Clarke for more information about the training. tinaclarke@transitionnetwork.org 413-863-5253 More... Woolman Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield, MA 9:00 am to 5:00 pm