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2010 Shrink Your Footprint Fair! Live Green - $ave Green!
March 13, 2010
The Fair will feature live music by Brick by Brick, vendors, exhibits, a free raffle,childrens activities, along with snacks and beverages. Three workshop sessions will follow at 1:30, 2:35 and 3:40pm. There will be three separate workshops during each session; one each for adults, youth and families/kids. The workshops will feature family and adult gardening workshops led by Derek Christianson of Brix Bounty Farm and Alan Palm from the Allicance for Climage Education, will be leading workshops on using media to get your message out, youth leadership,and messaging through the arts. Other workshop topics will include native landscaping, green parenting, composting and much more. The event is FREE and open to the public. Bring the whole family this is going to be a child friendly event. 1-5 p.m. Come anytime! For more information visit www.seeal.org or contact Charlie Gerrior at outreach@wrwa.com. This event is sponsored by the Southeaster Environmental Education Alliance (SEEAL).
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Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech, 1121 Ashley Boulevard, New Bedford, MA
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

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.
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Campus Center, room 102
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Hot Politics: The Battle for U.S. Climate Legislation
March 25, 2010
A Talk by Dr. James K. Boyce, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts and director of the environment program of the Political Economy Research Institute. He is a member of the economic and allocation advisory committee to the California State Air Resources Board and Environmental Protection Agency. He also writes and works on climate policy and environmental justice on the national level. His most recent book is the edited volume, Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration. Co-sponsored by the Population and Development Program, Environmental Studies and the Leadership Campaign at Hampshire College. Free, accessible and open to the public. For more information, contact the Population and Development Program at 559-6046.
East Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
8:00 pm

How Ice Cream Changed the World
March 25, 2010
Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, will deliver a talk about socially and ecologically responsible business in a lecture sponsored by the Schwemm Fund.
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Friedman Room, Keefe Campus Center, Amherst College
8:00 pm

Events at Smith

Women in the Environment - Tea and Conversation
March 29, 2010
Come hear from four alumnae working in a variety of different capacities in the environmental field about their experiences after Smith. They include women whose majors ranged from anthropology and American studies to biological sciences, whose environmental careers deal with education, law, non-profits, consulting, or government, and whose work encompasses local, national and international environmental action. Refreshments served. This only comes around every other year and is an event not to miss!
Neilson Library Browsing Room
4:15 pm

Presentation of the Major in Environmental Science and Policy
April 1, 2010
It's no joke! Smith College has finally launched a MAJOR in this exciting field of study. Join us for lunch and to hear about the requirements for the new major and the minor as well as the minor in marine science and policy. An important meeting for all students planning on trying to turn their current minor into a major.
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Bass Hall 102
12:00 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.
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Campus Center 102
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Working Writers presents: Brad Kessler
April 1, 2010
A Reading From Goat Song and a Talk About Writing, Farming and Silence Brad Kessler is the author of the critically acclaimed literary nonfiction Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese, published by Scribner in 2009 and soon to be released in paperback. The author of two prizewinning novels and recipient of prestigious awards and fellowships, Brad Kessler has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Nation,and The New Yorker. He lives and farms in Vermont. Refreshments will be served. Working Writers is sponsored by the Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning, with additional support for this event provided by the Department of English Language and Literature, the American Studies Program, and the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Seelye 207
4:30 pm