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ES&P lunchbag: NOAA summer interns report back
November 15, 2010
Join us to hear from more students "in the environment." Three students who spent 10 weeks this summer as paid interns for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at various locations in the U. S. will describe their research experiences. Come hear what they did, what it was like to work as an intern, and find out how you might get involved next summer. Lunch provided.
Bass Hall 102
12:00 pm

Presentation from four schools of public health
November 18, 2010
Admissions representatives from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Yale School of Public Health will review graduate degree program offerings in public health. The presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.
McConnell B15
12:00 pm

Lecture: Plants as Design Elements
November 19, 2010
with Michael Marcotrigiano, Director, Botanic Garden Followed by a reception and viewing of the illuminated Chrysanthemum Show Have you ever wondered why some gardens look better than others? Is it just the plants that were chosen or is it how they fill the space? This lecture presents some of the basics of using plants in the landscape. Step by step you will see how shrubs and trees build a landscape. The talk will highlight examples of great designs and why they work.
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Church Exhibition Gallery, Smith Botanic Garden
7:30 pm

Events Off Campus

"Communicating Climate Change on Television"
November 16, 2010
A lecture by Evan Hadingham, Senior Science editor, NOVA/WGBH How do you translate the abstract science and politics of global warming to television, a highly visual medium that demands a lot of emotion and action? Climate programs tend to fall into predictable genres, ranging from "gloom and doom" exploitations of disaster to "eco-fantasies" about the environmental future. In this talk, Evan Hadingham, Science Editor of the PBS NOVA series, will discuss NOVA's approach to producing shows about global warming, highlighting the special challenges of covering this vital subject. The take-home message is that climate programs can be successful without relying on "disaster porn."
Hasbrouck 138, UMASS Amherst
4:00 pm

Lecture: “Rediscovering the Local in the Global: How to Write a Global History of Environmentalism”
November 16, 2010
Joachim Radkau studies global environmental history as a Professor of History at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. His book, Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment (2008), received the 2010 Book Award from the World History Association. His new biography of Max Weber, Max Weber: A Biography (2009), hailed as original and creative, explores Weber’s conception of “nature” in his life and thought. There will be a reception following the lecture at 6:00 pm, in the Cassani Lounge, Room 102, Shattuck Hall. For more information on the event, please contact the Environmental Studies Program, (413) 538-2898, or the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, (413) 538-3091.
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Room 101, Dwight Hall, Mount Holyoke College
4:15 pm

Lecture: Animal Behavior, Autism, and Sensory-Based Thinking
November 17, 2010
By Temple Grandin, a renowned leader in the autism and animal welfare movements. Dr. Grandin will discuss her insights into animal behavior and how her autism and visual thinking led to a revolution in animal husbandry and food production. Dr. Grandin established herself through her pioneering work with animals and in designing humane meat-processing facilities. She has done extensive work on the design of handling facilities; half the cattle in the United States and Canada are handled in equipment she has designed for meat plants. The event is free and open to the public.
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Gamble Auditorium in the Art Building, Mount Holyoke College
7:30 pm

Ervin Zube Lecture Series
November 18, 2010
Join us for a lecture by Steve Simpson of Steve Simpson Associates, Falmouth, MA. The last in the Ervin Zube Lecture Series.
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UMass, Amherst, Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm

Stephen Stimson Lecture
November 18, 2010
Stephen Stimson, FASLA, and his firm, Stephen Stimson Associates, is nationally recognized and has won numerous design awards. YANKEE MODERN: Born and raised on a dairy farm, Stephen Stimson’s agrarian heritage has inspired and shaped the landscapes he has created across New England and the country. With a deep respect for the history and craft of the built landscape, he will speak candidly about twenty-three years of practice and the evolution of his firm’s design process and approach, illustrated by distinct projects that range in scale and context. There will be a reception with food and a cash bar immediately following the event at the University Club, 243 Stockbridge Rd. SpPonsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass Amherst.
room 105 Hills Building, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm

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Film screening: Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War
December 1, 2010
In all its stages, from the production of weapons through combat to cleanup and restoration, war entails actions that pollute land, air, and water, destroy biodiversity, and drain natural resources. Yet the environmental damage occasioned by war and preparation for war is routinely underestimated, underreported, even ignored. The environment remains war's 'silent casualty.' From explosion of ordinance to mass migration; from leakage of bombed oil tankers in World War 2 to massive contribution to global warming; from nuclear radiation to lost resources for civil society, the film deals extensively with the incompatibility of war-making with a sustainable earth and humanity. The film is made by Alice and Lincoln Day. Alice Day is a Smith College alumna. Co-sponsored by the Alliance for Peace and Justice and the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Smith College.
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Seelye 106
7:00 pm