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Events at Smith

The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism
January 26, 2011
Book discussion group in preparation for author Barry Sanders' February 9 Smith College lecture. Join the APJ War & Environment Committee to discuss this extensively-documented exposé on the price our earth is paying for the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Here's the awful truth: even if every person, every automobile, and every factory suddenly emitted zero emissions, the earth would still be headed, head first and at full speed, toward total disaster for one major reason. The military produces enough greenhouse gases, by itself, to place the entire globe, with all its inhabitants large and small, in the most immanent danger of extinction." —from the Introduction
Bodman Lounge, Helen Hills Hills Chapel
7:30 pm

Grad School Info session: Architecture and Science and Technology Studies: RPI
January 31, 2011
Take a moment to meet Christina Murray from Admissions at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and find out more about graduate study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. You’re likely familiar with Rensselaer, but perhaps not as familiar with their professional and research-based architecture programs and Science and Technology Studies (STS) programs. Meet her at the Fair or contact her to meet earlier in the day. Contact Christina Murray, Associate Director, Office of Graduate Admissions, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: email:murrac3@rpi.edu
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Campus Center Science and Tech Fair
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Lecture: Molecular Ecology of Plant Defense, Plasticity in an Unpredictable and Changing World
January 31, 2011
Please join us for a talk with Plant Physiological Ecology candidate Christopher Frost of the University of Georgia. Refreshments will be served in McConnell Foyer from 4:00 to 4:30.
McConnell 103
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Film: Blue Gold: World Water Wars
January 31, 2011
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Can the human race survive?
Dewey Common Room
7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Anticipating the Future by Acting in the Present:
January 31, 2011
Climate Change and Women's Bodies at the Science-Policy Interface, a talk by Jade Sasser, Phd Candidate, University of California-Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Campus Center 917, UMass
5:00 pm

Lecture: Gullah-Land and Community: A locative media website for heritage tourism
February 3, 2011
Elizabeth Brabec, professor and department head of the UMASS Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning department, will speak on the rapidly evolving world of locative media software. Her presentaiton will explore the opportunities and pitfalls of using the these technologies to understand the interaction of culture and the landscape. This is part of the Ervin Zube Lecture Series.
UMASS- Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm

Lecture: Epistemic Citizenship and the Patenting of Hoodia as Life
February 3, 2011
A talk with Laura A. Foster, J.D., Ph.D. Candidate Department of Women's Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
Campus Center 917, UMass
5:00 pm

Events at Smith

Candidate Talk: Mechanisms behind photosynthesis and how they will be affected by climate change
February 4, 2011
Please join us over the lunch hour for a talk with Plant Physiological Ecology candidate Lindsey Tuominen, PhD. Lunch will be provided but please bring your own beverage.
McConnell Foyer
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Information Session: Interested in the oceans and ocean policy?
February 9, 2011
Come to learn about this year's National Council for Science and the Environment: Our Changing Oceans Conference in Washington D.C! Student attendees will briefly discuss current developments in the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill, the opening of the Arctic, and other policy issues presented at the conference. They will also discuss how you can attend next year's conference on the environment and global security.
Campus Center 103/104
12:00 pm

Webinar: Beyond Apocalypse: Centering justice in climate education and activism
February 9, 2011
In this talk Betsy Hartmann and Katie McKay Bryson of the Population and Development Program (PopDev) at Hampshire College will describe their work to bridge divides between educators and activists as well as between different social movements to build a stronger constituency for justice-centered climate policies in the United States. PopDev’s climate-related activities include college courses, high school curricular materials, scholarly and popular publications, and workshops and convenings that bring students, activists and policymakers together. PopDev has a critical perspective on apocalyptic population and security narratives about climate change that place blame on poor people and immigrants from the Global South. Instead, our organization promotes a positive vision of change grounded in reproductive and environmental justice, as well as in the belief that only a fundamentally diverse climate movement can achieve effective and equitable climate policy in the U.S. Presented by the New England Faculty Colloquium: Climate Change, Policy, and Energy Solutions.
Webinar in the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS), garden-level, Wright Hall
2:30 pm

Lecture: Mount Tom Power Plant: How Does the Valley Get Its Energy?
February 9, 2011
Dick Stein and Peter Vickery will talk about the Mount Tom Power Plant's future, in particular how the plant is looking into changing over to natural gas, and what that would mean for the planet and our community. Part of Mountain Justice Month sponsored by Smith's Students for Social Justice and Institutional Change (SSJIC) and the Western Mass Coalition for Justice in Appalachia.
Graham Hall
4:30 pm

The Green Zone- The Environmental Costs of Militarism
February 9, 2011
Join us to hear from Barry Sanders, author author of "The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism" and professor emeritus of history at Pitzer College. In "The Green Zone," Sanders examines the environmental impact of U.S. military interventions overseas. In a period of scrutiny surrounding the social and economic impacts of the defense policies of the U.S. government,Sanders explores a completely different aspect of the situation and positions military activity as the single-greatest contributor to the worldwide environmental crisis, looking at everything from fuel emissions to radioactive waste to defoliation campaigns. Sponsored by the APJ War & Environment Committee and the Smith College Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College
7:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Water Supply Protection Through Watershed Management: The New York City and Metro Boston S
February 4, 2011
The Department of Geosciences at UMASS Amherst presents a talk by Dr. Rutherford Platt, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geosciences.
UMASS Amherst- Hasbrouck 124
12:20 pm

Lecture: Race and the Science of Love:
February 7, 2011
Reframing the Problem of Compulsory Monogamy for Feminism. A talk by Angela Willey, (Ph. D. Women's Studies, Emory University). Currently LGBT Studies Post-Doctoral Fellow in Women and Gender Studies, Carleton College.
Campus Center 917, UMass
5:00 pm

Lecture: Climate Change Avatars: Virtual Bodies in the Fight for the Future
February 8, 2011
Eban Goodstein, a national leader in climate change education will be speaking on the science, economics and politics of global warming. Focusing on his experiences at the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, his lecture will include information about local and global impacts of climate change and energy legislation pending before Congress.
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Mount Holyoke College's Hooker Auditorium
7:30 pm

Lecture: Beyond Apocalypse: Centering justice in climate education and activism
February 9, 2011
In this talk Betsy Hartmann and Katie McKay Bryson of the Population and Development Program (PopDev) at Hampshire College will describe their work to bridge divides between educators and activists as well as between different social movements to build a stronger constituency for justice-centered climate policies in the United States. PopDev’s climate-related activities include college courses, high school curricular materials, scholarly and popular publications, and workshops and convenings that bring students, activists and policymakers together. PopDev has a critical perspective on apocalyptic population and security narratives about climate change that place blame on poor people and immigrants from the Global South. Instead, our organization promotes a positive vision of change grounded in reproductive and environmental justice, as well as in the belief that only a fundamentally diverse climate movement can achieve effective and equitable climate policy in the U.S. Presented by the New England Faculty Colloquium: Climate Change, Policy, and Energy Solutions.
Hampshire College- ELab II Room 115

Lecture: The Once and Future New England Mill Town: A Literary Interpretation
February 10, 2011
John Mullin, Professor of Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Economic Development will be giving a talk as part of UMASS Amherst's Ervin Zube Lecture Series, which seeks enrich the local academic community in areas of landscape architecture and planning.
UMASS- Procopio Room, 105 Hills North.
4:00 pm

Lecture: The Genomics of Human Difference
February 10, 2011
A talk with Catherine Bliss, (Ph. D. Sociology, New School for Social Research). Currently postdoctoral fellow in Africana Studies and Science and Technology Studies, Brown University
Campus Center 917, UMass
5:00 pm