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Student Interest: Green Team Meeting
April 14, 2011
Green Team is the action arm of the Smith College Committee on Sustainability. We are a coalition of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to implementing sustainable initiatives at Smith. If you want to be part of Smith’s green story, we welcome you to join us for lunch every other Thursday!
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Campus Center 102
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Film Screening: Mountain Patrol
April 16, 2011
Technology & Education Connecting Cultures (TECC) presents, Mountain Patrol, a film to raise awareness of environmental issues in China. Mountain Patrol (Ke Ke Xi Li)id a 2004 film by Chinese director Lu Chuan depicting the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in Kekexili. A brief talk by Smith professors George Robinson and Janice Moulton on environmental issues in China will follow. The movie screening is part of the fund-raising event of TECC Summer Program.
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Neilson Browsing Room
2:00 pm

Events at Smith

Lunchbag Talk: The Ada & Archibald MacLeish Field Station: A place to experience the liberal arts
April 13, 2011
Come join us for a talk with Reid Bertone-Johnson, Manager of the MacLeish Field Station and Faculty in the Landscape Studies Department. He will discuss the exciting new Bechtel Environmental Classroom project, the Living Building Challenge, the history of the MacLeish Field Station, and all of the ways that students can take advantage of this developing resource!
Bass Hall 102
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm

Webinar: Random Thoughts on the Economics of Framing Climate Policy
April 13, 2011
Come hear a webinar of New England Faculty Colloquium: Climate Change, Policy, and Energy Solutions presenting Gary Yohe Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and Vice-Chair of the National Climate Assessment. Gary Yohe is the Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. Most of his work has focused attention on the mitigation and adaptation/impacts sides of the climate issue.
CEEDS, Wright Hall, Garden Level, 005
2:30 pm

Presentation and Talk: Do It Anyway: Joining the New Generation of Activists
April 13, 2011
The Center for Work & Life is bringing Courtney Martin to campus. Martin will give a multimedia presentation about her new book, Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists. The book profiles eight young people who are working to make a difference in the world. Her talk is free and open to the public. Martin, who is also a blogger for Feministing, will offer a workshop on "Writing and Social Change" on April 14, from noon to 1:15 p.m., in the Neilson Browsing Room. To register, e-mail Jessica Bacal at jbacal@smith.edu.
Neilson Browsing Room
7:15 pm to 8:30 pm

Writing Workshop with author Courtney Martin: Writing and Social Change
April 14, 2011
Please join the Center for Work and Life and CEEDS for a workshop with author Courtney Martin. Martin recently published the book "Do It Anyway: Joining the New Generation of Activists" and is also a blogger for Feministing. She will facilitate a workshop, "Writing and Social Change" for interested students. To register, e-mail Jessica Bacal at jbacal@smith.edu.
Neilson Browsing Room
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm

Sunset Hike Welcomes Spring
April 16, 2011
Smith students are invited to join a Sunset Hike with Poetry Reading. This will be a moderate uphill hike about 90 minutes round-trip. Transportation to the hike is available on a first come first serve basis and pre-registration is required. Please email chapstu@smith.edu with your class year. Students may register for themselves plus one guest if desired. Optional: bring a poem to read at the moment of sunset. Snacks will be served.
Chapel, Pre-registration is required.
5:50 pm to 8:40 pm

Events Off Campus

Political Ecology, Native Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in the Canadian Sub-Artic
April 11, 2011
Since the summer of 1970, the lands of the James Bay Cree have been the focus of ever-increasing development, resulting in great environmental and cultural disruption for the Cree. The story of the last four decades in James Bay has been one of political negotiation to mitigate these impacts, and one of continuing and adapting traditional culture. This has meant the development of a Cree definition of sovereignty over their traditional lands, but also new ways of practicing traditions to keep them meaningful in the twenty-first century. Reception to follow at 6pm--Join us for a light dinner with traditional Cree and vegetarian options.
Mount Holyoke College, Dwight Building, Room 101
4:30 pm

Lecture: Where do we stand on Global Warming?
April 12, 2011
STEM Education Institute presents Raymond Bradley, Director of the Climate System Research Center. Global temperatures have risen by ~1°C since the end of the 19th century. This increase has not been linear, as there have been periods when temperatures were stable for short periods before rising once again. The reasons for these changes in the rate of temperature rise are related to anthropogenic factors as well as to natural factors. Over the last decade or so, temperatures have not risen at the same rate as in previous decades, and this has led to speculation that global warming is over.
UMASS Amherst, Hasbrouck 138
4:00 pm

Lecture: Random Thoughts on the Economics of Framing Climate Policy
April 13, 2011
New England Faculty Colloquium: Climate Change, Policy, and Energy Solutions presents Gary Yohe Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and Vice-Chair of the National Climate Assessment. Gary Yohe is the Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. Most of his work has focused attention on the mitigation and adaptation/impacts sides of the climate issue. Involved since the early 1990’s with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that received a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, he served as a Lead Author for four different chapters in the Third Assessment Report that was published in 2001 and as Convening Lead Author for the last chapter of the contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report that was published in 2007.
UMASS Amherst, Engineering Lab II, Room 115
2:30 pm

In the Heat of the Moment: Staying on Message Amidst Controversy
April 14, 2011
You are invited to a panel sponsored by the UMass Public Engagement Project, which supports and trains faculty members to use their research to advance social change, inform public policy, and enrich public debate. The event is free and open to all. The panelists will be: Ray Bradley (distinguished university professor in the geosciences), who directs the Climate System Research Center at UMass and frequently interacts with those who reject the evidence of climate change; Nancy Folbre (professor of economics), a regular contributor to Economix, the New York Times blog about finance and the economy, who finds herself responding to a range of comments on her posts—some favorable, some not; John Kennedy (vice chancellor for university relations), a former ABC News producer and deputy communications director for the ACLU who is well-versed in representing such controversial topics as immigration and national security policy; Jane Sanders (executive director of Community Action), whose important work around welfare reform and the rights of poor families has put her on the frontlines of controversy many times. Panelists will address a range of issues related to the question: "How can we get important research findings and ideas across to diverse audiences--especially when those findings and ideas are controversial or typically elicit heated debate?" Brownbag lunches are welcome at the panel.
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UMASS Amherst, Gordon Hall 302-304
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Lecture: Biochar, Production and Economics
April 14, 2011
Listen to Tom Reed of the Biomass Energy Foundation present as part of the Climate, Energy, Biochar, and Agriculture seminar series. The seminar series is being held by the Center for Agriculture and the department of plant, soil and insect sciences at UMass Amherst with the cooperation of the Pioneer Valley Biochar Initiative and the New England Small Farm Institute in Belchertown.
UMASS Amherst, 318 Stockbridge Hall
4:00 pm

Spineless Splendor: Invertebrate Slide Show and Artist Reception
April 14, 2011
For forty days and forty nights, naturalists Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney traveled the continent. They returned with thousands of photographs, not of Yosemite's grand vistas or Yellowstone's bison herds, but of tiny eggs stuck to flagpoles, origami made by beetles, and the artfully crafted portable houses of caddisfly larvae. The trip was field work for their new award-winning book, Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates, which illustrates egg cases, cocoons, galls, leaf mines, burrows, nests, and many other curiosities. In this talk, the authors will show images of exquisite invertebrate-created objects, teach mind-boggling natural history, and tell amusing anecdotes from their eccentric journeys. Professional entomologists and bug-haters alike have found themselves rolling with laughter and staring in horrified fascination during this entertaining presentation. This event was provided by alumna Laurel Carpenter '06, '09 of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge, and Great Falls Discovery Center.
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The Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
April 15, 2011
Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science is pleased to announce the sixth installment of the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science 2010 - 2011: The Science, Ethics, and Politics of Climate Change." This Colloquium includes lectures as: "Scientifically Flawed Solutions to Climate Change," presented by Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Dept of Philosophy, and Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame. "What Humanists Need to Know About the Science of Climate Change," presented by Robert K. Kaufmann*, Dept of Geography and Environment, and Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University. "International Climate Ethics in a Time of Uncertain Climate Policy," presented by Andrew Light, Dept of Philosophy, George Mason University, and Center for American Progress. All the conferences of the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science are free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Boston University School of Law, Barristers Hall, 765 Commonwealth Ave., 1st Floor
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Lecture: John Seager- World of Seven Billion
April 20, 2011
Please join the Environmental Science and Policy Department for a lecture by John Seager, President of the Population Connection. Population Connection is a national grassroots organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.
Bass Hall 102
12:15 pm

Earth Day at MacLeish Field Station!
April 22, 2011
Join us in celebrating Earth Day! Come out for a picnic, hike, or to learn more about the new outdoor classroom that will soon be built. If you have never been to MacLeish it is well worth the trip- complete with beautiful views of the surrounding Pioneer Valley. Transportation will be provided to and from MacLeish. Buses leave from Chapin House and travel to MacLeish in W. Whately at 11am and 1pm. They will leave MacLeish and return to Smith after an hour and a half. Space is limited. Please email Reid Bertone-Johnson at macleish@smith.edu to reserve a spot. Or, email to receive driving directions if you wish to come on your own.
Buses Leaving from Chapin House and travelling to MacLeish in W. Whately
11:00 am

Smith's Earth Day Festival
April 23, 2011
The Green Team presents the Smith College Earth Day Festival! The event will feature a green activities fair with representation from numerous students organizations and individual sustainability projects. There will be a Free Box Frenzy, a Thrift Sale, bicycle-powered music with WOZQ, local food, recycling games, interactive exhibits, and much more! At 12:30pm, we will have a performance from Big Tree, an environmentally-conscious indie/folk band hailing from San Francisco travelling in their very own veggie powered bus!
Chapin Lawn
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Events at Smith

Bike Kitchen Moving Day Parade
April 17, 2011
Bike Kitchen is moving, and there will be a parade across campus with 40 bikes, bike trailers, food, music to celebrate the opening of the new space. Join the excitement as they move from Ainsworth Gym to their brand new location in Talbot.
Ainsworth Gym 12:30pm, Parade begins at 1:00pm
12:30 pm

Bike Mechanics Workshop Series: Wheels
April 17, 2011
The Bike Kitchen at Smith College is hosting another Bike Mechanics Workshop Series. Come learn how to fix a flat tire and straighten your wobbly wheels. The workshops are free and open to the public. No experience necessary! Participants may bring their own bike, or may use a bike provided by Bike Kitchen.
Talbot House Basement
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Community Garden Workshop Series: Homemade Lip Balm and Essential Oils
April 18, 2011
Find out ways of making your own lip balm and essential oils using commonly grown plants. This is the final Community Garden workshop, don't miss it!
Lyman Plant House
7:00 pm

ES&P Capstone Seminar (ENV 300) Final Project Presentations
April 19, 2011
Please join us for an afternoon with seniors of the Environmental Science and Policy Capstone Seminar, as they present their final projects. A light lunch will be provided. We hope to see you! Presentations include: "Smith's Journey into the Local Food System- Breaking the Bottleneck" by Stacie Mansen and Ali Zipparo. "Recycling Regalia: How Switching from Buying to Renting can be Economical and Ecological" by Tess Zinnes. "Curriculum development to support student visitors of Smith College's MacLeish Field Station" by Lily Maynard. "Transforming Attitudes, Transforming Infrastructure: Moving toward Sustainability by Installing Composting Toilets on the Athletic Fields" by Emily Gannon. "Reduce, Reuse and then Recycle" by Caitlin Kennedy. "Reducing Phantom Energy Waste in Residential Houses: The Inter-Quadrangle Energy Competition" by Ester Kwon. "Energy Conscious Ads for Hampshire Students" Michael Skolnick. "How Green is Smith?" Gerica Lee.
Dewey Common Room
12:10 pm to 4:00 pm

World of Seven Billion: Meeting the Challenges
April 20, 2011
of Poverty, Social Justice, Women's Rights, and the Environment A lecture by John Seager, President of Population Connection. Population Connection is a national grassroots organization that educates young people & advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.
Bass Hall 102
12:00 pm

Student Interest: Green Team Committee Meetings
April 21, 2011
Interested in fostering sustainability at Smith? Come to a Green Team meeting to find out how you can be a part of this work! The Green Team is a coalition of faculty, staff and students which educates and supports the campus community in efficient use of finite natural resources. Come to a committee meeting to work on a specific project involving Transportation, Waste Reduction, Event/PR, and Dining issues.
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CEEDS, Wright Hall, Garden Level, Room 005
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Reception with Author Barry Sanders
April 21, 2011
Please join us for a reception and informal discussion with Barry Sanders, author of “The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism,” preceding his evening lecture. Light refreshments will be provided.
CEEDS, Wright Hall, Garden Level
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Rescheduled Lecture: Author Barry Sanders on The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism
April 21, 2011
Please note that this is a rescheduled event. The orginial talk was cancelled due to severe weather. Please join us for an evening environmentalist author Barry Sanders, 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. Sanders is a Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant recipient, has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize and is the author of 11 books. The event is free and open to the public. Sanders’ talk at Smith is co-sponsored by the Environmental Science and Policy Program, the Department of Anthropology, Smith Spirituality in Action, Five College Peace and World Security Studies, Five College Sustainability Studies Program, Mount Holyoke Miller Worley Center for the Environment, the Alliance for Peace and Justice and the Smith College Lecture Committee.
Weinstein Auditorium
7:30 pm

CANCELLED: Webinar: Distributive Impacts of Dams and Governmental Responses at County-level in China
April 22, 2011
Please join us at CEEDS for a webinar featuring Xiaojia Bao, PhD student in Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs, at Columbia University. This is part of The Columbia Water Center seminar series featuring speakers from Columbia University and other organizations who address a variety of water issues.
CEEDS Lounge, Wright Hall, Garden Level
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

CANCELLED: Earth Day Film Screening: The Economics of Happiness
April 22, 2011
Hear from voices around the globe as they describe a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization. This event is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
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Seelye 106
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Using Land to Mitigate Climate Change: Strategies and Trade offs
April 21, 2011
Please join us for an afternoon with Jerry Melillo, senior scientist at the Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory. As scientists struggle to invent new technologies to mitigate climate change, one solution is growing all around us. Jerry Melillo will explore how preserving and expanding forests and properly growing vegetation to produce biofuels could help stabilize global temperatures. This event is cosponsored with the Amherst College Environmental Studies program, Mount Holyoke College Environmental Studies Department, and the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Amherst College, Paino Lecture Hall, Natural History Museum
4:30 pm

Lecture: The Hockey Stick: On the Front Lines in Climate Change Wars
April 21, 2011
Come listen to a presentation by Michael Mann of the Department of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Earth System Science Center. This is part of the Five College Geology Lecture Series.
Mt. Holyoke College, Dwight Auditorium
7:00 pm

Earth Day: Facing our Present and Future with Poetry and Song
April 22, 2011
Come join 12 valley artists as we listen to their poems and songs, and respond by sharing our feelings about the state of our world—and our hopes and visions for a more peaceful, just, and sustainable future. Please consider bringing your own pillows to make siting in plastic chairs more comfortable. After the presentation, the audience will be invited to share their response to the poem or song and what it expressed. Responses will be time limited. For those who wish to read along as well as listen, and take home the poems afterward, copies of each poem or song lyrics will be provided by those poets/songwriters who wish their work to be read as well as listened to. There will be an intermission with refreshments; feel free to bring some home-made or store-bought munchies to share.
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Unitarian Universalist Society, 220 Main Street, Social Hall Downstairs
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Student Interest: Green Team Meeting
April 28, 2011
Green Team is the action arm of the Smith College Committee on Sustainability. We are a coalition of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to implementing sustainable initiatives at Smith. If you want to be part of Smith’s green story, we welcome you to join us for lunch every other Thursday!
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Campus Center 102
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Bike Mechanics Workshop Series: Braking Systems
April 24, 2011
The Bike Kitchen at Smith College is hosting another Bike Mechanics Workshop Series. Brakes don't work? Come learn how to tighten and adjust your brakes. The workshops are free and open to the public. No experience necessary! Participants may bring their own bike, or may use a bike provided by Bike Kitchen.
Talbot House Basement
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

ES&P Capstone Seminar (ENV 300) Final Project Presentations
April 26, 2011
Please join us for an afternoon with seniors of the Environmental Science and Policy Capstone Seminar, as they present their final projects. A light lunch will be provided. We hope to see you! Presentations include: Amy Shmania(ENG, ENV)-Papering Campus: Advertising Gone to the Recycling Bin?; Colleen McGaughey(BIO, MUS)-Invasive Species Management at MacLeish; Jake Pecht(GSC, EGR)-Ecological Water Flow Calculations for the Bechtel Environmental Classroom; Emily Mailloux(ENV, ECO)-Improving Water Conservation in Smith College Housing through Environmental Education; Helen Sitar(ENV, BIO)-Carbon, Consumption, and the Co-gen: Disguising Campus Energy Consumption in a Smaller Carbon Footprint
Dewey Common Room
12:15 pm

Modeling a Sustainable World - High Performance Buildings
April 27, 2011
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is the first female president in the Society’s 116 year history. Her presidential theme, Modeling a Sustainable World, notes that in energy simulation, daylight analysis, CFD and BIM software, we have powerful modeling tools that enable us to create and refine our vision of a building – its appearance, systems, operation and performance.
Conference Center
7:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Earth Summit 2012 A New Generation Goes to Rio
April 25, 2011
Please join us for a talk with Michael Davidson, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Davidson is the China Climate Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, DC, with expertise on energy and clean technology and policy. Earth Summit 2012 (also known as Rio+20) promises to be a watershed moment for global sustainable development efforts, building on forty years of international discussions and energizing a new generation of environmental activists. Come learn about where we have come from and the crucial role young people play moving forward. NRDC is convening a diverse group of civil society organizations campaigning around Rio and this will be an opportunity to learn how to get plugged in to the movement. The discussion will be followed by a reception in Dwight 201. No registration is required. Sponsored by the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, The Environmental Studies Department of Mount Holyoke College, and the Environmental Action Coalition
Mount Holyoke College, Dwight Hall, Room 202
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm

Lecture: The Connecticut River: A Confluence of People, Place and Environment
April 26, 2011
Environmental author and producer, Nathaniel Tripp will be presenting. As part of the Connecticut River Joint Commission, a bi-state advisory body made up of members from two states the river divides, Vermont and New Hampshire, Tripp has worked with scientists, bureaucrats, politicians, lobbyists, property holders, and advocacy groups to balance federal, state, corporate, and individual interests. His book, Confluence (2005), is a true confluence of art and science, politics and pragmatism, ideas and plans for action. It highlights the ways in which rivers connect us all to one another. “Nat” Tripp has lived on a Vermont hill farm for over thirty years where he raises sheep and vegetables. At various times, he has worked in film and television writing and producing for Public Television, corporate clients and advertising agencies. A Vietnam veteran, his memoir Father Soldier Son was published by Steerforth Press in 1996.
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UMASS- Amherst, Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
4:30 pm

Volunteer Day at Gardening the Community Urban Agriculture Project
April 30, 2011
Gardening the Community is a youth-led food justice organization engaged in urban agriculture, sustainable living, and organizing for healthy and equitable communities. GtC believes in the power of communities to make change through developing and supporting home grown leaders. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn more about this organization, help make beds, plant seeds, clear the land and meet the GtC youth and staff. Best of all you'll be contributing to making fresh healthy vegetables available in the community! NO previous experience needed. If you would like to attend, please meet us at 256 Hancock St., Springfield, Ma 01109. Bring tools to use if you have them! Rain Date: May 1st
http://gardeningthecommunity.blogspot.com/
10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Field Walk, Invertebrate Tracking
April 30, 2011
Have you ever noticed that someone's been etching delicate feathery patterns into the algae on your picnic table? Have you ever flipped over a rock and found neat shiny red discs? How about perfect circles cut out of the leaves of your rose bush? If you've never seen these things, perhaps it's time you slow down and take a walk with Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney, who will point out all sorts of curious objects that will expand your sense of the fullness of our world. These are the signs of invertebrates. Each object tells a story of bizarre lives playing out all around us all the time. Come spend some time with the authors of the 2010 winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates, and see the world as they see it. Space is very limited- call us today to reserve your spot. 413-863-3221 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              413-863-3221      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
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The Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376
10:30 am to 12:30 pm