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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

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

Bike Mechanics Workshop Series: Shifting Systems
May 1, 2011
The Bike Kitchen at Smith College is hosting another Bike Mechanics Workshop Series. Ever wonder how the gears on your bike work? Come and find out! 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

Events Off Campus

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

Lecture: Vandana Shiva "The Rights on Mother Earth"
May 2, 2011
Born in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists. In 2010, she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her commitment to social justice.The founder of Navdanya ("nine seeds"), a movement promoting diversity and use of native seeds, she also set up the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in her mother's cowshed in 1997. Its studies have validated the ecological value of traditional farming and been instrumental in fighting destructive development projects in India. Free and Open to the Public Wheelchair Accessible. Sponsored by the Elizabeth W. Bruss Readership and the Women's and Gender Studies Department.
Amherst College, Earth Sciences Building, Paino Lecture Hall
7:30 pm

Events at Smith

Opening Reception: Designs For Ward 3- A Resilient Northampton Community
May 7, 2011
Please join us for the ARS/LSS 389: Broad-scale Design and Planning Studio final exhibit. The exhibit will run from May 7th until May 20th.
Nolen Art Lounge
7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Film: Queen of the Sun- What are the Bees Telling Us?
May 4, 2011
This film is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, acclaimed director of the grass-roots hit THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Amherst Cinema, Amherst, MA
7:30 pm

Author Lecture: America's Climate Problem- The Way Forward
May 6, 2011
PERI's Environmental Working Group presents a talk by leading environmental economist Robert Repetto. Dr. Robert Repetto taught environmental economics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and served as vice president of the World Resources Institute. He will discuss his new book "America's Climate Problem: The Way Forward," which in clear, accessible language how a sensible national policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can bring about a transition to clean energy sources while preserving healthy economic growth and high standards of living.
UMASS Amherst, 418 N. Pleasant Street, Gordon Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
1:30 pm

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