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ENV100 Lecture Series: Philip Korman
September 12, 2011
Come here Philip Korman Director of Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, give a talk titled, "The Challenges and Joys of Scaling up the Local Food System." This is the first of a series of presentations that relate to sustainability and the environment.
Seelye 301
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

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ENV100 Lecture Series: Heather Darby
September 19, 2011
Please join us for an afternoon lecture by Heather Darby, Agronomist and Nutrient Management Specialist at UVM.
Seelye 301
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Lecture: Kinari Webb, Saving Rainforests with a Stethoscope
September 21, 2011
Join us for a lecture with Dr. Kinari Webb. Kinari Webb is the Founder of Health in Harmony. The vision for Health In Harmony began more than 15 years ago, when undergraduate biology major Kinari Webb traveled to West Kalimantan, Indonesia to pursue a dream of studying orangutans. While in the forests of Gunung Palung National Park, she recognized the direct link between the environmental destruction wrought by illegal logging, the desperate state of human health in the communities around the park, and the impact of rain forest loss on health worldwide. Thirteen years later, Dr. Kinari Webb returned to the Gunung Palung communities to turn her long-held vision – a comprehensive program that would both serve human health needs and preserve rain forest habitat – into reality.
Neilson Browsing Room
7:00 pm

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Lecture: Nobel Laureate, Elinor Ostrom
September 22, 2011
The Department of Economics at UMass Amherst is honored to have Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate,present the fifteenth annual Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture. Her talk is titled, “Thinking About Climate Change as a Commons.” Ostrom has done pioneering research on problems of collective action where everyone benefits from individuals acting outside of their personal self-interest. We invite you to join us for this exciting event.
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UMASS Amherst, Goodell, Bernie Dallas Room
4:00 pm

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ENV Lecture Series: Alyssa Bennett
September 26, 2011
Please join us for an afternoon lecture with Alyssa Bennett of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. She will be giving a talk titled, "Where Have All the Bats Gone?" which discusses impacts of white nose syndrome.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Lecture: Finding the Right Frame- Research Update on 16 City Parks in China
September 27, 2011
Please join us for a lecture with Marcia McNally, Smith College Research Associate and retired adjunct professor at University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. This event is sponsored by the Center for Community Collaboration, the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability, East Asian Studies, the Global Studies Center, and the Smith College Lecture Committee
Neilson Library Browsing Room
4:30 pm

10 minute talk: “The Energy Dashboard: Who is piloting Smith's energy use?”
September 28, 2011
Science at the Center, 10 minute talks by faculty in the sciences “The Energy Dashboard: Who is piloting Smith's energy use?” Judith Cardell, Engineering Program & Computer Science Department So, you would like to use less electricity, water, steam heat, wouldn't you? You would be happy to help Smith College meet our sustainability goals, right? But how do you know what you use now, and how much is too much, just how much do you need to give up? As part of implementing our grand sustainability and climate action plan (SCAMP), we will soon have an Energy Dashboard, that will answer all these questions and more! Be one of the first to preview our dashboard and see what it can do to help our community learn to use fewer resources.
Wednesday, McConnell Foyer
12:50 pm to 1:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Fiona Cousins- Energy in Buildings
September 27, 2011
Please join the UMass Green Building Committee for the next lecture in the series “Solving Old Problems in New Ways.” This 6-part lecture series explores sustainable design solutions for the built environment. Fiona Cousins will be presenting her lecture “Energy in Buildings: An Engineer’s Perspective. Fiona is a Principal of Arup with the New York office, where her enthusiasm for low energy design and technical performance has led to a passion for fully integrated design solutions. Cookies and lemonade will be served. The lecture is eligible for self-reported continuing education credits through the WM AIA and the USGBC.
UMASS AMherst- Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Scales of Resilience
September 27, 2011
Please join us for a discussion with Lucinda Sanders, Landscape Architect as she speaks on building with an eye fr natural systems design, ecological sensitivity, restorative growth, and urban landscaping. Co-sponsored by Landscape Architecture and the Zube Lecture Series.
UMASS Amherst- Procopio Room, Hills North
4:00 pm

Meeting for the local Beyond Coal Campaign
September 27, 2011
Join us for our kick-off meeting. All welcome. For more information contact Marie Frank at 584-5981
Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St. (Woodstar building)
7:00 pm

Permaculture Garden Dedication with Frances Moore Lappe
September 29, 2011
Internationally acclaimed author, anti-hunger activist and food policy reformer Frances Moore Lappé, best known for her 1970s book, “Diet for a Small Planet,” will be the keynote speaker as students and administrators dedicate the campus’s permaculture garden and celebrate the UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative’s first harvest. Other speakers will include Chancellor Robert C. Holub, Ken Toong, executive director of Auxiliary Services at UMass Amherst, and permaculture garden coordinator Ryan Harb, the first graduate of the campus's Green Building program.
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UMASS Franklin Dining Commons • outdoors
4:00 pm