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Events at Smith

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

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

Events Off Campus

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

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

Featured Event

Foraging Walk with Mira Nussbaum
October 1, 2011
Everyday we walk by delicious, beneficial snacks without even realizing it. Come join local foraging expert Mira Nussbaum as she points out edible plants that are literally in your backyard. We will gather at CEEDS and strike off for a casual walk around Smith's campus- gathering plants as we go. We will then come back and prepare some of our harvest for tasty sampling.
Meet at CEEDS, Wright Hall
10:00 am

ENV100 Lecture Series: Aimee Christensen
October 3, 2011
Please join us for an exciting afternoon with prominent alumna. Aimee Christensen. Aimee Christensen is the Founder and CEO of Christen Global Strategies. Her talk is titled, "What do we value and what it means for our economy and for each of us." This lecture is part of an ongoing series which composes the class ENV100.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

SustainabiliTEA: A Tea about... Coffee
October 4, 2011
Come join us for an afternoon tea about... coffee! Local coffee expert Michael Skillicorn will give a talk about working with coffee in Peru and will discuss the environmental impacts of coffee, from harvest to mug. Delicious samples and snacks will be provided. So, come spend a chilly autumn afternoon with a warm mug.
CEEDS, Wright Hall
4:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Events at Smith

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

Mill River Clean-Up
October 1, 2011
Come out and enjoy the first of the month by lending a helping hand to clean up the Mill River Greenway. This event is organized with the CT River Watershed Council’s Source-to-Sea cleanup day. Additional details can be found by following the link at the bottom of the posting.
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Garlic and Arts Festival- with the Community Garden
October 1, 2011
This SATURDAY, OCT. 1, we will be heading to the amazing Garlic and Arts Festival in North Quabbin, MA!! This will be in place of our regular meeting. In the past, it's been a great event, and we hope many of you can make it! There will be garlic EVERYTHING. We will be leaving at 12PM from the Community Garden, and hope to stay for the raw garlic eating contest (!) at 4PM. We will be back on campus by 5:30PM. If you are planning on coming, please RSVP by email to comgarden@smith.edu, so we can figure out transportation. (Gas reimbursements for those with cars!)
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12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Monday ReHash: A Weekly Talk Back Time
October 3, 2011
Have you ever left a lecture or presentation frustrated that there wasn't more time to ask questions or unpack the topic? Starting this Monday CEEDS is hosting an informal "talk back" time. This will be a reoccurring event each Monday to discuss lectures and presentations which took place in the previous week. So, bring your lunch, a friend, and your insights (or questions) and join us. Topics this Monday may include: The Kinari Webb lecture, Elinor Ostrom's presentation at UMASS, or Alyssa Bennett's discussion of White Nose Syndrome in bat populations.
CEEDS, Wright Hall
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

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

Conference: Green Careers for a Green Economy
September 30, 2011
The third annual Massachusetts Green Career Conference brings together stakeholders from government, education, business and career networks. Everyone wanting to learn more about green careers will find this conference timely, practical and valuable. For further information, visit the link below.
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Holiday Inn, Marlborough, MA

Discussion: Climate Change and Rejection of Science
September 30, 2011
Please join us for an evening with Dr. Billy D'Andrea, Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Lamont‑Doherty Earth Observatory, Dr. Raymond Bradley, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Geosciences and Director of the Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of Global Warming and Political Intimidation (2011), and Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe (2006), as they discuss climate change and the role of religion in the public sphere.
Amherst College, Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Earth Sciences and Museum of Natural History Building
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Urban Park Advocates Summit
October 4, 2011
day-long gathering for people involved with and committed to making Massachusetts's cities healthier and more vibrant by having quality green spaces in all of our urban neighborhoods. Summit participants will glean relevant information, helpful connections, and the inspiration necessary to advance quality urban green spaces in their neighborhoods. A small planning team from several nonprofits and agencies from across Massachusetts created this Summit to be an inspiring, learning opportunity that demonstrates how investments in urban parks, gardens, greenways ARE investments that advance environmental quality, economic prosperity, and social justice.
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Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Featured Event

Presentation of the Environmental Concentration: Sustainable Food
October 7, 2011
Learn all about the new Sustainable Food Concentration, meet some of the faculty associated with it, and learn how to apply.
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Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability, Wright Hall
12:15 pm

Events at Smith

Webinar: Cities as First Responders: Case studies from the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate
October 5, 2011
Join us in CEEDS for a webinar titled, "Cities as First Responders: Case studies from the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3)," presented by Cynthia Rosenzweig. Cities are emerging as the 'first responders' to climate change. Climate change exerts added stress on urban areas through increased numbers of heatwaves threatening the health of the elderly, the infirm, and the very young; more frequent and intense droughts and inland floods compromising water supplies; and for coastal cities, enhanced sea level rise and storm surges affecting essential infrastructure, property, ecosystems, and inhabitants. At the same time, cities are responsible for no less than 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Given current demographic trends, this level will likely only increase over time. The First Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3) provides city case studies from developed and developing countries that are leading the way in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing adaptation strategies.
CEEDS, Wright Hall
3:35 pm