Featured Event Five College Blue Sky Initiative meeting February 8, 2012 The presidents of the Five College’s and Neal Abraham, executive director of Five Colleges, Inc. recently issued a call for ideas for new initiatives and programs in academic, co-curricular, and operational aspects of sustainability. In response to this call, CEEDS would like to invite you to participate in one of the Smith blue sky meetings. This call and these meetings are an opportunity for us all to think broadly about how we engage with sustainability issues on many levels, to dust off ideas that have been put on the back burner for one reason or another, to bring forward ideas for innovative solutions related to our daily work, to think creatively about how we learn or teach, or just come together with enthusiasm to brainstorm. Ideas generated on each campus will then be pooled together as part of the larger Five College Blue Sky Initiative. Smith campus members unable to attend the February blue sky meetings can submit ideas for sustainability projects and programs online (see link below)or by email to jbenkley@smith.edu. More... Neilson Library Browsing Room 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Five College Blue Sky Initiative meeting February 8, 2012 ...an opportunity for us all to think broadly about how we engage with sustainability issues on many levels, to dust off ideas that have been put on the back burner for one reason or another, to bring forward ideas for innovative solutions related to our daily work, to think creatively about how we learn or teach, or just come together with enthusiasm to brainstorm.
Smith campus members unable to attend the February blue sky meetings can submit ideas for sustainability projects and programs online (see link below)or by email to jbenkley@smith.edu. More... Neilson Library Browsing Room 11:00 am to 12:10 pm
Five College Blue Sky Initiative meeting February 9, 2012 ...an opportunity for us all to think broadly about how we engage with sustainability issues on many levels, to dust off ideas that have been put on the back burner for one reason or another, to bring forward ideas for innovative solutions related to our daily work, to think creatively about how we learn or teach, or just come together with enthusiasm to brainstorm. Smith campus members unable to attend the February blue sky meetings can submit ideas for sustainability projects and programs online (see link below)or by email to jbenkley@smith.edu.
More... Campus Center 205 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Five College Blue Sky Initiative meeting February 9, 2012 ...an opportunity for us all to think broadly about how we engage with sustainability issues on many levels, to dust off ideas that have been put on the back burner for one reason or another, to bring forward ideas for innovative solutions related to our daily work, to think creatively about how we learn or teach, or just come together with enthusiasm to brainstorm. Smith campus members unable to attend the February blue sky meetings can submit ideas for sustainability projects and programs online (see link below)or by email to jbenkley@smith.edu.
More... Campus Center room 205 10:30 am to 11:50 am
Events at Smith Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series February 6, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by Keith Zaltzberg titled, "Permaculture: Design for Social Change and Community (re)Development." Keith Zaltzberg works with the Regenerative Design Group in Greenfield, MA. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm
Events Off Campus Innovators in Sustainability: Josh Goldman, 81 February 6, 2012 The first lecture in this semester's "President's Alumni Speaker Series" which will bring Hampshire College alums involved in different aspects of sustainability back to campus so that students can see what it "means" to actually do this type of work. Josh Goldman has done spectacular work on sustainable aquaculture and will be a very interesting speaker. (FPH is a 2 min walk from the bus stop and you can park anywhere on campus.) Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, Main Lecture Hall 12:00 am
Argument and Political Action: Considering Environmental Ethics- February 7, 2012 a lecture by Chris Cuomo of the University of Georgia.
This event is one in the series "Climate, Nature and the Frontiers of Ethics" funded by the Forry and Micken Fund in Philosophy and Science and sponsored by The Department of Philosophy at Amherst College. Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Building, Amherst College 4:30 pm
War Fever: Iran, the U.S. and the Middle East February 8, 2012 A Five College Faculty Panel with:
Prof. Michael Klare (Five College Peace & World Security Studies,
Prof. Laura Reed (UMass Political Science Dept.), Prof. Sayres Rudy (Hampshire College School of Critical Social Inquiry)
Sponsored by: UMass Political Science Dept., Five College Program in Peace & World Security Studies. This event is free and open to the public. Thompson Hall Room 106, U Mass, Amherst 7:30 pm
Ervin Zube Lecture Series February 9, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by Sharon Rooney, AICP, RLA--Chief Planner, Cape Cod Commission. The topic will be, "The Development of Visual Impact Assessment Methodology for Wind Turbines in Cape Cod's Ocean Waters." This is part of the Ervin Zube Spring Lecture Series 2012. Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst 4:00 pm
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Featured Event Evelyn Fox-Keller, "Rationality and Fear" February 14, 2012 Smith College hosts Evelyn Fox Keller, Professor Emeritus of the History and Philosophy of Science at the Masschusetts Institute of Technology, as the 2011-12 William Allen Neilson Professor. Beginning in February, Professor Keller will present a series of three lectures, "Reflections on Contemporary Scientific Problems." Please join us for the first lecture titled "Rationality and Fear."
Neilson Browsing Room 4:30 pm
Talk Back Time: Evelyn Fox-Keller Lecture February 15, 2012 Join us for an Talk Back event! "Talk back times" are informal conversations moderated by Smith faculty and staff following lectures and presentations that CEEDS feels merit further discussion. Lisa Armstrong from SWAG will be moderating this discussion following the Evelyn Fox-Teller lecture which discusses "Rationality and Fear." Evelyn Fox-Teller 2011-2012 William Allen Neilson Professor. Sponsored by the Environmental Science and Policy Program. Lunch will be provided. CC104 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Events at Smith Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series February 13, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber, proprietors of "osteria pane e salute/la garagista" in Woodstock, Vermont. They will be giving at talk titled, "Prosperina's Vine: A Portrait of a Natural Vineyard and the Quest for Terroir. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm
Flow: For the Love of Water February 15, 2012 Irena Salina's documentary film on the human rights of freshwater privatization. Screened in conjunction with ENV 312: Sustainable Solutions. Brief discussion to follow. Open to the public. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 7:00 pm
Events Off Campus Panel: Climate action after Durban: Where do we go from here? February 15, 2012 ~A Panel Discussion With:
Jonathan Lash, President, Hampshire College
Peter Haas, Dept. of Political Science, UMass
Steve Roof, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College
Free & Open to the Public
Sponsored by:
Five College Program in Peace & World Security Studies
Five College Sustainability Studies Program
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall 7:30 pm
Ervin Zube Lecture Series February 16, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by the returning Landscape Architect Alumni Panel. They will speak about current projects and job opportunities. This is part of the Ervin Zube Spring Lecture Series 2012. Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst 4:00 pm
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Featured Event Lecture: "Learning to add: Understanding complex toxic exposures" February 20, 2012 Join us to hear from the first of three candidates for a visiting assistant professor position in the Environmental Science and Policy Program. Lunch will be provided. McConnell 103 12:15 pm
Williams Mystic at Smith! February 21, 2012 Come meet Katie Clark, Smith alumna and representative of the Williams Mystic Maritime Studies Program!
WILLIAMS-MYSTIC MARITIME STUDIES PROGRAM is now accepting applications for the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters. Come spend a semester exploring the ocean with Williams-Mystic, an Ocean Studies program sponsored by Williams College and Mystic Seaport. We take to the open sea for ten days, hit the road on the West and Gulf Coasts, and explore the wonders of the Mystic Seaport Museum. Information on how to apply can be found on our website.
Campus Center, 11am - 1pm
Prospective students pizza party. Smith College, Lower Level of Wright Hall in CEEDS Lounge, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
More... CEEDS, Wright Hall 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Events at Smith Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series February 20, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by Rick Klein, topic TBA. Rick Klein works as part of the Berkshire Design Group, Inc., in Northampton. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm
Events Off Campus Films: King Corn and Big River February 19, 2012 Join us for a double feature of some great films as a lead-up to tomorrow's lecture with film maker and leading voice in America’s food movement, Curt Ellis. East Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College 5:00 pm
Lecture: Growing Forward: A New Vision for Food and February 20, 2012 Speaker Curt Ellis is probably best known as one of the film makers of King Corn and Greening of Southie, yet he has been involved in numerous other noteworthy projects. Curt is recognized as a leading voice in America’s food movement. As co-founder and Executive Director of the national service organization, FoodCorps, to recruit and organize young leaders and future farmers for a year of public service improving school food. Later this month he will be the keynote speaker at MOSES, the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education
Services conference in Wisconsin. Main Lecture Hall/Franklin Patterson Hall at Hampshire College 7:30 pm
Ervin Zube Lecture Series February 23, 2012 Please join us for a lecture by Bill Wenk who will be talking about his most recent works. Bill Wenk is the founder of the Denver-based landscape architectural firm, Wenk Associates, Inc. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012. Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst 4:00 pm
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