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Film Premier: Valley of the Forgotten featuring John Cain Carter
April 7, 2012
Valley of the Forgotten is a documentary feature that shows the conflict for land in a very secluded area of the state of Mato Grosso,Brazil where violence and fire stand for the interests of opponent groups: Indians evicted from tehri homeland, squatters trying to get a piece of land to make a living, land grabbers illegally invading properties, the Landless Workers Movement waiting for government decisions, and the ranchers fighting to hold on to their property. Reception to follow the film. This event is free and open to the public. Handicap accessible.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
5:30 pm

Events at Smith

UMASS Permaculture Interest Group: Meetings and Workdays
April 1, 2012
UMASS Permaculture Meetings will be held this semester on Tuesdays at 7pm in the UMass Campus Center Workdays: Three upcoming workdays will all be held at the Franklin Permaculture Garden at the following times: Thursday March 29th 12pm-5pm Friday March 30th 8:30am-12pm Sunday April 1st 1pm-5pm
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7:00 pm

Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series
April 2, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Janet Milne titled, "The Law's Treasures and Traps." Janet Milne is Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute at the Vermont Law School. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Economic Impacts of Hypoxia on Fisheries
April 2, 2012
Dr. Martin D. Smith The Dan & Bunny Gabel Associate Professor of Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Co-sponsored by the Smith College Biological Sciences Department, Environmental Science & Policy Program, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability, and the Five College Coastal & Marine Sciences Program. Reception in McConnell Foyer at 4:00PM
McConnell 103
4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Human and Natural History of the Meadows
April 4, 2012
Naturalist (and Smith alumna) Laurie Sanders will present an illustrated talk about the Meadows section of Northampton. Integrating art, science, and human history, her talk will focus on the role that the Meadows played in the settlement of the city and art in America. The natural history of the Meadows will also be included, as well as the changes that have taken place in this expansive landscape. Free and open to the public.
Coolidge Museum at Forbes Library, Northampton
6:30 pm

Innovators in Sustainability: Margaret Connors
April 4, 2012
The second 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. This talk is by Margaret Connors, co-founder of City Growers, an urban food desert project in Boston. (FPH is a 2 min walk from the bus stop and you can park anywhere on campus.)
Franklin Patterson Hall, Main Lecture Hall, Hampshire College
7:00 pm

Ervin Zube Lecture Series
April 5, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Mark Dawson in which he will speak about his most recent works. Mark Dawson works for Sasaki Associates, Inc. in Watertown, MA. This is part of the Ervin Zube Spring Lecture Series 2012.
Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm

Featured Event

Smith Women in the Environment Panel
April 13, 2012
Four women currently working in environment and policy fields return to Smith to dicuss their career paths and offer advice to students interested in an environmental career. This year features: Kate Barnes '01 Program Associate with the MacArthur Foundation in Conservation and Sustainable Development Merrill Baker '03 PhD Candidate at University of California, Berkeley researching conservation in Madagascar Meagan Rossi '06 Working at WorkSpaces NYC, LLC an independent commercial furniture dealership Rowan Van Ness '08 Coming of Age Coordinator for First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist.
Campus Center 103
4:30 pm

Events at Smith

Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series
April 9, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Ann Whiston Spirn titled, "Reading the Landscape." Ann Whiston Spirn is a Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Presentation of the Minor: Landscape Studies
April 11, 2012
Join us to hear about the exciting possibilities within the Landscape Studies Program! Pizza lunch will be provided.
Green Box room 202
12:00 pm

Community Garden Spring Workshop: Bugs and Blights
April 11, 2012
Join the Community Garden group for their Spring Workshop Series. This event will focus on Bugs and Blights.
Wright Hall - CEEDS
7:00 pm

Five College Energy Series: Oil
April 11, 2012
This series of events was designed to create an intellectual exchange on energy matters both between the Five Colleges themselves and between the Five Colleges and the Pioneer Valley community. Each panel includes professors from the colleges and local speakers to educate town and gown. The series was inspired by the course GOV 250 "Global Resource Politics" and organized by students from Smith and the Five Colleges. Questions? Contact thelke@smith.edu
Smith College, Carroll Room
7:30 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: Merrill Baker
April 12, 2012
Join us for a lecture by alumna Merrill Baker. Merrill is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley in the College of Natural Resources focusing her research on women's perspectives of and participation in resource management and how gender influences patterns of marine resource use. This presentation explores various issues and is applicable to a wide range of interests, from ES&P to anthro/gender studies/sociology disciplines.
Dewey Common Room
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Interested in Public Health? Visit with April Opoliner '03, M.P.H.
April 13, 2012
April Opoliner '03 is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology. Before attending HSPH, April studied neuroscience at Smith and received her MPH from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She has also worked on neurological clinical trials at Massachusetts General Hospital. April's research interests are in psychiatric epidemiology and global health. This is part of the prehealth lunch bag series at Smith.
McConnell Foyer/Mc103
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Hidden Risk: Mercury in Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Northeast
April 13, 2012
Part of the Mercury, The Environment, and Public health lecture series. David Evers, Executive Director, Biodiversity Research Institute Preceded by light refreshments and followed by dinner for attendees. This lecture series is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
McConnell 103
4:30 pm

Foraging Walk with Local Plant Expert: Mira Nussbaum
April 14, 2012
Meet at CEEDS in Wright Hall to take a leisurely foraging stroll around the campus grounds. Then return to CEEDS for tea, a cooking demonstration, and sampling of your harvest. Dress for the weather. There will be snacks! This event will happen rain or shine!
Wright Hall, CEEDS
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Five College Energy Series: Natural Gas
April 9, 2012
This series of events was designed to create an intellectual exchange on energy matters both between the Five Colleges themselves and between the Five Colleges and the Pioneer Valley community. Each panel includes professors from the colleges and local speakers to educate town and gown. The series was organized by students from Smith and the Five Colleges inspired by the course GOV 250 "Global Resource Politics". Questions? Contact thelke@smith.edu
Mount Holyoke College, Room TBD
7:30 pm

Vermiculture workshop!
April 10, 2012
At the workshop you will learn how to compost with worms and create your own D.I.Y. vermicomposting bucket to take home, FOR FREE! Join us to make your own vermi roomie bucket! Visit Bit.ly/GoWorms to register. Sponsored by Friends of UMASS Permaculture.
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UMASS Commonwealth Room (A.K.A. Earthfoods).
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Ervin Zube Lecture Series
April 12, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Niall Kirkwood titled, "Brownfields 2016: Rethinking the Post-Industrial Landscape (Again)". Niall Kirkwood is a professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. This is part of the Ervin Zube Spring Lecture Series 2012.
Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm

Featured Event

Keynote: celebrated environmental artist Christo
April 19, 2012
Christo will speak at the "Riverscaping: A Five College International Conference on the Art, Science and Culture of Rivers." His talk is titled,“Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Two Works in Progress: Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado & The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates.” Free and open to the public. Preregistration required. For a complete schedule and to register, visit:
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John M. Greene Hall, Smith College
7:00 pm

Tea and Talkback: Artist Christo's Lecture
April 20, 2012
Join us at the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (garden-level Wright Hall) for tea and an opportunity to further unpack Christo's lecture on Riverscaping. Moderated by Reid Bertone-Johnson of the Landscapes Studies Program. All are welcome.
CEEDS, Smith College
4:15 pm

Events at Smith

Tables on Sustainability
April 16, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
Chapin Lawn
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series
April 16, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Heidi Gilpin, topic TBA. Heidi Gilpin is the Associate Professor of European Studies at Smith College. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Tables on Sustainability
April 17, 2012

Chapin Lawn
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Trash Audit
April 18, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
Chapin Lawn
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

5-College Sustainability Symposium
April 18, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
CC 103/104
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Andrew Guswa (CEEDS) on Ecohydrology Research
April 19, 2012
Engineers for a Sustainable World presents Andrew Guswa, Smith College professor of engineering and director of Center for the Environment, Ecological Design (CEEDS). Come hear about professor Guswa's exciting research in ecohydrology on Thursday, April 19, noon-1 p.m. Pizza provided.
Ford 340
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Trash Audit
April 19, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
Chapin Lawn
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Workshop: The Art and Science of Effective Communication
April 19, 2012
Dr. C. Gita Bosch, an Academic and Educational Consultant based in New York, will present a FREE WORKSHOP on mastering the essential elements of communication, in particular scientific communication. The session discusses strategies for presenting posters and giving talks and includes conversation on the evaluative criteria that can be used to develop excellent communication habits. To help us gauge numbers, please indicate at this link whether or not you will attend:
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McConnell Hall 103
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Tables on Sustainability and Mini Trash Audit
April 20, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
Chapin Lawn
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Every Cloud Has a Quicksilver Lining
April 20, 2012
Part of the Mercury, The Environment, and Public health lecture series. The Transport, Bioavailability and Effects of Mercury in the Environment Charles T. Driscoll Jr., Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University preceded by light refreshments and followed by dinner for attendees. This lecture series is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Ford hall 240
4:30 pm

Earth Day Carnival
April 21, 2012
Part of Earth Week at Smith College
Davis Lawn (Rain Location-Davis Ballroom)
12:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Five College Energy Series: Nuclear Energy
April 17, 2012
This series of events was designed to create an intellectual exchange on energy matters both between the Five Colleges themselves and between the Five Colleges and the Pioneer Valley community. Each panel includes professors from the colleges and local speakers to educate town and gown. The series was organized by students from Smith and the Five Colleges and inspired by the course GOV 250 "Global Resource Politics". Questions? Contact thelke@smith.edu
Amherst College, Pruyne Lecture Hall

Ervin Zube Lecture Series
April 19, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by Lisa DePiano, Benneth Phelps, and Helena Farrell, titled, "Sustainable Agriculture Planning and Design in the Pioneer Valley." This is part of the Ervin Zube Spring Lecture Series 2012.
Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm