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ES&P Student Capstone Presentations: ENV312
May 1, 2012
Come join us for an afternoon of presentations by the students of ENV312 as they highlight their capstone work. Topics include a broad range of environmental science and policy issues. Come for all or part of the time! Lunch will be provided over the lunch hour.
Dewey Common Room
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Events at Smith

Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series
April 30, 2012
Please join us for a lecture by John Burk titled, "Audubon's Garden: Landscapes and Plants in The Birds of America." John Burk is the Elsie Damon Simonds Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, Smith College. This is part of the Landscape Studies Program Spring Lecture Series 2012.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Volunteer Day with Gardening the Community
April 28, 2012
Gardening the Community is a youth-centered community based urban agriculture project in Springfield, MA. Through growing organic food and riding bicycles in the city, GtC introduces and fosters principles of urban sustainable living and youth leadership. If you’re interested in learning more about urban agriculture and sustainable community development, Join us!
Springfield, MA
10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Interested in Patagonia internships? Alumna Maggie McCaffrey '10 shares her experiences
May 7, 2012
"In calling up images of the past, I find that the plains of Patagonia frequently cross before my eyes..." Charles Darwin. Former Smith student Maggie McCaffrey '10 to give a presentation on a volunteer and international Praxis opportunity in Patagonia Argentina with Argentine NGO Fundacíon Patagonia Natural (FPN). The volunteer program is perfect for any students interested in environmental studies or the natural sciences. Volunteers live and work on a converted sheep farm that operates as a wildlife reserve tracking puma activity, working in the rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals, observing a wide variety of marine life such as penguins, whales, sea lions, and orcas and practicing your spanish! A once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience one of the Earth's last wild places.
Wright Hall CEEDS
4:30 pm

Events Off Campus

OCCUP-OETRY for Earth Day & May Day
2012-05-04
Poetry, prose, and song about war and peace, economic and social justice, environmental protection, racism, women’s/LGBT/human rights and immigration. Spoken word that speaks truth to power, and empowers and inspires us. Authors welcome to submit work by Friday, April 27 (maximum of 10 minutes) for consideration by a panel of local poets for the Northampton event. More info: John Berkowitz, PVCA Director and Poet, 413-625-6374 johnpberk@gmail.com
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Friends Meeting House, 43 Center St.
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

350.org’s World-Wide Climate Impacts Action Day: Stop Climate Change! No Tar Sands Pipeline!
May 5, 2012
Every day between Monday April 30 and Saturday May 5, during rush-hour from 8 to 9am and 5 to 6pm, groups of 10 or more people will stand on the sidewalk of the Coolidge Bridge between Hadley and Northampton. The group will hold signs calling for President Obama and Congress to stop climate change by rejecting the Keystone Tar Sands pipeline, oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic, and continued reliance on coal and nuclear energy; and by supporting much larger investment in renewable energy sources and energy conservation and efficiency.
Coolidge Bridge between Hadley and Northampton

Forbes Library Community Bird Walks
May 6, 2012
Join us during the height of the spring bird migration for 4 Sunday morning bird walks. We'll meet at the front door to the library and walk from there at a leisurely pace around the Smith Campus and down to Paradise Pond. We'll look for all the species we can find, everything from black-capped chickadees to blackburnian warblers. We'll also listen to bird calls and learn how to identify some birds by their songs. Bring binoculars and your favorite field guide. Dress for the weather; it can still be cold on a May morning. Rain cancels, but if it is just drizzling we will still go. We'll have a different leader each week. Free and open to the public.
Forbes Library, West Street Northampton
8:00 am to 9:00 am

Events Off Campus

Forbes Library Community Bird Walks
May 13, 2012
Join us during the height of the spring bird migration for 4 Sunday morning bird walks. We'll meet at the front door to the library and walk from there at a leisurely pace around the Smith Campus and down to Paradise Pond. We'll look for all the species we can find, everything from black-capped chickadees to blackburnian warblers. We'll also listen to bird calls and learn how to identify some birds by their songs. Bring binoculars and your favorite field guide. Dress for the weather; it can still be cold on a May morning. Rain cancels, but if it is just drizzling we will still go. We'll have a different leader each week. Free and open to the public.
Forbes Library, West Street Northampton
8:00 am to 9:00 am

What’s with the Weird Weather? Climate Change Teach-in
May 17, 2012
The following climate scientists and energy experts in the Pioneer Valley will discuss the latest science and increasing extreme weather events, and call for more urgent federal and state clean energy policies: * Asst. Prof. Michael Rawlins, UMass Geosciences Dept.; Manager, UMass Climate System Research Center * Prof. James Lowenthal, Smith College Astronomy Dept. * Prof. Michael Klare, Hampshire College and 5-College Sustainability Program, author of “The Race for What’s Left: the Scramble for the World’s Last Resources” * Prof. Jan Dizard, Amherst College Sociology Dept. * Prof. Alan Werner, Mt. Holyoke College Geology Dept. --Cash Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 to those who invite and bring along the most other people --relatives, friends, neighbors, fellow workers or students, members of your faith community or local organization—especially those who are not yet convinced of the urgency to stop climate change. --More Info: Pioneer Valley Climate Action 413-625-6374 pioneervalleyclimateaction.org and on Facebook
Unitarian Universalist Society, 220 Main Street, Northampton
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm