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Panel: Smith Women in the Environment
March 30, 2015
Every other year the environmental science and policy program invites four Smith alums with diverse environmental careers back to campus to talk about their careers and how their education at Smith helped set them on their professional path. This year's panelists include: Alana Miller ‘10 Policy Manager, Transportation Alternatives; H. Hanh Chu ‘07 Emissions Data Analyst, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Beth Callaghan ‘04 Senior Education Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium; Jacquelyn Ottman ’77 J.Ottman Consulting, Strategies, Tools, and Inspiration for Sustainable Brands. The event will start with Traditional Smith Tea refreshments followed by the panel discussion. Bring your questions and bring your friends!
Neilson Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Screening: Food Chain$
March 31, 2015
Presented by SGA Campus Sustainability and the Real Food Challenge: Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the United States.
Seelye 107
7:00 pm

Workshop: Get Rid of the Waste. Get On With A Better Life.
March 31, 2015
With our society now driven by a 'throwaway' mentality, and recycling and composting leveling at 34% recovery rates, the time is now for action to reduce waste and change the consumption paradigm causing it. This highly interactive workshop facilitated by Jacquie Ottman '77, nationally recognized expert in green marketing and sustainable consumption, explores practical lifestyle-enhancing steps to reduce, reuse, share, repurpose and repair, beyond recycle and compost. This event, sponsored by the ES&P program, is free and open to the public.
McConnell 103
7:00 pm

Events at Smith

Food Recovery Network
March 25, 2015
March 29, 2015
Help us collect leftover dining hall food to donate to people who need it! We recover food twice a week and donate it to a local shelter in Holyoke. We meet Wednesdays & Sundays at 6:45p.m. in the lower level Campus Center (by the colored couches). Join Us! Questions? Email Allison and/or Pam: acwu at smith.edu or pmatcho at smith.edu
Campus Center lower level
6:45 pm

Smith Built Environment lunch
March 27, 2015
Are you interested in the architecture major at Smith, or architecture in general? Meet the seniors and ask questions relating to their work that is currently exhibited at the gallery, internships, studio tips, classes and their time at Smith, and meet and mingle with the the Smith Built Environment org! Lunch will be provided.
Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Field Station Saturdays
March 28, 2015
Want to get off campus? Come visit MacLeish Field Station! You can explore the five miles of trails (rent snowshoes or skis from the Outing Club) or stay cozy in the building with a cup of tea. It's a great place to study or relax—and there's a collection of board games! The van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm and return to campus by 4:30pm. Space is limited, please sign up here: http://goo.gl/nhrVZF. For more information, contact ewald@smith.edu.
Chapin loading dock
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Lecture: Erotechnics and Civilization:Theories and Practices Concerning Social Relationships
March 30, 2015
among the Sexes in mid-20th Century Urban Landscapes with Mark Hamin, Master of Regional Planning Program, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, UMass-Amherst. This lecture is part of the LSS 100: Landscape, Design, and the Environment series and is free and open to the public.
Weinstein Auditorium
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Dancing in Wild Places: Seaweed and Ocean Health
March 29, 2015
A 40-minute performance project based on travels and dancing at seven seaweed sites internationally. A short discussion about the relationship between art-making and environmental projects will follow the presentation. Free and open to the public. Come early/limited seating.
Studio 3, Kendall Hall, Mount Holyoke College
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Conversation and panel with the author of Labor and the Locavore, Margaret Grey
March 31, 2015
The panel will include the author, food system worker activists, and local food system researchers. The evening is sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Workers Center and the Agrarian Action Network. More about the event and the book at the link below.
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Pioneer Valley Workers Center 42 Gothic St. Northampton ma 2nd floor
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Featured Event

Interactive exhibit: Dialogue: A Decade of Smithies on Sustainabilty
April 1, 2015
A collection of 65 works from various disciplines, by students who have sought to address Food, Waste, and Landscapes on campus and in the Pioneer Valley, brought together by Eve Pan, '15. Do underline the books, write on the margins, comment on the back, take our survey & enjoy. Notes from the curator:Over my four years at Smith, I have seen the great work of both my peers and my predecessors, yet the absence of a thorough library and space where these works may be accessed for viewing, reference use, and inspiration. ^ May we graduate knowing we may leave behind our work for the next generation to build upon. Co-sponsored by the Smith College Libraries. Neilson Hillyer Young
Visit the common spaces in Neilson, Hillyer, Young Libraries

Field Station Saturdays
April 4, 2015
Want to get off campus? Come visit MacLeish Field Station! You can explore the five miles of trails (rent snowshoes or skis from the Outing Club) or stay cozy in the building with a cup of tea. It's a great place to study or relax—and there's a collection of board games! The van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm and return to campus by 4:30pm. Space is limited, please sign up here: http://goo.gl/nhrVZF. For more information, contact ewald@smith.edu.
Chapin loading dock
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Events at Smith

Exhibit: Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens
April 1, 2015
For twenty years, photographer Vaughn Sills collected images of a gardening style that, despite its long history, is unknown to most horticulturists and is disappearing quickly. Sills traveled through the Deep South searching out African-American folk gardens: those yards and gardens that reflect in form and organization some of the earliest African-American religious and cultural traditions. The exhibit runs from March to September 2015.
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Lyman Plant House, Smith College

Food Recovery Network
April 1, 2015
April 5, 2015
Help us collect leftover dining hall food to donate to people who need it! We recover food twice a week and donate it to a local shelter in Holyoke. We meet Wednesdays & Sundays at 6:45p.m. in the lower level Campus Center (by the colored couches). Join Us! Questions? Email Allison and/or Pam: acwu at smith.edu or pmatcho at smith.edu
Campus Center lower level
6:45 pm

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) project meetings
April 4, 2015
Everyone is welcome- you do NOT have to be an engineering major, just bring an active mind and excitement! This semester ESW will focus on a compost proposal for the Office of Sustainability, a solar charging station for central campus, and Smith Hackathon! ESW will also be planning trips- possibly to a fish elevator, a passive solar house, to see UMass aquaponics, and a national conference.
Campus Center 102
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Lecture: A Natural and Cultural History of the MacLeish Field Station
April 6, 2015
with Jesse Bellemare, Biological Sciences, Smith College. This lecture is part of the LSS 100: Landscape, Design, and the Environment series and is free and open to the public.
Weinstein Auditorium
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

The effects of hostile work environments on scientists’ careers
April 7, 2015
Kate Clancy, a feminist biologist at the University of Illinois, talks about sexual harassment, assault, and professional trajectories.
McConnell 103
12:10 pm

Fossil Fuel Divestment Interest Meeting for Faculty & Staff
April 7, 2015
Divest Smith College would like to invite all faculty and staff members to learn more about the global fossil fuel divestment movement and discuss ways to get involved in Smith's campaign. Join the conversation about the importance of aligning our investments with our institutional values and the role that faculty and staff have in upholding the college's fiscal and moral responsibility. Any member of the Smith community is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served at 4:00pm.
CEEDS, Wright Hall
4:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Where did 'Organic' Come From? The Unpredictable Past of Natural Food
April 1, 2015
Andrew Case, Washington College This talk explores the shifting environmental and cultural values of the organic movement in the postwar US through the story of publisher and natural health enthusiast J.I. Rodale. A transformational figure in the history of environmentalism, Rodale began publishing about health and farming in 1942, and became the popular face of the organic movement. in the late 1960s. Eccentric enough that people did not always take him seriously, his story nonetheless raises critical questions about the limits of the marketplace as a site of equitable and sustainable environmental reform, particularly given the international and global scope of the issues at stake.
Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115) Amherst College
4:30 pm

Designing Living Landscapes: Origins and Significance of Cultural Landscape Research in Landscape Ar
April 2, 2015
Ethan Carr is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass Amherst and co-directs the graduate certificate program in Cultural Landscape Management. He is the author of several books on the history of American park planning and design and is an editor of the papers of Frederick Law Olmsted.
School of Management 137, UMass
4:00 pm

Farm to Institution Summit
April 7, 2015
Are you an advocate, educator, food service rep, institutional chef, farmer, fisherman, processor, distributor, aggregator, student, sustainability coordinator, clinician or policymaker? This conference is just for you! The Farm to Institution Summit will bring together leaders from the Northeast who are working to get more local and regional food into schools, colleges, health care and other institutions. Please join us -- along with hundreds of other farm to institution advocates -- for three exciting days of learning, connecting, sharing and exploring! The program will be chock full of engaging sessions, inspiring speakers, exciting tours, fun social events and more! Registration is now open. Early bird rates are available until March 2nd.
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UMASS Amherst

Film Screening: Food For Change
April 7, 2015
Food For Change is a feature-length documentary focusing on food co-ops as a force for social and economic change, examining their pioneering quest for organic foods and current efforts to create regional food systems. The film explores the effects of large agri-businesses on the environment as well as the economy. The film shows how the co-op movement strengthens communities where they are located, enhancing local economies and food security. The goal of the film is to educate an audience about the principles of cooperation with a focus on food.
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
5:00 pm

Featured Event

Interactive exhibit: Dialogue: A Decade of Smithies on Sustainabilty
April 8, 2015
A collection of 65 works from various disciplines, by students who have sought to address Food, Waste, and Landscapes on campus and in the Pioneer Valley, brought together by Eve Pan, '15. Do underline the books, write on the margins, comment on the back, take our survey & enjoy. Notes from the curator:Over my four years at Smith, I have seen the great work of both my peers and my predecessors, yet the absence of a thorough library and space where these works may be accessed for viewing, reference use, and inspiration. ^ May we graduate knowing we may leave behind our work for the next generation to build upon. Co-sponsored by the Smith College Libraries. Neilson Hillyer Young
Visit the common spaces in Neilson, Hillyer, Young Libraries

Lecture: The Age of Sustainable Development
April 8, 2015
with Jeffrey Sachs, economist and director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. Sachs is known for his work on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, debt cancellation and globalization. Part of the Presidential Colloquium Series.
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Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
4:15 pm

Field Station Saturdays
April 11, 2015
Want to get off campus? Come visit MacLeish Field Station! You can explore the five miles of trails (rent snowshoes or skis from the Outing Club) or stay cozy in the building with a cup of tea. It's a great place to study or relax—and there's a collection of board games! The van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm and return to campus by 4:30pm. Space is limited, please sign up here: http://goo.gl/nhrVZF. For more information, contact ewald@smith.edu.
Chapin loading dock
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Panel: "What's At Stake? Diverse Perspectives on the Implications of Fossil Fuel Divestment at Smith
April 14, 2015
The event will continue the campus discussion about fossil fuel divestment, with a panel of stakeholders in how Smith's endowment is invested, and focus on the moral, financial, and political impacts and nuances of divestment at Smith. Students Siiri Bigalke and Blythe Coleman-Mumford, Professor James Lowenthal, Dano Weisbord, Director of Campus Sustainability and Space Planning, and Michael Howard, Vice President for Finance and Administration, will join together to engage in an open and robust conversation on how fossil fuel divestment would affect Smith as an institution and community.
Neilson Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Events at Smith

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) project meetings
April 11, 2015
Everyone is welcome- you do NOT have to be an engineering major, just bring an active mind and excitement! This semester ESW will focus on a compost proposal for the Office of Sustainability, a solar charging station for central campus, and Smith Hackathon! ESW will also be planning trips- possibly to a fish elevator, a passive solar house, to see UMass aquaponics, and a national conference.
Campus Center 003
1:00 pm

Film: Vegucated + discussion w/ Smith alumna director Marisa Miller Wolfson ’98
April 11, 2015
Part sociological experiment and part adventure comedy, Vegucated is an award-winning, guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who go vegan for six weeks. Lured by tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover the hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before. But can their convictions carry them through when times get tough? Free, accessible, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Hosted by Animal Advocates, Eco-Reps, and UMass Plant-Based Nutrition Club. More info and RSVP below:
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Neilson Browsing Room
6:30 pm

Lecture: Beyon Participation: Indigenous Peoples and Housing Agency in Guyana
April 13, 2015
with Gabriel Arboleda, Environmental Design, Hampshire and Amherst Colleges. This lecture is part of the LSS 100: Landscape, Design, and the Environment series and is free and open to the public.
Weinstein Auditorium
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Farm to Institution Summit
April 8, 2015
April 9, 2015
Are you an advocate, educator, food service rep, institutional chef, farmer, fisherman, processor, distributor, aggregator, student, sustainability coordinator, clinician or policymaker? This conference is just for you! The Farm to Institution Summit will bring together leaders from the Northeast who are working to get more local and regional food into schools, colleges, health care and other institutions. Please join us -- along with hundreds of other farm to institution advocates -- for three exciting days of learning, connecting, sharing and exploring! The program will be chock full of engaging sessions, inspiring speakers, exciting tours, fun social events and more! Registration is now open. Early bird rates are available until March 2nd.
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UMASS Amherst

Towards Racial Equality and Social Justice: Sharing the Work and Research of Dr. James Jennings
April 8, 2015
Come and join a celebration of Dr. Jennings' work, featuring current and former colleagues as well as panel discussion. Dr. Jennings has championed racial equality – read a new report that identifies spaces for fighting for black equality. Register using the link below.
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Barnum Hall, Room 008 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155 (Tufts)
4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Film screening: The Weight of the Nation
April 8, 2015
Obesity is not only one of the top public health issues facing our country; it's also a threat to our nation's bottom line. Rising obesity rates threaten to drag our economy down through higher health care costs and lower productivity. Currently, 69% of American adults are overweight or obese. Hosted by The Springfield Food Policy Council and the Mason Square Health Task Force Please RSVP to Jbaymon@springfieldpartnersinc.com Or 413.263.6500 x6539
Springfield Central Library 220 State St. in Springfield
5:30 pm to 7:45 pm

Conference: Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region
April 9, 2015
April 10, 2015
Hunter Lovins, Author and President/Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions will provide a key note on the evening of 9 April. President McCartney will join a Presidents Panel Friday morning 10 April. Smith's Bechtel Environmental Classroom with be one of the featured tours. Mitchell Thomashow, Author, "The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus" and President Emeritus, Unity College will proivde a key note at the close of the conference on 10 April. LOW COST for STUDENTS.
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UMASS Amherst

Protecting Cultural Landscapes in the Era of Climate Change
April 9, 2015
Melnick is Professor of Landscape of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon, and Senior Cultural Resource Specialist with MIG, Inc, in Berkeley and Portland. He is co-editor of Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America (2000) and has published widely on theoretical and practical issues relating to cultural and historic landscapes. His written works and professional projects have received numerous national awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Society of Architectural Historians, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently working on thorny issues around climate change and how we understand and protect cultural landscapes.
School of Management 137, UMass
4:00 pm

The Art of Sustainability
April 9, 2015
April 10, 2015
Jay Mead will discuss the Art of Sustainability, stimulating exploration and creativity as essential approaches for achieving personal and professional goals, for creative problem solving and for better understanding and working with systems. Mead has been creating environmental art for over 30 years. He has worked with Bread and Puppet, Cristo, The PuppeTree and was a core member of Wise Fool Puppet Intervention. His work has ranged from large installations to processions and performances. Aside from the USA, he has had projects in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. 10-5pm Skinner Green (MHC Community Art Installation)
Cleveland Hall L2 Mount Holyoke College
7:30 pm

Conference: From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom
April 10, 2015
April 11, 2015
April 12, 2015
Hampshire College's Civil Liberties and Public Policy group (CLPP) is holding their annual conference featuring reproductive rights and social justice speakers from across the country. Workshops, panels, plenaries and training are geared towards student and community activists. Conference registration is free for students and sliding-scale registration will be offered for all attendees. Registration opens in January 2015.
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Project Native's 5th annual environmental Film Festival
April 12, 2015
10:00am Family Program (two films in 3D): Deepo: A Fish Story and Watermelon Magic- 43 min.; 10:10am Extreme Realities - 53 min.; 11:30am Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds - 82 min.; 1:20pm Oil & Water - 77 min.; 3:15pm Angel Azul - 72 min.; 5:00pm Cowspiracy - 91 min.; 7:10pm The Human Experiment - 91 min. This festival is free and open to the public and is made possible by funding from the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation and official sponsors: Berkshire Coop Market, GoodWorks Insurance, Kenver Ltd., and Bobbie Hallig.
http://www.projectnative.org/Film_Festival.html