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Presentation of the Climate Change Concentration
October 5, 2015
Learn how the Climate Change Concentration can compliment your major and add meaningful hands-on experience to your academic goals. Lunch served. Learn more about the concentration on our website:
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CEEDS Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Presentation of the Sustainable Food Concentration
October 6, 2015
The Sustainable Food Concentration lets students engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of food and the many issues involved in sustainability. Come explore your interests! Lunch provided. Learn more on our website:
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CEEDS Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

Lunchbag: New Rules for Climate Protection: Student and Citizen Action To Change the Future
September 30, 2015
with Eban Goodstein, PhD, Director of graduate programs (MS and MBA) in sustainability at Bard College. Lunch from Veracruzana provided.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
12:15 am

NOAA Internship Presentations II: Education and outreach projects
September 30, 2015
Lunch Provided. Danielle Opatovsky '16 "Communicating Marine Protected Areas: Using Story Maps and Online Tools to Share Information about MPAs"; Julia Graham '16 "Bringing narrative maps to NOAA’s Habitat Focus Area initiative"; Kim Lu '17 “Operational oversight at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” Siiri Bigalke '16J "Creating Resilient Communities: Habitat Restoration and Climate Change Monitoring in the Hawaiian Islands"
McConnell 404
12:15 pm

Engineering Forum
October 1, 2015
with John Andary, PE. John is an environmental engineer based in the Bay Area and is a principal figure in the Integral Group, a prize-winning “deep green” engineering firm. At the forum John will describe “Building Design” as a career choice for engineers (he's been in the field for 30+ years) and will give a talk about sustainable buildings and communities as well as Zero Energy Buildings. Food will be served at this event, students are invited to bring their own beverage.
Ford Hall - Room 240
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Panel: Diverse Careers in STEM
October 2, 2015
with faculty: Shannon Audley-Piotrowski (Education and Child Study) and Nate Derr (Biology). Pizza for the first 25 folks. All welcome. Organized by the AEMES Mentoring Office as part of the Health and STEM Professions Lunchbag Series.
McConnell 103
12:10 pm

How to Ride a Bike Workshop
October 4, 2015
At Bike Kitchen we would love to share our joy of riding bikes with everyone who wants to partake. We recognize that a large number of students don't know how to ride a bike and we would love to help them learn. This workshop is for those who may feel not very confident in their riding skills or for those who have never learned. We will provide bike and a safe place to learn!
Bike Kitchen, Talbot House side entrance
4:00 pm

Lecture: The Right to Food & Food Security in Western MA
October 5, 2015
with Smith College Alumna, Molly Sauvain, Education Coordinator at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Hatfield. This lecture is part of the ENV 100: Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field series and is free and open to the public.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Biodiversity & Conservation Research Presentation with Dr. Moya Burns
October 6, 2015
Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity research and conservation management organization hosting scientific expeditions in Indonesia, Transylvania, South Africa, Madagascar, Peru, Guyana, Honduras, and Mexico. These research sites are run in remote locations with the help of volunteers and academics from around the world. Students can join as Research Assistants (internship and credit options available) and receive training in different survey techniques such as mist-netting, SCUBA diving, GIS, camera-trapping, stereo-video transects of coral reefs, and much more. Join us to learn more about how you can get involved with conservation efforts right now. If you are unable to make it, please feel free to e-mail USA@opwall.com for more details. Hope to see you there!
CEEDS Wright Hall 005
10:00 am

Events Off Campus

Massachusetts Green Careers Conference
October 1, 2015
YOUR FUTURE IN CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY $60 before August 26 $75 after August 26 $50 Job Seekers $45 Students|
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Marlborough Holiday Inn

Deep Sea Sediments – Archives for Ocean and Climate History
October 6, 2015
with Professor Helmut Weissert, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland. Extreme fluctuations of the CCD during the Cenozoic and Mesozoic coincide with major changes in past climate and oceanography. If combined with isotope geochemical proxies, preserved in deep-sea sediments, we gain insight into perturbation-response mechanisms of the climate-ocean system and, hence, of the earth’s biosphere. A close look at Cretaceous greenhouse episodes will offer the opportunity to learn about feedbacks between plate tectonics, physical, chemical and biological oceanography. Climate of the geological past offers the chance to learn about climate of the near future.
UMass, Skinner 12
4:00 pm

The Perfect $100,000 House Then and Now: the Distance between Architectural Fantasy and Reality
October 6, 2015
with Karrie Jacobs, writer, editor, and founding Editor-in-chief of Dwell Magazine. Part of the "Women in Design" architectural lecture series sponsored by the UMASS architecture department
Room S211 Integrated Learning Center, UMass
5:30 pm

Events at Smith

Bike Traffic and Safety Workshop
October 7, 2015
Hosted by Campus Police and Bike Kitchen during this workshop we will go over basic bike safety like hand signals, traffic laws, bike registration, bike theft, and also basic bike maintenance. Please join us for this informative evening!
CC102
12:00 pm

Engineering Forum
October 8, 2015
Jason Bauer-Clapp will present Internship and Job Search for Engineers. Attend this conversation to learn about search resources, a basic framework for how to approach your search, and best practices for creating compelling, persuasive applications. Jason is the Associate Director of Smith's Lazarus Center for Career Development and liaison to the Picker Engineering Program. Food will be served at this event, students are invited to bring their own beverage.
Ford Hall - Room 240
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Information Session about opportunities for research around the globe with Operation Wallacea
October 8, 2015
The presentation is open to anyone interested. With a team of academics from across Europe and North America, Operation Wallacea (www.opwall.com) supports long term biodiversity monitoring projects as well as specialized research investigations at 24 sites in 11 countries.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
5:00 pm

Field Station Trip
October 10, 2015
Want to Get off campus and enjoy the outdoors? Take a van to MacLeish field station this weekend to hike, connect with nature or get some work done! Boardgames and wifi included. The van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm and return to campus by 4:30pm. Register at link below: Chapin loading dock 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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MacLeish Field Station (leave from Chapin loading dock)
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Students for Zero Waste Conference
October 9, 2015
October 10, 2015
Education. Leadership. Sustainability.
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Durham, NH

Just Roots' third annual Fall Farm Festival
October 11, 2015
Stop by the Wheelhouse Farm Truck for a locally sourced lunch featuring produce from the community farm and wash it down at the Lefty's Beer Garden. There's an art tent, pumpkin carving and face painting for the kids. Enjoy three local bands, workshops and demonstrations of blacksmithing, herbal medicine and stone carving and join a farm tour. It's all at the Greenfield Community Farm Fall Festival this Sunday afternoon, October 11. For more details visit the link below:
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Greenfield Community Farm
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Featured Event

Lecture: Climate Change and Conflicts
October 20, 2015
with Susan George '56, author of 16 books, president of the board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, and Honorary President of ATTAC-France [Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens]. Ms. George will speak about climate change and conflict.
Seelye 210
4:30 pm

Events at Smith

Thinking about Applying to Graduate School in the Sciences?
October 15, 2015
Would you like more information about what graduate school is like, how to find the right school, and how to apply? We will provide some introductory remarks but hope to spend most of the hour answering any questions you have. Pizza will be available. Jack Loveless & Sara Pruss, Department of Geosciences
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

Brownbag Lunch- Info Session: SEA Semester
October 16, 2015
SEA Semester is a field-based study abroad program focused on the ocean environment. They offer 6 different semester programs that focus on environmental topics ranging from global climate change to cultural and environmental sustainability to conservation and marine biodiversity. SEA semester programs include an on-shore component in Woods Hole, Massachusetts followed by a sailing research voyage in the Atlantic, Pacific, or Caribbean. Motivated students of all majors who are passionate about learning, inspired to take on real-world issues, and eager to become part of an unparalleled living and learning community are welcome to apply.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Gleaning with Rachel's Table
October 18, 2015
Gleaning, which dates back to Biblical times, is the gathering of produce after harvest. Farmers are often unable to sell all of their produce, either because of imperfections or because they simply cannot harvest it all. Many farmers welcome the opportunity to donate excess produce that would otherwise have been thrown out; others donate salable produce simply out of kindness. We will be taking a van to a few farms to harvest the produce, and then we will be donating the food. Email jwalter@smith.edu to reserve your spot!
Chapin Annex Road
9:30 am to 1:00 pm

Field Station Trip
October 18, 2015
Want to Get off campus and enjoy the outdoors? Take a van to MacLeish field station this weekend to hike, connect with nature or get some work done! Boardgames and wifi included. The van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm and return to campus by 4:30pm. Register at link below: Chapin loading dock 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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MacLeish Field Station (leave from Chapin loading dock)
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Coral Reef Ed-Ventures Art Exhibit
The week of October 19-23, 2015
The Nolan Art Lounge presents artwork and photographs created during the Coral Reef Ed-ventures summer 2015 project that involved Smith students and over 120 children of San Pedro, Belize. This display will include a mural, posters and photographs of children engaged in the environmental education summer camp lead by the Smith students as well as the coral reef data that Smith students collected for projects lead by the Smith faculty leaders.
Nolan Art Lounge, CC

Lecture: Bucking Political Stereotypes
October 19, 2015
Come hear Philip Warbug, Author, Harness the Sun & Harvest the Wind, speak about Bucking Political Stereotypes: A New England Environmental Advocate Looks at Wind Power's Ascent in the American Heartland. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Spatial Analysis Lab workshop series
October 20, 2015
Join us in the SAL to learn about a technology which helps biologists track wildlife, helps archaeologists survey historical sites, and powers self-driving cars, among many other applications. The workshop will take place in two 1-hr sessions: Tues, Oct 20 from 4-5pm; and Thurs, Oct 22 from 4-5pm. Please feel free to attend one or both according to your schedule. Visit the link below for more information and to sign up!
Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104)
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Passive House: Conservation-focused Design
October 15, 2015
Amy Finlayson, project manager with the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, discusses the principles of Passive House and how they can be applied to public projects in the Commonwealth. Passive House is a voluntary performance-based design standard focused on significant energy efficiency, ecological impact, cost savings and thermal comfort using quantifiable data. Finlayson is a registered architect with Passive House certification and has more than 18 years of experience in multiple sectors of architecture. Her primary interests are energy conservation and design. After 12 years practicing high-end residential architecture, she has shifted her career path to capital projects for the Commonwealth to have a greater impact on the way we approach design and energy conservation. She would like to see the Passive House approach implemented on all Commonwealth capital projects. She is currently the project manager for the proposed Child Care Center at Greenfield Community College, which is on track for Passive House certification. There is no building typology; the Passive House standard can be applied across the building industry successfully. Because of the unique and focused criteria for Passive House, it can complement or coincide with additional green building standards such as LEED. The primary characteristics of Passive House design are energy efficiency, occupant health and comfort, predictable performance for long-term planning and maintenance, and resiliency. Each of those categories is imperative for public projects and will be discussed in the presentation. Seating is limited, RSVP below:
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Massachusetts Room, Mullins Center, UMASS
3:00 pm

Massachusetts Premiere of Rising Voices/Hotȟaŋiŋpi
October 18, 2015
Rising Voices/Hotȟaŋiŋpi, a film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, is a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with The Language Conservancy. The project is sponsored by Vision Maker Media with major funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Administration for Native Americans, the Dakota Indian Foundation, the South Dakota Humanities Council, and the North Dakota Humanities Council.
Academy of Music, Northampton
4:00 pm

A lecture with Ellen Calm, Founder/Director, Corner Institute of Malinalco, Mexico
October 19, 2015
Ms. Calm will discuss her nonprofit’s innovative approaches to: • addressing the threat to Mexico’s security posed by organized crime and the corruption that enables it; • sustaining livelihoods and resources in agrarian communities whose families are fragmented by a globalizing world economy driving job-seekers north. Refreshments from Mission Cantina provided! This event supported by Hampshire College’s Latin@/Latin American Studies Program and the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies.
Franklin Patterson Hall, Room 101, Hampshire College
4:30 pm

Erratic Horizons
October 20, 2015
with Beka Sturges, Associate Principal, Reed Hilderbrand LLC, Cambridge MA. Part of the "Women in Design" architectural lecture series sponsored by the UMASS architecture department.
Room S211 Integrated Learning Center, UMass
5:30 pm