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Workshop: Media Advocacy for Campaigns
November 16, 2015
Aly Johnson-Kurts '17 is the Media Lead for the SustainUS U.S. Youth delegation to COP21 and the Communications Director for Rights & Democracy, a Vermont-based organization organizing to address climate change and promote workers' rights. Join Aly Monday evening to learn how to use strategic communication and the press to elevate an issue, pressure decision-makers, and advance campaign goals.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Events at Smith

Nightime Visit to the MacLeish Field Station
November 15, 2015
Join us for a nighttime trip to the MacLeish Field Station for a campfire, stars, and cozy times. Leaving from outside Chapin House at 6:30 p.m., returning at 9 p.m. Sign up at the link below:
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Meet outside Chapin
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Fall Chrysanthemum Show
November 7 - 22, 2015
Featuring Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) by Smith College Students. This reception is kicked off with a lecture by Smith faculty Jesse Bellemare in the CC Carroll Room on November 6.
Lyman Plant House
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Lecture: Let the water flow!
November 16, 2015
Come hear Robin MacEwan, Senior Associate, Environmental Services, Stantec, speak about aquatic restoration: Aquatic restoration one damn dam at a time. Damn those dams! Removing the shackles of New England rivers. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Lecture: The Inspired Landscape: 21 Leading Landscape Architects Explore the Creative Process
November 16, 2015
with Susan Cohen '62, licensed landscape architect and fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Featuring the work of twenty-one landscape architects from around the world, Susan Cohen highlights each initial spark of creativity and traces it through the stunningly innovative landscape designs that resulted. Lushly illustrated with original sketches, plans and photographs this invaluable resource will embolden designers to summon the unique sources that fuel their own creative process.
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CC 103-104
4:30 pm

Library "Playback" Sessions- see multiple times
November 18, 2015
How have students, faculty and staff reimagined Neilson Library? Join members of the Library Program Committee and the design firm Shepley Bulfinch for a "playback" of the major themes and ideas that have emerged from this fall's engagement events. Open sessions for the Smith community begin at 11 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Neilson Browsing Room
11:00 am

Food Recovery Network--action!
November 19, 2015
The dining halls for Thursdays are solely in the quad. If you would like to recover with us on this day, email us foodrecovery @ smith.edu and include your phone number if you have not yet recovered with us yet this semester. You can expect a confirmation email that includes the meeting location.
The Quad
3:50 pm

COP21 Discussion (in French)
November 19, 2015
Join us for an afternoon of lively discussion on the events of this fall's COP21 conference including discussion on the terror attacks of the past week. All students of French are welcome! We'll also be serving light refreshments only as it's Julia Child Day in the dining halls! Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions when you RSVP below:
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Lewis Global Studies Center, Wright Hall first floor
4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Mapathon in the Spatial Analysis Lab
November 19, 2015
Attendees will identify and trace dwellings, roads/paths, medical facilities etc on the OpenStreetMap platform using aerial imagery of eastern Afghanistan. This data will then be immediately available to humanitarian organizations working in the region following a major earthquake on Oct 26. Absolutely no prior experience is required, and dinner will be provided! For more info and to sign up at link below:
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Spatial Analysis Lab, Sabin-Reed 104
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Divest Meeting
November 19, 2015
Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College’s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting!
CC 103/104
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Eco Poetry at the MacLeish Field Station
November 21, 2015
Poet Margaret Babbott will facilitate a part outdoor/part indoor nature-inspired writing workshop, influenced by Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions. No experience necessary! Transportation and tea provided. Email sakim at smith with questions. Sign up at link below:
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Smith's Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Collective Efforts
November 17, 2015
with Victoria Rospond AIA & LEad Cloud AIA, Founders and Principals, CDR Studio Architects, PC, New York, NY Part of the "Women in Design" architectural lecture series sponsored by the UMASS architecture department
Room S211 Integrated Learning Center, UMass
5:30 am

Events at Smith

Fall Chrysanthemum Show
November 7 - 22, 2015
Featuring Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) by Smith College Students. This reception is kicked off with a lecture by Smith faculty Jesse Bellemare in the CC Carroll Room on November 6.
Lyman Plant House
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Sunset Trip to MacLeish!
November 22, 2015
Come along on a sunset trip to the field station for a campfire, stars, and cozy times! Leaving from outside Chapin House at 4:30pm, returning at 7:30pm. Sign up at link below:
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Chapin to MacLeish
4:30 pm

Brown bag lunch talk- Projecting Climate Change Using Models
November 23, 2015
with Dr. Kirk Maasch, Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Maasch, who has over 20 years of experience using climate models and statistical methods to investigate the causes of climate change across time scales ranging from years to millions of years, will talk about climate models, their role in policy development, their accuracy and assumptions. Bring your own lunch- drinks provided.
CEEDS Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm

Lecture: Northern New England Climate: Past, Present, and Future
November 23, 2015
with Kirk Maasch, Faculty, School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine. 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

Divest Meeting
November 26, 2015
Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College’s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting!
CC 103/104
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Events at Smith

Global Climate March: Northampton
November 29, 2015
Northampton joins actions around the globe on the eve of the historic Paris climate conference. Join the movement and tell world leaders "We want a future with a clean livable planet"! Bring lights, signs and your hopes for the future. Everyone is welcome! Intergenerational. Families are encouraged to attend.
Northampton High School
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Divest Meeting
December 3, 2015
Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College’s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting!
CC 103/104
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Lecture: Plant Life Through the Ages: A Mural of Plant Evolution
December 3, 2015
James W. Walker is a noted paleobotanist and professor of Biology at UMass Amherst. He will be speaking on plant evolution and the mural preceding a reception and viewing of the mural at Lyman Plant House.
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CC Carroll Room
7:00 pm

Inaugural Opening: Plant Life Through the Ages: A Mural of Plant Evolution
December 3, 2015
The Botanic Garden is proud to unveil a new 60-foot mural, consisting of eight panels depicting great moments in plant evolution. The stunning paintings were created by muralist Robert Evans. His work can be found at the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, and numerous museums, zoos and aquaria; this is his first installation at a botanical garden. This reception follows a lecture by UMass professor James W. Walker in the CC Carroll Room.
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Lyman Plant House
8:00 pm

Presentation: From Waste to Resource
December 4, 2015
Smith College generates approximately 1,560 tons of organic material annually. The ENX 301 class has explored different composting methods that would take advantage of this organic material by turning it into a resource while reducing Smith’s carbon footprint. Over lunch we will present our recommendations and lead a conversation about compost on campus.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm

Stargazing at the New McConnell Rooftop Observatory
December 4, 2015
Come see stars, galaxies, star clusters, and a region of active star formation at the astronomy department open house. All are welcome - please dress very warmly. For further information or to check on weather conditions, contact Meg Thacher (mthacher at smith.edu.
McConnell Hall Roof
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Events Off Campus

World on Edge: War and Peace in the Climate Age Era
December 2, 2015
The world is currently suffering from a proliferation of violent conflicts and social upheavals, including wars in Iraq, Syria. Libya, Yemen and Afghanistan, along with a massive tide of refugees seeking to escape all this violence. At the same time, we are seeing increasing evidence of the impact of climate change on human societies, in the form of droughts, floods, forest fires and coastal erosion. How will these two trends interact? Will climate change make war more or less likely? No final answer can be provided to these questions, but some trends are beginning to emerge.
Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
4:30 pm