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Events at Smith

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

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

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

Featured Event

Climate Change and the Paris COP21 Summit
December 9, 2015
A discussion on COP21 led by Professor Camille Washington-Ottombre and Siiri Bigalke ‘16J, with Alyssa Johnson-Kurts ‘16 on the ground in Paris joining to share her impressions via Skype. Pizza lunch will be provided.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

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

Wintertime Crafts at the Field Station
December 6, 2015
Embrace the season by designing paper snowflakes, coloring, playing board games, and enjoying being inside or outside at the MacLeish Field Station. Transportation and tea provided! Sign up for a seat in the van at the link below:
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Leaving from outside Chapin House.
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Film Screening of climate change film: This Changes Everything
December 8, 2015
Based on Naomi Klein's bestselling book This Changes Everything, the documentary film builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Hosted by the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Stoddard Auditorium
7:00 pm

Divest Meeting
December 10, 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