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 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: More... 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 Colleges 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
Presentation: GIS maps for Two Local Non-profits December 11, 2015 This year, students in the Introduction to GIS course (ENV/GEO 150) have partnered with two community non-profits Mass Audubon and the Kestrel Land Trust to carry out projects that promote the mission of those organizations. "Story Mapping the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary" (Community partner: Mass Audubon) Julia Franchi Scarselli '18, Anastasia Konefal '17, and Morgan Mpungose '17; "Mapping the distribution of hemlock trees at Graves Farm Sanctuary (Community partner: Mass Audubon) Haleigh Anderson '19, Sophie D'Arcy '16, Bryn Gingrich '16, and Tessa McGann '16;
"Story Mapping the Mount Holyoke Range" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) Aixin Li '17, Zoe Mitrisin '18, and Dulce Mora Flores AC; "Developing a hunting policy for Kestrel Land Trust properties" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) Chloe Brownlie '17, Jonathan Cartledge (Staff), and Charlotte Mann '17;
"Developing a trail network at the Sawmill Hills Conservation Area" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) Dan Babineau (Staff), Olivia Daddi '17, Danielle Opatovsky '16, and Celeste Venolia '17Please come to learn about these projects and celebrate the students' hard work! Refreshments will be provided.
Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin Reed 104) 9:00 am to 10:20 am
SmiTHrift's Winter Gear and Business Clothing Sale December 12, 2015 All items have been donated to SmiTHrift and all sale profit will be donated to charity. If you bring a bag of clothes (or other items) to donate, you'll receive a discount on your purchase! Campus Center 102 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Film Screening: Just Eat IT: A Food Waste Documentary December 12, 2015 Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. Featuring interviews with TED lecturer, author and activist Tristram Stuart and acclaimed author Jonathan Bloom, Just Eat It looks at our systemic obsession with expiry dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this seemingly insignificant issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. Just Eat It brings farmers, retailers, inspiring organizations, and consumers to the table in a cinematic story that is equal parts education and delicious entertainment. Hosted and sponsored by Smith's Food Recovery Network More... Seelye 106 7:00 pm
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Events at Smith ES&P Capstone presentations! December 15, 2015 ES&P students in ENV312 will be presenting their semester-long research projects: Visualizing Vulnerability: Climate Change Impacts at Smith College, Siiri Bigalke, Maria Cristina Del Valle, and Karen Yu; Closing the Clothing Loop, Jo Harvey and Emily Volkmann; Mitigating Stormwater Runoff at Smith College through the Implementation of Bioswales, Meg Kirsch and Danielle Opatovsky.
Neilson Browsing Room 12:00 pm
Library "Playback" Sessions- see multiple times December 16, 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
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