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Featured Event

Apple Picking!
October 21, 2016
CEEDS is getting ready for the Apple Cider Pressing event and we'll be going to Outlook farm in Westhampton to gather apples! Come help us and have some fun - maybe in the rain! Email Johanna at jwalter@smith.edu to sign up.
Chapin Loading Dock
8:00 am to 12:00 pm

CEEDS Sixth Annual Apple Cider Pressing
October 22, 2016
Join students and staff from the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS) and Dining Services to experience a family friendly and tasty New England tradition. We're all about sustainable food! Help us press fresh, Ashfield-grown apples into cider and then have a cup together with a Hadley-made cider donut.
Chapin Annex Road
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Symposium: Frontiers of Environmental Anthropology
October 22, 2016
How do climate change and other human-driven transformations of our environment affect the livelihood of societies around the world? How can we apply ethnographic research and new digital technologies to study these biological, economical and symbolic processes? Four distinguished scholars will join Smith anthropology faculty for a discussion of these issues. There will be a roundtable discussion and question period at 1:45pm - 3pm.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Presentation of Environmental Science and Policy major/minor and Marine Science and Policy minor
October 24, 2016
Lunch provided.
Seelye 101
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

Fall Fest 2016- Skill Share!
October 21, 2016
This year's Fall Fest is a skill share! Want to learn how to change a bike tire, make veggie sushi, sew your clothing, or reduce your food waste? Come learn from fellow Smithies and help us build a strong community of sharing, plus there will be free cookies from Woodstar Cafe. The event is free and open to the public.
Chapin Lawn. Rain location: Campus Center lower level
11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Smith College signs onto the Real Food Challenge
October 21, 2016
Join Smith Students for Food Justice and President McCartney at a celebratory signing of the Real Food Challenge commitment. By signing this Commitment, President McCartney will be promising that Smith invests 20 percent or more of the dining budget in food that is ecologically sound, humane, local, and fair by 2020. There will be local food and drink, as well as some short speeches.
Alumnae House
4:00 pm

Film screening: GMO OMG
October 21, 2016
Green Team presents the second installment in their monthly documentary series! Come learn about genetically-modified organisms--a hotly debated subject--in this compelling 2013 documentary. Bring your parents!
Seelye 106
7:30 pm

Sustainable Employment through Agriculture: Developing Jobs for People with Disabilities
October 24, 2016
A lecture by Shawn Robinson, Program Director of Prospect Meadow Farm. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Lecture Series sponsored by CEEDS.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm

Playback
October 24, 2016
The Study Group on Climate Change (SGCC) will share an overview of community and committee work, recommendations and next steps. Refreshments will be provided.
Neilson Browsing Room
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Liberal Arts Luncheon: College and University Endowments, Divestment and Impact Investing
October 27, 2016
with Mike Howard, Vice President of Finance and Administration, and Amy Rhodes, Geosciences
Seelye 201
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

SCOPES-- charter writing and potluck event
October 27, 2016
Join Scopes as we begin drafting and crafting our organization charter so we can become an official registered org....while we eat and make delicious food! Bring a dish or something to share as we collectively write our charter together! We plan this to be a two-part session with the follow up session next Thursday (the 27th). We'd love your input at both sessions!
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Campus Center kitchen
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Events Off Campus

UMass Student Farmers' Market
October 21, 2016
Every Friday, the UMass Student Farmers' Market provides good food, beautiful goods, and great music. It features locally grown produce, medicinal herb, handmade crafts, student art, and an opportunity to get to know the amazing agricultural community on the UMass Campus.
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Goodell Lawn, 351 Hicks Way, UMass Amherst
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Climate Change: Myth or Reality?
October 22, 2016
Described by some as "...the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," and by others "the most important environmental issue of our time," climate change has become a significant polarizing issue in our society. Join Professor of Geology Alan Werner for a look into the science of climate change, a topic explored by students in his first-year seminar. How does the climate system work, what do we know about past (geologic) climate change and what is the evidence that humans are warming the planet? Is a warmer world all that bad?
Cleveland Hall, Cleveland L-1, Mount Holyoke College
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

'Reuse' Documentary Screening
October 23, 2016
Screening of the Reuse Documentary along with a talk by the creator of the film and tabling with many environmental orgs. REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle The Planet follows Reuse Pro Alex Eaves' cross-country adventure to the 48 contiguous U.S. states. On his journey, he finds endless reuse solutions for our waste problem that are not only sustainable, but many of which are easy and fun! And he learns just how reuse truly benefits "people, planet, and wallet." Sponsored by Mount Holyoke Students for Zero Waste.
Art Museum, Art 106A, Mount Holyoke College
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Pizza Making Workshop
October 26, 2016
Join Executive Chef Michael Boucher and Manager of Strategic Initiatives Nicole Cardwell from Bon Appetit Management Company, for a pizza making workshop and discussion about food and sustainability!Learn how to make dough, and have the opportunity to stretch and create your own pizzas. Over dinner and eating your delicious pizzas, there will be discussion about food and sustainability at Hampshire. All are welcome! Space is limited. Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/hampshire-pizza and for more information, contact Nicole at Nicole.Cardwell@bamco.com
Dining Commons: middle room
12:00 am

Climate Change and the Connecticut River: What Unexpected Events Should We Begin to Expect?
October 26, 2016
For decades, scientists, engineers, biologists, hydrologists and resource managers have designed water resources systems assuming that past events were appropriate harbingers of future conditions. The lowest recorded streamflows and the maximum annual peak flows were used indicators of what to design for and what to expect in the future. Today, as we experience and acknowledge the impacts of climate change, we note “hundred year floods” and “design droughts” occurring with uncommon frequency. This talk explores what we can expect to occur to with respect streamflows in the Connecticut River basin as we move into the 21st century. Speaker: Dr. Richard N. Palmer is Department Head and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts; and Northeast Climate Science Center, Director and Principal Investigator. His specialties include surface water hydrology, climate modeling and scaling, conflict resolution, resource policy and economics, groundwater hydrology.
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Forbes Library, Northampton
7:00 pm

Ecological Well-being: Design Beyond the Perceptible
October 27, 2016
Tao Zhang RLA, LEED AP, Senior Associate, Sasaki. This lecture is part of the Fall 2016 Zube Lecture Series at UMass Amherst - LA&RP Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning. All are welcome.
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Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Featured Event

Gleaning with Rachel's Table
October 30, 2016
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! 9:30 am to 1:00 pm
Chapin Annex Road
9:30 am to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

A Poetry Crawl at Macleish station and Writing Workshop lead by John Elder
October 29, 2016
John Elder, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies/English Lit at Middlebury College, will lead a public walk following key features of Robert Frost's poem "Directive" that reflect the landscape at MacLeish. Lunch and a writing workshop with Elder will be offered for students later in the day. Interested? Email jwalter@smith.edu to sign up. A CEEDS and Arts AField event. Public Poetry Walk: 9 AM. Student Lunch: 12-1 PM. Student Writing Workshop: 1-4 PM.
Macleish Field Station
9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Presentation of the Geosciences major and minor
October 31, 2016
Join us to learn more about this exciting major! An Indian food lunch will be provided.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

Presentation of the Landscape Studies minor
October 31, 2016
Find out more about the unlimited possibilities within the LSS program. Pizza lunch provided.
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Green Box room 202
12:00 pm

The Responsible Global Fork: Growing Fair Trade Cacao in the Dominican Republic
October 31, 2016
A lecture given by Leslie Cerier, organic gourmet chef and cookbook author. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Lecture Series sponsored by CEEDS.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm

Events Off Campus

UMass Student Farmers' Market
October 28, 2016
Every Friday, the UMass Student Farmers' Market provides good food, beautiful goods, and great music. It features locally grown produce, medicinal herb, handmade crafts, student art, and an opportunity to get to know the amazing agricultural community on the UMass Campus.
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Goodell Lawn, 351 Hicks Way, UMass Amherst
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Hidden Half of Nature
October 28, 2016
Dr. David Montegomery - the Hidden Half of Nature! Professor from University of Washington, Dept of Earth and Space Sciences. As a geologist and geomorphologist, David Montegomery, a MacArthur Fellow, will explore the journey of he and his wife Anne Bikle, an ecologist, in the relationship between soil microbes and health. From Amazon -- "Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health―for people and for plants―depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. “The Hidden Half of Nature” tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut." The talk will be of interest to earth scientists, ecologists, and those interested in agriculture and food science. Open to the public and campus community.
Integrative Learning Center, Room S-211, UMass Amherst Campus
3:30 pm

Vermont Farm to School 2016 Conference
November 2, 2016
November 3, 2016
The conference agenda will include 26 workshops led by national, regional and local leaders in the farm to school movement, including two extended afternoon sessions on Wednesday, November 2nd focused on curriculum design and storytelling. National Director of the USDA Farm to School Program Deborah J. Kane will address the conference as keynote speaker on Thursday, November 3rd. Betti Wiggins, Executive Director, Detroit Public Schools Office of School Nutrition, a 25+ year school nutrition veteran will present “How F2S Made Me a Triple A Threat” that evening.
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Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT

Reimaging the Charles River
November 3, 2016
with Richard Burck Founder & Principal, Richard Burck Associates. This lecture is part of the Fall 2016 Zube Lecture Series at UMass Amherst - LA&RP Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning. All are welcome.
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Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Featured Event

Drinking Water Safety in China: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Risks
November 4, 2016
With Hongqiao Liu, an environmental researcher and award winning journalist who focuses on seeking holistic solutions to balance economic and environmental imperatives. In her recent study for China Water Risk (CWR), Ms. Liu has examined the alarming effects of water pollution and rare earth metals mining in China, and investigated the obstacles to regulatory reform. Her series of “Water Matters” reports explored challenges faced by China in safeguarding its drinking water sources and formed the cornerstone of CWR’s work to ‘un-silo’ water risks in the policy arena to facilitate comprehensive solutions. About the talk: China’s economic miracle has come at a heavy environmental price, and policy makers are only beginning to respond in earnest. Though trillions of money have been invested to securing drinking water safety, unsafe drinking water is pumped into millions of homes every day and for those who living in remote areas, water scarcity and unsatisfying water quality make safe drinking water a luxury. Widespread awareness of urban and rural water pollution has fueled a boom in China’s bottled water industry, currently growing twice as fast as the country’s GDP. Bottled water is not however, a sustainable replacement for clean tap water; lack of oversight at treatment facilities does not guarantee its safety for consumption, and massive amounts of plastic waste is generated. Meanwhile, the extraction and processing of rare earth metals, in which China accounts for 85% of global production, is wreaking environmental havoc in surrounding districts.
Seelye 106
4:00 pm

Food Tasting and Discussion with Adam Danforth
November 10, 2016
Sample mature, pastured, prepared local goat and learn from James Beard award-winning butcher and author Adam Danforth about why eating less meat, but better meat, is good for you and the environment. Adam and the Smith Dining staff are featuring more local meats for dinner at King/Scales, Cutter/Ziskind and Hubbard. For info on the menus and serving locations visit the link below or use the dining app
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Campus Center 103/4
4:15 pm

Events at Smith

Game Day at the Field Station
November 5, 2016
Want to get off campus? Join a trip to MacLeish. Come explore the station, go on a hike, sit by the fire pit, enjoy the BEC (Bechtel Environmental Classroom), and relax. This week’s theme is game day, so board games card games and other fun will be offered! The drive up to Whately is approximately 25 minutes; the van will leave from the Chapin loading dock (between Chapin and the CC) at 1:00 p.m. and return around 4 p.m. reserve your spot by going to tinyurl.com/macleishvans or emailing esulser at smith.edu
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Meet at Chapin loading dock to head to the MacLeish Field Station
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Lecture: Sustainable Development on the Edge of the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas, Mexico
November 7, 2016
Moises Zambrano, Land Rights Attorney in Chiapas, Mexico addresses the complex issues and legalities of sustainable development (El Extencionista) surrounding the Lacandon rainforest. Part of the ENX 100 lecture series hosted by CEEDS.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Massachusetts Farm & Sea to School Conference
November 4, 2016
The conference will bring together over 400 farm to school advocates from across Massachusetts and New England. Learn about curriculum integration, reducing food waste, school gardens, engaging youth through policy and social justice, and more. There will also be thematic networking sessions, providing the opportunity to get to know farm to school advocates in your areas of interest and expertise. Learn more at the link below: (This conference is organized by Massachusetts Farm to School in collaboration with the Farm Based Education Network's National Gathering, November 4-6.)
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Leominster, MA

UMass Student Farmers' Market
November 4, 2016
Every Friday, the UMass Student Farmers' Market provides good food, beautiful goods, and great music. It features locally grown produce, medicinal herb, handmade crafts, student art, and an opportunity to get to know the amazing agricultural community on the UMass Campus.
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Goodell Lawn, 351 Hicks Way, UMass Amherst
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Experiential workshop
November 4, 2016
Including mindfulness exercises, storytelling, and reflective writing. Part of the Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Crisis Fall 2016 SERIES. Seating is limited – please arrive early. Talking Truth is co-sponsored by: Office of Civic Engagement and Service-Learning, UMass Amherst Libraries, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Psychology of Peace and Violence Program. The series is endorsed by: UMass Climateers, Eco-Rep Program, Biostead Initiative, Contemplative Pedagogy Working Group, and Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
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Floor 26, Du Bois Library, UMASS, Amherst
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Talk: 'Beyond Utopia: Capitalist Futurism v. Eco-Temporalities'
November 4, 2016
UMass graduate and Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Environmental Politics at Brown University, Claire Brault, presents “Beyond Utopia: Capitalist Futurism v. Eco-Temporalities“ as part of the UMass Political Theory Graduate Alumni Lecture Series - Fall 2016. Free admission, handicap access available.
Thompson Hall, Room 620, UMass Amherst
4:00 pm

Standing Rock Prayerful Protest
November 5, 2016
We will march to TD Bank at 243 Triangle St in Amherst. Hosted by Climate Action Now Western MA
Bank of Americ, Amherst, 1 South Pleasant St, Amherst
10:00 am

Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium 2016
November 5, 2016
The annual symposium is a set of presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions by students or regional professionals. The structure of the symposium allows students from different schools to lead sessions on a variety of topics, providing valuable presentation experience as well as facilitating the spread of ideas between schools. Sessions are typically grouped by broad topics, or tracks, such as “engagement,” “building a program,” or “communications.” The symposium shows students that they belong to a larger community of people like themselves who are all working for the same cause of creating a sustainably conscious community at their college or university. Admission $20, register for tickets online.
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Campus Center, Amherst Room, UMass Amherst
11:00 am to 5:30 pm

Local Food Entrepreneur - Alum Molly Merrett Lecture
November 9, 2016
Molly Merrett is the chef and owner of Beets and Barley, a local vegetarian catering service. After running her own farm, she entered the catering business with the goal of creating delicious food while strengthening the local food system using local and organic ingredients.
Franklin Patterson Hall Room 104 , Hampshire College
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Living with Climate Change: The Road from Paris
November 9, 2016
Dale Jamieson delivers the second in a series of three talks that explores the science, ethics and politics of climate change, one year after the historic agreement made at the COP21 - 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris. Sponsored by the Miller Worley Fund for the Center for the Environment and The Science Center.
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
7:30 pm

From Resilience to Transformation: Climate Risk Adaptation in New York City
November 10, 2016
with William Solecki Hudson River Estuary. This lecture is part of the Fall 2016 Zube Lecture Series at UMass Amherst - LA&RP Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning. All are welcome.
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Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm