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Events at Smith

Undesign the Redline
February 3, 2017
February 9, 2017
Join us for an interactive exhibition and pop-up library that invites participants to “explore how redlining and other policies, practices, and investments create systemic disparities and inequalities that not only perpetuate our most pressing social challenges, but impede the full potential of democracy.” The exhibit has been customized for our community, with references to Pioneer Valley history and historic maps of Boston, Hartford, Holyoke/Chicopee, and Springfield. Interactive mapping projects from the Spatial Analysis Lab will be on display from SWG 230 (Gender, Land and Food Movements), highlighting food access, gentrification, and the school-to-prison pipeline. The exhibit is on view whenever the library is open.
KnowledgeLab, Second Floor of Neilson Library

Op-Ed Writing Workshop: How to Make Your Voice Heard in Print or Online Media
February 6, 2017
Hosted by Heather Abel, writer and activist. The goals of this writing workshop are to help students articulate their opinions, learn the rhetorical styles and restrictions of an op-ed, and get their voices heard widely in print and online publications. This is a two-part series and students are encouraged to attend both sessions. Second session is Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 4:30 - 6 pm. Sign up here by Feb. 5, 2017 by emailing jolsen@smith.edu Refreshments included!
CC 204
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Op-Ed Writing Workshop - Part 2
February 8, 2017
Hosted by Heather Abel. Co-sponsored by the Jacobson Center and Africana Studies. This is part two of the series. Refreshments included. Sign up by emailing Janelle Olsen at jolsen@smith.edu by 2/5/17.
CC 204
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

The King of Islandia: How Segregation and Its Violence Made a Man and Nation Rich
February 8, 2017
in this lecture, Nathan D.B. Connolly, Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University will explore the interplay of racism, capitalism, politics, and the built environment. Part of the Undesign the Redline series co-sponsored by CEEDS.
Seelye 201
4:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Climate Chaos
February 3, 2017
Fringe First Award Winner Baba Brinkman is the world’s first and only “peer reviewed rapper,”bringing science to the masses with his unique brand of hip-hop comedy theatrics. In Rap Guide to Climate Chaos, Brinkman breaks down the politics, economics, and science of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the energy economy. A trailblazer in the genre of “lit-hop”—he has created hip-hop adaptations of The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, and Gilgamesh—Brinkman is also an award-winning playwright, a former tree-planter who has personally planted more than one million trees, and a Friend of Darwin Award winner (for his efforts to improve the public understanding of evolutionary biology) who has opened for Stephen Hawking.
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Main Stage, '62 Center, Williams College, 1000 Main St, Williamstown, MA
8:00 pm

Film Screening: Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective
February 4, 2017
Beautiful and poignant, INHABIT features the voices and visions of social and ecological changemakers in the Northeast and beyond. The film presents a sweeping vision of "a new way of being and relating to the Earth, a reminder that humans are capable of being forces of planetary healing." In these challenging times, we hope this event will inspire more collaborations and projects and that heal and nourish our community, such as the exciting work unfolding at Nutwood Farm. Before the film, we will share our current plans to grow hazelnuts and other perennial staple foods on our farm, along with our own 3-minute video and details about the launch of our crowdfunding campaign. Admission is FREE and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Childcare will also be provided during the film screening. For more information please call Sara at 413-824-1840 or email nutwoodfarmers@gmail.com.
Cummington Community House - 33 Main St, Cummington
6:30 pm

Race, Space, and Environmental Inequalities
February 9, 2017
a talk by Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph.D. Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and James E. Crowfoot Collegeiate Professor of Environmental Justice, University of Michigan.
Beneski Earth Sciences Building, Room 107, Amherst College
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Finding Work with Meaning in the Anthropocene: Panel Discussion
February 9, 2017
Gain insights into your personal journey toward forward-thinking work in sustainable living and community building within the fields of education, entrepreneurism, and green building, with Ofer Sharone, assistant professor, Sociology, UMass Amherst, Sara Schley, co-founder of the sustainable consulting firm Seed Systems; Ezra Small , UMass Amherst Sustainability Manager; Sarah Hebert G’13, Trinity Solar employee; and John Fabel, building and construction technology adjunct faculty member, UMass Amherst. Part of the Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Crisis series.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library , Room 2601, UMass
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Events at Smith

Plant Adaptation Up Close: A Biological and Artistic Interpretation
February 12, 2017
The earth's diverse environments create many challenges for plant survival, and plants have evolved adaptations that allow them to thrive under hostile conditions. This exhibit explores these diverse adaptations, from clinging to the rock cliffs to eating other plants. This is your lats chance to put on the 3-D glasses and enjoy this otherworld of plants! Through March 26.
Botanic Garden, Church Exhibition Gallery
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Interest Meeting: Bike Kitchen
February 12, 2017
We will be to finalize the open hours for Bike Kitchen and figure out how Bike Kitchen will work this semester. Please come with thoughts, ideas, and excitement! We are located at the back of Talbot House. (Go down the driveway/parking lot for the Smith Campus School, and we are the last doorway in the brick building on your right.) Can't make it but want to be involved? Contact us through Facebook or email us at bikes @ smith.edu If you have any questions, want to be involved in Bike Kitchen this semester but cannot make the meeting, send us a message and we will figure something out. We want you to be a part of Bike Kitchen! Thanks, and see you Sunday!
Bike Kitchen, Talbot House
2:00 pm

A Long Term Climate and Hurricane Record from the Bahamas
February 15, 2017
Lecture by Dr. Lisa Park Boush, Director, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut. Cookies and cider will be served.
Sabin-Reed 101
11:00 am

Undesign the Redline
February 16, 2017
Join us for an interactive exhibition and pop-up library that invites participants to “explore how redlining and other policies, practices, and investments create systemic disparities and inequalities that not only perpetuate our most pressing social challenges, but impede the full potential of democracy.” The exhibit has been customized for our community, with references to Pioneer Valley history and historic maps of Boston, Hartford, Holyoke/Chicopee, and Springfield. Interactive mapping projects from the Spatial Analysis Lab will be on display from SWG 230 (Gender, Land and Food Movements), highlighting food access, gentrification, and the school-to-prison pipeline. The exhibit is on view whenever the library is open.
KnowledgeLab, Second Floor of Neilson Library

Webinar: How to Get a Job in Sustainability: Leadership Careers in Business, NGO's and Government
February 16, 2017
The World Needs you. You need a Job. In this webinar Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College will outline different sustainability career directions, evaluate the impact of the Trump Presidency on sustainability jobs, discuss grad school and continuing education options (including school now / school later), and provide listeners with a tailored, concrete job search strategy. The webinar includes twenty minutes of Q&A to address individual career questions. Webinar login: https://bluejeans.com/920996636 (dial-in only: 1.888.240.2560). Please log in 5 minutes before session begins. You are welcome to participate in this webinar on your own or you can join us in CEEDS.
On your own, or in CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lunch talk: How reliable are climate models?
February 16, 2017
with Ambarish Karmalkar from the Northeast Climate Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Climate models are the tools we use to gain comprehensive understanding of the climate system, to produce quantitative estimates of climatic changes in the future, and to inform regional adaptation and mitigation decisions, but there remain large uncertainties in the predictions these models produce. In this talk, Karmalkar will discuss strengths and weaknesses of climate models and some of the strategies and methods he uses in his research to diagnose uncertainties in model projections and to provide reliable information on regional climate change. Lunch will be served. Hosted by Geosciences.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:10 pm

Panel on Space, Race, Class, and Design
February 16, 2017
Join us for a dynamic discussion about how the design of both physical and virtual environments overlap with structures of inequality. The Designing the WE team will be in conversation with Joseph Krupczynski, Director of the Office of Civic Engagement and Service-Learning and Associate Professor of Architecture at UMass, Amherst; Serin Houston, Assistant Professor of Geogrpahy and International Relations and Mount Holyoke College; and Chris Gilliard, Professor of writing, literature and digital studies, Macomb Community College and author of "Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy". Part of the Undesign the Redline series co-sponsored by CEEDS.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Seminar: Geo-Narrative: Analyzing Qualitative Data with GIS in Mixed-Method Research
February 16, 2017
Mei-Po Kwan (Geography and Geographic Information Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) offers a case study illustration of qualitative methodologies at the intersection of qualitative geographic information systems (GIS), narrative analysis, 3D GIS-based time-geographic methods, and computer-aided qualitative data analysis. This approach to GIS-based narrative analysis, called “geo-narrative,” is based on extending current GIS capabilities for the analysis and interpretation of narrative materials such as oral histories, life histories, and biographies. The three central elements in this approach are (1) narrative analysis as the qualitative approach; (2) 3D GIS-based time-geographic methods as the representational framework; and (3) 3D-VQGIS as the GIS-based computer-aided qualitative data analysis component. A light lunch will be served. Please register using the link below:
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107 Bartlett Hall, UMass Amherst
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

The Uncertain Geographic Context Problem: Implications for Population and Health Research
February 16, 2017
Mei-Po Kwan, Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will present the second lecture of the SBS Social Science Matters lecture series on Migration.
Procopio Room 170, Design Building, UMass
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Featured Event

Maple Sugaring with CEEDS!
February 17, 2017
It's time for maple sap collection at the Field Station! Join us to tap the maple trees in our sugar bush. Be sure to wear gloves and warm layers and be prepared to walk in some snow! No experience necessary. Vans will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1pm. Please sign up for a seat in the van using the link below.
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MacLeish Field Station- Catch a van at the Chapin loading dock
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Zigzagged Path That Led to a Career in Winemaking
February 22, 2017
with Rally Day medalist Helen Keplinger '94. Widely respected as one of California’s most socially responsible entrepreneurs, Keplinger is a rising star in the winemaking world, known for making distinctive wines with classic European methods. She has a keen understanding of specific vineyard sites, and how to optimize the farming and winemaking to make wines expressive of their place. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Plant Adaptation Up Close: A Biological and Artistic Interpretation
February 19, 2017
The earth's diverse environments create many challenges for plant survival, and plants have evolved adaptations that allow them to thrive under hostile conditions. This exhibit explores these diverse adaptations, from clinging to the rock cliffs to eating other plants. This is your lats chance to put on the 3-D glasses and enjoy this otherworld of plants! Through March 26.
Botanic Garden, Church Exhibition Gallery
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion: Political Thirst: The Control of Water in North Africa
February 21, 2017
Professor Alan Mikhail from Yale University with Smith faculty: Greg White, Mukaram Hhana, and Alex Seggerman will offer short faculty presentations, along with interdisciplinary discussion and will address issues surrounding the control of water in North Africa from historical, environmental, political, and artistic perspectives. The conversation will highlight how controlling, exploiting, and sustaining water has been central to political power in the region for centuries.
Seelye 201
5:00 pm

Undesign the Redline
February 23, 2017
Join us for an interactive exhibition and pop-up library that invites participants to “explore how redlining and other policies, practices, and investments create systemic disparities and inequalities that not only perpetuate our most pressing social challenges, but impede the full potential of democracy.” The exhibit has been customized for our community, with references to Pioneer Valley history and historic maps of Boston, Hartford, Holyoke/Chicopee, and Springfield. Interactive mapping projects from the Spatial Analysis Lab will be on display from SWG 230 (Gender, Land and Food Movements), highlighting food access, gentrification, and the school-to-prison pipeline. The exhibit is on view whenever the library is open.
KnowledgeLab, Second Floor of Neilson Library