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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

Events at Smith

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

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

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

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

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

Stories From Down The Line
February 24, 2017
Be a part of the Undesigning the Redline exhibit by sharing your stories about how racism has shaped your community and neighborhood. Issues like gentrification and unjust real estate practices are continuing the racist legacies of redlining in housing. Come by the Knowledge Lab. You can also submit a video selfie from your phone! Send it to knowledgelab @smith.edu. More instructions are available at the link below:
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Neilson Library, Knowledge Lab
9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Green Team's Solar Education Event
February 24, 2017
Green Team is participating in national Solar Education Week. Join us for a Skype info session with energy economics researcher John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self-reliance and a solar panel demo. Free pizza will be served.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Plant Adaptation Up Close: A Biological and Artistic Interpretation
February 26, 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

SEA Semester Information
February 28, 2017
Are you thinking about studying abroad for a semester or during the summer? Come learn about the unique, hands-on SEA Semester program! SEA Semester offers field-based environmental programs to students of all majors. Students learn how to sail and embark on a research voyage to either the Caribbean, Europe, New Zealand or French Polynesia while becoming active crew members on a 134' ship. We offer six different semester programs focusing on environmental topics such as global climate change, cultural and environmental sustainability, and conservation and marine biodiversity. There are also summer sessions for students looking for a shorter time to study off-campus. We seek motivated students who are passionate about learning, inspired to tackle and address real-world issues, and eager to become part of an unparalleled living and learning community.
Campus Center - Main Level
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

SEA Semester Information Session
February 28, 2017
SEA Semester is a field-based study abroad program focused on the ocean environment. They offer 6 different semester programs that focus on environmental topics ranging from global climate change to cultural and environmental sustainability to conservation and marine biodiversity. SEA semester programs include an on-shore component in Woods Hole, Massachusetts followed by a sailing research voyage in the Atlantic, Pacific, or Caribbean. Motivated students of all majors who are passionate about learning, inspired to take on real-world issues, and eager to become part of an unparalleled living and learning community are welcome to apply.
CEEDS - Center for Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability - Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

The Glass Universe': A Talk by Science Writer Dava Sobel
March 1, 2017
Dava Sobel, former Smith College Jacobson Professor and one of our country's most distinguished science writers, will read from and talk about her soon-to-be released book, "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measurement of the Stars." It tells the story of seven pioneering woman astronomers who made crucial contributions to the work of the Harvard Observatory-and blazed a trail for future women scientists. Sobel is also the author of the acclaimed books "Longitude," "Galileo's Daughter," "The Planets" and "A More Perfect Heaven." This lecture is sponsored by the Smith College English Department.
Neilson Browsing Room
4:30 pm

Undesign the Redline
March 2, 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

Learning Foundations of Sustainable Well-being Societies
March 2, 2017
with Harold Glasser, Executive Director of Western Michigan University’s Office for Sustainability and Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Placing our current concepts of sustainability in the context of three historical revolutions, Glasser challenges key assumptions grounded in this history that he argues are no longer consistent with our knowledge of the state of the planet, the goals of sustainable well-being societies, or our survival as a species. Glasser discusses building new, life-affirming narratives, concluding with examples for creating meaningful, lasting change with powerful new models that displace, rather than fight, existing models; thus ushering in a fourth, sustainable well-being revolution.
Seelye 201
4:30 pm

Botanical Explosions: The Evolutionary Impact of Ultra-fast Plants
March 3, 2017
Joan Edwards, Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Williams College will give the Spring Bulb Show opening lecture. Followed by a reception and SPring Bulb Show preview at the Lyman Plant House.
Campus Center Carroll Room
7:30 pm

Film screening: Wall-E
March 3, 2017
Hosted by the Green Team.
Campus Center, Room 205
7:30 pm

Spring Bulb Show: Fields of Flowers
March 4, 2017
Visit the Botanic Garden and step into rooms filled with flowers and bright colors and recharge your spirit. Open until 8 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. The show runs from March 4 through March 19.
SMith College Botanic Garden
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Plant Adaptation Up Close: A Biological and Artistic Interpretation
March 5, 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

Opening Reception: 'Restoring the Role of Washington D.C.’s Tiber Creek'
March 6, 2017
An Exhibition by Smith Alumna Karolina Kawiaka, AIA. The images on display are part of a project that proposes a low impact, green infrastructure approach to address interior flooding in the Federal Triangle. Designed to handle stormwater by recreating some of the natural hydrological conditions by restoring aspects of the historic Washington Canal. Presented to over 40 DC agencies and received a great deal of support as a solution to an issue that could cause up to $7.5 billion in damages to our nation’s capital. Karolina Kawiaka '88 is a Smith alum with a Masters of Architecture from Harvard. On view March 3 through 29, M – F, 8:30am-4:30pm.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer
5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Can you hear me? Understanding & reducing the impacts of underwater noise in marine protected areas
March 1, 2017
Leila Hatch, Ph.D. Marine Ecologist, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Sponsored by Mount Holyoke College Biological Sciences and Five College Coastal and Marine Sciences
Cleveland Room L1, Mount Holyoke College
4:15 pm

Sonic Sea
March 1, 2017
Oceans are a symphonic symphony. Sound is essential to the survival and prosperity in marine life. But ocean noise is threatening this fragile world. Sonic sea is about protecting life in our waters from the destructive effects of ocean noise pollution. 6:30 screening of the documentary Sonic Sea (the effects of noise pollution on marine mammal communication) 7:30 discussion with Leila Hatch (NOAA Stellwagon Bank National Marine Sanctuary, featured in the film) and Laela Sayigh (Hampshire College School of Cognitive Science and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Franklin Patterson Hall Room 104, Hampshire College
6:30 pm

Identity, Nature and the Environment
March 1, 2017
Our identities- our race, ethnicity, gender, class- are vital to how we see nature. In this event, we explore how identity intersects with history and politics to shape our interactions with and understanding of the environment around us. Join a conversation led by Lauret Savoy- author of Trace; Mistinguette Smith- executive director of The Black Land Project; and Naila Moreira- Forbes Library writer in residence. Free and open to all.
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Coolidge Museum, 2nd floor, Forbes Library. 20 West Street, Northampton
7:00 pm

Talk: Humanitarian reconstruction with bamboo in Ecuador
March 2, 2017
CAEMBA is an Ecuadorian humanitarian nonprofit initiative focused on earthquake reconstruction using bamboo. This initiative started in response to the housing crisis following the severe earthquake that hit Ecuador in April 2016. CAEMBA houses are cost-free portable bamboo structures that are designed to be built in a short amount of time, then improved and completed throughout time by users.
Stirn Auditorium, Amherst College
10:00 am to 11:20 am

"True Cost" documentary screening
March 7, 2017
See the trailer at the link below: This event is being sponsored by Sustainable UMass, Patagonia, the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN), UMass Amherst Eco-Reps, and the UMass Amherst Outing Club (UMOC).
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UMASS Integrative Learning Center Room N151
7:00 pm