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Events at Smith

Film Screening: Major!
March 9, 2017
-- a documentary profile of 75 year old Black transgender elder and activist Major Griffin-Gracy, with Q&A led by Jennifer DeClue, Assistant Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender. This is the closing event in the Undesign the Redline series co-sponsored by CEEDS.
Graham Hall
6:00 pm

Spring Bulb Show: Fields of Flowers
March 11, 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 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

Events Off Campus

Worn Wear Repairs and Reuse Fair
March 8, 2017
The Patagonia Worn Wear truck tours around the country repairing clothing, so folks can use their stuff longer and replace it less often. Swing by the Worn Wear Truck outside of the Student Union for free repairs on your rips, tears, busted zippers, missing buttons and more. Patagonia will fix all brands! AND Join us in the Student Union Ballroom for a day full of reuse and repair with some of our awesome sustainable clubs and organizations. Hang out with some of our student leaders and learn more about sustainability efforts on campus! We will have electronic repairs, tie dye, clothing swaps, an outdoor gear exchange, upcycling and crafting tables, DIY tables, fun games, and much, much more! 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).
Student Union, UMASS
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

“What to Do, How to Live: Personal Activism for a Threatened Planet”
March 8, 2017
Patagonia VP of Public Engagement and National Geographic Lifetime Achievement in Adventure Award recipient Rick Ridgeway, environmental activist Adam Werbach, and outdoorsman Scott Briscoe will provide an evening of inspiration. 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).
UMASS Student Union Ballroom
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Featured Event

Ola i ka Wai: Water is Life
March 21, 2017
Race, Gender, and Indigineity in Grassroots Organizing for Hawaiian Resource Justice. Join us for an evening with two community leaders from Maui, Hawai'i: Māhealani Wendt and Hōkūao Pellegrino.
Graham Hall (Hillyer)
7:00 pm

Events at Smith

Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol Symposium
March 15, 2017
Faculty, students and staff will be presenting their findings from the Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol - 2nd Year Report. There will be ample time for questions and discussion of the project. The Symposium is open to anyone who is interested in joining us for all or part of the day. We expect to be joined by Smith College staff, the state and local project team and students. We hope you will join us. An RSVP for lunch (to jwalter@smith.edu) is appreciated
Smith College Conference Center, 49 College Lane
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Spring Bulb Show: Fields of Flowers
March 19, 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

Reclaiming Food and Farming:
March 21, 2017
A conversation with Māhealani Wendt, Hōkūao Pellegrino, and Ibrahim Ali. Māhealani Wendt is a Native Hawaiian rights activist, poet, writer, and legal advocate. Hōkūao Pellegrino is a taro farmer and land education specialist for Kamehameha Schools where he manages statewide collaborations on land owned by the schools, leasing agriculture and conservation land, protecting cultural and natural resources,conducting agriculture and aquaculture activities, and implementing land-based education programs for students of all ages. Ibrahim Ali is an urban farmer and Director of Gardening the Community in Springfield, MA, where he works on local land and food issues in the community.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

42nd Annual Gardeners' Gathering- Trustees
March 18, 2017
The Gardeners' Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. As the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, the Gardeners’ Gathering is an opportunity for people to share ideas and tips, network, and learn. The event includes skill-based workshops, exhibitors, and guest speakers. This year's event will feature LaDonna Redmond, a food justice activist from Chicago, as she speaks on “Food and Justice--feeding ourselves in uncertain times."
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Shillman Hall & Egan Center, Northeastern University
11:00 am

From Seed to Stomach: An Introduction to Mindful Eating with Community Potluck
March 18, 2017
Join Leslie Frank for an intro to the practice of mindfulness and mindful eating. Sharing food they prepare themselves, participants will practice being tuned in to taste, hunger, and fullness. They will also be encouraged to discuss the dishes they bring. RSVP to katie@growfoodnorthampton.com Bring a dish to share! More on FaceBook:
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Florence, MA
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Events at Smith

Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol Symposium
March 22, 2017
If you are interested in hearing about how Smith College is managing the sediment in Paradise Pond and how that is affecting some of the organisms in the Mill River, then please join us for all or part of the symposium - come and go as you need to. Lunch will be provided. AGENDA: 12:00 noon - 12:05 PM Welcome & Lunch; 12:05 - 12:15 PM Summary of last year’s operations; 12:15 – 12:30 PM The Impact of Sediment Redistribution on Mill River Mussels; 12:30 - 12:45 PM The Impact of Sediment Redistribution on Mill River Macroinvertebrates; 1:00 - 1:30 PM Downstream Monitoring – Sediment and Hydrology; 1:30-1:50 PM Break; 1:50 - 2:10 PM Freshwater Mussel Baseline Data Collection; 2:10 – 2:30 PM Future Monitoring; 2:30 – 3:00 PM Sediment redistribution 2017; 3:00 – 4:00 PM Q&A
Smith College Conference Center, 49 College Lane
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Growing in Confined Spaces: A lecture and discussion with Maurice Small and La Loba Loca
March 24, 2017
Maurice Small is the farm manager at CollegeTown farm in Atlanta Georgia, one of two farm sites under the Truly Living Well Organization. Maurice is a noted urban agriculture expert and soil health consultant, who has lead and run farms, gardens, and workshops across the U.S. He is committed to revitalizing local food systems and the power of youth engagement and community development. La Loba Loba is a multidimensional environmental and reproductive justice advocate and leader. She is self described Queer, Machona, South American Migrant, crafter, artist, researcher, writer, body-powered tattooist, full spectrum companion, midwife student, seed-saver, gardener and life-long student. Loba utilizes ancestral as well as abuelita knowledges to inform her work and practices and to combat modern day political corruption.
Weinstein auditorium
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Mineral resources for a Sustainable Future
March 24, 2017
Larry Meinert, Acting Deputy Associate Director, Energy and Mineral Resources, US Geological Survey delivers the keynote lecture for "Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future: The 5 College Geology Symposium" on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration. Dinner for participants is offered at 6 pm in McConnell Foyer.
McConnell 103
7:00 pm

Extractative Industries: Nexus of Everything?
March 25, 2017
Allyson K. Anderson Book, Executive Director, American Geosciences Institute. Part of the "Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future: The 5 College Geology Symposium" on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration.
McConnell 103
9:00 am

Changing the World--Changing Exploration
March 25, 2017
John F. H. Thompson, Wold Family Professor of Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability, Cornell University; Principal, PetraScience Consultants. Part of the "Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future: The 5 College Geology Symposium" on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration.
McConnell 103
9:45 am to 10:30 am

Growing in Confined Spaces: A Vermiculture Workshop with Maurice Small
March 25, 2017
Maurice Small is the farm manager at CollegeTown farm in Atlanta Georgia, one of two farm sites under the Truly Living Well Organization. Maurice is a noted urban agriculture expert and soil health consultant, who has lead and run farms, gardens, and workshops across the U.S. He is committed to revitalizing local food systems and the power of youth engagement and community development.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
10:00 am to 11:30 am

Mining's Contribution to Sustainable Development
March 25, 2017
Jessica E. Koegel, Associate Director for Mining, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Part of the "Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future: The 5 College Geology Symposium" on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration.
McConnell 103
10:45 am to 11:30 am

Preparing the Future Generations of Explorers for Success at Discovery
March 25, 2017
M. Stephen Enders, Professor and Interim Department Head, Geology amd Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Part of the "Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future: The 5 College Geology Symposium" on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration.
McConnell 103
11:30 am to 12:15 pm

Panel Discussion: Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future
March 25, 2017
Presenters to the Five College Geology Symposium on the status, challenges and opportunities in the field of mineral resource exploration discuss related issues and answer questions.
McConnell 103
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Info Session: Summer internship with Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration
March 27, 2017
Learn more about this six week program at the non-profit Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration (SCBR) in the tropical rain forested foothills of the Andes in Lamas, San Martin, Peru Participants will engage with the issues of climate change, deforestation and food security for the Kichwa-Lamistas, the largest indigenous group in the region, both intellectually in a tri-weekly seminar and experientially by regenerating the most sustainable, fertile and climate mitigating soil in the world, the Amazonian pre-Columbian anthropogenic Terra Preta do Indio.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Flower to Fork: Native Plants, Farms, and Food
March 25, 2017
Join us for a day-long symposium to discuss the interactions between native plants, pollinators, and food crops. Learn how farmers are using native plants to increase their crop production, what programs are available to growers to help with native plant installation, and how you can create beautiful gardens that also support pollinators. To learn more and register follow the link below:
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9:00 am to 3:00 pm