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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

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

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

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

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

Environmental Science and Policy Lunchbag Talk:
March 29, 2017
Drone Mapping for Sea Turtle & Tortoise Conservation, St. Catherines Island, GA. Lunch provided.
Sabin-Reed 220
12:15 pm

Climate Change and the Developing World
March 29, 2017
A presentation by Elliot Fratkin, Smith College Department of Anthropology. When most people think about the effects of climate change they tend to think only about how their lives here in the "privileged North" will be affected. What about the millions of people who live in the developing world who don't have many of the benefits we do of protective infrastructure and a variety of safety nets? Dinner will be provided for the first 20 people.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
5:00 pm

Presentation of the GEO major/minor
March 30, 2017
Join us for Indian food and to learn more about the geosciences major and minor over the lunch hour.GeoClub will be presenting as well!
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

Documentary screening: On Coal River
March 30, 2017
Join the screening followed by a Q&A with director and producer Adams Wood. The film deals with mountaintop removal coal mining, and mine waste-injection issues, through an on-the-ground portrait of residents, activists, miners, and regulators. The film premiered at AFI Silverdocs, won “Best Documentary” at the Appalachian Film Festival, and was nominated for an IFP/Gotham Award, among other honors. Co-sponsored by CEEDS. Check out the trailer below:
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Seelye 106
7:00 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

Events at Smith

Workshops: Hands-On Filmmaking for Social Engagement:
March 31, 2017
Theory and Basic Camera Skills. These interactive workshops will offer participants basic skills and theory about the many ways video and filmmaking can be used to share knowledge and inspire engagement in a social movement context. The workshops will be led by Adams Wood, an award-winning filmmaker with a 20 year career creating video for social impact. We will discuss different forms and formats including social issue documentary, campaign and call to action videos, as well as emerging media platforms. We will screen and discuss excerpts pulled from Wood’s own work and beyond. In small group work, participants will have the opportunity to create a strategy for a hypothetical engagement goal. We will end the workshop with a brief hands-on camera training, where we will cover filming and interviewing techniques, using participant’s own cell phone cameras. Offered twice: 10:30 am-12 pm and again from 4-5:30 pm. Co-sponsored by CEEDS. Registration required at the link below:
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Neilson Library Knowledge{Lab}

Environmental Science and Policy Lunchbag Talk:
April 5, 2017
the Study Group on Climate Change Report. Lunch provided.
Sabin-Reed 220
12:15 pm

Smith's Special Trees: A Musical Tribute
April 5, 2017
with Mary Hubbell, soprano, and Monica Jakuc Leverett, piano. This concert will feature musical tributes to some of the champion-sized trees as well as other remarkable and historic tree specimens that grace the Smith College campus arboretum- now recognized as an accredited arboretum and as a Tree Campus USA.
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm

Cultivating Resistance: Food Justice In Palestine (A Teach-In)
April 5, 2017
Smith Students for Food Justice and Smith Students for Justice in Palestine are teaming up for a teach-in about land and water access, olive trees, and agricultural boycotts. How has the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land affected agriculture and farmers? What does food justice and access in Palestine look like? There will be light snacks provided, including olives and hummus! Part of a series of events for Smith College’s Israeli Apartheid Week. More information below:
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CC 103/104
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

LiDAR: A Revolutionary Tool for Landscape Analysis
April 6, 2017
Bob Newton, Department of Geosciences presents for the Geosciences lunchtime speaker series. Lunch served at Noon, talk starts at 12:10 p.m.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

The limitations of the WHY, the inadequacy of the WHAT and the potential of the HOW:
April 6, 2017
Creating initiatives with Underrepresented women in STEM with Dr. Kimberly Scott, associate professor of women and gender studies at Arizona State University, founding executive director of the Center for Gender Equity in science and Technology, and founder of CompuGirls, a technology program for adolescent girls from underserved school districts. Trained as a sociologist of education and childhoods, Scott’s interdisciplinary work examines girls’ of color (African American, Native American, Latina) social and academic development in informal spaces and their technosocial innovations.
Ford 240
5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Indigenous Sovereignty Against the State:
April 3, 2017
Rearticulating Andean Resistance in Times of Climate Crisis. Carlos Perez Guartambel, ECUARUNARI-CAOI, INterpreting by Antonia Carcelen-Estrada
Converse Hall, Amherst College
5:00 pm

Indigenous Knowledge and Environmentalism: The Struggle Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Beyond
April 4, 2017
With internationally acclaimed historian, activist and multiple award-winning author professor emerita (UC-Davis) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Building, Amherst College
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Conference: New England Farm to Institution Summit
April 5, 2017
April 6, 2017
The 2017 Summit will bring together more than 500 people who are leveraging the power of schools, colleges, hospitals and other institutions to transform our food system. Please join us – and hundreds of other farm to institution advocates – for two exciting days of learning, sharing, exploring and connecting. The event will convene representatives from institutional facilities, along with their food supply chain partners and farm to institution advocates, to maximize collective impact and overcome challenges to buying more local food. The summit will feature programming that focuses on farm to school, farm to campus and farm to health care, as well as cross-sector themes.
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Doubletree by Hilton, Leominster, MA

Reception and film screening "The Spirit of Standing Rock"
April 6, 2017
kicks off "Living Waters, Animate Lands- Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Braiding Story, Skills and Sustenance with Hope for a Sustainable Future", the third annual Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Symposium. This symposium will build bridges among cultural heritage, ecology, economics and ethics by exploring Indigenous ecological knowledge and how to adapt to environmental change.
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Cape Cod Lounge, Campus Center, UMass Amherst
6:30 pm

Earth2Trump Resistance Roadshow
April 6, 2017
Featuring exciting musicians and speakers, the roadshow will entertain, inspire and provide opportunities for everyone to help fight Trump's disastrous environmental policies and attacks on Native Americans, including the Dakota Access Pipeline. Come to sing, celebrate, and resist! Featuring music by: Lyla June - Diné and Cheyenne hip-hop artist, Casey Neill - singer-songwriter. Speeches by: Cheryl Angel - Lakota elder fighting the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, Brytnee Laurette - activist with Center for Biological Diversity. The roadshow's local sponsors are Climate Action Now MA and ACLU MA. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged.
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Academy of Music Theater
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm