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Anti-Racism, “White Fragility” and the “Third Reconstruction”:
April 21, 2017
A Black Feminist and Vegan Praxis of Survival, Resistance, and Hope, with African American food and health scholar Dr. A. Breeze Harper. Over the past decade of scholarship dedicated to ethical consumption ("good food", locavorism, vegetarianism, Fair Trade, veganism) , scholars and food justice activists focused on intersections of food, ethics, and race have noticed a pattern: the mainstream ethical food movement rarely, if ever, addresses how race (i.e., racism, whiteness, racialization, anti-racism) operates when it comes to food, sustainability, and ethics. Even though critical race applications within the ethical food movement are slowly gaining momentum, many people of color involved struggle with how to navigate, intervene, and break past the barrier of “white fragility” and build intersectional anti-racist based "good" and "ethical" food models and praxis. Dr. Harper will specifically talk about key strategies to identify conscious and unconscious racism, “white Fragility”, and the health and nutritional consequences of “racial battle fatigue”. She will creatively use real life examples of how systemic racism and white fragility operate, how to intervene, and how to create intersectional anti-racism for empowerment within the ethical foodscape and beyond. It is a timely talk during a new era of American politics that threatens decades of social justice and civil rights work collectively and successfully achieved by thousands of people of color and allies.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Events at Smith

April Showers [Earth Week]
April 19, 2017
April 20, 2017
April 21, 2017
Take part in the annual competition to see which house can save the most water and energy! The winning house will win a gift certificate to Herrells! For two weeks, starting on April 17th, mark on the scoresheet in your house's bathroom for every day you skip a shower or take a shower that lasts less than five minutes. Eco Reps will place timers in showers throughout the houses.
All Smith houses!

Environmental Science and Policy Lunchbag Talk:
April 19, 2017
Linking Institutional Carbon Prices and Community Climate Fund Offset Frameworks to Opportunities at Smith. Lunch provided.
Sabin-Reed 220
12:15 pm

Repair Share [Earth Week]
April 19, 2017
Have a worn out pair of jeans? A broken lamp? A tea kettle in need of repair? Shoes in need of TLC? A laptop charger on the fritz? A lost button on your favorite button-down? A mug with a broken handle? Come to the Repair Share! We'll have cookies from Tart, tools, and supplies such as a sewing machine, adhesives, and volunteers to help you fix whatever you need. Celebrate Earth Week by saving things from the landfill. Help us build a community of re-use, skill sharing, and sustainability. If you have a special skill, contact Zoe Merrell at zmerrell@smith.edu to volunteer. This event is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible.
Design Thinking Studio in the Capen Annex
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Jill Stein
April 19, 2017
Hosted by the Green Team.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

DIY Upcycled T-shirt Bags [Earth Week]
April 20, 2017
Drop-in to learn how to transform your old t-shirts into reusable and functional shopping bags in as little as 15-20 minutes. Stop by one of our drop-in sessions with your favorite old shirt or use one of ours. Customize your bag with the tools and materials in the Design Thinking Prototyping Studio.
Design Thinking Initiative, Capen Annex, 25A Henshaw Ave.
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Geosciences lunch: Paleoceanographic implications of global climate change
April 20, 2017
in the Western Interior Seaway by Raquel Bryant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Lunch served at noon, talk begins at 12:10 p.m.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lecture: Regenerative Design in the Built Environment
April 20, 2017
with Michael Singer, Architect. Singer is an innovator of functional design known for his sculptural gardens such as two atria at the Alterra Institute for Environmental Research in Wageningen, The Netherlands, which provides environmental interactions with the building's air, water and climate control systems, acting as the structure's "lungs and kidneys." His groundbreaking work has helped transform concepts of public art, architecture, landscape and planning projects into models for urban and ecological regeneration. All welcome; refreshments served. Part of the long-term project Modes and Models of Making at the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute.
Neilson Browsing Room
5:00 pm

Earth Day Festival [Earth Week]
April 21, 2017
Join us for our Earth Day celebration, with a focus on sustainability and environmental justice. Featuring performances by student groups, free cookies from Tart, button-making, collaborative art, lawn games, and more!
Chapin Lawn. (Rain Location: CC Lower Level)
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

April Showers
April 22, 2017
April 23, 2017
April 24, 2017
April 25, 2017
Take part in the annual competition to see which house can save the most water and energy! The winning house will win a gift certificate to Herrells! For two weeks, starting on April 17th, mark on the scoresheet in your house's bathroom for every day you skip a shower or take a shower that lasts less than five minutes. Eco Reps will place timers in showers throughout the houses.
All Smith Houses!

Pipelines in our backyard! Conversation with Katy Eiseman, Pres. of the Pipeline Awareness Network
April 25, 2017
Ms. Eiseman is coming to CEEDS to talk about the role that states can play in terms of dealing with the Trump administration and its push for more fossil fuel infrastructure and fewer regulations that protect the public trust. Come with questions, comments, concerns, and an open mind!
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Featured Event

Documentary screening- Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock
May 2, 2017
An important new film from Josh Fox, Myron Dewey, and James Spione. The screening will be followed by a community conversation. All are welcome to this free event. *The film is captioned and the room is wheelchair accessible.* Sponsored by Climate Action Now; The Sugar Shack Alliance Five College Affinity Group; The Northampton Committee to Stop War; the Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS), Program for the Study of Women and Gender, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Indigenous Smith Students and Allies (ISSA); Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Program; and New Leaf at Hampshire College.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
6:30 pm

Events at Smith

April Showers
April 26, 2017
Take part in the annual competition to see which house can save the most water and energy! The winning house will win a gift certificate to Herrells! For two weeks, starting on April 17th, mark on the scoresheet in your house's bathroom for every day you skip a shower or take a shower that lasts less than five minutes. Eco Reps will place timers in showers throughout the houses.
All Smith Houses!

Environmental Science and Policy/CEEDS Lunchbag:
April 26, 2017
Unpacking the 4/22 "March for Science" and the 4/29 "People's Climate March" with students who participated. Co-sponsored with CEEDS. Lunch provided.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm

April Showers
April 27, 2017
April 28, 2017
April 29, 2017
April 30, 2017
Take part in the annual competition to see which house can save the most water and energy! The winning house will win a gift certificate to Herrells! For two weeks, starting on April 17th, mark on the scoresheet in your house's bathroom for every day you skip a shower or take a shower that lasts less than five minutes. Eco Reps will place timers in showers throughout the houses.
All Smith Houses!

Thoreau and the Language of Trees
April 28, 2017
An Arbor Day lecture with Richard Higgins, writer and editor from Concord, MA. Higgins's most recent book, of the same title, will be published in April by the University of California Press. A former longtime staff writer for the Boston Globe, Higgins's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Christian Century, and Smithsonian. Lunch provided.
Campus Center Room 103/104
12:00 pm

Fly kites and build fairy houses at MacLeish!
April 28, 2017
Come fly kites and build fairy houses at MacLeish! We will be enjoying the outdoors and indulging in some simple fun times outside at the field station. A van will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 1:00 pm and return at 4:00 pm, Friday the 28th. Email Lucy Debolt at ldebolt@smith.edu to reserve a seat.
MacLeish Field Station
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Plants of Pompeii: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants
May 1, 2017
Ancient Pompeii was famous for its gardens and flower culture. This exhibit features plant portraits created by Victoria I and Lilian Nicholson Meyer for the book A Pompeian Herbal. The illustrations portray medicinal plants identified in the excavations of Pompeii and those that still grow in the area today. A living exhibit of some of these plants will be on display in the Physiology House in the Lyman Conservatory.
Botanical Garden, Church Exhibition Gallery
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Interest meeting: Smith College Cycling Club
May 2, 2017
Do you like riding bikes? Are you interested in riding bikes with other folks? Come to the Smith College Cycling Club interest meeting to connect with others who enjoy being outdoors with two wheels. We are planning on organizing group rides at many levels – for folks who just want to go a few miles down the bike path or all the way to Greenfield as a group. Come talk about riding bikes even if you don't own one – we have bikes you can use. Bring your lunch and say hello!
CC 103/4
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Environmental Science and Policy Lunchbag Talk:
May 2, 2017
Presentation of the ENV 312 student projects: 1) Greening Transit in the Pioneer Valley: Are Electric Buses Right for Franklin County with Elizabeth Carper, Michelle Mei and Colgan Powell; 2) Eradicating Japanese Knotweed with Andrea Schmid, Blythe Coleman-Mumford and Sable Liggera; 3) Northampton Food Rescue: Connecting Communities, Gathering Resources, and Building Resilience with Lily Carlisle-Reske, Alyssa Johnson-Kurtsand Misha Ritoch
Neilson Library Browsing Room
12:15 pm

Events Off Campus

Western MA Premiere of "THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES"
April 26, 2017
The First Full-Length Documentary of Climate Change's Impact on Global Stability, as seen by U.S. Military and Security Officials. Directed by Jared Scott, Director of "Requiem for an American Dream" Discussion to Follow, Led by Prof. Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace & World Security Studies.Free and Open to the Public.
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Franklin Patterson Hall, Main Lecture Hall
7:30 pm

Mushroom Walk
April 27, 2017
Take a break from finals studying to join us on a guided forest walk in search of mushrooms. Explore the identification, uses, and ecological functions of different fungi with mushroom expert John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi. Please arrive on time; we will be walking from Franklin Permaculture Garden to a nearby forest promptly at 2:30 pm.
Franklin Permaculture Garden, UMASS AMherst
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Events at Smith

Bird Watching Walk!
May 4, 2017
*Po-ta-to-chip* (American Goldfinch) *Teakettle* (male Carolina Wren) Calling all lover of birds and feathered creature enthusiasts!! Join Mark Brandriss (GEO) for a bird watching walk up the Mill River. We will meet by the boathouse and proceed from there, walking for 1-2 hours, hoping to see a few early spring migrants. Bring your best pair of binoculars (a few will be provided), listening ears, walking shoes, and bird calls/knowledge. Hope to see you all there bright and early!!
Smith Boathouse, Paradise Pond
10:00 am

Plants of Pompeii: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants
May 8, 2017
Ancient Pompeii was famous for its gardens and flower culture. This exhibit features plant portraits created by Victoria I and Lilian Nicholson Meyer for the book A Pompeian Herbal. The illustrations portray medicinal plants identified in the excavations of Pompeii and those that still grow in the area today. A living exhibit of some of these plants will be on display in the Physiology House in the Lyman Conservatory.
Botanical Garden, Church Exhibition Gallery
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Holyoke Food Justice Conference
May 6, 2017
This conference will host a diverse group of nationally-recognized food movement leaders who will share from their experiences working towards food justice and their visions for the work ahead. The conference will explore the historical roots of food inequity and evaluate our current food system. We will look at policy strategy across movements working nationwide to make our food system more equitable for all. Finally, we will share reflections on our 25 years of work at Nuestras Raíces at the intersection of food, culture, and urban agriculture in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The conference is sponsored by Holyoke Community College (Leslie Phillips Theater) and Nuestras Raíces. For more information and to register, visit the link below:
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Holyoke Community College
9:00 am to 5:00 pm