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Featured Event Presentation of the Environmental Concentrations in Climate Change and Sustainable Food October 4, 2017 The environmental concentrations let students engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of the many issues involved in the topics of sustainable food and climate change. Come for a tasty lunch and find out more! More... CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:00 pm Lunch & Conversation w/ Peter Kareiva, Dir. Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA October 5, 2017 Bring your curiosity and questions, and take part in an engaging conversation that can range from the connection between humans and nature, to the varied ways people of different cultures value nature, to inequities in access to nature and decent environments, to how to most successfully conserve our environment, and back again to science communication. You can also find out about grad school opportunities at UCLA! Before coming to UCLA Peter was the Chief Scientist and VP of The Nature Conservancy. Lunch from La Veracruzana provided. CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:00 pm Events at Smith Webinar: Cities Taken by Storm: Hurricanes and Urban Sustainability October 4, 2017 Katrina, Irene, Sandy, Matthew, Harvey, Irma, and now Maria. We all know the names of these hurricanes. The reason: they were all record-breaking monsters, and they all hit the US in the last dozen years�three this year, with Maria leaving millions of Puerto Rican�s without power, food or water. Less known, but more deadly, have been the devastating floods hitting South Asia this year, with over 7,000 people killed, and tens of millions displaced. Records are supposed to fall every thousand years, not every season, but as carbon pollution is warming the oceans and the atmosphere, we are juicing hurricanes and forcing the hydrological cycle, while raising sea levels and putting cities at risk from storm surge. Can we change direction? And how do we adapt?Join distinguished urban sustainability expert Dr. Michael Neuman, University of Westminster. Part of the National Climate Seminar series hosted by Bard College's Center for Environmental Policy. Lunch provided. Hosted by CEEDS and the Environmental Science and Policy Program. McConnell 103 12:15 pm Webinar: 60 minutes with Paul Hawken October 4, 2017 Join Drawdown Editor and Project Drawdown Executive Director, Paul Hawken, in a conversation with Security and Sustainability Forum Managing Director, Edward Saltzberg, and American Renewable Energy Institute Chairman and CEO, Chip Comins. Produced by the Security and Sustainability Forum which convenes global experts to address the impacts to society from climate and other disruptions to natural systems. CEEDS- Wright Hall 005 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm Data not Dogma: finding a better future for nature by questioning cherished conservation fables October 5, 2017 a lecture by Peter Kareiva, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Part of the LSS 100 Landscape Studies lecture series. Weinstein Auditorium 3:00 pm to 4:50 pm Field Station Friday! October 6, 2017 Get off campus and reconnect with nature at MacLeish! Our field station has it all- scenic views, miles of hiking trails, sites for research and a state-of-the-art living building with tea and wifi. Vans leave from Chapin loading dock at 1, and will be back in time for tea. Sign up with the link below. More... Meet the van at Chapin Loading Dock and head to MacLeish 1:00 pm Plants of Pompeii: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants October 7, 2017 Botanical illustrations created by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson portray medicinal plants identified in the excavations of Pompeii. Come explore the varied ways both ancient Romans and modern Pompeians have used these plants. Exhibit on view through December 15, 2017. More... Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House Events Off Campus Full Moon Poetry Walk October 5, 2017 Please join us for this beloved event! Originally conceived byTerren Braen this event has grown to be a favorite of the community Featuring dance, perfomance, music, and spoken word - we walk through the sculptures in the orchard entranced by words and performance.We will start at 6:30 - with a short walk to the Big Red Frame and then continue the walk across the street to coincide with moonrise - come early and enjoy hot cider or a cider slushie. Begin this full moon lunar month with a walk through the orchard with stories and poetry. You don't want to miss it! We will illuminate each sculpture as we make our way...and share original poetry prose and storytelling. All are welcome to participate! More... Park Hill Orchard, 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton, MA 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm		Featured Event Info Session: Environmental Study Abroad programs October 12, 2017 Come for lunch and to find out about the various Smith-approved study abroad programs that have an environment-related focus. Lewis Global Studies Center 12:00 pm CEEDS Seventh Annual Apple Cider Pressing October 14, 2017 Join students and staff from the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS) to experience a family friendly and tasty New England tradition. We're all about sustainable food! Help us press fresh, Ashfield-grown apples into cider and then have a cup together with a Hadley-made cider donut. Chapin Annex Road 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Chapin Loading Dock 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Events at Smith Exhibition: 'Greenhouse Panoramas: a Process of Reinvention' October 11, 2017 This show is the result of a series of creative re-inventions. Esther Pullman '64 trained as a graphic designer but made a self-directed mid-career transition to photography which itself morphed from a hands-on, craft-based discipline to a computer-based digital process. This series of large-scale greenhouse images, began as an intuitive and visceral effort to bring light and life into my own home, as I anticipated the darkening seasons, gradually took on a more symbolic and metaphorical meaning in the face of our increasingly imperiled home planet. Exhibition open to public Monday-Friday, Sept. 8 to Jan. 8, 2018 Alumnae House Gallery 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Communicating Data with Maps October 12, 2017 An introduction to the basics for visualizing your data in a map designed for print. Open to all Smithies. Visit the SAL site to register. More... SAL 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Fall Fest Skill Share October 13, 2017 Come to Fall Fest Skill Share to learn a new skill from another Smithie! Help us promote sustainability by learning how many resources and ways of collective sharing we have in our own community - particularly, how to fix things, make things, learn things, and take care of each other. Free and open to the community! Chapin Lawn (Rain Location: Campus Center lower level) 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Field Station Friday! October 13, 2017 Get off campus and reconnect with nature at MacLeish! Our field station has it all- scenic views, miles of hiking trails, sites for research and a state-of-the-art living building with tea and wifi. Vans leave from Chapin loading dock at 1, and will be back in time for tea. Sign up with the link below. More... Meet the van at Chapin Loading Dock and head to MacLeish 1:00 pm Stargazing October 13, 2017 Come see stars, planets, and galaxies through the astronomy department's telescopes. All are welcome - please dress warmly. For further information or to check on weather conditions, contact Meg Thacher (mthacher@ smith.edu). McConnell Hall Roof 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm Presentation of the Landscape Studies Program October 16, 2017 Join us over the lunch hour to discuss the unlimited possibilities within our program! Pizza lunch served. More... Burton Hall, room 406 12:00 pm Humanitarian Mapping for Recent Hurricanes October 16, 2017 Contribute to disaster response by identifying infrastructure in satellite imagery to inform humanitarians for effective deployment. Open to all Smithies. Visit the SAL site to register. More... SAL 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Careers in Sustainability: Virtual Panel October 16, 2017 Participate in a panel discussion with alumni working in sustainability careers who will offer advice on their career paths, lessons learned, graduate school, and more. Guests include Karen Onthank '80, Executive Director, Integrative Strategies Forum (Washington DC); Caitlin Harren '06, Senior Manager, Sustainabilty Product Management, Packaging (Seattle, WA); Siobhan Doherty '02, Director, Power Resources at Peninsula Clean Energy (San Francisco, CA). Lazarus Center Workshop Room 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Sigma Xi lunch and talk: Planning for the Young Library Space October 17, 2017 with Kevin Shea (chemistry). Lunch is served in the Foyer at 11:45 a.m., talks begin at 12:10 p.m. and are open to all faculty, emeriti, staff, and students. More... McConnell 103 12:00 pm The Fifth Industrial Revolution: An Index of Current Landscape and Engineering Teaching and Research October 17, 2017 with Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology, Harvard University. Second in the Fall 2017 Neilson Professor Lecture Series: Design Matters: Landscape Practices, Pedagogy, Projects for the New Environmental Reality. Hosted by the Landscape Studies Program and the Picker Engineering Program, with support from the Louise W. and Edmund J. Kahn Liberal Arts Institute. Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall 5:00 pm Community Garden meeting October 17, 2017 Join us for our 1st meeting! There will be some mingling, some laughs, and talk about how people want the community garden to grow (get it)! Can't wait to see everyone's shining faces! CC 103/104 8:00 pm Events Off Campus PFAS Panel Discussion October 11, 2017 Perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS), such as PFOA, are toxic chemicals that can contaminate drinking water. These chemicals often trace back to military and industrial sources. The panel features Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute; Courtney Carignan, Michigan State University; Testing for Pease, Portsmouth , NH; Shaina Kasper, Toxic Action Center; with opening remarks by Mary Ann Babinski, Ward 1 City Councilor. This free, public event is sponsored by Westfield Residents Advocating For Themselves (WRAFT). Smithies- interested in going and need a ride? Email jbenkley@ smith.edu to reserve your spot/get details. Space is limited. North Middle School Auditorium, 350 Southampton Rd, Westfield, MA 01085 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm The Surrealist Cabaret October 13, 2017 October 14, 2017 October 15, 2017 The Royal Frog Ballet celebrates a DECADE of The Surrealist Cabaret with shows in VT and MA this fall. Giving a nod to their anniversary with this year's theme 'At The Root' the performance explores origins, legacy, and all metaphors rooted in greater meaning! The Cabaret is a walking performance and installation event that travels audiences through farm landscapes at autumnal sunset. Along the way they encounter a surreal collection of short stories, dance, sculpture, poems, music, and roving characters that explore and celebrate themes of season, place, and what it means to be human in these times. Performances at Park Hill run Friday-Sunday, October 13, 14, 15 and 20, 21, 22. A folky, comedic and ritualistic evening for all ages. Check the link below for more information on dates, locations, and tickets! More... Park Hill Orchard, 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton, MA 5:00 pm		Featured Event Robert Hass- Poetry Reading and Reception October 20, 2017 Robert Hass has earned top accolades such as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the MacArthur Genius Grant, and two National Book Critics Circle Awards�one each for Poetry and Criticism. Judge Stanley Kunitz selected Field Guide for the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1972, praising the debut collection as �a big, strong-hearted, earthy book,in the American epic tradition of Whitman and Neruda.� Subsequent works such as Praise, Human Wishes, and Sun Under Wood experiment with memoir, dialogue, Buddhist thought, and unconventional form but stay true to Hass� profound interest in the earth. In 1995 he was selected as the United States Poet Laureate, serving two terms that were seminal in locating that role at the nexus of art and activism. Together with writer and activist Pamela Michael he founded River of Words, a nonprofit organization for eco-literacy education that provides poetry and art competitions for youth. Hass� most recent books are The Apple Trees at Olema (New & Selected Poems) and A Little Book on Form. In addition to his teaching at the University of California at Berkeley and elsewhere, Hass has served as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize. Today he lives in California with his wife, the poet and antiwar activist Brenda Hillman. Sponsored by the Poetry Center as part of its 20th Anniversary celebration with support from CEEDS. Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall 7:30 pm Events at Smith Study Abroad Programs and Experiences lunch October 18, 2017 Listen to the experiences and adventures of returning ES&P majors and discover which of the several environmental study abroad programs might be a good fit for you. Lunch provided. McConnell 103 12:15 pm Presentation of the Community Engagement and Social Change Concentration October 18, 2017 The Jandon Center for Community Engagement (JCCE) invites all students to come and learn about the concentration! Find out how to link what you are learning in the classroom to the needs and interests of communities locally and around the globe. Dinner provided. JCCE, Wright Hall 013 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Info Session: SEA October 19, 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. Pizza lunch provided. More... CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:00 pm Evidence: Ground for Creativity in the Landscape of Detroit October 19, 2017 a lecture by Joan Iverson Nassauer, FASLA, Professor University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. This lecture is part of the Landscape Studies LSS 100 Lecture Series. Weinstein Auditorium 3:00 pm to 4:50 pm Info Table: SEA Semester October 19, 2017 Can't make it to lunch? We hope you will stop by to talk with us some other time to find out more about SEA Semester, a field-based study abroad program focused on the ocean environment. Our program offers 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. Campus Center lower level 10:00 pm to 2:00 pm Plants of Pompeii: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants October 20, 2017 Botanical illustrations created by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson portray medicinal plants identified in the excavations of Pompeii. Come explore the varied ways both ancient Romans and modern Pompeians have used these plants. Exhibit on view through December 15, 2017. More... Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House Field Station Friday! October 20, 2017 Get off campus and reconnect with nature at MacLeish! Our field station has it all- scenic views, miles of hiking trails, sites for research and a state-of-the-art living building with tea and wifi. Vans leave from Chapin loading dock at 1, and will be back in time for tea. Sign up with the link below. More... Meet the van at Chapin Loading Dock and head to MacLeish 1:00 pm Exhibition: 'Greenhouse Panoramas: a Process of Reinvention' October 22, 2017 This show is the result of a series of creative re-inventions. Esther Pullman '64 trained as a graphic designer but made a self-directed mid-career transition to photography which itself morphed from a hands-on, craft-based discipline to a computer-based digital process. This series of large-scale greenhouse images, began as an intuitive and visceral effort to bring light and life into my own home, as I anticipated the darkening seasons, gradually took on a more symbolic and metaphorical meaning in the face of our increasingly imperiled home planet. Exhibition open to public Monday-Friday, Sept. 8 to Jan. 8, 2018 Alumnae House Gallery 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Web Mapping in ArcGIS Online � Part 1 October 23, 2017 Learn how to make interactive online maps with ArcGIS online. Open to all Smithies. Register on the SAL website- link below. More... SAL 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sigma Xi lunch and talk: Cross situational word learning: how to tell a fep from a blick October 24, 2017 with Jill de Villiers (psychology). Lunch is served in the Foyer at 11:45 a.m., talks begin at 12:10 p.m. and are open to all faculty, emeriti, staff, and students. More... McConnell 103 12:00 pm Activism in Contested Societies: Lessons from Northern Ireland October 24, 2017 Avila Kilmurray, is an activist and peacemaker. She is a co-founder and active member of the Northern Ireland Women�s Coalition, a party to Northern Ireland's 1998 power-sharing agreement. From 1994-2014, she was Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, an independent charitable grant-making organization whose mission is �to drive social change.� She is a consultant to the Social Change Initiative (Belfast). She will address how local activists can build positive social change despite divisions. This public lecture is free. Sponsored by Jandon Center for Community Engagement with the Community Foundation of Western MA. Seelye Hall 201 5:00 pm Events Off Campus The Surrealist Cabaret October 20, 2017 October 21, 2017 The Royal Frog Ballet celebrates a DECADE of The Surrealist Cabaret with shows in VT and MA this fall. Giving a nod to their anniversary with this year's theme 'At The Root' the performance explores origins, legacy, and all metaphors rooted in greater meaning! The Cabaret is a walking performance and installation event that travels audiences through farm landscapes at autumnal sunset. Along the way they encounter a surreal collection of short stories, dance, sculpture, poems, music, and roving characters that explore and celebrate themes of season, place, and what it means to be human in these times. Performances at Park Hill run Friday-Sunday, October 13, 14, 15 and 20, 21, 22. A folky, comedic and ritualistic evening for all ages. Check the link below for more information on dates, locations, and tickets! More... Park Hill Orchard, 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton, MA 5:00 pm Information Session: Master of Science in Ecological Design October 21, 2017 Join us at the Conway School for an information session at our Easthampton campus! The session will include a presentation about Conway from faculty, presentations by two current students, and presentations from alums. The three-hour event includes a tasty lunch. The event is free, and it is o.k. if attendees are not considering applying for next year. However, the school is accepting applications for the September 2018-June 2019 year if you are interested. Students graduate from our 10-month program with a Master of Science in Ecological Design. They work on real landscape design and planning projects, such as green infrastructure designs, food security plans, habitat restoration plans, landscape designs for college campuses, and flood resiliency plans. Consider taking a break from your studies to join us for a fun and informative morning! Find more information about the event and the registration form at the link below: More... Mill 180, 180 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Women Entrepreneurs in Agriculture and the Food System October 24, 2017 Come hear about how women entrepreneurs are creatively revolutionizing our farms and food system. Each month this fall, women entrepreneurs will share the successes ans challenges of their journey in food system entrepreneurship. 9/28: Amanda Brown, UMass Amherst Student Farm; Maida Ives, Book and Plow farm. 10/24: Annie Myer, Myer Produce; Susan Pincus, Sawmill Herb Farm. 11/28: Tucka Saville, Anarchy Apiaries; Julia Coffey, Mycoterra Farm. Light refreshments will be provided. Free! Conference Room, Paige Lab, UMASS AMherst 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm