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Hemlock Hospice: landscape ecology, art, and design
February 1, 2018
a presentation by David Buckley Borden (artist/designer) and Aaron M. Ellison (Senior Ecologist, Harvard Forest) which focuses on the intersection of ecology, art, and design as viewed through the lens of the Hemlock Hospice project. Hemlock Hospice is an art-based interpretive trail conceived and developed by David Buckley Borden, Aaron M. Ellison, and their team of interdisciplinary collaborators. On view through mid-November 2018, this immersive site-specific science-communication project tells the story of the ongoing demise of the eastern hemlock tree at the hands (and mouth) of a tiny aphid-like insect, the hemlock wooly adelgid. While telling the story of the loss of eastern hemlock, the project addresses larger issues of climate change, human impact, and the future of New England forests.
Graham Hall, Hillyer
5:00 pm

Events at Smith

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Info session
January 26, 2018
Hands-on research collaboration between faculty and students is a cornerstone of science education at Smith. We are celebrating our 51st year! Are you interested in participating this summer? The Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) Program provides the opportunity to participate directly in research and work with a faculty mentor and student colleagues. The application for 2018 is now open. To begin the process, start a conversation with a faculty member whose research interests you, and who will consider endorsing your application. Please note that if you wish to work with a faculty member in the chemistry department, you will need to complete a pre-application no later than Monday February 5, 2018. General information, application instructions, and program guidelines are available at the link below:
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McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Aligning Climate Mitigation Goals with the Forest Goals of Small Communities in Chiapas, Mexico
January 29, 2018
with Paul Wetzel, Environmental Monitoring Coordinator, CEEDS. Part of the Environment and Sustainability: Notes From the Field lecture series sponsored by CEEDS. Open to the public.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm

Young Library Planning Update
January 30, 2018
Presented by Kevin Shea, Department of Chemistry & Faculty Director of Clark Science Center, as part of the Sigma Xi Lunch Talks Series. Lunch will be served in the Foyer at 11:45 am.
McConnell 103
12:10 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: Global Container Ships and Southern California's Blue Collar Community Coalitions:
January 31, 2018
Contestation Over Air Quality with Smith alumna Emily H.A. Yen '09, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at UCLA. The Port of Los Angles and Port of Long Beach are adjacent container ports that serve as the United States' largest international trade gateway handling approximately 37% of the entire county’s manufactured goods. Residents of the nearby blue collar harbor communities bear the brunt of these environmental pollution created by the ships, trucks, and cargo handling equipment and experience very high rates of asthma. This 4-year ethnography examines how the communities took collective action that ultimately forced the ports to adopt stricter environmental measures. Lunch provided.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

A Conversation with Emily H. A. Yen '09
January 31, 2018
Join us for a conversation with Emily about her research, ask her about grad school or about how her studies at Smith have helped set her on her post-graduation path. Emily is a Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at UCLA, and the ES&P lunchbag speaker.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower-level
4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Interactive, Creative Responses to Climate Change
January 31, 2018
Reflective writing, art-making, and sharing. A collaboration with Paperbark Literary Magazine. Arrive at 2:30 P.M. for quiet contemplation and check-in. This event is part of the 2018 Climate Change Series "Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice around the Climate Crisis". All events are free and open to the public. Please note that seating is limited.
UMass Amherst, Goodell 406A
3:00 pm

Fossil Free Fast: The Climate Resistance Live Event watch party
January 31, 2018
Bill McKibben, Jaqui Patterson, and Bernie Sanders will all be speaking at this live-streamed event. Meet others in our community who want to organize to build local power and take climate action. RSVP at the link below:
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Unitarian Church, 220 Main Street, Northampton, MA
7:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Events at Smith

Food Recovery Action!
February 4, 2018
Be a part of our on-campus Food Recovery Network initiative to combat food waste! Meet the FRN team at Cutter-Z, where we will distribute materials and organize volunteers. From there, teams of volunteers will collect leftover food from 6 kitchens and then deliver the donations to MANNA Soup Kitchen. No experience necessary! We welcome new and returning volunteers. Please come, and bring a friend or housemate!
Cutter-Ziskind dining hall
3:50 pm

“I Have No Idea What Fish You Will Get Today.” Eating from a Supply Driven Fishing Fleet
February 5, 2018
with Jamey Lionette, Sustainability Director at Red's Best, Boston, MA. Part of the Environment and Sustainability: Notes From the Field lecture series sponsored by CEEDS. Open to the public.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm

Creating Sustainable Ventures at Smith
February 6, 2018
Green Businesses and Sustainable Development Goals:Organizational Rationale, Goals and Impact.This Conway Center event will provide an overview and analysis of diverse green businesses (capitalist and non-capitalist) and their organizational practices, goals and rationale in response to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We will explore the impact within organizations in adopting SDG in their operational structure and the extent to which they redefine business practices. Also we will look at community impact of such green businesses and their potential for entrepreneurship driven social change. Lunch Provided. RSVP on Social Network. Interested in developing a green business idea for Draper?
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CC 102
12:00 pm

Forest Conservation by Small Landholders in Latin America
February 6, 2018
A Sigma Xi talk by Paul Wetzel, CEEDS.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. The full schedule of Sigma Xi Lunch Talks is available online at the link below:
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McConnell 103
12:10 pm

Uprooting Racism in the Food System: A Conversation with Soul Fire Farm
February 8, 2018
Leah Penniman,Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm in Petersburg, NY will speak about the intersections of race and food, and the work she does towards a more equitable food system. Soul Fire's goals include: seeding community food sovereignty, uprooting racism in the food system, healing from a history of oppression that has disconnected our communities from land, training farmer activists, and more. Come get inspired! Organized by Smith Students for Food Justice. Co-sponsored by CEEDS and the Jandon Center.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower-level
12:00 pm

Communicating People & Places with Maps
February 8, 2018
This event is part of the Spatial Analysis Lab Spring Workshop Series. An introduction to the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Learn to navigate and visualize demographic data from the U.S. Census and election data in a final map product.
Sabin-Reed 104 Lab
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

The Natural and Cultural History of Burts Pit
February 5, 2018
A talk by Laurie Sanders, co-executive director, Historic Northampton Sponsored by Friends of Northampton Trails and Greenways. Part of the week-long "Just Big Enough- Green Housing for ALL" design competition hosted by the Northampton Department of Planning and Sustainability.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton
7:00 pm

Big Enough- Pioneering the Small Home Revolution
February 6, 2018
A talk sponsored by Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity. Part of the week-long "Just Big Enough- Green Housing for ALL" design competition hosted by the Northampton Department of Planning and Sustainability.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton
6:00 pm

Interactive, Creative Responses to Climate Change
February 7, 2018
Reflective writing, art-making, and sharing. A collaboration with Paperbark Literary Magazine. Arrive at 2:30 P.M. for quiet contemplation and check-in. This event is part of the 2018 Climate Change Series "Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice around the Climate Crisis". All events are free and open to the public. Please note that seating is limited.
UMass Amherst, Goodell 406A
3:00 pm

Lecture: 'The Effect of Open Access to the Landsat Archive'
February 7, 2018
This webinar provides a general introduction to the Landsat series of satellites and Landsat time series analysis. Examples and case studies from various projects in Southern New England will be used illustrate how different types of ecosystem change, including abrupt shifts in cover types, long-term trends, and short-term changes in condition, can be characterized from time series of all available Landsat observations. Valerie Pasquarella works at the intersection of remote sensing and ecology, using time series of satellite imagery to improve mapping and monitoring of landscape dynamics.
Morrill Science Center Room: 134 UMass Amherst Campus
3:30 pm

A Night of Music & Design: Musical Performance by Ben Cosgrove
February 7, 2018
Ben is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment in North America. Ben has performed in 48 states and held artist residencies with the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. Part of the week-long "Just Big Enough- Green Housing for ALL" design competition hosted by the Northampton Department of Planning and Sustainability.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main St. Northampton
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

A Night of Music & Design: Talk on Ecological Design
February 7, 2018
Presented by Theresa Sprague. Theresa's practice merges science with the fine art of landscape design to create beautiful, ecologically sound, and sustainable landscapes. her specialties include ecological restoration, design with native species and native plant communities, invasive plant management, and coastal landscapes. She is the president of the Ecological Landscape Alliance and a board member of the Conway School. Part of the week-long "Just Big Enough- Green Housing for ALL" design competition hosted by the Northampton Department of Planning and Sustainability.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main St. Northampton
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Science for the People: Documents from America's Movement of Radical Scientists
February 7, 2018
Between 1969 and 1989, Science for the People mobilized American scientists, teachers, and students to practice a socially and economically just science, rather than one that served militarism and corporate profits. The book offers an introduction to SftP's analysis of a wide range of issues -- including militarism, race, gender, medicine, agriculture, energy, and international solidarity -- through selections from SftP's own publications placed in historical context. Join editors Sigrid Schmalzer and Dan Chard for a talk and book signing.
Broadside Books, Northampton
7:00 pm

Why Affordable Housing Benefits Everyone
February 8, 2018
A talk by Susan Connelly, community assistance. Sponsored by Northampton Housing Partnership. Part of the week-long "Just Big Enough- Green Housing for ALL" design competition hosted by the Northampton Department of Planning and Sustainability.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton
12:00 am

A conversation with Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm
February 8, 2018
Leah is a woman of color, educator, farmer, writer and food justice activist. She will speak about the intersection of Black Lives Matter and food justice, land and food as tools to end mass incarceration, and how gender influences this dynamic. This event will bring together a wide range of student groups on campus to address environmental and social justice issues.
Converse Hall, Cole Assembly Room, Amherst College
7:30 pm

Events at Smith

Dusk at MacLeish- Arts Night Out
February 9, 2018
On four Northampton Arts Nights Out this spring, photographer Pamela Petro and poet Naila Moreira will present an art exhibit, Dusk at Macleish, of seven ecological graphic poems. Their work, in word and image digital presentation, will be projected on a triptych of screens. The photos and poems of Dusk at MacLeish reflect on the fragile moment in ecological history in which we live, suggesting liminal moments between light/dark, seen/intuited, day/night, present/future. The project juxtaposes moved-image photographs taken at dusk by Petro with poems written simultaneously by Moreira, created in a series of visits to the Smith College MacLeish Field Station in Whately, Massachusetts. The simultaneity of artistic production allows for a deep focus on place, setting, and ecological framing, making the landscape itself a powerful collaborator in the work. The series forms part of Arts Afield, a program at the MacLeish Field Station supported by the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS).
Pop-up parklet On the Green by the Smith College Art Museum
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Afternoon of Board Games at MacLeish
February 10, 2018
Are you looking for a fun, relaxing way to kick off the weekend? Join us at MacLeish Field Station for an afternoon of cozy hot cocoa and board games with friends. We’ve got playing cards, Uno, Settlers of Catan, super cute puzzles, and more. Feel free to bring a game of your own. And if you decide you need to stretch your legs, there are plenty of trails to hike and explore. Vans will leave from the Chapin loading dock at 12:30 p.m.
MacLeish Field Station
12:30 pm

SHOALS Marine Laboratory Info Session
February 12, 2018
This event will cover the details of some of the programs SHOALS has to offer, from research apprenticeships and paid internships to summer courses with hands-on, field-based experiences. SHOALS Marine Lab offers need and merit based scholarships and student staff positions. This event is open to all 5 college students. Visit the info session to learn more about these exciting opportunities.
CEEDS, Wright Hall Lower Level
12:15 pm

Seabird Recovery in the Gulf of Maine
February 12, 2018
with Jennifer Seavey, Executive Director, Marine Shoals Laboratory, Portsmouth, NH. Part of the Environment and Sustainability: Notes From the Field lecture series sponsored by CEEDS.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm

Human Impact on Mountain Landscapes
February 13, 2018
Presented by Bruce Hawkins as part of the Sigma Xi Lunch Talks Series. Lunch will be served in the Foyer at 11:45 am.
McConnell 103
12:10 pm

Tackling it Together: A Framework for Assessing Climate Vulnerability in the Pioneer Valley
February 14, 2018
How do we catalyze action on regional adaptation to climate change? In this ES&P Lunch Talk, senior Alexandra Davis will give an interim report on her yearlong special studies working with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to design a collaborative vulnerability assessment.
Sabin-Reed 102
12:15 pm

"Leave No Trace" Informational Workshop
February 14, 2018
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) Massachusetts AmeriCorps is a 10 month service commitment for young adults to engage in environmental education and trail work. As members of the SCA Massachusetts Corps, we are offering free Leave No Trace (LNT) workshops to folks throughout western Massachusetts. Leave No Trace principles were developed by the Center for Outdoor Ethics to promote environmental stewardship and responsible enjoyment of the outdoors.
Campus Center, Rm 003
4:30 pm

Animal Advocates Spring Interest Meeting
February 15, 2018
All are welcome to join us for fresh baked cookies and a casual intro discussion to how we all came to care about animals and how we can bring positive change to Smith! We will introduce our upcoming activism, and see if folks want to plug in. As a group, we want to reclaim the animal rights movement, which is often white-washed, elitist, and erases issues of food access. We center social justice, nonviolence, and meeting people where they're at! If you can't make it but want to be involved, email sakim@ smith.edu
Chapel Lounge
8:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Reception and Just Big Enough Awards
February 9, 2018
5 p.m.: reception by Western Mass. American Institute of Architects. 6 p.m.:Jusry and People's Choice Awarads for Just Big Enough designs.
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton
5:00 pm

Interactive, Creative Responses to Climate Change
February 14, 2018
Reflective writing, art-making, and sharing. A collaboration with Paperbark Literary Magazine. Arrive at 2:30 P.M. for quiet contemplation and check-in. This event is part of the 2018 Climate Change Series "Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice around the Climate Crisis". All events are free and open to the public. Please note that seating is limited.
UMass Amherst, Goodell 406A
3:00 pm