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Events at Smith Lecture: The Use of Watershed Based Studies to Answer Key Questions March 6, 2018 Concerning Global Contaminants and Environmental Change. Smith geosciences department hosts Douglas A, Burns, USGS Research Hydrologist for the 5-College Geology Lecture Series. The lecture is in McConnell 103 at 7PM. A dinner, with food from India Palace, will be served at 6PM. All are welcome and invited. McConnell 103 Book & Plow Farm Information Table March 6, 2018 Looking for a farm internship this summer? Stop by for more information about opportunities with Amherst College's farm. More... Smith College Campus Center Main Level Table 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Reducing Bias & Uncertainty in Mapping Human Geography Data March 8, 2018 This event is part of the Spatial Analysis Lab Spring Workshop Series. Webinar by the World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group (WWHGD) with speakers from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US Military Academy, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and US State Department. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required for this event. See link below to register. More... Sabin-Reed 104 Lab 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Dusk at MacLeish- Arts Night Out March 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 Spring Bulb Show March 10, 2018 A spectacular array of blossoming crocuses, hyacinths, narcissi, irises, lilies and tulips provide an early glimpse of spring. Friday, Saturday and Sunday extended hours 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Groups of 10 or more visiting the show must schedule in advance. More... Botanic Garden of Smith College 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Events Off Campus Interactive, Creative Responses to Climate Change March 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		No events added yet. View all events.		Events at Smith Spring Bulb Show March 18, 2018 A spectacular array of blossoming crocuses, hyacinths, narcissi, irises, lilies and tulips provide an early glimpse of spring. Friday, Saturday and Sunday extended hours 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Groups of 10 or more visiting the show must schedule in advance. More... Botanic Garden of Smith College 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Risk management in environmental sustainability March 19, 2018 with James Hamilton, Principal, Stakeholder Capital Consulting, 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 Sigma Xi: What can carbon tax models teach us? March 20, 2018 Presented by Alex Barron, Environmental Science and Policy Program. 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. McConnell 103 12:10 pm Music Jam at MacLeish March 22, 2018 CEEDS is hosting a music jam session from 4:30 to 6:45. We'll be featuring Smith staff members and other musicians! We welcome you to bring your harmonicas, Ukuleles or voices to join us in creating or just listening to joyful songs. So if listening to the sweet sounds of a guitar, mandolin, upright bass and Dobro seems like a way you'd want to spend your Thursday, please sign up for a spot in the van by going to the link below: More... Chapin loading dock- to MacLeish 4:30 pm to 6:45 pm A Most Dangerous Game: International Cooperation to Limit Climate Change March 22, 2018 Despite an unprecedented diplomatic effort, concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased year upon year. Countries have pledged to avoid dangerous climate change, but their actions virtually guarantee that they will breach the limit they say must not be breached. Why is this and what will be the consequences should climate diplomacy continue to fail? Scott Barrett is the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University and a leading scholar on transnational and global challenges, ranging from climate change to disease eradication. His research focuses on how institutions like customary law and treaties can be used to promote international cooperation. The event is sponsored by Sponsored by the Smith College economics and government departments, the environmental science and policy program, the Lewis Global Studies Center, and the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability. The event is open to the public. More... McConnell 103 5:00 pm Lecture: A Humanist Approach to Data Science March 22, 2018 Dr. Rachel Schutt is a Managing Director at BlackRock where she leads Data Science in collaboration with Dr. Sherry Marcus. Previously Dr. Schutt was the Chief Data Scientist of News Corp where she oversaw the company-wide data strategy as an executive on the senior technology leadership team. There she established the company�s first data science team for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, and other media brands. Rachel was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2015. She has expertise in the areas of corporate data strategy and data science, as well as in data science education and higher education curriculum design., Managing Director at BlackRock. Stoddard Hall G2 5:00 pm Eco-Logical & Intersectional Activism March 22, 2018 With Pattrice Jones, Co-Founder of Vine Animal Sanctuary. Queer liberation, anti-racism, food justice, animal rights, and more: how do we find the roots without oversimplifying complex differences? This talk is presented by the Animal Advocates of Smith College. Free and open to the public. Seelye 107 7:00 pm Field Station Friday! March 23, 2018 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... Macleish Field Station 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm Events Off Campus Climate Change & Needed Technical Solution for a Sustainable Future March 21, 2018 Presented by Steven Chu, Professor of Physics at Stanford University, 1997 Nobel Prize winner, and 12th US Secretary of Energy. This talk will discuss the unintended consequences of the industrial and agricultural revolutions, as well as new data on climate change, carbon-free energy progress, and the remaining scientific and technological hurdles in the transition to clean energy solutions. Refreshments will be served in the Converse lobby. Open to the public. Amherst College, Cole Assembly, Converse Hall 7:00 pm Native Americans and the Land March 21, 2018 We'll hear from three writers (Cheryl Savageau, Lisa Brooks, and Jillian Hensley) on the first inhabitants of North America and their conceptions of living with the land. Recent conflict over the Dakota Access oil pipeline and the rise of the #NoDAPL movement have brought Native American perspectives to the forefront of environmental discourse. As we struggle to envision a healthier relationship with our natural world, looking through the eyes of other cultural imaginations has never been more relevant. Free and open to the public. Coolidge Museum, Forbes Library 7:00 pm Climate Leadership: Starting with Your Story March 22, 2018 Learn how to discover and communicate your unique story in a compelling way for different audiences. Facilitated by Lauren de la Parra, Climate Reality Leadership Corps trainee (Pittsburgh 2017) and UMass graduate student in Sustainability Science. 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 W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Room 2601 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm 24th Annual Westfield River Symposium March 24, 2018 8:30- 9 a.m. Registration- Free! 9-11:50 a.m. Speaking program: Keynote "Celebrating the Westfield River: 25 years" with Christopher Curtis, Chief Land Use Planner, Consultant, and Photographer; speaker: Carrie Banks, MA Division of Ecological Restoration "Restoring and Connecting a Wild and Scenic River"; Panel Discussion "Wild and Scenic Internship Program" with Meredyth Babcock. 12-12:30 p.m. Viewing of Exhibits and Raffle Drawing. 1:30 p.m. Field Trip to the Keystone Arches. Sponsored by the Westfield River Watershed ASsociation Scanlon Banquest Hall, Westfield State University 9:00 am to 1:30 pm