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Earth Week Festival
April 20, 2018
Join the Eco-Reps and the SEC to celebrate Earth Week! Come to Chapin Lawn from 11:00-2:00 for tie-dye, tabling, activities, and musical performances by Smithies!
Chapin Lawn
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Events at Smith

Field Station Friday!
April 20, 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:
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Macleish Field Station
12:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Star-Gazing at MacLeish
April 20, 2018
April 21, 2018
Come celebrate Earth Week and International Dark Sky Week with the Eco-Reps and astronomy students! We'll travel to MacLeish Field Station for an evening of star-gazing, s'mores, and other activities. Vans will depart from the Chapin Loading Dock at 7:30 and return to campus at 10:30. This event is free and open to all Smith College students, but please RSVP to jclee@smith.edu.
MacLeish Field Station
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm

A Brief History of Environmental Successes
April 23, 2018
with Susan Solomon, Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Science, MIT. Humans have faced a series of national and global environmental challenges in the past half-century, including smog, the use of lead in gasoline, ozone depletion, and much more. This talk reveals how combinations of science, public policy, industry participation, and the engagement of citizens succeeded in addressing past environmental challenges. Finally, Solomon examines how the lessons learned help us understand how to better manage today’s environmental problems, including climate change. Susan Solomon is internationally recognized as a leader in atmospheric science. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and has received many honors for her work including our nation’s highest scientific award, the U. S. National Medal of Science.
Ford 240
4:30 pm

GPS for Field Data Collection
April 24, 2018
This event is part of the Spatial Analysis Lab Spring Workshop Series. Learn how to collect and manage geographic data using a GPS unit and post-process results.
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Planet Earth Viewing with the Green Team
April 24, 2018
Come celebrate Earth Week with the Green Team by watching an episode of Planet Earth! Snacks will be provided.
CEEDS, Wright Hall Lower Level
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Honors Thesis Presentation: Designing a Proxy Carbon Price Strategy for Smith College
April 25, 2018
with Breanna Parker '18. Lunch provided
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Events at Smith

Field Station Friday!
April 27, 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:
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Macleish Field Station
12:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Lecture: Defiant and Displaced Gardens
April 30, 2018
with Kenneth Helphand, author of Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime and other award-winning books; Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon. A joint event between 2017-18 yearlong projects: Destroy then Restore and War; sponsored by the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute.
Campus Center, Carroll Room
5:00 pm

Nature's Temples: Understanding and Honoring Old-Growth Forests
April 30, 2018
by Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University and founder of the Old-Growth Forest Network to preserve, protect and promote the country's few remaining stands of old-growth forest. What do you know about the forest cover of the planet, and of Massachusetts specifically? Are we gaining forest land or losing forest land? Are there any untouched forests left? If so, where could you experience one? Why are ancient forests so important and how can we preserve the ones that are left? In this Arbor Day talk we will turn our attention to the silent plants and animals who cannot speak for themselves. We will take some time to connect with our forest heritage and imagine a greener future.
Smith College Conference Center Oak Room
7:00 pm

ENV 312: Capstone Presentations
May 1, 2018
Three student groups report on their semester research: a) The Future of the Smith Campus Fleet: A Cart Case Study; b) A New Campus Change Model: Exploring the Development of a Sustainability Innovation Fund at Smith College; c) What's the deal with all those green containers? Assessing the Effectiveness of Grab & Go 2.0. Vegan/vegetarian lunch provided.
Campus Center 103/104
12:00 pm

A Musical Tribute to Smith's Trees
May 2, 2018
Mary Hubbell, soprano; Monica Jakuc Leverett, piano. Songs and piano pieces by Schumann, Liszt, Brown, Joplin and more. Featuring the premiere performance of a new song by Gregory W. Brown, dedicated to the College Hall American elm, with text by Naila Moreira.
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall
12:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Solidarity and the Politics of Black Mothering and Environmental Racism
April 30, 2018
Francia Márquez this year's Goldman Environmental Prize winner returns to UMass to discuss how the Black Women's Mobilization for the Care of Life and Ancestral Territories confronts environmental racism through the power of black maternal love. Reflecting on nearly two decades of human rights activism in defense of her community's ancestral lands, Ms. Marquez will speak on the needs to build practical, transnational solidarity networks to face the intersecting challenges of the 21st century. Francia Márquez is also the winner of the 2016 Colombian National Human Rights Defender award.
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E20 Machmer Hall, UMass AMherst
1:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Leadership and Climate Change: A Panel Discussion
May 6, 2018
with Kevin Healy (Lawyers Fight Climate Change), Susan Theberge (Building Solidarity to Respond to Climate Change), and Ed Stockman (The Secret of Industrial Food & Climate Change). Healy has practiced environmental and land use law for 43 years and has lectured and written extensively on the subject of climate change. Theberge is co-founder of Climate Action Now and active participant in the Sugar Shack Alliance. Stockman is co-founder and education director of Regeneration MAss, He is a biologist and 4th generation farmer.
Chesterfield Community Center, 400 Main Road, Chesterfield, MA 01012
2:00 pm

Carbon Pricing in MA: A Key to Solving a Warming Climate
May 8, 2018
Learn how Massachusetts state-wide carbon fee and rebate legislation will create jobs, provide better health for residents, and reduce carbon emissions! Panelists will include State Representative Jen Benson; Dr. Carsten Braun, climate scientist and WSU professor; Dr. Marc Breslow, Director of Policy and Research at ClimateXChange; and Reverand Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, author, minister, and climate activist. For more info, please contact Frank Giuliano (fgiuliano@westfield.ma.edu) or John Meiklejohn (jmiserve183@gmail.com).
Dever Auditorium, Parenzo Hall, Westfield State University; 577 Western Ave, Westfield MA
6:00 pm

Nature: Word and Image
May 9, 2018
In this visual age, combined words and images have become ever more relevant and vibrant in reaching audiences. Four practitioners of word/image pairings will explore the intersection between the human and the natural world: -Bob Marstall has illustrated nine nonfiction books for children, including books written by Jean Craighead George and Jane Yolen, as well as An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly, selected as one of the 1001 best books of the 20th century by the NY Times Parents' Guide for the Best Books for Children. His first fiction picture book, On Bird Hill, was published in May 2016. -Valerie Carrigan produces prints and artist books out of her studio in a historic mill in western Massachusetts. Through monotype, relief and letterpress printing, she explores the intersection of the natural world and the human spirit. She teaches studio art at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. -Pamela Petro, an author, artist, and educator, has written three books of place-based creative nonfiction, including Travels in an Old Tongue, about Wales; Sitting up with the Dead, on the American South; and The Slow Breath of Stone, about Southwest France. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Granta, The Paris Review, and she has widely exhibited her photographs and images in environmental installations. -Naila Moreira, writer in residence at Forbes Library, has authored two poetry chapbooks, including the art book Gorgeous Infidelities (2014) in collaboration with photographer Paul Ickovic, and Water Street (Finishing Line Press, 2017). Her journalism, essays, and poetry have appeared in the Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Naugatuck River Review, Cape Rock, and other journals and anthologies, and she has paired her poetry with both photography and music.
The Calvin Coolidge Museum, second floor of the Forbes Library
7:00 pm