Events at Smith Info Session: Nicholas School of the Environment/Duke Marine Lab September 18, 2019 Meet Park Watson from the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment to talk about the Nicholas School’s professional master's degrees in Environmental Management (MEM) and Forestry (MF). Student interested in studying at the Duke Marine Lab (as an undergraduate or graduate student) are also invited to attend.
The Nicholas School’s interdisciplinary focus trains our students to be effective practitioners of environmental stewardship and sustainable development. Students are prepared for varied environmental management careers in Federal/State positions, private industry, NGOs, and consulting jobs.
Our MEM students chose from seven program areas, with the option to complete a concurrent degree in engineering, public policy, business, law, teaching, or theological studies. Many of our MF students complete a concurrent MEM degree. CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:15 pm
BagShare Training with Design Thinking Initiative September 18, 2019 Learn how to use equipment to transform used feed bags and agricultural plastic waste into fashionable tote bags. Workshop participants will be trained on all equipment and techniques necessary to lead future Bagshare workshops. Pre-registration Required (use link below). More... Capen Annex: Design Thinking 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Chajara-Tupelo performance September 19, 2019 A performance by artist Younès Rahmoun Followed by discussion with audience. This program is presented in collaboration with The Botanic Garden of Smith College and is part of the scholarly convening, Light, Brick, Jute, Earth: Younès Rahmoun, September 19-21, 2019, organized by Emma Chubb, Ph.D., Charlotte Feng Ford ’83 Curator of Contemporary Art, SCMA, in collaboration with the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute. Supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Paradise Pond (opposite the Japanese Garden) rain or shine 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm
Buddhism and Extinction: Buddhist Perspectives on the Climate Emergency September 19, 2019 Confronted with the climate emergency, Buddhists offer a range of responses, some inclining towards activism and others towards passivity. In this lecture, Dr. Karin Meyers examines these responses in light of a variety of Buddhist philosophical perspectives and the historical development of Buddhism in Asia and the West. She argues that the climate emergency ought to be a central Buddhist (and human) concern which calls for a deepening and evolution of Buddhist practice. Meyers is Visiting Assistant Professor at Smith this semester and received her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2010. Seelye 201 7:00 pm
Sustainable Development: Four Years Linking the Smith Campus and the Global Challenge September 23, 2019 with Dano Weisbord, Director of Sustainability and Campus Planning; Administrative Director, CEEDS. Part of the ENX 100: Environment and
Sustainability Lecture Series
McConnell 103 2:40 pm
Workshop: UN Sustainability Development Goals: Problems and Solutions September 24, 2019 The UN SDGs are a blueprint to realize a more sustainable future, addressing global problems associated with environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice. The goals that will be the focus of this workshop include quality education, gender equality, affordable and clean energy, reducing inequality, and climate action. During this workshop, students will begin to think about these problems and act on creating potential solutions. Dinner provided. Part of the Conway Center's Innovative Strategies Workshop Series: Social Impact- for Smith community members. Campus Center Room 003 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Events Off Campus Climate Emergency March for a Just Future - Strike Solidarity September 20, 2019 Our life support systems must be protected now!
The students who strike on #fridaysFortheFuture know that this is a climate emergency. We know that this is a climate emergency. 4:15 pm: gather & get organized at the Sheldon Field Northampton commuter lot. 4:30 step off march. Climate Emergency March & chanting to city hall. 5:00 protest rally at Northampton City hall
It's time for our government, institutions, corporations, and all people to take action to scale with the enormity of the the problem. Today is the day for all to acknowledge the urgency of our situation.
After the rally: Please support Northampton businesses today!
Starting at 6 pm, the Ecstatic Rebellion Dance for Life fundraiser for Extinction Rebellion Western Mass starts at First Churches on Main St! Sheldon Park, 269 Bridge St Northampton 4:15 pm
We're Doomed. Now What? Reading & Conversation with Roy Scranton September 20, 2019 We live in a time of alarming and bewildering change--the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what? Join Roy Scranton for an exploration of how to make sense of the planetary catastrophe we're currently living through, and what real hope for a human future might look like. Roy Scranton is the author of several books, including Learning to Die in the Anthropocene. His latest books are Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature, and the novel I ❤ Oklahoma! He teaches at the University of Notre Dame. This event is part of Philip Glass at UMass: Arts & Sustainability Responding to Life Out of Balance, a weekend of thought-provoking events about the threats we are facing to our natural world and how we can rise to the challenge. This event is hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers, School of Earth & Sustainability, and the Fine Arts Center with gratitude for support from the UMass College of Humanities & Fine Arts, Department of English, Department of Environmental Conservation and the W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Sustainability Fund; the Mount Holyoke College English Department and the Miller Worley Center for the Environment; the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College; and the Smith College Poetry Center and Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability. More... John W. Olver Design Building, UMass Amherst 7:30 pm
Trail Beautification Project September 21, 2019 Friends of Northampton Trails board members Freeman Stein and Karen Beyel are leading an effort to beautify the section of the trail corridor that abuts their neighborhood. The first work day of this project consists of removing debris and invasive plants. Future work includes a landscape design by Smith College students that incorporates native plants, and the subsequent realization of the design. This project will result in a highly enjoyable experience for everyone passing through this trail segment. Meet on the bike path between Chestnut St and Straw Ave (below Fairfield Ave). Bring work gloves, water and a pruner or saw if you have it. Work will end by noon. Contact Freeman@fntg.net for additional information and to RSVP. Florence 9:00 am
Reading: Art in the Anthropocene September 21, 2019 The Anthropocene is our current geological era defined by the impact of human interference on the planet. This reading invites conversations around engagement with art in the age of the Anthropocene. Join Paperbark Literary Magazine as we celebrate the fall release of Issue 2: Resilience with selected readings from the magazine's contributors, followed by a Q&A.
Paperbark Literary Magazine celebrates the resonance between the sciences and the humanities. The magazine acknowledges the varying approaches to the work of sustainability across disciplines and aims to gather distinct voices in the collective resistance to pressures like climate change and natural, economic, and public environmental crises. Paperbark publishes written pieces and visual art that speak to environmentalism rooted in racial and socioeconomic justice.
This event is hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers, School of Earth & Sustainability, and the Fine Arts Center with gratitude for support from the UMass College of Humanities & Fine Arts, Department of English, Department of Environmental Conservation and the W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Sustainability Fund; the Mount Holyoke College English Department and the Miller Worley Center for the Environment; the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College; and the Smith College Poetry Center and Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability.
This event is part of Philip Glass at UMass: Arts & Sustainability Responding to Life Out of Balance, a weekend of thought-provoking events about the threats we are facing to our natural world and how we can rise to the challenge. More... Old Chapel, UMass AMherst 1:00 pm
Special Event: Philip Glass in Conversation September 21, 2019 Join Philip Glass and the School of Earth & Sustainability in an engaging panel discussion with prominent scholars and artists about pressing environmental issues, promising solutions, and the power of creative arts and communication to inspire collective action.
More... Bowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst 7:00 pm
Film: Koyaanisqatsi Live Performed by Philip Glass & The Philip Glass Ensemble September 22, 2019 In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Philip Glass Ensemble, the legendary composer Philip Glass will join the Philip Glass Ensemble to perform a live film concert of his original score of Godfrey Reggio’s cinematic masterpiece, Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance.
More... Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass AMherst 3:00 pm
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Events at Smith Cultivating Wisdom, Intimacy, and Response in a Warming World: September 25, 2019 A Meditation Series in Eco-Buddhism
Wednesday evenings throughout the semester with Karin Meyers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies. Meyers was associate professor at Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies from 2011–18, where she also served as director of the master’s program in Buddhist studies. Her work focuses on Buddhist psychology, ethics and contemplative systems; Buddhism and free will; and topics in Buddhist studies that occupy the borderlands of religion and philosophy. Helen Hills Hills Chapel 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Exhibition: Journeys & Visual Poems September 26, 2019 Journeys, an exhibit of paintings by Kate Whittaker (AC 1990), reflect impressions formed during her climate research travels to remote areas of the world. Patterns form landscapes, marks conjure ancestral presence, and ancient calligraphy evokes a shared heritage. The process can involve forty or more layers of paint, while accents of micaceous paint illuminate and grow quiet with the changing light. Visual Poems, in traditional scroll format, are a natural offshoot of these layered paintings and combine details of her paintings and photographs to form narratives of their own. On view Sept. 6-Dec. 17. Open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. Alumnae House Gallery, 33 Elm St. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Global FLEX: Summer in Morocco Info Session September 26, 2019 Learn more about the Global FLEX program, directed by Camille Washington-Ottombre (ENV) and Greg White (GOV/ENV). It examines the multifaceted dimension of climate change in a middle-income country with a particular focus on issues of environmental justice. Themes include economic development, agriculture and hydrology, efforts to adapt, gender politics, and migration. The course/program has six pre-departure meetings during the spring semester, and then travels to Morocco from June 1 - June 18. Pizza will be provided for first 25 attendees Lewis Global Studies Center Lounge 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Technology, Representation and Social Justice September 26, 2019 As diversity and inclusion has become ever-more relevant in more contexts, the interpretation of art through a social historical lens is becoming more prevalent. Simultaneously, technological innovations are making it easier for cultural institutions to reach larger, more diverse audiences. In this talk, Smith Alumna Cat Dawson will explore how tech is making it easier to surface the richness of socio-historical analysis, which is especially relevant to those engaged in labors of scholarship and social justice due to the critical role that visuality and material culture play in the process of rupturing normative structures of meaning-making and power. Co-sponsored by SWG, Engineering, Art and the Lecture Committee. Seelye 201 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Natural Dye Workshop (for students only) September 28, 2019 The Botanic Garden + Design Thinking Initiative invite you to a Natural Dyeing Workshop with fiber artist Michelle Parrish. Participants will learn about dyeing with indigo and marigold, while having the opportunity to create their own uniquely designed textile. Please note that this event requires pre-registration and space is limited. Register using the link below. You are not registered until receiving email confirmation. More... Lyman Plant House 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Stargazing at the MacLeish Field Station September 28, 2019 A Smith student event. We will have s’mores to enjoy at the fire pit. Meet at the Chapin Loading dock at 7pm. Bring your friends! And sign up to reserve a spot in one of our vehicles at the link below: More... Chapin loading dock; MacLeish Field Station 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Coral EdVentures 20th Anniversary Exhibition September 30, 2019
CC 2nd floor Art Wall 12:00 am to 12:00 pm
Events Off Campus Critical Mass Bicycle Ride- to support the planet September 27, 2019 MassBike PV and Friends of the Northampton Trails are coordinating a Critical Mass-like rally of bicyclists to roll from N'ton High School to downtown and back. This group ride will help highlight the crisis our planet is in and how bikes not cars can mitigate some of the impacts. Dress yourself up, your bike and your helmet. FB page linked below: More... Northampton High School 5:30 pm
River clean-up with the Fort River Watershed Association September 28, 2019 We're organizing a cleanup at 12 sites along the Fort River in Amherst, Pelham, and Belchertown - and we need your help! We’ll meet at Groff Park in Amherst at 9:30 am where we’ll distribute
supplies, talk safety, and then spread out to clean up our local river. All ages and abilities are welcome! Join us after the cleanup for RiverFest, a FREE community celebration at Groff Park
from 12-2 pm offering food, family activities, games (with prizes!) and information on how to keep our rivers healthy. To register for the cleanup, please visit the link below. More... Amherst 9:30 am
RiverFest September 28, 2019 RiverFest, a FREE community celebration sponsored by the Fort River Watershed Association offering food, family activities, games (with prizes!) and information on how to keep our rivers healthy. All welcome! Groff Park, Amherst, MA 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Performance: I Sing Earth! September 29, 2019 The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum concludes its 38th season of Folk Traditions concerts with a performance by Pan Morigan: “I Sing Earth: A musical meditation on the times we're livin' in”. Morigan, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist uses innovative, original songs and passionate, unbridled vocals in multiple tongues, to reflect on migration, home, creativity, and love. Stirring sounds of the imagination with influences that range from traditional Irish/Scots, American, and Greek music, to Jazz, she offers something ineffable and timeless. Her band for this event includes some of the most interesting players in the valley, each one busy with their own wonderfulness: Rudi Weeks, bass, Joe Belmont, guitars, Tony Silva, guitar. Admission is $12, $2 children 16 and under. Picnickers are welcome on the museum’s grounds starting at 1:30 pm. The museum and its grounds are a smoke-free site. For further information please call (413) 584-4699 or visit the link below: More... Sunken Garden at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Drive, Route 47, Hadley MA 01035 3:00 pm
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Featured Event Conference: Climate Equity and Justice: Solutions and Action October 4, 2019 October 5, 2019 October 6, 2019 All Smith community members (students, faculty, staff, and alumnae) are invited to help launch Smith's Year on Climate Change! We hope you will join us no matter your passion or background because climate change affects all of us and everyone has a place in the important work we need to do to address it. Programming will begin Friday afternoon and run through Sunday morning. Learn about the incredible speakers with extremely diverse backgrounds and register using the link below: More... Smith campus
Events at Smith Presentation of the Environmental Concentrations in Climate Change and Sustainable Food October 2, 2019 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 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
Cultivating Wisdom, Intimacy, and Response in a Warming World: October 2, 2019 A Meditation Series in Eco-Buddhism
Wednesday evenings throughout the semester with Karin Meyers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies. Meyers was associate professor at Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies from 2011–18, where she also served as director of the master’s program in Buddhist studies. Her work focuses on Buddhist psychology, ethics and contemplative systems; Buddhism and free will; and topics in Buddhist studies that occupy the borderlands of religion and philosophy. Helen Hills Hills Chapel 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Fall Career Fair October 3, 2019 Students from all majors are invited to meet with recruiters from corporate and nonprofit organizations to discuss a broad range of internship and full-time career opportunities. The fair is free for students; no registration is required. For Lazarus Center tips for a successful career fair and a list and description of participating organizations visit the link below; More... Indoor Track and Tennis Facility, Smith College Indoor Track and Tennis Facility 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Climate 101: Campus Sustainability: A Campus as Classroom Approach October 4, 2019 A Teaching Arts Lunch sponsored by the Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning and CEEDS. Campus Center Carroll Room 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
Exhibition: Journeys & Visual Poems October 6, 2019 Journeys, an exhibit of paintings by Kate Whittaker (AC 1990), reflect impressions formed during her climate research travels to remote areas of the world. Patterns form landscapes, marks conjure ancestral presence, and ancient calligraphy evokes a shared heritage. The process can involve forty or more layers of paint, while accents of micaceous paint illuminate and grow quiet with the changing light. Visual Poems, in traditional scroll format, are a natural offshoot of these layered paintings and combine details of her paintings and photographs to form narratives of their own. On view Sept. 6-Dec. 17. Open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. Alumnae House Gallery, 33 Elm St. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Art Meets Climate Equity - A multi-sensory tour experience October 6, 2019 exploring connections between art and climate justice. Meet at the Smith College Museum of Art for a multi-sensory experience exploring connections between art and climate justice. SCMA Student Museum Educators will guide participants to explore the ways in which artists through time have inspired broader awareness and action in response to climate change. Engage in dialogue, writing reflection, sketching and more during this interactive tour in the galleries of the museum! Smith College Museum of Art 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
A model for global engagement: 20 years of environmental education and research in Belize October 8, 2019 Join us for a Sigma Xi sponsored lunch and lecture to learn more about research Smith faculty and students are engaged in! Lunch provided. McConnell 103 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
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