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Lunchbag: Presentation of the ES&P major and minors
October 31, 2019
Come for lunch and to learn about the major and minor in environmental science and policy and the minor in marine science and policy. Lunch served.
McConnell 103
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

How the Climate Crisis has Become the Single Largest Threat to Human Health in History:
October 30, 2019
A Conversation Between Journalists Dahr Jamail and Amy Ellis Nutt. An award-winning journalist known for his independent coverage of the 2003 war in Iraq, Dahr Jamail has published with Truthout, The Guardian, The Nation and Al Jazeera, among others. Most recently he was honored for his reporting on environmental hazards and militarism; his latest book is The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption. Amy Ellis Nutt ’77 has reported on neuroscience and mental health issues for The Washington Post and won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Her most recent book is Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family. She is the spring 2020 Lakes Writer-in-Residence at Smith and a recent Smith College Medalist.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
7:30 pm

Cultivating Wisdom, Intimacy, and Response in a Warming World:
October 30, 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

Fragile Earth
November 1, 2019
The impact of human action on the earth has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This installation, organized to coincide with Smith College’s Year on Climate Change, features a selection of works from the SCMA collection created between the early 1970s and mid-2000s that focus on the intersection of human life and our environment. On display July 19-November 10, 2019. Visit the website for hours:
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Nixon Gallery, Smith College Museum of Art

Health & STEM Professions Lunch Bag: Summer Jobs and Internships for STEM Students
November 1, 2019
Tips and resources for finding a summer position in the STEM fields. Pizza provided (first-come - first served).
McConnell 103
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

GEO lunch: Spatial, Seasonal, and Annual Behavior of Methane in Adjacent Small Arctic Lakes
November 4, 2019
Geo lunchtime talks continue with when Sarah Cadieux of RPI, who will tell us about her research on the behavior of methane in Arctic lakes, a topic of great interest in our "Smith Year of Climate Change". Sarah's research uses an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the links between geological, biological, and climatic processes, with a focus on Arctic regions where modern climate change has been rapid and dramatic. Please come! Lunch will be served around noon in Sabin-Reed 103 followed by Sarah's talk at 12:15.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

Celebrating Art in a Time of Crisis
November 4, 2019
Are you tired of hearing about climate change? Species loss? Impending devastation? You're not the only one. This workshop will discover new ways to use language and art to raise awareness where it needs raising. Come to this workshop for some serious fun. Sponsored by the Poetry Center and CEEDS.
Alumnae House Conference Room
4:30 pm

DIY soap with The Green Team!
November 4, 2019
Larn how to make low-waste soap at a DIY soap-making workshop and have some "clean" fun with the Green Team!
Campus Center 204
7:30 pm

Crowdsourcing Maps
November 5, 2019
Join Spatial Analysis Lab staff to learn and create crowdsourced maps! Crowdsourced maps are created by the user-- they supply that data that makes up the map and provide their own experience and geolocation. We will learn the basics of how to create surveys and apply them to the map. We will then test our surveys by going out and putting these maps to use! All are welcome-- students, staff, faculty, community members. RSVP using the link below:
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Spatial Analysis Lab, Sabin-Reed 104
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Film screening: Gasland
November 5, 2019
Can you light your water on fire? Join us for the 2010 Josh Fox film that impacted public perception of unconventional oil and gas development. The film is a Best Documentary Winner, Environmental Media Association; Special Jury Prize Documentary Winner, Sundance Film Festival; Gasland- Josh Fox Winner, Lennon Ono Grant for Peace; Academy Award Nominee, Best Feature Documentary. All are welcome. Halloween candy and popcorn provided.
McConnell 103
7:00 pm

Poetry Reading: Camille Dungy
November 5, 2019
Acclaimed poet Camille Dungy has written and spoken extensively about climate change. The author of four collections of poetry and a book of essays, Dungy also edited the anthology Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (University of Georgia Press, 2009).
CC Carroll
7:30 pm

Featured Event

Climate 101: Smith’s Role in the New England Food System
November 11, 2019
Andrew Cox, Director, Dining Services presents information about how his office is helping address the challenges of climate change through thoughtful purchasing decisions and meal planning for a healthy, sustainable future. Part of the ENX 100: Environment and Sustainability Lecture Series. All welcome.
McConnell 103
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Events at Smith

Exhibition: Journeys & Visual Poems
November 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

Landscape Master Plan: Interactive & Hands on Engagement and Discussion about Adaptive Landscape
November 6, 2019
The Landscape Master Planning Committee invites you to participate in an important project to help re-envision our campus' exterior landscape. Please join us during our series of community engagement events that will include hands on art projects, sticker boards, discussions and interactions focused on three themes: inclusivity, adaptation, and education. Food will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
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Campus Center ground-level
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Landscape Master Plan: Open House and Interactive Engagements
November 6, 2019
November 7, 2019
The Landscape Master Planning Committee invites you to participate in an important project to help re-envision our campus' exterior landscape. We understand that the only way to meaningfully adapt to the ongoing evolution of student priorities, pedagogy, technology, climate and landscape management practices is through a purposeful collaboration with students, faculty, and staff. We need your input about your lived experience and your ideas- visit our website to find out more about what we hope to achieve (see link below). Please join us during our series of community engagement events that will include hands on art projects, sticker boards, discussions and interactions focused on three themes: inclusivity, adaptation, and education. Food will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
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Campus Center ground-level
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Food Accessibility, Health Equity, and Plant Based Diets
November 6, 2019
Animal Advocates of Smith College hosts small business owner Nicole Broushet of The Vegan Nest for a conversation for a conversation about Food Accessibility, Health Equity, and Plant Based Diets. Nicole will give a short presentation followed by time for conversation with the audience. Everyone is welcome regardless of dietary choices. Snacks will be served
Campus Center 103/14
7:00 pm

Cultivating Wisdom, Intimacy, and Response in a Warming World:
November 6, 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

Landscape Master Plan: Interactive & Hands on Engagement and Discussion about Inclusive Landscape
November 7, 2019
The Landscape Master Planning Committee invites you to participate in an important project to help re-envision our campus' exterior landscape. We understand that the only way to meaningfully adapt to the ongoing evolution of student priorities, pedagogy, technology, climate and landscape management practices is through a purposeful collaboration with students, faculty, and staff. We need your input about your lived experience and your ideas- visit our website to find out more about what we hope to achieve (see link below). Please join us during our series of community engagement events that will include hands on art projects, sticker boards, discussions and interactions focused on three themes: inclusivity, adaptation, and education. Food will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Campus Center ground-level
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Landscape Master Plan: Conversations about Inclusive Landscapes
November 7, 2019
The Landscape Master Planning Committee invites you to participate in an important project to help re-envision our campus' exterior landscape. We need your input about your lived experience and your ideas- visit our website to find out more about what we hope to achieve (see link below).
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Campus Center ground-level
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Landscape Master Plan: Interactive & Hands on Engagement and Discussion about Educational Landscape
November 8, 2019
The Landscape Master Planning Committee invites you to participate in an important project to help re-envision our campus' exterior landscape. Please join us during our series of community engagement events that will include hands on art projects, sticker boards, discussions and interactions focused on three themes: inclusivity, adaptation, and education. Food will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
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Campus Center ground-level
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Health & STEM Professions Lunch Bag: Applying to Grad Schools in STEM Fields
November 8, 2019
Find out: 1) When to attend/apply; 2) Selecting programs/schools; 3) How to prepare and take the admission test; 4) What is needed for a successful application. Pizza provided (first come - first served).
McConnell 103
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Workshop: Designing Your Life
November 9, 2019
Space is limited to 20 students- Registration will open in October. Lazarus Center Career Advisor Patty Woods will facilitate this workshop, based on the book by Stanford University Design Educators Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. This program is designed to give you the chance to participate in a transformative process, one in which you are empowered to begin to solve the "problem" of what your future will be. Understanding how you want to outline your personal "what’s next?" will also help you start to think about the requirements of job applications, graduate school proposals, and fellowship personal statements. The workshop will be a fun and engaging way to stimulate your planning imagination and design a future that reflects what you love and want to accomplish. There will be required pre-work for this workshop. Check in with the Lazarus Center for more information.
Campus Center 103/14
10:00 am to 2:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Ecological Art: Print media installations across campus at Mount Holyoke College
November 8-18
Ecological art expresses engagement with the natural world or environmental issues. Site-specific work responds directly to the location it is installed in. The Expanded Print Media class will have public outdoor installations at accessible sites across campus that respond to the history, environment and culture of Mount Holyoke College and Western Massachusetts. Projects range from explorations of local ecological concerns inspired by environmental data collected as part of the Campus Living Lab to broader explorations of the human footprint on the landscape.
Installations can be found in the Botanic Garden, on the exterior of the Art Building, near the Upper Lake Dam, and at Project Stream.

Events at Smith

NOAA summer internship presentations
November 13, 2019
Join us to hear from three Smithies who spent their summer interning at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this summer! Today's presentations include June Cho, '20: Understanding Sea Level Rise Impacts to Wetlands at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve; Frances Duncan, '20: Science Sparks: Communicating Science to Diverse Audiences; and Madison Williams, '21: Data Analysis Intern. Lunch provided.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower-level
12:15 pm

Cultivating Wisdom, Intimacy, and Response in a Warming World:
November 13, 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

Udall Scholarship Information Session
November 14, 2019
The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment. Find out how you can apply and join the ranks of Smithies who have been previous Udall Scholars.
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Lazarus Center Workshop Room
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

NOAA summer internship presentations
November 14, 2019
Join us to Hear from Smithies who spent their summer interning at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this summer. Today's presentations include Frances Kretschmer, '20: Recolonization of the Cedar River by Pacific salmon; Morgan Jones, '21: Hudson River NERR Environmental Research Intern; and Esme Mendoza, '21: Little Port Walter Chinook Salmon research intern. Lunch provided.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower-level
12:15 pm

Udall Scholarship Information Session
November 15, 2019
The Udall Scholarship honors the contributions of two Arizona politicians whose national reputations rest on their actions to protect the environment and to support Native American peoples. Open only to sophomores and juniors. Excellent students, who are US citizens or permanent residents, may apply in one of three streams: the environment, tribal policy, and native health care. The last two categories of the scholarship are open to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Current Udall Scholar and ES&P major, Larissa Holland, '20, will join us and talk about the Udall application process, the August networking conference in Tucson AZ, and what she has gained from both.
Lazarus Center workshop room
12:15 pm

Gallery walk/talk with artist Kate Whittaker (AC'90)
November 15, 2019
One of our accomplished geosciences alums, Kate Whittaker (AC '90), will walk us through her exhibition of paintings in the Alumnae House gallery. Since graduating from Smith, Kate's paleoclimate work has taken her on global journeys to intriguing places and landscapes that have inspired her art. In her own words: "Journeys is a series of paintings created in response to experiences, emotions, and memories formed during my travels to East Africa, Central Asia, Europe and the US. While these travels are usually for paleoclimate research conducted on the world's large lakes, I am always equally focused on the unique landscapes, antiquity, and cultures I encounter. Arriving home I feel compelled to make images of what lodged in my heart." We'll have light refreshments in the gallery as Kate talks with us about her experiences, her work, and her art. Everyone is welcome.
Alumnae House Gallery, 33 Elm St.
3:00 pm

Climate Inherits Us All
November 15, 2019
A Panel Discussion with: Heather Davis, Assistant Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College, The New School; Vic Barrett, Activist, Fellow, The Alliance for Climate Education; Kadambari Baxi, Architect and Professor of Professional Practice, Barnard College. What inherits us, what we leave to others, how we accept (or refuse) that which is bequeathed are themes that anchor this panel and project. Part of the short-term Kahn Liberal Arts Institute project of the same name. All welcome
Graham Hall, Hillyer
4:30 pm

Careers in Climate Change & Sustainability: Alumnae Virtual Panel Discussion
November 18, 2019
Hear from alumnae who have incorporated climate change and sustainability into their professions. This event is part of the Year on Climate Change.
Lazarus Center Workshop Room
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

“GeoArt” – Selected Examples of Communicating Geosciences Through Art
November 19, 2019
Professor Bosiljka Glumac will explore the relationships between art and geosciences and present about work done in collaboration with many students and colleagues. Lunch will be served in McConnell Foyer at noon (while supplies last).
McConnell Auditorium, room 103
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Housing & Environmental Justice Organizing in the Era of the Green New Deal
November 15, 2019
The purpose of this panel is to bring on-the-ground organizers, policy makers, and the public to discuss how housing and environmental justice movements can interact with emerging climate justice movements, decarbonization initiatives, and especially policies that might fall under the umbrella of the Green New Deal. Co-sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement and the Department of Environmental Studies. The three panelists are: Tatiana Cheeks - Arise for Social Justice, Springfield; Professor Sigrid Schmalzer - Professor of History at UMass Amherst & Science for the People; Senator Jo Comerford - State Senator representing Franklin, Hampshire, and Worcester counties.
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Amherst College, Beneski Earth Sciences Building, Paino, Room 107
5:00 pm

Five College Climate Planning Meeting
November 17, 2019
Extinction Rebellion Western Massachusetts will be hosting a gathering at UMass for a conversation about creating a Five College body to lead climate action. Their agenda for this first gathering is to bring together the many groups invested in urgently addressing the climate crisis, to build relationships, and to imagine how they might all collaborate more effectively. This invitation extends to environmental groups, affinity and cultural groups with vested interests in a livable climate, and individuals working toward climate justice in their research or activism. Groups are invited to send 2-3 representatives who can speak to what future collaboration might look like and what role you'd like to play. Please RSVP with link.
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UMass Amherst
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm