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Events at Smith

A Winter Concert: Incantations for the Times We're Livin' in!
January 24, 2020
with Pan Morigan vocals/songwriter, Steve Gores Piano/composer, and Andrea Hairston/Spoken Word! Experience in-the-wild songs and incantations improvised on the spot (Never before heard, never to be heard again). Also folk-jazz-roots music in multiple tongues. And performances by Andrea Hairston from her forthcoming novel Master of Poisons (Tor.com, fall 2020). We want to sing, play and read for you in this specific moment - to share our energy, radiance, defiance, and creativity in a surreal winter! All welcome. By donation.
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theater, Mendenhall Ctr. for the Performing Arts: 122 Green St., Northampton, MA
7:30 pm

Effects of Recent Climate Change on Clintonia borealis in Western Massachusetts
January 27, 2020
A preliminary Honors Thesis presentation by Ashley Fishbein (BIO) as part of the Life Sciences Lunch Bag Series. Lunch is provided. Bring your own drink. Lectures begin at 12:15 p.m., lunch is served in McConnell Foyer starting at 12:00 p.m.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

LSS 100 lecture
January 27, 2020
Steven T. Moga (Landscape Studies, Smith College) will kick off the Spring 2020 Landscape Studies Lecture Series in honor of the 20th year of Landscape Studies at Smith College. 
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Complex
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm

LSS 100 lecture
January 27, 2020
Reid Bertone-Johnson (Landscape Studies, Smith College) will speak as part of the Spring 2020 Landscape Studies Lecture Series: Landscape, Design, and the Environment, in honor of the 20th year of Landscape Studies at Smith College. 
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Complex
2:45 pm to 4:00 am

Events at Smith

LSS 100 lecture: Emma Silverman
February 3, 2020
Emma Silverman (Art Department, Smith College) will speak as part of the Spring 2020 Landscape Studies Lecture Series, Landscape, Design, and the Environment, in honor of 20th year of Landscape Studies at Smith College. 
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Complex
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm

Kahn Insitute Info Session: Imagining Climate Change
February 3, 2020
For current sophomores and juniors! This is a great opportunity to learn about the coming projects and fellowships, meet the organizers and see the Kahn. All are welcome. If you are interested in joining one of these projects it is time to apply for a Student Fellowship! Come to one of the info session, and apply soon! Apply online at: https://form.jotform.com/KahnLiberalArtsInstitute/2020-21 no later than Friday, February 14.
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Kahn Institute
5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Healing Climate Grief … and fear, despair, and other feelings
February 3, 2020
A free group for all those concerned about climate change, Led by: Eunice Torres and Russ Vernon-Jones. Sponsored by Climate Action Now of Western Mass and Sustaining All Life* First Mondays, Feb-June, 2020. Are you grieving for our planet and its inhabitants? Are you worried? Or are you avoiding thinking about climate change because you don’t want to face what you might feel? Are you discouraged or fearful? We can help. We can all help each other. Please join us for a warm and connected opportunity to be together and share laughter, tears, and what’s most in our hearts. Come to one session; come to all of them; or come as often as you want. We’d love to know ahead to time that you are coming, but you are also welcome to drop in without advance notice. For more information, or to let us know you are coming, please contact Eunice Torres at 413-695- 8667, eunicejwtorres@gmail.com or Russ VernonJones at 413-687-4080, russvj@gmail.com.
At First Church, Amherst, 165 Main St. (enter from parking lot behind church)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Events at Smith

Sunrise Smith interest meeting
February 5, 2020
Want to take action against the climate crisis but not sure where to start? Come learn about the Sunrise Movement and how you can get involved, and connect with other Smith students who are ready to take climate action.
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CC 205
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Maple Tapping
February 7, 2020
Experience a native tradition, European New Englander-style, with folks from CEEDS. We'll give you a ride to the MacLeish Field Station, you just dress for the weather the day of. Meet up at the Chapin Loading Dock at 1 p.m.; we'll return to campus between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Want to join the Maple Tapping crew? RSVP to Paul (pwetzel@smith.edu)
MacLeish Field Station
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Anti-racism Training for Climate Activists
February 9, 2020
with Russ Vernon-Jones. Sponsored by Extinction Rebellion.
Smith College Campus Center
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

LSS 100 lecture: Julie Brigham-Grette and Blane De St. Croix
February 10, 2020
Julie Brigham-Grette, Department of Geosciences, UMass, Amherst, and Blane De St. Croix, Geopolitical Landscape Artist, New York, NY, will speak as part of the Spring 2020 Landscape Studies Lecture Series: Landscape, Design, and the Environment, in honor of the 20th year of Landscape Studies at Smith College. 
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Complex
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm

Info Session: SEA Semester
February 10, 2020
SEA Semester is a field-based study abroad program focused on the ocean environment. SEA offers 6 different semester programs that focus on environmental topics ranging from global climate change to cultural and environmental sustainability to conservation and marine biodiversity. SEA semester programs include an on-shore component in Woods Hole, Massachusetts followed by a sailing research voyage in the Atlantic, Pacific, or Caribbean. Motivated students of all majors who are passionate about learning, inspired to take on real-world issues, and eager to become part of an unparalleled living and learning community are welcome to apply.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
3:30 pm

From Fruit of Freedom to Fruit of Horror: Plantains and Bananas in Transition (1870-1930)
February 10, 2020
Felipe Martínez-Pinzón is Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University. His talk will explore the divergent histories of the sweet bananas and the cooking plantain at the turn of the 20th century. Sponsored by the Lecture Committee, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Program in Latin American and Latina/o Studies, the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability, and the Sustainable Food Concentration.
Seelye 201
5:00 pm

Kahn Insitute Info Session: Technophilia/Technoskepticism
February 11, 2020
For current sophomores and juniors! This is a great opportunity to learn about the coming projects and fellowships, meet the organizers and see the Kahn. All are welcome. If you are interested in joining one of these projects it is time to apply for a Student Fellowship! Come to one of the info session, and apply soon! Apply online at: https://form.jotform.com/KahnLiberalArtsInstitute/2020-21 no later than Friday, February 14.
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Kahn Institute
5:00 pm

Sunrise Smith Meeting
February 11, 2020
Be a part of the Sunrise Movement with a new org on campus! If you're looking to be more involved in climate solutions and make a difference, this is the place to start.
Campus Center 205
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Ocean Plastic Pollution from Sources to Solutions
February 6, 2020
Kara Lavendar Law, PhD, Research Professor of Oceanography at Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA. Free and open to the public.
Dwight 101, Mount Holyoke College
7:00 pm

45th Annual Scholar and Feminist Conference: Climate Crisis, Climate Justice
February 7, 2020
February 8, 2020
The global climate crisis has transformed the landscape of climate justice theory and practice by posing the greatest threats to human survival and the greatest possibilities for radically reorganizing every aspect of society. The crisis brings us to a series of reckonings. How does climate change intersect with poverty, housing, and gentrification? With the military industrial complex and varying forms of imperialism? How can we conceive of climate justice rooted in a politics of gender, racial, economic, and disability justice, and how do we move toward this conception? How can we bridge the divides between scientific research and social justice activism? What is a feminist methodology or praxis in the climate justice movement? Why do we need feminist politics now more than ever to address the climate crisis? This year’s Scholar and Feminist Conference will engage with these questions through site-specific analyses of climate crisis and climate justice in New York City, the Pacific, and the Caribbean and Gulf Coast. The conference will feature scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities alongside activists who will offer interdisciplinary approaches to the climate crisis and engage in discussions together and with the audience about where to go from here. In addition to traditional keynotes and panels, the conference will feature workshops and breakout sessions centered on particular organizing initiatives where participants can share networks and strategize. This event is free, open to the public, and mobility accessible.
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Barnard Center for Research on Women; The Diana Center, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027