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Events at Smith

Restoring a Cranberry Bog: Context, Science, Practice
November 16, 2020
Join Alex Hackman (Restoration Ecologist, Cranberry Bog Program Manager, Division of Ecological Restoration, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game) in this ENX 100 lecture series discussion on the Cranberry Bog Restoration project in Massachusetts. Learn the context, science, and practice behind this unique project!
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Virtual via zoom
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm

I-Collective: A Roundtable with Indigenous Chefs
November 16, 2020
On the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the mayflower, this crew of Indigenous chefs and activists are hoping to bring awareness to the results of colonization in the New England region and the original tribes. “Indigenous foods”, “traditional foods”, and “food sovereignty” are terms born from colonization and hundreds of years of genocide, laws, wars, burned crops, and stolen land. In this roundtable discussion, I-Collective members including chefs, ethnobotanists, and foragers, will discuss the effects of colonization on Indigenous people since 1492 and the resiliency that food and nature brings to their culture, then and now. This event is free and open to the Smith community and the public however registration is required. Please register at the link!
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Virtual via zoom
4:45 pm to 6:00 pm

Massachusetts GIS Day 2020
Wednesday, November 18
Join us as we celebrate GIS across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! GIS Day 2020 will include many activities that are fun and engaging such as the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap mapathon, 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps competition, an undergraduate virtual poster contest, "Grad Slam!" lightning talks, and a keynote talk by Dr. Arzu Çöltekin. The event is free and open to all! Visit the event's site to learn more about the schedule and registration: https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/magisday2020.
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Virtual via Zoom
9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Environmental Science & Policy Study Abroad Information Session
November 18, 2020
Hear from fellow students about their experience in a Smith-approved study abroad program with an environment-related focus! Lisa Johnson, Assistant Dean for International Study will be there to provide additional information and answer questions about all of the programs available.
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Virtual via zoom
12:30 pm to 1:20 pm

Public Voice Across Media: Speaking Out Against Climate Change
November 19, 2020
There are a number of channels through which we can amplify our voices on issues that matter to us. Join the Wurtele Center for Leadership in a conversation with three individuals who are passionate about one issue - ending climate change - but who share that passion through different media. Panelists include public artist Eve Mosher, journalist Audrea Lim, and political science scholar Leah Stokes. This session is part of the Amplify initiative.
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Virtual via zoom
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Events Off Campus

History from Below: Extractivism, Geology, and Power
November 18, 2020
Panel Discussion with Angélica Maria Bernal, Nigel Clark, Gregory Cushman & Andrea Marston. Human exploitation of the underground has been central to the unfolding climate and ecological emergency. Inseparable from empire-building, colonialism, and the rise of capitalism, extractions from the earth have expanded dramatically since the early modern era. Across the world, there have been unpredictable transformations in climate, landscapes, ecologies, affecting the lives of humans and nonhumans alike. In all this, however, the underground is not simply passive matter; human actions, to put it differently, are not the only force feeding these transformations. What kinds of stories, still untold, might we tell about human entanglements with the physical earth, and about geological agency and history? How might such inquiries help us to better comprehend and confront our contemporary planetary predicament? Part of the 2020-21 Feinberg Series, Planet on a Precipice: Histories and Futures of the Environmental Emergency presented by the UMass Amherst History Department. Use the link below to register or for more information:
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Virtual via Zoom, FaceBook or YouTube.
4:00 pm

Racial and Climate Justice in 2020 and Beyond
November 21, 2020
This critical conversation on climate and racial justice will feature two leaders in the field: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley for MA-07 and Autumn Peltier a Canadian-Youth Water Activist. The discussion will be moderated by Rosanna Xia, Pulitzer Finalist for Environmental Journalism at the Los Angeles Times. Presented by the Harvard Student Climate Conference. Zoom link will be provided closer to the event. Register at the link below!
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Virtual via zoom
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Micro documentary screening: One Word Salwamem
November 23, 2020
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month! Join us to watch this film and then participate in a Q&A with co-director Michael “Pom” Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Shasta, California. Student members of Indigenous Smith Student Alliance (ISSA) will facilitate. 
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Virtual via Zoom
7:00 pm

Events at Smith

ES&P Lunchbag: Dissecting the Decision-Making Process of Green Infrastructure
November 30, 2020
with Fushcia Hoover (Purdue University). Email Joanne: jbenkley@ smith.edu for the link to join.
Virtual via Zoom
12:30 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: This Wetland is Gold": The Production of Vulnerability on Dhaka’s Wetlands
December 2, 2020
by Efadul Huq (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Email jbenkley@ smith.edu for the link to join.
Virtual via Zoom
12:30 pm

Events Off Campus

2020 AASHE Sustainability Awards Ceremony
December 3, 2020
One of Smith College's ENV 312 capstone groups from Spring '20 (Frances Duncan, Aidan Coffin Ness, Emelyn Chiang, and Kelsey Towne) is a finalist for a campus sustainability research award! Their research looked at how Smith Dining could implement milk and beef substitutions to reduce GHG emissions. Join this live ceremony to see if they will win! See the link for more details and to register.
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Virtual via zoom
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm