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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

ES&P Lunchbag: Self-Devouring Urbanism: Engineering, Flooding,
December 7, 2020
and the Dispossession of Security in Mexico City by Dean Chahim (Stanford University). Email jbenkley@ smith.edu for the link to join.
Virtual via Zoom
12:30 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: ENV 312 Presentations
December 8, 2020
Senior environmental science and policy majors present their capstone research projects: "Barstow's Farm: Calculating Past and Present GHG Emissions" by Hannah Asofsky, Hannah Dillahunt, Avery Hammond, and Storm Lewis and "Smith Bioplastics and Compost in the Age of Covid-19 and Beyond" by Greta Mundt, Claire Ruppert, and Espy Thomson.
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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

GEO Indigenous Summit
December 7, 2020
December 8, 2020
Join Indigenous leaders from around the world as they discuss Indigenous-led innovation in Earth observations data, science and technology. This will build on the GEO Indigenous hackathon, bringing together Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art science and technology, as well as the global GEO community. No registration required! Open to everyone, everywhere! Click on the link below for more information and to join.
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Virtual via Zoom

Events at Smith

ES&P Lunchbag: "The Settler Eco-logics of the (Pioneer) Kwinitiekw Valley:
December 9, 2020
what it means to be from the land, not own it" a preliminary Honors presentation by Mia Fuentes-Deonate, '21.
Virtual via Zoom
12:30 pm to 1:20 pm

Events Off Campus

GEO Indigenous Summit
December 9, 2020
Join Indigenous leaders from around the world as they discuss Indigenous-led innovation in Earth observations data, science and technology. This will build on the GEO Indigenous hackathon, bringing together Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art science and technology, as well as the global GEO community. No registration required! Open to everyone, everywhere! Click on the link below for more information and to join.
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Virtual via Zoom

Make the World You Want to See: An Artist's Perspective on Sustainable Practices and Community
December 10, 2020
There is a growing need for innovative and sustainable practices since the extent of human-made ecological degradation continues to destroy rather than renew the physical and social environments we live in. Olivia Carye Hallstein's work as an artist, writer and educator revolves around informing the public of relevant resources for sustainable practices in lifestyle and the arts by providing public online platforms, teaching workshops for hands-on sustainable skills and creating harmonized multi-sensory environments that reveal the depths of materials that are often taken for granted. With Olivia Ann Carye Hallstein, a Cambridge-based artist and educator with a focus on multi-sensory experiences and sustainable artistic practices. Register using the link below.
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Virtual via Zoom
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Changing the Culture through Culture: Artists Shifting Perspectives on Climate Change
December 17, 2020
While climate science transmits the facts about the environment, art helps us to make sense of what is happening subjectively and personally. This webinar examines artists whose work intersects with science — a powerful combination that can change the way we think and feel. Guests include Courtney Mattison — a sculptor whose work revolves around the oceans and coral reefs; Paul Villinski — a sculptor and installation artist focused on metamorphosis and flight; Mary Mattingly — an installation and performative artist concerned with sustainability; Nora Lawrence — Senior Curator at the Storm King Art Center. Register for this Earthday.org event using the link below:
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Virtual via Zoom
12:00 pm