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Events at Smith Join our Hive - Curricular Pathways to the Environment (Drop in Session) March 3, 2021 Interested in finding classes that relate to the environment and sustainability? Or exploring what majors and minors might allow you to best combine your interests in social justice and sustainability or art and the environment? Maybe you want to know more about the environmental concentration and internship opportunities? Drop-in anytime to this info session and chat with Joanne Benkley, Assistant Director of CEEDS and the Environmental Science and Policy Program. Join via Zoom using your smith email: More... 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Smith Geology Majors - Divergent Career Paths Through 40 Years of Friendship March 4, 2021 A geosciences lunchtime talk with Smith GEO alumnae Dr. Carol B. de Wet ('81) and Nancy M. Davis, Esq. ('82). Dr. de Wet is the Dr. E. Paul & Frances H. Reiff Prof. of Geosciences at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Nancy M. Davis, Esq., is a sole practitioner admitted to the MA (1998), RI (1999) & SCOTUS Bars (2018), practices real estate, landlord-tenant, environmental & land use planning law. Registration is required using the link below: More... Virtual via Zoom 12:30 pm Snowshoeing with CEEDS (FYE program) March 4, 2021 Get outside, strap on some snowshoes, and "float" on snow! You'll have a chance to get outside and meet and hang out with other cool students and staff from CEEDS. Dress for the weather, you will need to wear warm socks and boots and be prepared to walk in deep snow. Meet at the Boat House. Limited to 15 participants, sign-up required. To sign up, use the link below by clicking "more". (No snow? We'll take a walk instead and check out the signs of the seasons in New England). part of the First Year Experience (FYE) program. More... Meet at the Boat House 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm The Birds, the Bees, the Flowers and the Trees: Why Native Plants Matter for Wildlife Conservation March 4, 2021 This year's Botanic Garden Bulb Show opening lecture is by Dr. Desiree Narango, 2020 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow, and postdoctoral researcher in the Biology Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Narango will describe the ecological and evolutionary relationships between plants, pollinators, and songbirds, and highlight recent research on why native plants are an essential component of �wildlife-friendly� gardening practices. Through the lens of her research on plant-animal interactions and urban ecology, Dr. Narango will also discuss resources to identify which native plants, and how many, are necessary to create functional wildlife habitat �at home�. All welcome. Register using the link below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm Crochet a Coral Reef! Be a part of the Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science project! March 5, 2021 Join us and crochet a coral figure that will become part of the Tang Teaching Museum�s major community art project Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science. These virtual sessions, led by various campus groups, can be joined via the zoom link below (click on "More"). Don�t know how to crochet? We will have experienced crocheters on every call who can teach you in a break out room. Need crochet materials? Email us at capenannex@ smith.edu and we will get you set up! More... Virtual 2:00 pm Events Off Campus An Exploration of Pre-contact Native History in the Connecticut River Valley March 1, 2021 In this Zoom talk and Q&A, Jennifer Lee will share her lifelong study of Native history of the Connecticut River Valley, beginning with Northeast Woodland lifeways prior to colonial encounters. From her Eastern Conical Wigwam, furnished in 18th century style, Jennifer will explore pre-contact history, colonial invasion, the trade era, and the impacts of colonization that are still present today. The event is free and open to the public but registration is required; use the link below: More... Virtual via Zoom 5:00 pm Q&A with Ki'Amber Thompson March 1, 2021 Your students are welcome to a Q&A with Ki'Amber Thompson on March 1st, starting at 5:30 PM ET. Building upon her B.A. in English and Environmental Analysis (with an Environmental Justice concentration) from Pomona College, Thompson began her career as a RAY Diversity Fellow and then as a Wild Gift Fellow. Today, she is the founder and director of the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project, an organization that provides healing-centered outdoor experiences for low-income youth of color of incarcerated parents. Chat with Thompson about her career path, her fellowship experiences, and her work in environmental justice. This event is student moderated by Holy Cross' Annie Kiernan '23. More... 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm ALPINE Webinar: The Woods Around the Ivory Tower-Examining the Value of US University Forests March 3, 2021 Throughout the US, many institutions of higher education own forested tracts, often called school forests, which they use for teaching, research, and demonstration purposes. These school forests provide a range of benefits to the communities in which they are located. However, school forests� full value is yet to be realized. For example, administration is often decoupled from research and teaching, so forest benefits might not always be evident to the individuals who make decisions about their management and use. To understand what messages are being conveyed about the value and relevance of school forests, we conducted a systematic literature review and qualitatively coded the resulting literature content using an ecosystem services framework. While school forests provide many important benefits to academic and local communities, we found that most of the existing literature omits discussions about cultural ecosystem services that people (e.g., students, local communities, researchers) may receive from school forests. This webinar will explore these findings, discuss enduring themes during times of change (e.g., COVID-19, climate change, demographic shifts, changing university enrollment), and pose provocative questions for researchers and managers to consider about the direction and relevance of school forests. Clink on the link to register More... Virtual 12:00 pm The Fire this Time: Black and Indigenous Ecologies March 3, 2021 Moderated by Dr. Peter Nelson (Coast Miwok and citizen of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria). Panelists: Dr. Isabel Rivera-Collazo, Dr. Kristina Douglass, Dr. Justin Hosbey, and Jerrel Singer (Din�). In the past year, the world witnessed devastating fire seasons in Australia and the U.S. West, an Atlantic hurricane season with a record thirty storms, and a global pandemic. In each of these cases, among the losses of many, marginalized communities have borne the brunt of cascading environmental catastrophes, experiencing loss of lands and significant costs to community health and wellness. This panel, comprising leading Black and Indigenous archaeologists and artists, considers what it means to confront the challenges of a changing climate alongside the legacies of environmental racism. How does our understanding of past and present ecologies allow us to imagine new ethics of care and responsibility for all of our relations? And what shared obligations do such ethics create for archaeological practice? Register below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm A Short History of the Blockade As An Act of Renewal March 4, 2021 Using Nishnaabe story, theory, and intellectual practices, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will consider the role of the blockade in regeneration from beaver dams to anti-pipeline protests. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, musician and member of Alderville First Nation. She is the author of seven previous books, including newly released, A Short History of the Blockade, and the novel Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies which was released in the US earlier this year by the University of Minnesota Press. Leanne has released four albums including f(l)ight and Noopiming Sessions, and her new work Theory of Ice. Her latest book, co-authored with Robyn Maynard and entitled Rehearsals for Living: Conversations on Abolition and Anti-Colonialism is forthcoming in 2022. Sponsored by the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative Register for the zoom webinar: More... Virtual 12:00 pm Embodied Environments March 4, 2021 Our changing understanding of the reciprocal relationship between the environment and the body is reflected in the palimpsests of our urban landscape. Concepts of wellness, disease, and treatment have influenced urban design from the Industrial Revolution to today, and the results have ranged from successful to unintended incubations of the next generation of illnesses. As we face a rupture in the parallel histories of public health and the public realm, examining our built environment through this lens is necessary to frame today�s most urgent questions. This talk looks to the past in order to offer meditations on how the urban landscape must shift again to address the intertwined issues of our pandemic present, social justice, and climate change for a healthier future for all. Speaker Sara Jensen Carr is an assistant professor of architecture and the program director for the Master of Design in Sustainable Urban Environments program at Northeastern University. Her work and research focuses on the connections between urban landscape, human health, and social equity. Link to join is below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm Where Was Jim Crow? Living in Frank Lloyd Wright�s America March 4, 2021 What role did the twentieth century�s most famous North American architect play in shaping the way Americans thought about how they might, or might not, live together? This lecture by Dianne Harris explores a selection of Wright�s designs and writings with a particular focus on Broadacre City to understand and elucidate how America�s most famous architect contributed to the formation of a specific model of the white suburb and to the proliferation of ideas about segregated housing, without anyone seeming to notice that he did so for decades; which, by extension, has affected how architecture and planning as professions have understood�or not understood�the work and influence of one of their most revered and studied figures. (Dumbarton Oaks) Register below: More... Virtual via Zoom 4:00 pm Expanding Clean Energy Under The Biden-Harris Administration: Policy, Finance, & Women's Leadership March 4, 2021 The Biden-Harris Administration has named climate change and clean energy innovation as signature priorities and promised to build the most diverse Cabinet in American history. Beyond Vice President Kamala Harris� historic election, President Biden has exceeded records set by Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the number of women he has nominated to his Cabinet. Even without gender parity, Biden�s Cabinet picks set records in diversity, including the first woman to serve as Treasury Secretary and, if confirmed, the first Native American Cabinet member. Join the Center on Global Energy Policy's Women in Energy (WIE) program as we host a panel of experts to discuss the policies, finance, and leadership skills that will be needed to drive the energy transition in the United States, and how the leadership of women will shape the transition. More information and register at the link below: More... Virtual via Zoom 5:45 pm Panel Discussion: Disaster Capitalism, Ecofascism, and Ecoauthoritarianism March 4, 2021 with Katia R. Avil�s V�zquez, Rajani Bhatia & John Aloysius Zinda. The gravity of climate change and the environmental emergency demands not just attention but concerted action. But what form will that action take? The speakers on this panel will explore examples from China, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. that open a wider discussion of the threats to, and continued possibilities for, democratic action on climate change. This event will be held in person if circumstances permit + live and recorded on Zoom, Facebook and YouTube. Spanish interpretation and closed captioning will be available. Part of the Planet on a Precipice Series. Register below: More... Virtual via Zoom 6:00 pm Lecture: Role of erosion in terrestrial carbon sequestration March 5, 2021 UMass Amherst Department of Geosciences Bromery Lecture features Dr. Asmeret Berhe, Professor and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences at UC Merced. Dr. Berhe works on linkages between soil carbon, geomorphology, and ecology. Dr. Berhe's scientific work and fight for equality within science has been highlighted in National Academy of Sciences, TED talks, and Time magazine. The Zoom link is below: _______________________________________________ More... Virtual 12:00 pm**		Events at Smith Birding with CEEDS March 11, 2021 Learn to identify some of our local birds on this casual walk around Paradise Pond and along the Mill River with Dano Weisbord. No previous birding experience necessary! Please wear comfortable walking shoes and be ready for spring mud. Space limited and sign up is required. To sign up email ceeds@ smith.edu. Meet on Chapin Lawn 8:30 am to 10:00 am Snowshoeing with CEEDS March 11, 2021 Get outside, strap on some snowshoes, and "float" on snow! You'll have a chance to get outside and meet and hang out with other cool students and staff from CEEDS. Dress for the weather, you will need to wear warm socks and boots and be prepared to walk in deep snow. Meet at the Boat House. Limited to 15 participants, sign-up required. To sign up, use the link below by clicking "more". (No snow? We'll take a walk instead and check out the signs of the seasons in New England). More... Boat House 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Crochet a Coral Reef! Be a part of the Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science project! March 12, 2021 Join us and crochet a coral figure that will become part of the Tang Teaching Museum�s major community art project Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science. These virtual sessions, led by various campus groups, can be joined via the zoom link below (click on "More"). Don�t know how to crochet? We will have experienced crocheters on every call who can teach you in a break out room. Need crochet materials? Email us at capenannex@ smith.edu and we will get you set up! More... Virtual 2:00 pm Earth Hacks mini-hackathon March 13, 2021 Are you interested in hacking the fast fashion crisis? In partnership with Earth Hacks and CITRUS magazine, Smith students are running a mini-hackathon centered around fast fashion and its environmental and social impacts. All welcome! 18+ and no coding background necessary. Check us out on instagram @hack_fastfashion. Sign up or get more information on our website - link below: More... Virtual 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Events Off Campus girl security climate change campaign: climate x national security workshop March 9, 2021 In this interactive workshop Erin Sikorsky and Lorah Steichen will discuss how climate change impacts national security and how the language we use to talk about climate change and national security impacts our approaches to this challenge. This event will also include brief remarks, Q & A, and breakout sessions in which YOU work through scenarios with the experts! Erin Sikorsky is the Deputy Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), and the Director of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Previously, she served as the Deputy Director of the Strategic Futures Group on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in the US, where she co-authored the quadrennial Global Trends report and led the US intelligence community�s environmental and climate security analysis. Lorah Steichen is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a project dedicated to fighting for a U.S. Federal budget that prioritizes peace, economic security, and shared prosperity. In this role, Lorah helps facilitate collaborations with climate-change focused organizations on shifting our war economy to address the climate crisis. Register with the link below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Climate Change 2021: Managing Floods, Heat, and Fires to Keep People and Nature Safe March 9, 2021 The impacts of climate change are now widespread, and societies around the world are increasingly preparing for shocks to economies, health, well-being, and beyond. Dr. Katharine Mach, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Marine Ecosystems and Society, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, will present research from the climate risks and preparedness group focused on ongoing investments to safeguard societies. This work integrates understanding of the complex, cascading climate risks now occurring, from nuisance floods to disasters. It critically assesses policies and actions to support vibrant, resilient pathways into the future. Part of the Rosenstein School's 2021 Sea Secrets lecture series. Register below: More... Virtual via Zoom 6:30 pm Tufts Energy Conference: Tipping Points In the Global Energy Landscape March 11, 2021 March 12, 2021 March 13, 2021 Over 3 days meet energy stakeholders to discuss emerging trends in wind, solar, nuclear, hydrogen, and other frontier energy options in the US, EU, and China. Also delve into the human cost of clean energy along the various pathways to a carbon-free 2050. With incremental, continuous changes driving our political, economic, and social systems, join us to explore this year�s theme: Tipping Points in the Global Energy Landscape. View the agenda and register with link below More... Virtual UBC Reads Sustainability with Amitav Ghosh March 11, 2021 Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. Join Ghosh for an examination of The Great Derangement and our inability�at the level of literature, history, and politics�to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. Organized by the UBC Sustainability Initiative. Register here: More... 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Novel Analytical Approaches in Guiding Big Cat Conservation and Management March 11, 2021 Large carnivores such as lions, jaguars, and leopards are among the world's most charismatic megafauna, yet habitat loss and direct killing threaten the large-scale persistence of these species. The effective monitoring, management, and conservation of felids require big-picture ideas that incorporate a strong quantitative foundation while also paying due consideration to social-ecological context. In this talk, Dr. Lisanne Petracca, University of Washington, will discuss novel quantitative applications to inform the conservation of large cats ranging from the tropical forests of Central America to the savannas of Angola and Zimbabwe, with a special focus on the integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Register for the event at the link below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm Novel Analytical Approaches in Guiding Big Cat Conservation and Management March 11, 2021 Large carnivores such as lions, jaguars, and leopards are among the world's most charismatic megafauna, yet habitat loss and direct killing threaten the large-scale persistence of these species. The effective monitoring, management, and conservation of felids require big-picture ideas that incorporate a strong quantitative foundation while also paying due consideration to social-ecological context. In this talk, Dr. Lisanne Petracca (Quantitative Conservation Lab, University of Washington) will discuss novel quantitative applications to inform the conservation of large cats ranging from the tropical forests of Central America to the savannas of Angola and Zimbabwe, with a special focus on the integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Dr. Lisanne Petracca is an alum of Tufts University, and received Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, respectively. She has ten years of experience within the international conservation non-profit world, and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington leading a project on grey wolves. Register below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm		Events at Smith Concentrations Information Session (Smith students only) March 15, 2021 Learn more about the concentrations at Smith! After a brief overview of the common features and shared goals of our programs, and a few words about resources available to support the work of student concentrators, we will break out into more detailed information sessions with the directors, key support staff and student representatives from the Environmental, Archives, Book Studies, Community Engagement and Social Change, Global Financial Institutions, Museums, Poetry, and Translation Studies Concentrations. Register below to receive the Zoom link. More... Virtual via Zoom 12:30 pm Nature Walk with CEEDS March 18, 2021 The weather is nice and warm, perfect for a nature walk together and look for signs of spring! You'll have a chance to get outside, meet and hang out with other cool students, and staff from CEEDS. Dress for the weather and be prepared to explore. Meet at the Boat house. Space is limited, sign-up with the link below. More... Boat House 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Crochet a Coral Reef! Be a part of the Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science project! March 19, 2021 Join us and crochet a coral figure that will become part of the Tang Teaching Museum�s major community art project Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science. These virtual sessions, led by various campus groups, can be joined via the zoom link below (click on "More"). Don�t know how to crochet? We will have experienced crocheters on every call who can teach you in a break out room. Need crochet materials? Email us at capenannex@ smith.edu and we will get you set up! More... Virtual 2:00 pm Bonfire with the Center for the Environment! March 19, 2021 Join CEEDS staff for an evening around a fire. We will start and tend the fire, and we would like you to bring yourselves and conversation. S'mores are cancelled due to Covid, but we hope you still show up! Meet by the Lamont Bridge at 4:45 pm to walk to the fire pit together. If you don't see anyone by the bridge, look for us at the fire pit by the softball field. Sign up is limited, please use this link below. if the weather is not ideal, we will contact everyone about rescheduling. More... Meet at Lamont Bridge 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm Events Off Campus Webinar: Sustainable Agriculture at College of Menominee Nation March 17, 2021 Agriculture takes place in ecosystems, from fairly intact to highly modified. Adaptation to climate is key to success in agroecosystems, and this success is also key to maintaining many ecosystem functions outside areas of food production. We will explore these relationships, the ways that they are considered by several Indigenous cultures, and how they are being embedded in the new Sustainable Agriculture degree program at College of Menominee Nation. About the Presenter: A Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) Principal Investigator, Frank Kutka is the Sustainable Agriculture faculty member at College of Menominee Nation, where he is facilitating development of the school's agricultural research program. His training is in Field Biology, Animal Ecology, and Plant Breeding. Kutka has coordinated the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program in the Dakotas, served as the Assistant Director at NDSU's Dickinson Research Extension Center, consulted with a number of farm groups and Tribal Colleges on seed issues, and led midwestern surveys of aquatic organisms and habitats for the University of Minnesota. NE CASC Webinars provide brief updates on NE CASC research and outreach followed by the opportunity to join in discussions and have your questions answered. The talk will be recorded and posted in the webinar archive on our website. To join this webinar click the link below, then on �Webinar Information� for the Zoom link. More... Virtual 12:00 pm Prospects for Food and Agriculture Policy and Practice March 18, 2021 The world of food and agriculture reflects a mismatch of 18th century thinking and perspective and the actuality of the present and needs of the future. In his talk, Dr. Salvador (Director/Senior Scientist, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists) will discuss the possibilities for the formulation and adoption of policies that are informed by contemporary social and scientific realities and adapted for our century and beyond. Dr. Ricardo J. Salvador is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food and of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He advises a range of organizations, including: the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, FoodCorps, the Center for Good Food Purchasing, Food System 6, The Land Institute, National Farm to School Network, HEAL Food Alliance, and the Fair Food Program of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Register to join below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm Bodies at Risk: Emily Johnson and Alice Sheppard March 18, 2021 An artistic encounter and conversation between dance artists Emily Johnson and Alice Sheppard. Emily Johnson is an artist who makes body-based work. A Bessie Award-winning choreographer, Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award, she is based in New York City. Originally from Alaska, Emily is of Yup�ik descent, and since 1998 has created work that considers the experience of sensing and seeing performance. Her dances function as portals and installations, engaging audiences within and through space, time, and environment�interacting with a place's architecture, peoples, history and role in community. Emily is trying to make a world where performance is part of life; where performance is an integral connection to each other, our environment, our stories, our past, present and future. Emily Johnson's residency is made possible with funding from the "Gathering at the Crossroads: Building Native American and Indigenous Studies program of the Five College Consortium," an initiative underwritten by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information and to register, please visit here: More... 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Gather: A Panel Discussion with A-dae Briones and Sanjay Rawal March 18, 2021 Join us for a discussion with A-dae Romero-Briones, Director of Programs- Native Agriculture and Food Systems, Cochiti/Kiowa, and Sanjay Rawal, producer of the film, Gather.��Film synopsis:� Gather is an intimate portrait tracing the intentional destruction of Native American foodways and our renaissance and resilience, our inherent right, to reclaim it. Through Gather, film partner and co-producer First Nations Development Institute aims to further build international awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the Native American food movement, which will ultimately bolster the support in improving policy and the regulatory environment for long-term sustainability. Featuring the work of First Nations' Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative and First Nations� grantees and partners, Gather continues this work, supporting tribes and Native communities as they build sustainable foodways that improve health, strengthen food security and increase control over Native agriculture and food systems.�Free and open to the public. For information about viewing the film online email us (enviro @smith.edu). Register for the panel event at the link below�� More... Virtual 7:00 pm**