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Events at Smith

Exhibition: Grow in Light (2021) by Artist Wendy Kawabata
September 23, 2021
September 27, 2021
While Grow in Light relies on the armature of laborious process, the drawings embrace chance effects and are full of longing in the best way possible. They look at landscape both interpreted and remembered. In this way they are visual condensations; materialization of landscape as a means for mining the remnants of what is physically inaccessible. Born from the same experience, the whole is an attempt to convey beauty, sincere expression, and regard, with simplicity: to take nothing more than needed and, in doing so, offering more than given. Exhibit open September 23th - October 21, Monday through Friday 8:30-4:30.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer

Workshop: Cross-pollinations, ingenious hybrids, and deep mapping:
September 23, 2021
where scientific research and creative writing synthesize. With Katherine Larson, writer and scientist. This workshop is open to students of Bucknell University, Smith College and Washington College. Co-sponsored by the Small Literary Arts Center.
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Virtually via Zoom
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Casual Botanical Exploration
September 24, 2021
Join Capen Garden Gardener Dave Dion for a hands-on introduction to botany and some of the edible and unique plants on our campus. Sponsored by CEEDS and the Botanic Garden. Use your Smith email to sign up at the link below. The event is limited to 30 participants.
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Meet at Capen Garden, rain or shine
4:30 pm

CEEDS Lunch and Chat for students
September 29, 2021
Bring your own lunch and join staff from the Center for the Environment for an informal chat about your interests in sustainability and the environment. Are you passionate about the environment and sustainability and want to pursue your passion at Smith? Want to think through how you can connect what you're studying to issues of environmental justice? Need to talk through an article you just read or an idea you just learned about? Just want to hang out? You'll find good company at CEEDS.
CEEDS Office, Wright Hall, Lower Level
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

ES&P "Students Share" Tea
September 29, 2021
Two ES&P majors share their experiences with the National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) Site in Vermont and Uganda and Conservation X Labs. Join us for some refreshments and a casual conversation with peers about these organizations and programs and how you might also apply.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
4:15 pm

Events Off Campus

Building a Better World: Women and Climate Justice
September 23, 2021
September 24, 2021
September 25, 2021
Agnes Scott College’s Second Annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference. A virtual conference, free to all faculty, staff, and students. More details about speakers and the schedule at the link below. NOTE: if the registration page shows a cost, to register for free, use the discount code “Partner”. In put this code in the appropriate spot which you will find in one of the last pages in the registration process.
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Virtual

Lecture: The Origin and Future of a Tropical Biodiversity Hostpot
September 23, 2021
with Dr. Carlos Daniel Cadena Ordonez (Universidad de los Andes). The Northern Andes and surrounding areas in South America are global hotspots of biological diversity across various groups including birds. Dr. Ordnoez will describe his research on the ecology, evolution, and conservation of Neotropical birds focused on two main questions: (1) why is avian diversity so high in northern South America, and (2) are we conserving the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain such diversity? He will highlight examples of his work on old and new ideas on the origin of diversity, and on the role of historical collections and modern resurveys as windows to study and conserve diversity through time. Sponsored by the Living Earth Collaborative. Click the link below to watch live.
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Live streamed on YouTube. Click on Link.
3:00 pm

Landscape Sustainability through Innovative Design
September 23, 2021
The primary goal of the presentation is to provide an overview of the background and the approach for the contemporary renewal of the cityscape/landscape in Hungary. Renovations of (mostly) historic sites started at the beginning of the 2000s. The past fifteen years have brought significant results in this field. The study also intends to highlight the outstanding role the landscape architecture profession played in the development and implementation of the renovation strategies for the historic open spaces, and the importance of the "landscape approach" in the identification, assessment, protection, and management of historical areas. Presented by Professor Albert FEKETE, from the Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art Budapest, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary.
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Umass, 170 Design Building.
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Taking Meaningful Action on Climate Change Using the Tools of Democracy: Student Info Session
September 23, 2021
Want to do something about climate change? Tune in to a Citizen's Climate Lobby informational session to learn about how you can make a difference in creating the political will for legislation that will put us on the path to reduce the emissions that are changing our climate. By attending this session you will learn: Who we are: CCL's mission, history, values; Our solution to climate change: Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act; Our method: Utilizing the tools of democracy to effect political change. RSVP to the session at the link below:
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Virtual
8:00 pm

How to Prepare for Climate Change
September 24, 2021
Virtual Keynote with author David Pogue (discussion immediately afterwards) The world is getting hotter, natural systems are going haywire, and you might want to prepare. New York Times bestselling author David Pogue spent a year researching how an individual can prepare for the coming era of climate chaos for his book How to Prepare for Climate Change. Learn about a practical path forward that’s within your control. If you want to join remotely you can register using the link below:
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Zoom OR UMass, Science and Engineering Library, Learning Studio
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Events at Smith

Info session: DIS in Scandinavia
September 30, 2021
The DIS Copenhagen program offers over 200 courses across many disciplines (and many focused on the environment and sustainability). Students are encouraged to discover Europe through Study Tours and bring course topics to life. DIS also offers a wide variety of cultural engagement and housing options. Students should email studyabroad@smith.edu to request the zoom link.
Virtual
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

You live in a Botanic Garden - Come Explore It
October 1, 2021
Join Smith arborist and gardener John Berryhill for an exploration of your Smith home. Enjoy a multi-sensory learning experience about the botanic garden that is all around you. Sign up with a Smith email is required. Space limited to 30 people.
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Chapin Lawn

Exhibition: Grow in Light (2021) by Artist Wendy Kawabata
October 4, 2021
While Grow in Light relies on the armature of laborious process, the drawings embrace chance effects and are full of longing in the best way possible. They look at landscape both interpreted and remembered. In this way they are visual condensations; materialization of landscape as a means for mining the remnants of what is physically inaccessible. Born from the same experience, the whole is an attempt to convey beauty, sincere expression, and regard, with simplicity: to take nothing more than needed and, in doing so, offering more than given. Exhibit open September 23th - October 21, Monday through Friday 8:30-4:30.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer

Possible Futures: Transforming Systems with Individual Agency
October 4, 2021
Eve Mosher is a cultural change entrepreneur working at the frontlines of climate change and the urban environment. Her work explores individual agency in transforming the systems that have led to this moment through creative engagement, multi-sensory collaboration, and radical imagination. Eve co-founded and co-directs Works on Water, an artist initiated and run non-profit. Part of the ENX 100: Environment and Sustainability -Notes from the Field lecture series.
McConnell B15
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Environmental Justice in Urban and Community Forestry: Deepening the Connection
September 30, 2021
with Christine E. Carmichael, Ph.D., Founder and Principal, Fair Forests Consulting, LLC. Cities across the U.S. are ramping up initiatives to plant more trees in underserved neighborhoods. However, creating more just and equitable urban and community forests is not as simple as planting trees in low canopy neighborhoods. This work will entail sustained and cohesive efforts among several sectors to dismantle oppressive power structures. In this presentation, Dr. Carmichael will describe findings from her research in Detroit, Michigan and how these findings can be applied to engage more diverse people in equitably restoring and sustaining urban forests, as well as future research opportunities to advance environmental justice in urban and community forestry.
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UMASS Olver Design Building, Room 170
4:00 pm

Saving Seahorses to Save seas
September 30, 2021
Amanda Vincent, the 2021 Indianapolis Prize winner, has dedicated her career to understanding and advocating for seahorses, which serve as a flagship species for a wide range of marine conservation issues. She is credited with bringing the world’s attention to the 44 known species of seahorses and with developing a collaborative approach to marine conservation that is also improving the status of many other marine fishes, such as sharks, rays, groupers, and eels. Hear how her determination and optimism are saving not only these iconic sea creatures but also our world’s oceans. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, and the Indianapolis Prize of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc. Advance registration is required. View link below.
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Virtual via zoom
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Rediscovering Northampton: Natural & Cultural History of a Single Street - Spotlight on Hawley St
September 30, 2021
Historic Northampton co-director and naturalist Laurie Sanders will take the long view of Hawley Street, from the era of Glacial Lake Hitchcock to the present. During this zoom presentation, she'll cover both the natural history changes over time as well as highlight some of the important people, businesses and events that influenced today's look at one of Northampton's oldest byways. More information and registration is at the link below:
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Virtual via Zoom
7:00 pm

Presentation: "Examining Equitable Accessibility in Sustainability Transitions."
October 1, 2021
Please join us for a talk by Ekundayo Shittu, Ph.D. Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University. Several policies have been enacted to promote the adoption of renewable electricity leading some incumbent utilities to embrace the transition. Yet, the scale of consumer adoption appears to be limited by accessibility. The underlying factors inhibiting accessibility are exacerbated with low- and middle-income (LMI) consumers who also make up a significant proportion of a utility’s customer base. The first theme of this talk examines democratizing access to solar technology. The second theme dives deeper to extract contributions to distributional effects of environmental policy to provide consumer access to clean energy. The talk concludes on a third theme that previews two other interesting projects in the investigator’s research agenda.
Bernie Dallas Room (in Goodell), UMASS Amherst
12:00 pm

Labor in Farm to Institution Supply Chains Part 1: Prison Labor and the Need for Transparency
October 6, 2021
Was the food on your plate grown or produced by incarcerated people? We don’t really know. The lack of transparency in our food supply chains means that it can be hard to trace food that’s available in hospitals, schools, and grocery stores- or to understand the working conditions of the incarcerated people making some of it. Senior staff reporter Claire Brown at The Counter addresses some of the questions spurred by this lack of transparency in her Sourced From Inside three-part series. The series was recently recognized by Online Journalism Awards, as a finalist in the “explanatory reporting, small newsroom” categories. More info and register at the link below:
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Virtual
2:00 pm

Events at Smith

Presentation of the Environmental Concentration
October 7, 2021
We want to help you find your path- whether you are interested in sustainable food, sustainable design, environmental justice, or something else entirely. Join us to learn more about how you can use our choose-your-own-adventure concentration model to weave together formal and informal learning opportunities to bridge theory and practice in support of environmental decisions and action! Light refreshments provided.
Wright Hall 005
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Exhibition: Grow in Light (2021) by Artist Wendy Kawabata
October 11, 2021
While Grow in Light relies on the armature of laborious process, the drawings embrace chance effects and are full of longing in the best way possible. They look at landscape both interpreted and remembered. In this way they are visual condensations; materialization of landscape as a means for mining the remnants of what is physically inaccessible. Born from the same experience, the whole is an attempt to convey beauty, sincere expression, and regard, with simplicity: to take nothing more than needed and, in doing so, offering more than given. Exhibit open September 23th - October 21, Monday through Friday 8:30-4:30.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer

Events Off Campus

A Work on Paper, a Plantation, and a Polariser: An Environmental History of Cedric Price's Generator
October 7, 2021
with Sylvia Lavin, Critic, Curator, and Historian *Sponsored by UMass Department of Architecture
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UMass Olver Design Building Atrium
5:30 pm

Webinar: How Will Climate Change Impact Forest Wildlife?
October 13, 2021
The forests of the NE CASC region are highly exposed to climate change. Likewise, many of the species that inhabit these forest ecosystems are at their southern range edges here and considered sensitive to climate change. Finally, local species’ adaptive capacity is limited by habitat fragmentation, high rates of invasive species, and other stressors. This presentation will review some of the latest research on mammal, bird, and other species' responses to climate change, and projections for future impacts. It will also showcase coproduced research results that indicate climate change refugia, areas buffered from climate change that can be conserved to enable the persistence of species in the face of changing climate.
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Virtual via zoom
4:00 pm