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Events Off Campus Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Protecting the Waters of Hawai'i February 10, 2022 As we bear witness to the wastelanding of the earth by late liberal capital, we can strike at capital by mapping the abundance it fears. Corporate-induced climate change is bringing about the demise of capitalist economies of scarcity, making way for Indigenous economies of abundance. Indigenous knowledges center the laws of the elements discerned through the art of kilo, keen intergenerational observation, forecasting, and activation that enable us to turn devastating conditions into renewed possibilities for abundance. In this talk, Candace Fujikane, Professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi, will focus on the awe-inspiring moʻo reptilian water deities who are battling leaking US military jet fuel tanks in Hawaiʻi. Register below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm Lecture: Environmental Racism, Destruction, and Repair February 10, 2022 This talk with Nicholas Caverly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, bridges political ecology with intellectual and political discussions around reparations for white supremacy in the United States�including but not limited to enslavement and its anti-Black afterlives. Nick Caverly is an anthropologist of technology whose research centers questions of racism, space, and justice. He is primarily interested in the ways structural inequities are built through the landscapes of North American cities. More... UMass 170 Design Building, 551 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 4:00 pm		Events Off Campus Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty -- The Soul Fire Farm Keynote address with Leah Penniman February 15, 2022 Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm in Petersburg, NY, committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. They raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid. The Farm brings diverse communities together on this healing land to share skills on sustainable agriculture, natural building, spiritual activism, health, and environmental justice. Leah Penniman is a co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, the author of Farming While Black, and a frequent keynote speaker at various events including NOFA conferences. In this inspiring video, Penniman lays out the history of our racist land laws and the intersections with current policies, inequities in our food system, human health, and our climate emergency. This is the fourth event in an ongoing Food Sovereignty series, a collaboration between two Climate Action Now groups�Regenerative Farming, Forests & Food Systems and Racism, White Supremacy and Climate Justice�along with Grow Food Northampton. Join the Zoom below: More... Virtual via Zoom 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm webinar: Drivers of Exceptional Coastal Warming in the Northeastern United States February 16, 2022 The Northeastern United States and the adjacent Northwest Atlantic Shelf have emerged as warming hotspots, but the connection between them has remained unexplored. In this webinar, Ambarish Karmalkar and Radley Horton will use observational datasets to discuss the role of oceanic and atmospheric processes in driving rapid warming trends along the NEUS coast, test the fidelity of climate models to capture the observed warming pattern, and discuss the need for more nuanced climate assessments to understand the impacts on human and natural systems. Join using the link below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm Webinar: Drivers of Exceptional Coastal Warming in the Northeastern United States February 16, 2022 The Northeastern United States and the adjacent Northwest Atlantic Shelf have emerged as warming hotspots, but the connection between them has remained unexplored. In this webinar, Ambarish Karmalkar and Radley Horton will use observational datasets to discuss the role of oceanic and atmospheric processes in driving rapid warming trends along the NE coast of the U.S., test the fidelity of climate models to capture the observed warming pattern, and discuss the need for more nuanced climate assessments to understand the impacts on human and natural systems. Ambarish Karmalkar is a Research Assistant Professor of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Radley Horton is Lamont Research Professor of Ocean and Climate Physics at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Get information to join at the link below: More... Virtual 4:00 pm Webinar: Regenerative Agriculture and Natural Climate Solutions February 17, 2022 Ben Dobson, founder and president of Hudson Carbon, will discuss how agricultural systems transformation can help address the interconnected biodiversity, climate and ecological crises. Hudson Carbon is a research institute that studies the economics, ecological viability and carbon sequestration capacity of regenerative agricultural practices. Register below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm		Events Off Campus Webinar- Finding Common Ground Among Science, Spirituality, and Environmentalism: February 22, 2022 How Can Spiritual and Faith-Based Knowledge Systems Inform the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise? Presented by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Interfaith Committee, hear stories, work, ideas from panelists across various spiritual/faith-based backgrounds on environmentalism, and how the AMS and spiritual/faith communities can work together in this important space. This is one of a series of topics related to conversations, work, and ideas on collaboration and relational building between the AMS and faith/spiritual communities. Panelists: Rabbi Geoff Mitelman - Sinai and Synapses; Dr. William (Bill) Hooke - American Meteorological Society; James Rattling Leaf, Sr. - Cooperative Institute Research Environmental Sciences, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center; Dr. Emma Frances Bloomfield - University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Nana Firman - GreenFaith. Register below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Diversities, Disparities, & Climate Seminar Theme: Extreme weather�s February 23, 2022 impact on marginalized populations. Two presentations. 1) The inequitable impact of natural disasters: Advising MA policymakers on mitigating the impact of flooding and post-flood hazards on populations most at risk. With Christian Guzman (Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Seda Salap-Ay�a (Lecturer, Geosciences). 2) Integrating social and behavioral contexts into severe weather warning system technologies and operations. With Brenda Phillips (Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering). Hoted by Umass Amherst Institute for Diversity Sciences. Register at the link below: More... Virtual via Zoom 10:00 am to 11:30 am (Virtual) Engineer and Scientist Career Panel February 23, 2022 Are you interested in a career with EPA? This virtual event will introduce you to science and engineers careers at EPA. What's in it for you? You will: Hear from EPA engineers and scientists about their experiences working for EPA; Learn what it takes to get a federal job; Experience a networking opportunity with EPA staff and managers. Register using the link below: More... Virtual 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Film screening of 'River of Return' and a very special post-film panel February 24, 2022 Join a free virtual film screening of 'River of Return' and a very special post-film panel featuring River Newe for the RVA Environmental Film Festival. Film synopsis: Follow Jessica and Sammy Matsaw, Shoshone-Bannock tribal members and co-founders of River Newe, as they share their story about hope, resilience and resurgence, and the vitality of sharing lands and waters with today's tribal youth and the generations to come. With post-film Q+A and discussion around Traditional Ecological Knowledge and decolonizing and reconnecting to homelands, places, and knowledge. Free and open to all. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the NSF-funded River Field Studies Network. Register at the link below: More... Virtual 6:30 pm Lecture: Nature�s Best Hope February 24, 2022 Everyone has a significant role to play in the future of the natural world. Join Dr. Doug Tallamy, Professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, to learn about an approach to conservation that starts in your own yard. Recent headlines about global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. To create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them, we can encourage native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, support native bees, and protect our watersheds. Open to the public. Register at the link below. (Students can register for free by contacting jbenkley@smith.edu) More... Virtual 6:30 pm