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Presentation of the ES&P major and minors
October 26, 2022
Interested in the environment and sustainability? Find out more about what it takes to major or minor in environmental science and policy or minor in marine science and policy. Meet faculty, staff, and students in the program, and get your questions answered! Lunch will be provided.
CEEDS
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

Geothermal Project Tour
October 26, 2022
Have you been wondering what that construction going on outside is? Have you ever been inside a Smith building in the summer and wondered when we'll install AC? Have you ever wanted to know what the college is doing to combat climate change? Come find out the answers to these questions and more on one of our student-run Geothermal Project Tours! Rain date is 10/27 at the same time. Open to all in the Smith community.
Meet at the Elm St entrance to the Campus Center
4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

Annual tulip planting at the Capen Garden Gazebo!
October 29, 2022
Cider, donuts, trowels and gloves will be available during this Family Weekend event.
Capen Garden Gazebo
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

CEEDS' Annual Autumn Cider Pressing & Heirloom Apple Tasting
October 29, 2022
Stop by to taste the many flavors of this amazing fruit at our heirloom apple tasting. Then, experience the magic of turning apples into delicious fresh cider & enjoy a cup with a locally made cider donut! This is a rain or shine event sponsored by CEEDS for Family Weekend!
Next to Chapin
11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Exhibit: "We Are Not Machines // No Somos Máquinas: Farmworker
October 31, 2022
Resistance in the Connecticut River Valley//Resistencia de los trabajadores agrícolas en el valle del río Connecticut". In the face of oppression, people have and always will resist and organize. Farmworkers are no exception. Through the words and portraits of farmworkers in Western Massachusetts, the No Somos Máquinas exhibit explores the broken immigration system, the exclusion of farmworkers from basic labor protections, and the conditions that have compelled them to rise up. Developed by the Pioneer Valley Workers Center with the support of the Botanic Garden of Smith College, this fully bilingual exhibit sheds light on the experiences of local farmworkers in Western Massachusetts. It consists of portraits, interpretive panels, and a timeline of farmworker organizing, as well as audio of oral history excerpts. No Somos Máquinas will be on display from October 3–December 16th.
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Lyman Plant House, Smith College
8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Greene Energy: An Indigenous Woman's Perspective
October 31, 2022
Virtual presentation by Chantel Greene, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xexus Greene Energy LLC, a 100% Native American- and Woman-owned consulting company. Open to all in the Smith community, this is part of the ENX 100 lecture series.
Neilson Browsing Room
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm

Workshop: Recreational, Mapping, and Survey-grade GPS: What's the Difference?
November 1, 2022
Quality spatial data informs good decisions, therefore it is important to determine the level of accuracy requirements your field data should meet. The ability to achieve different accuracy is dependent on the GPS unit you use. We will compare the results of three grades of GPS units: recreational (such as a phone), mapping, and survey, by collecting data hands-on on campus. Register below:
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Digital Media Hub GIS Computer Lab (Neilson 012D) & outside
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm

Arts Afield: CACOPHONY
November 1, 2022
CACOPHONY is an experiential art excursion, created collaboratively by artists Gina Siepel and Sara Smith, focused on the act of listening and on immersion in the surrounding landscape. The artists bring their mutual interest in practices of attention to create this introduction to “radical defamiliarization,” a state of awareness, receptivity, and de-habituation from everyday experiences of environment. Participants will be led through a warmup of simple movements and a silent guided group walk at the MacLeish Field Station, ending in the forest at the site of Siepel’s ongoing project as an artist in residence. CACOPHONY draws on the science and poetics of observation and sensory perception, and pays homage to John Cage’s work on silence, and Henry David Thoreau’s writing about sound. Meet at Sage Hall circle at 4 p.m. to take a Smith van, or if you have your own transportation, meet at the MacLeish Field Station parking lot at 4:30 p.m. Dress for the weather and wear shoes for walking on uneven ground. Sign up sheet for a seat in the Smith vans:
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MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Science-Based Choices for Climate Action, Insights from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report
October 26, 2022
Join us for a symposium that will bring together authors of the newest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), policy makers, and other experts to engage each other and the audience in conversations about findings from the IPCC’s 6th assessment report, why they matter, and how they can be used to mobilize more ambitious and equitable actions on climate change. Registration is open and both in-person attendance and the livestream are free, but we are asking everyone to register in advance. You can register online at the link below:
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online or in person at Dickinson College

RISE Germany – Livestream
October 26, 2022
RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. RISE Germany matches them with PhD students and researchers (only at universities of applied sciences) for a summer research internship in Germany. If you think you might be interested in doing research at a university or research institution in Germany, join this livestream event to chat with representatives from the RISE team and RISE interns who did an internship in Germany this summer. Learn more about the program, have a chance to ask questions and get a sense of the whole process. Tune in live with the Teams Link below:
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Livestream
10:30 pm to 11:30 pm

Events at Smith

ES&P Lunchbag: Perennializing Agricultural Landscapes with Agroforestry and Perennial Grains
November 2, 2022
Perennial grains are new crops in development which provide multiple harvests from a single planting while offering numerous ecosystem services throughout the year for multiple years. Agroforestry is intentional integration of trees onto agricultural landscapes. ES&P Research Affiliate Piyush Labhsetwar and Bri Ray '24J will talk about their work establishing new perennial grains next to tree crops (paw paw) in an agroforestry trial locally on the flood plains of Cappawonganick (Mill River). Lunch (and some kernza and pawpaw samples!) provided.
CEEDS
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

SAL Workshop-- Volunteering with the NepRWA: GIS Data Collection
November 3, 2022
With Fish Fischer ‘24 (they/them), ES&P and SDS. Interested in applications of GIS beyond the classroom? Hear about volunteer work Fish did with the Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA). As part of their Trout Habitat Assessment Program, streams were surveyed within the Neponset River watershed and data collected with ArcGIS Survey123 app. The data collected contributed to a report which will inform policies regarding conservation of cold-water resources in the watershed. This talk will focus on the data collection with Survey123 and the impact of volunteering with local organizations. Register at the link below:
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Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104)
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

Walk With the Indian Doctress: Restorative Approaches to Interpreting Native American Medicine
November 4, 2022
In her multi-modal career as a performer, ethnographer, historian, and museum consultant, Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Abenaki)has long been committed to critical analyses of colonial histories and recoveries of Indigenous histories. In this talk, Bruchac will discuss her research on Native medicine. At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bruchac is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, Coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Studies, and Associate Faculty in the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. She also directs “The Wampum Trail,” a restorative research project designed to reconnect wampum belts in museum collections with their related Indigenous communities. Free and open to the public.
Campus Center Carroll Room, Smith College
7:30 pm

Geothermal Project Tour
November 7, 2022
Have you been wondering what that construction going on outside is? Have you ever been inside a Smith building in the summer and wondered when we'll install AC? Have you ever wanted to know what the college is doing to combat climate change? Come find out the answers to these questions and more on one of our student-run Geothermal Project Tours! Rain date is 11/8 at the same time. Open to all in the Smith community.
Meet at the Elm St entrance to the Campus Center
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Blue Foods: Challenges and Opportunities in the Local and Global Seafood Marketplace
November 7, 2022
Presentation by Kyle Foley, Sustainable Seafood Senior Program Manager at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Open to all in the Smith community, this is part of the ENX 100 lecture series.
Neilson Browsing Room
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm

Smith in Hamburg Info Session
November 8, 2022
Come learn about the exciting opportunities offered by the Smith in Hamburg program! Study in one of Europe's most sustainable cities at Universität Hamburg and the Smith Center with a new option that requires little German-language proficiency for the fall semester. In this session you will hear from program directors and faculty about life on the Smith in Hamburg program.
Dewey Common Room
12:15 pm

How I Became a Labor Organizer
November 8, 2022
Come meet alums Andrea Schmid ('17) and Gabriella della Croce ('11) who do organizing around immigrants and workers' rights in your backyard. They will share stories & insights from their movement works in this valley, and answers questions over snacks and drinks. Sponsored by the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.
Dewey Common Room
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Events at Smith

NOAA Summer Internship Presentations
November 9, 2022
Hear from three Smithies who spent their summer interning with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and find out how you might intern with NOAA in summer 2023! Today's presentations include Marit Chauvin '23: Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Critical Reserve Habitats: The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Sentinel Site Program; Helen Glover '24: Engaging opportunity to develop communications focused on conserving threatened and endangered marine species; and Rebeca Castro '24 Understanding Sea Level Rise Impacts to Wetlands at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Lunch provided.
CEEDS
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

ES&P Study Abroad Info Session
November 9, 2022
Students interested in studying abroad with a program that has an environmental focus should plan to attend this information session. Students will learn about the different types of programs available and ES&P majors who studied abroad last year will share their stories. Angelo Pisano, Study Abroad Coordinator, will also be there to answer questions about all of the programs available that have an environmental focus. Snacks provided.
CEEDS
4:15 pm

NOAA Summer Internship Presentations
November 10, 2022
Hear from three Smithies who spent their summer interning with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and find out how you might intern with NOAA in summer 2023! Today's presentations include Lia Jacobs '24: Unique opportunity to advance equity and environmental justice in the Southeast; Izzy Viselli '23J: Threatened and Endangered Species Tracking; and Lorelei Ing '24: Estimating performance of early life-stages of marine fishes under variable environments to inform understanding of wild and captive populations. Lunch provided.
CEEDS
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

Clothing Swap!!
November 12, 2022
The Eco Reps are hosting a clothing swap! Drop clothing in your house free bin or the OSE office (CC 106) before Wednesday Nov. 9th to donate. On the day of, come browse for clothes--all is free!
CC Carroll Room
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

The Learning Garden
November 12, 2022
Join our plant-loving community! Come help us kick off the Learning Garden, which is a student-led space hosted by the Botanic Garden and is located between Northrop and Lamont. We're focused on learning about and growing plants! Come decorate our sign at the Design Thinking Initiative. RSVP at the link below
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Design Thinking Initiative
11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Wind Energy Lunch Learn In
November 14, 2022
Renewable and sustainable energy is key to combating climate change, but information on how it works and legislation surrounding it is often highly technical and hard to understand. Designed by a student for students to give us the tools we need to support environmentally conscious energy change. Lunch provided.
CEEDS
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

ES&P Honors info session
November 14, 2022
Join Honors Director Andrew Berke to learn more about how to begin thinking about taking a deeper dive into an ES&P-related topic thorough research. It’s never too soon to start thinking about this process! Newly declared major? We want you there, too! We'll have tea and tasty treats for everyone.
CEEDS
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Events Off Campus

More than the sum of their parts? Interactions of invasive species other environmental change
November 9, 2022
International concern about the consequences of human-induced global environmental changes has prompted a renewed focus on reducing ecological effects of biological invasions, climate change, and nutrient pollution. Professor Jenica Allen, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMass Amherst (and Smith alum!) will discuss her research to assess the relative magnitude of invasion plus another environmental change on native organisms relative to invasion or environmental change effects alone. More information and a link to the talk is below:
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Virtual webinar
4:00 pm