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Events at Smith Exhibit: "We Are Not Machines // No Somos M�quinas: Farmworker October 31, 2022 Resistance in the Connecticut River Valley//Resistencia de los trabajadores agr�colas en el valle del r�o 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 M�quinas 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 M�quinas will be on display from October 3�December 16th. More... 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: More... 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: More... MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm 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: More... 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		Events at Smith 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 Universit�t 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 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 More... Design Thinking Initiative 11:00 am to 12:00 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: More... Virtual webinar 4:00 pm		Events at Smith 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 Geothermal Project Tour November 17, 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 11/18 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 For faculty: CEEDS Curricular Enhancement Grant Open House November 17, 2022 Have an idea for a new class or a modification of an existing class that touches on an environmental or sustainability theme? We invite you to come for a drink and some tasty food and learn more about how the Center for the Environment can support you in developing and carrying out your ideas with a curricular enhancement grant. All Smith faculty welcome. CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 4:30 pm Public Seating Design Charette November 18, 2022 November 19, 2022 Join Emma Merchant in a discussion and brainstorm session about public seating on Smith campus. Last year she noticed a lack of seating options on campus, and as a chronically ill student with mobility issues, this makes it really hard for her to enjoy and move around campus. She is hoping to address this issue through a special studies on designing public seating on Smith Campus with a feminist/disability justice/codesign focus! She would like to gather feedback and ideas from students, staff, faculty, and disabled individuals before moving towards her design, production, and campus-wide feedback process. Pizza lunch provided for everyone to share as we brainstorm together! If you can�t attend either session for any reason but have ideas or just want to chat please email her at emerchant @smith.edu! RSVP at the link below: More... Capen Annex 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm