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Lights Out! with the Eco Reps
April 15, 2023
Join the Eco Reps for this popular Earth Week event! We will be turning off all the exterior lights on the Quad from 10 to 10:20 pm. Enjoy beautiful stargazing, pizza, and s'mores with us! All students welcome-- bring a friend! Rain date is 4/22.
Quad Lawn
9:00 pm to 10:30 pm

What You See Is What You Write
April 17, 2023
with Jonathan Lerner, Author and Journalist. Part of the Landscape Studies LSS 100 speakers program.
Hillyer Art Complex-Graham Hall
3:05 pm

Gen Z Mental Health: Climate Stories - documentary screening + conversation
April 17, 2023
A short documentary film screening + moderated conversation with Gen Zers from the film (Maksim Batuyev, Vanessa Villanueva, Aishah Nyeta, and McKenna Dunbar) about the impact of #climate crisis to #GenZers #mentalhealth and how we can respond to develop emotional resilience and community connections! This event is open to Smith College students, faculty and staff, and to vaccinated members of the public. Masking is optional and welcomed everywhere on campus. For disability access information or accommodation requests please call 413-585-2407. To request a sign language interpreter send email to: ods@smith.edu at least ten days before the event. Sponsored by Smith College Department of Geosciences and its Climate in Arts and History Project (https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/), Environmental Science and Policy Program, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS), Office of Disability Services (ODS), and Schacht Center for Health and Wellness.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
7:00 pm

Weed Walk! with Blanche Derby
April 19, 2023
Get outside and celebrate Earth Week by joining a CEEDS-sponsored walk with local foraging expert Blanche Cybele Derby and learn more about the many edible plants that are all around us! A forager of wild and tame plants for over 35 years, Blanche has lectured and led walks all around New England. [Rain date is 4/20-same time and meet up location.]
Meet at the Lanning Fountain between Wright Hall & Sabin-Reed
4:15 pm

Reading: Month of Wind/mes del viento
April 19, 2023
with Cece Roth-Eagle, Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award Winner for Prose. The reading discusses Roth-Eagle's time studying abroad in Argentina and the way in which the indigenous Mapuche people of the region have responded to environmental crises, including government-supported fracking and decreases in biodiversity. Light refreshments will be provided.
Boutelle-Day Poetry Center, Wright Hall
4:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Summit on Women’s Leadership in Climate Justice
April 13, 2023
April 14, 2023
April 15, 2023
A welcoming space for all genders and non-binary people seeking to celebrate the accomplishments and vision of women in the field of climate justice. This three day event will provide opportunities to learn from leading global and local scholars, community organizers, and entrepreneurs including Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy, Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, Founder of Climate Critical Earth, and Kat Cadungog, Executive Director of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship.
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Mount Holyoke College

Comparative Racializations in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands:
April 13, 2023
Im/migrant Justice and Indigenous Struggles for Sovereignty with Dr. Raquel Madrigal, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies at Vassar College.
West Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
4:00 pm

Events at Smith

Amplify Public Art Reception
April 21, 2023
Witness the unveiling of banners created by Claire Lynch ('24), Tiki Pather ('25J) and Kyara Soto Villarreal ('26) as part of the Amplify Competition. Hear the artists speak to how their banners engage the public with the Geothermal Energy Project. Light refreshments provided. RSVP below by April 17th.
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Near the corner of Elm Street and Prospect Street (across from JMG)
4:15 pm

Quantifying Carbon in a Living Tree
April 22, 2023
Old-growth forest expert Bob Leverett will demonstrate how to measure the carbon sequestration capacity of a typical New England forest tree. Focusing on the red oak tree at the center of Gina Siepel’s project, a tree of approximately eighty years of age, Bob will discuss the important role that mature trees like this oak play in the mitigation of climate change through the carbon they remove from the atmosphere. His innovative mathematical method for calculating the volume of a tree helps us to understand and visualize the positive ecological impact of our local forests. Bob’s research is proving influential in helping organizations to measure forest carbon. He is currently helping international climate scientist Bill Moomaw advocate for the importance of protecting our existing forests all over the world (Proforestation). This event is co-sponsored with Kestrel Land Trust. Space is limited-RSVP at link below.
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MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle
1:00 pm

Landscape Archaeology and Clay Histories in Pucará, Peru
April 24, 2023
with Liz Klarich, Smith College, Archaeology. Part of the Landscape Studies LSS 100 speakers program.
Hillyer Art Complex-Graham Hall
3:05 pm

The Snow Leopard and the Goat: Human Wildlife Conflict in Anthropological Perspective
April 24, 2023
This lecture by Shafqat Hussain examines the uneven distribution of costs and benefits involved in snow leopard conservation and shows that for the conservation of nature to be successful, the vision, interests, and priorities of those most affected by conservation policies―in this case, local farmers―must be addressed.
Seelye 201
4:15 pm

Becoming Carbon Neutral: Smith's Geothermal Energy Project
April 25, 2023
Smith College is committed to being carbon neutral by 2030 and addressing heating and cooling is key to our success. Join us in CEEDS for some sweets and treats and learn more about our plans for achieving that goal using geothermal energy, renewable electricity, operational transformations, and community engagement. This event is open to all staff, faculty and students. Bring your questions!
CEEDS
4:15 pm

Sustainable Energy Lunch Learn In: Biofuels
April 26, 2023
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

Events Off Campus

Earth Day Workshop at the Food Bank Farm
April 22, 2023
Celebrate Earth Day on The Food Bank Farm! Volunteers will be planting trees and picking up trash. The trees will be planted as a permanent wind barrier to protect soil and farm beds. Volunteers will pick up the remaining trash from previous years of neglect before The Food Bank purchased the farm . Not only will you take care of the earth, but also learn about The Food Bank Farm’s mission to food sovereignty and dedication to sustainable farming.To sign up, email Amanda Reynolds at amandar @foodbankwma.org.
The Food Bank Farm in Hadley
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Apocalypse: Science & Myth Gallery Opening/Reception
April 22, 2023
Meet artist in residence Suzette Marie Martin as she showcases new work that layers data from climate and environmental research with the Biblical tale of banishment from paradise to reveal the eco-anxieties that link the past and the present. Free and open to the public. Free parking is available at 650 E. Pleasant Street, Amherst MA 01002.
Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Investigating Delays: What Temporal Variation in EPA Action under CERCLA Suggests About Equity
May 1, 2023
Senior Jane Andrews '23 presents her ES&P Honors work that investigates action by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in order to better understand what it reveals about equity. Lunch provided. All welcome.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
12:15 pm

Housing Affordability: A Planner's Perspective
May 1, 2023
with Elizabeth Esposito '13, APA. Part of the Landscape Studies LSS 100 speakers program.
Hillyer Art Complex-Graham Hall
3:05 pm

ES&P Presents: Sustainable Solutions Capstone Projects
May 2, 2023
Support senior Environmental Science and Policy majors as they share their capstone research projects; lunch provided. Grace Moorhead, Michka Nyamsuren, and Sam Tower present "Planning Our Last Steps Towards Carbon Neutrality"; Genesis Canizales, Kate Nash, and Lesley Tilghman present on "A Campus for Future Climates: Adaptation and Resilience in the Smith Landscape"; and Mariana Salazar and Jenna Stanley present "Guiding Smith Towards Climate Justice."
CEEDS
12:15 pm

Geothermal Project Tour
May 3, 2023
Have you been wondering what all the construction around campus is about? 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 5/4 at the same time. Open to all Smith community members.
Meet at the Elm St entrance to the Campus Center
4:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

The People’s Science Fair
April 28, 2023
The People's Science Fair, organized by Western Mass Science for the People, will showcase diverse efforts by Western Massachusetts residents to harness STEM for social, economic, racial, environmental, climate, and cultural justice. Participants will include campus-based researchers with justice-oriented projects, grassroots organizers whose work involves STEM knowledge, and student activists committed to building a just future. Tables will represent a wide range of projects and offer many opportunities for cross-pollination between: sustainable agriculture and farmworker justice; demilitarization and climate action; community-based medicine and health equity; science education, the arts, and social justice; labor unions and anti-racist organizing in STEM; prison and police abolition, and building systems for community care; history, anthropology, and science activism and much more! Smith co-sponsors include ES&P, CEEDS and Jandon. For updated information see the link below:
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Between the Campus Pond and Du Bois Library -- coincides with Founders' Day Cookout and Student Farmers' Market!
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm