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Events at Smith

Field Station Friday: Jamming in the Field
September 29, 2023
Bring your own instrument, we’ll bring the local jam and Hungry Ghost bread! We'll have one van leaving at 3:30 and another 4:15; sign up for a spot at the link below. Part of our Field Station Fridays series.
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MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle
3:30 pm to 7:15 pm

A Skill You Didn't Know You Needed to Know: HANDS ON Environmental and Species Modeling
October 2, 2023
In this second of two workshops, ES&P major Kaila Frazer '24 will lead the group in creating their own models. (See also September 25) These events are perfect for everyone interested in ecology, wildlife biology or climate science; all welcome. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

Climate Action to Climate Justice: Lessons from city and institutional planning
October 2, 2023
by Leah Bamberger, Director of Northeastern University's Climate Justice + Sustainability Hub. Prior to joining Northeastern, Leah was the Director of Sustainability for the City of Providence, RI, where she led a city-wide climate justice planning initiative. She will share her great expertise in both institutional and municipal planning. This talk is part of the ENX 100 Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field lecture series. All are welcome!
Neilson Library room 102
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm

Presentation of the Concentrations
October 3, 2023
Get more information about the concentrations at Smith (including the Environmental Concentration) and enjoy pizza and dessert with us, too! Register at the link below.
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Carroll Room, Campus Center 208
12:15 pm to 2:10 pm

Events Off Campus

Clean Energy Incentives for All: A Public Forum & Discussion
September 27, 2023
A live and virtual discussion about Massachusetts and Federal rebates and incentives available for individuals, homeowners, renters, businesses, municipalities, and non-profit organizations. Exhibitors and reception starts at 5:45 pm; panel discussion starts at 6:30 pm. There will be special opening remarks by Anthony Gulluni, Hampden County District Attorney. The panel speakers will be Paul Mark, MA State Senator, Jonathan Schrag, MA Deputy Climate Chief, Larry Chretien, CEO of Green Energy Consumer Alliance, and Beth Spong, CEO of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee. Click on the link below for more information, to register, or to access the livestream.
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Wilson Hall, Westfield State University
5:45 pm

Lumad Struggle Lecture: "Under Attack: Fighting for land, livelihood and self-determination
October 2, 2023
under the Philippines’ de-facto Martial Law" with Jeany Rose Hayahay, awardee of the 2023 Frontline Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. Jeany will share her experiences as an educator and advocate for indigenous peoples’ and human rights in the midst of increasing repression and human rights violations in the Philippines. All are welcome at this talk.
Center for Humanistic Inquiry (The Lyceum, Amherst College)
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Events at Smith

A visit with Ambassador Dessima Williams, the President of the Senate of Grenada
October 4, 2023
Ambassador Williams is the former Ambassador to the UN from Grenada, and has also served as a Strategic Adviser to Oxfam on Climate Change and the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to the UN. She holds a Ph.D. from American University and has taught at Brandeis University and Williams College. Ambassador Williams will discuss the specific challenges facing Grenada and other AOSIS members, especially in the Caribbean. She will also address Grenada’s hosting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the run-up to the COP 28 meeting in Dubai at the end of November. This is a special opportunity to hear Ambassador Williams’ unique and important global perspective. The event is supported by the Government Department's Wiley Fund and the Environmental Science and Policy Program's Strickler Fund. Join the Zoom via the link below.
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Seelye 201 OR via Zoom
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

Events Off Campus

Film Screening: Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
October 10, 2023
Join Filmmakers Collaborative and Kestrel Land Trust for the Massachusetts premiere of this award-winning documentary film that tells the story of the legendary Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall, who served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and became a towering—yet humble—figure in the 20th century American conservation movement. Udall was an early campaigner for both environmental protection and social justice, encouraging JFK, LBJ and Ladybird Johnson to become conservation leaders themselves. Through his bipartisan statesmanship, more lands and waters were protected as national parks, national wildlife refuges, and national seashores during his tenure as Interior Secretary than under any other leader in that position. Udall was directly responsible for the passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the establishment of a National Trails program. He was also one of the earliest leaders at the federal level to warn about the looming dangers of climate change. The film screening will be followed by a panel conversation with writer/director John de Graaf, consulting producer Laurence Cotton; biographer Thomas Smith, Stewart Udall’s personal aide, Sharon Francis moderated by Kestrel Land Trust executive director, Kristin DeBoer. Tickets may be purchased online at the Academy of Music’s website (link below) or at the Box Office in person or by phone at 413-584-9032 ext. 105. Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 3-6 PM. Children & Students may attend for FREE
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The Academy of Music
7:00 pm

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"Deborah Jack: the water between us remembers, so we carry this history on our skins,
October 11, 2023
long for a sea-bath and hope that the salt will heal what ails us (2018)" On view through February 4, 2024. How do memory, place, nature, and the afterlives of slavery and colonialism connect? What possibilities do video (as a medium) and beauty (as an aesthetic approach) offer artists interested in these connections? In the water between us remembers…, an immersive video installation now on view in SCMA's Video and New Media Gallery, artist Deborah Jack takes up these questions and contends with past and present representations of the Caribbean as a tropical paradise. More information at the link below. Admission to the museum is free to all.
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Smith College Museum of Art
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal
October 11, 2023
Robert Pollin, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will describe a broad program to move the global economy onto a viable climate stabilization path and to accomplish this in a way that also expands decent job opportunities and raises mass living standards for working people and the poor throughout the world. This overarching aim is captured within the idea of a Global Green New Deal. This is an Environmental Science and Policy Program event; lunch is provided.
Center for the Environment, Wright Hall garden-level
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

Food Rescue Conference Watch Party
October 12, 2023
The only conferenced focused solely on fresh & innovative food recovery solutions. Livestreamed October 12 & 13. New sessions begin every hour. Find more information and preregister on the link below, or drop in anytime.
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Hatfield 202
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Multiplying Power: Image as Protest in Prints and Photographs
October 12, 2023
This installation displays a range of prints and photographs from the SCMA collection whose circulation documents and sparks social change. Primarily made in the United States during the 20th and 21st century, these works engage with issues of racial justice, civil rights, gay liberation, feminism, Indigenous land rights, and environmental justice, among others. Activists and artists continue to work together to transform our world everyday-- creating and sharing images on social media, digital journalism, and in public spaces. On view through January 2024, the museum is open and free for all. More information at link below.
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Smith College Museum of Art
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

ES&P Lunchbag: Exploring Career Paths
October 12, 2023
Staff from the Lazarus Center for Career Development will lead an exploration of methods and resources for identifying job opportunities and career paths related to environmental science and policy, go over graduate school options and key planning steps and more. All majors welcome; lunch provided.
Center for the Environment, Wright Hall garden-level
12:15 pm

Botanic Garden Summer Internships Q&A Session
October 12, 2023
Learn about summer opportunities available through the Botanic Garden. These include internships at Kew Gardens in London, England, in molecular biology, conservation genetics and bioinformatics, and internships based at Smith in horticulture and public gardens management.
Lyman 111
4:30 pm

Food Rescue Conference Watch Party
October 13, 2023
The only conferenced focused solely on fresh & innovative food recovery solutions. Livestreamed October 12 & 13. New sessions begin every hour. Find more information and preregister on the link below, or drop in anytime.
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CEEDS
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

CEEDS' Annual Cider Pressing & Heirloom Apple Tasting
October 14, 2023
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 for Family Weekend!
Next to Chapin loading dock
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Environmental Study Abroad Info Session
October 16, 2023
All students interested in studying abroad with a program that has an environmental focus should plan to attend this information session -- regardless of your Smith major or minor. Angelo Pisano, Study Abroad Coordinator, will provide an overview of the different types of programs available, and Environmental Science & Policy majors who studied abroad last year will share a bit about their experiences. Lunch provided. Hosted by ES&P, CEEDS & the Lewis Global Studies Center
Center for the Environment, Wright Hall garden-level
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm

The role of corporate environmental advocacy in the climate crisis
October 16, 2023
by Laura Draucker, Climate and Energy Director of Corporate Climate Action with Ceres, a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Laura supports the Ceres Commit to Climate initiative in strengthening and deepening corporate uptake of robust GHG emission reduction targets aligned with science and the Paris Agreement. This talk is part of the ENX 100 Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field lecture series. All are welcome!
Neilson Browsing Room
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm

Plant Clinic at Lyman
October 17, 2023
Need to repot a plant or get some support in helping your plant thrive? The Botanic Garden of Smith College (BG) is happy to help! BG horticulturists and student educators will be on-hand to answer your questions.
Lyman 112
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Cloud Archives and the Geopolitics of Climate Change
October 12, 2023
Yuriko Furuhata, associate professor at McGill University and author of Climatic Media: Transpacific Experiments in Atmospheric Control, will connect the aesthetic history of mushroom cloud imageries to the history of American military’s nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands, and ask how these intertwined histories in the Pacific can help us rethink the politics of climate change. Please join us for this distinguished lecture with a post-talk discussion moderated by Professor Nozomi Nakaganeku Saito and reception. Hosted by the Film and Media Studies Program.
Amherst College Lyceum (197 South Pleasant Street, Amherst)
4:30 pm