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Light the Lawn: Upcycled Luminary Construction
January 19, 2024
Make winter a little brighter by creating a luminary out of a tin can! Materials and snacks provided. Sponsored by CEEDS and the Schacht Center for Health and Wellness. Limited spots due to supplies; sign up at the link below.
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Chapin Lawn (or Campus Center main level if weather is bad)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture: The Social Cost of Water Pollution
January 18, 2024
with Catherine Kling, Tisch University Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and faculty director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, at Cornell University. Professor Kling specializes in the economic valuation of ecosystem services, water quality concerns, and interdisciplinary integrated assessment modeling. She chairs the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences, to which she was elected in 2015. She is an elected fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resources Economists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She served for 10 years on the Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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via Zoom- register at link
9:00 am

Springfield Materials Recovery Facility Tour
January 18, 2024
The Springfield MRF is one of 9 materials recovery facilities (MRFs) in Massachusetts, and the only one owned by the Commonwealth. See how the MRF receives, sorts, and processes thousands of tons of recyclables each month. Why can’t the MRF take plastic bags, scrap metal, or light bulbs? How can Springfield take cartons but none of the other MRFs can? We will see why! We have a limit of 20 visitors, so register early (link below). Tours are free to MassRecycle members, and $25 for non-members.
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Springfield Materials Recovery Facility, 84 Birnie Ave, Springfield, MA
1:00 pm

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Field Station Friday: Luminaria Snowshoe or Hike
January 26, 2024
Join us for a magical snowshoe adventure along the trails at MacLeish Field Station! Snowshoes will be provided and your way will be lit by luminaria. Vans leave at 4:15 PM from Sage Hall circle. Sign up for a spot in the van at the link below.
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MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle
4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

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Noise: A Public Health Problem
January 26, 2024
In 2006, the US Surgeon General declared the "debate is over" – any form of secondhand smoke is harmful to health. Scientific evidence on harm from environmental noise has reached a similar tipping point. In the fifty plus years since environmental noise was first announced as a public health problem, little if any progress has been made in protecting the American public from its harmful effects largely due to the defunding of the federal Office of Noise Abatement and Control in 1982. Today, noise, labeled “the new secondhand smoke,” is threatening the health of one-third of all Americans. This informational session provides an overview of noise as a public health problem. It will discuss the state of the science on noise and its adverse health effects – auditory and non-auditory; Its nexus with climate and environmental impacts; worker and environmental justice issues; and the state of public policy.
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Webinar - register at link above
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

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Lecture with Laurie Sanders '88, Co-director, Historic Northampton
January 29, 2024
The first in the spring semester Landscape Studies LSS 100 speakers program.
Hillyer Art Complex, Graham Hall
3:05 pm to 4:45 pm

Field Station Friday: Black History Month Movie Screening
February 2, 2024
We're celebrating the start of Black History Month with a screening of the short documentary 'Breaking Trail' in the Campus Center. In the film, Emily Ford sets out with a borrowed sled dog to become the first woman and person of color to thru-hike the 1,200 mile Ice Age Trail in winter. As the journey tests their endurance, the duo embrace the unexpected kindness of strangers. Popcorn provided!
Campus Center 103/104
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

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Changing Climate, Land Conservation, and Northampton: Past, Present, and Future
January 31, 2024
A presentation by Scott Jackson, UMass Professor of Environmental Conservation. Northampton is fortunate to have extensive tracts of forest, a variety of wetland types, miles of streams, as well as the Mill and Connecticut Rivers. These wilder areas protect our water supplies, reduce the impact of storms, provide habitat for hundreds of species of plants and animals, and are places many of us like to explore. In this illustrated presentation, Scott Jackson, an expert on biodiversity conservation, will examine the past, present, and future of Northampton's wild landscapes. Jackson will describe new, objective tools and information sources that help identify and prioritize the areas that are the most "important" in terms of conservation and ecology, particularly in the face of climate change. These tools, many of which were first developed at UMass, are now available to cities, towns, and other organizations working on long-term regional conservation initiatives and climate resilience. Sponsored by Historic Northampton. Register at the link below.
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Via Zoom.
7:00 pm