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Events at Smith 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. More... Chapin Lawn (or Campus Center main level if weather is bad) 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm		Events at Smith 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. More... MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm 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 Events Off Campus 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. More... Webinar - register at link above 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm 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. More... Via Zoom. 7:00 pm		Events at Smith 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 "Deborah Jack: the water between us remembers, so we carry this history on our skins, February 4, 2024 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. More... Smith College Museum of Art 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Lecture with Gareth Doherty, Landscape Architect, Harvard GSD February 5, 2024 Part of the spring semester Landscape Studies LSS 100 speakers program. Hillyer Art Complex, Graham Hall 3:05 pm to 4:45 pm Negotiating to Solve Our Climate Crisis February 8, 2024 Dimitra Prassa �25 will lead a playful simulation of global climate policies that might just change how you think about climate solutions. Lunch provided. CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:15 pm Events Off Campus The Links Between Consumer Choices and Aquatic Toxicity in our Watersheds February 8, 2024 Stroll the aisles of your local home improvement or grocery store and you�ll see countless products that are marketed for use at home � from car wash, to weed control, to pet flea and tick protectants. In this Association of Women in Water, Energy, and Environment (AWWEE) webinar, you�ll learn how these products and others are among the often-unexpected ways that urban pollutants enter and impact our watersheds, and what we can do to be more mindful of what we�re using in our homes, on our pets, in our yards, and on our hardscapes. Registration is open now at the link below: More... Virtual- see link below 11:00 am to 12:00 pm