Speakers Program
The Speakers Program is a 2-credit course in Landscape Studies. It is offered as S/NC only and may be taken twice for credit. Three short papers and weekly readings related to the speakers' topics are required.
For more information, e-mail Nina Antonetti, Reid Bertone-Johnson, or Ann Leone
2012 Speaker Schedule
January 30 |
Reid Berton- Johnson, Lecturer, Landscape Studies, Smith College Introductory Lecture |
February 6 |
Keith Zaltzberg, Regenerative Design Group, Greenfield, MA Permaculture: Design for Social Change and Community (re)Development |
February 13 |
Deidre Heekin & Caleb Barber, Proprietors of "osteria pane e salute/la garagista", Woodstock, NY Prosperina Vine: A Portrait of a Natural Vineyard and the Quest for Terroir |
February 20 |
Rick Klein, The Bershire Group, Inc., Northampton, MA Attaining the Living Building Challenge: The Smith Bechtel Environmental Classroom |
February 27 |
Amy Rhodes, Associate Professor, Geosciences, Smith College Monitoring the Forests: What Do Scientists Do at Experimental Forests to Understand Environmental Change? |
March 5 |
LSS 100 Annual Lecture in Honor of John Burk, Emeritus-Biological Sciences, Smith College Jesse Bellemare, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Smith College An Ecological and Cultural History of the MacLeish Field Station |
March 12 |
Don Kroodsma, Professor Emeritus Biology Department, UMass-Amherst The Singing Life of Birds |
March 26 |
Dean Flower, Professor English Language & Literature, Smith College Inscribing the Oxbow: Local Landscape as Text |
April 2 |
Janet Milne, Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Tax Policy Institute, Vermont Law School The Law's Treasures and Traps |
April 9 |
The Mitia S. Sawhill Lecture Fund presents Ann Whiston, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, MIT Reading the Landscape |
April 16 |
Heidi Gilpin, Associate Professor, European Studies, Amherst College Thinking Through Movement: Landscaping Performance |
April 23
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Deidre Manning, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Smith College High Performance Buildings |
April 30 |
John Burk, Elsie Damon Simonds Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, Smith College Audubon's Garden: Landscapes and Plants in The Birds of America |
