EPN Connect

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A shared home for Ohio's environmental community

EPN Connect is designed to support collaboration, education, workforce development, and community engagement by giving Ohio’s environmental community a central place to connect and share information. EPN Connect is intended for people and organizations working at every level of Ohio’s environmental ecosystem.

With a free EPN Connect account, you can:

1 Search the network directory for contacts

Find professionals, researchers, community leaders, and more based on topic, location, or affiliation.

2 Share your work and get discovered

Showcase your projects and topics of focus, Ohio counties where you work, employment or volunteer affiliations, coalition memberships, and more.

3 Post your own events, jobs, and resources to the community

Broaden your organization’s reach by sharing events, job openings, and resources on EPN Connect, making them accessible to the full community.

Create Your Free Profile

Making your profile takes only five minutes. When you sign up, you'll be asked to share your name, email, home county, work topics, affiliations, social tags, and links. Once your account is approved by EPN Connect administrators, you'll be emailed a link to set your account password.

Join the network

Who should use EPN Connect?

For Environmental Professionals

Grow your network and expand your impact. Connect with peers, post jobs and events, share expertise, and discover opportunities to mentor, collaborate, and engage with Ohio’s environmental workforce.

Professionals

For Researchers

Discover collaborators, data, and engagement opportunities across Ohio. Share projects, find interdisciplinary partners, post resources, and connect your research to educators, practitioners, and communities.

Researchers

For K-12 Educators

Connect your classroom with Ohio’s environmental experts. Find professionals, events, resources, and career connections that support environmental education, workforce awareness, and student engagement.

Educators

For Students

Explore careers and opportunities in environmental and sustainability fields. Connect with professionals, attend events, and appreciate how classroom learning translates into real‑world work.

Students

For Volunteers

Discover volunteer opportunities, board openings, community projects, and organizations working to protect Ohio’s environment, no matter your background or experience level.

Volunteers

For Community Leaders

Build partnerships that support local environmental goals. Connect with experts, organizations, and resources to support your community‑based environmental initiatives.

Community Leaders

You can search by...

Topic

EPN Connect features 20 topic areas focused on Ohio‑relevant environmental, natural resource, and sustainability management priorities.

Discover topics

Social tag

Use social tags to find people by Ohio college or university alumni status, coalition group membership, and participation in EPN Connect–affiliated conferences.

Discover social tags

From the community

“EPN Connect will streamline my ability to find specialists who can support project development with authoritative information. By making these connections easier and faster, the platform has the potential to be a true gamechanger for our outreach and communication efforts.”

Jamey Emmert

Ohio Division of Wildlife

“At the Midwest Climate Collaborative, we believe that the right connection can transform a vision into an actionable solution. EPN Connect is more than a directory; it is a vital catalyst for regional action across Ohio and the Midwest. We encourage everyone in the environmental field in the state to plug into this network.”

Charis Egland-Smith

Midwest Climate Collaborative

“In my work focused on education and outreach for Montgomery County Environmental Services, I see real value in using EPN Connect to find collaborators, share opportunities and resources, and stay connected to events across the field. A centralized platform like this makes collaboration more accessible and intentional.”

Kelly Bohrer

Montgomery County Environmental Services

“As a student, EPN Connect allows me to cross the barrier between academics and the professional workspace. It provides me access to opportunities for my career that would otherwise be difficult to find. EPN Connect allows me to search for broad opportunities in niche areas.”

Samuel Baer

Student, Ohio Wesleyan University

“EPN Connect is going to be a great resource for our district teachers to connect with a professional who can visit their classroom in person, Zoom in, or support topics they are already teaching. I'm looking forward to using the upcoming events section for newsletters. This platform has great potential to enrich learning for Columbus City Schools students and teachers through meaningful, real-world connections”

Heather Allen

Elementary Curriculum Coordinator, Columbus City Schools

“I plan and attend many watershed-related events in Central Ohio. More often than not, I must choose between events scheduled on the same day. EPN Connect's community event calendar is a fantastic resource for event planners to keep from double-booking dates with other groups. EPN Connect is a way for all of us to get on the same page!”

Fred Milan

Del-Co Water Company

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Feedback? Ideas? Let the EPN team know what changes to make prior to our planned enhancements in 2027.

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EPN Connect is supported by funding from:

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

EPN is grateful for grant funding from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's "Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF)," which helped support the development of EPN Connect.

The Sustainability Institute at Ohio State

EPN thanks the Sustainability Institute (SI) at Ohio State University for sponsorship support that contributed to the web development of EPN Connect.

Learn about SI