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Past EPN Events

  1. EPN Breakfast Event - Thursday, September 19, 2024 Ohio Public Interest Environmental Law Conference with the Ohio Environmental Council

    Sep 19, 2024, 7:15am - 3:30pm

  2. Coal Transitions: An Ecosystem Restoration and Cultural History Tour of Ohio’s Coal Country

    Jul 19, 2024, 7:30am - 5:00pm

    This program featured Genelle Uhrig (director of ecology, The Wilds), Jeff Large (naturalist supervisor, Hocking Hills State Park), Tyler McDaniel (president, Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council) and Cheryl Blosser (historian, Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council).

  3. 99 years of science and learning on Ohio’s Gibraltar

    Jun 11, 2024, 7:00am - 5:00pm

    This in-person only event featured Dr. Brian Alford (assistant director, Stone Laboratory) and Kevin Hart (lab manager, Stone Laboratory)

  4. Eat This Earth Day! Ohio's Native Plants for Food

    Apr 22, 2024, 4:45pm - 7:30pm

    This event featured Dr. Laura Deeter (Sandy and Andy Ross Endowed Director of the Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens), Nancy Linz (president, Ohio Native Plant Month; founder, National Native Plant Month), Debra Knapke (“The Garden Sage” teacher, lecturer, garden designer, consultant, and gardener), and Brad Lepper (senior archeologist, World Heritage Program, Ohio History Connection).

  5. Our North Coast: An insight into Intergovernmental stewardship to improve Lake Erie from Ontario to Ohio

    Mar 19, 2024, 7:15am - 11:45am

    This event featured Dr. John Lenhart (co-director, Ohio Water Resources Center), Dr. Chris Winslow (director, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, Ohio State), Heather Stirratt (director, International Joint Commission), Erika Jensen (executive director, Great Lakes Commission/Des Grands Lacs), Teresa Seidel (director, U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office), Josh Griffin (Lake Erie program manager, Ohio EPA), and Eric Saas (H2Ohio Wetland Initiative program manager, Ohio DNR).

  6. Yellowstone to Yukon: Enhancing Rocky Mountain animal migration through remote sensing and international collaboration

    Feb 13, 2024, 7:15am - 12:00pm

    This program featured Dr. Gil Bohrer (professor, Ohio State’s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering), Sarah Davidson (data curator, Movebank; coordinator, Room2Roam project), Dr. Roland Kays (research professor, North Carolina State University’s Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources; lab head, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences), and Dr. Jodi Hilty (president and chief scientist, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative).

  7. Recognition of historical injustices in agriculture and the importance of environmental experiences for racial healing

    Jan 16, 2024, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This event featured Dr. Kathy Lechman, (assistant dean and director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Ohio State's College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences), Jera Oliver (senior director of development, Advancement-Development, Ohio State's Office of Diversity and Inclusion) and Dr. Gail P. Myers (founder, Farms to Grow, Inc.)

  8. Hemlock-ed In! From Cleveland’s parks to the Hocking Hills, meet our leaders conserving one of Ohio’s most spectacular evergreen trees

    Dec 5, 2023, 5:00pm - 7:30pm

    This event featured Stephanie Downs, southern region service forestry coordinator/NRCS liaison; Tom Macy, forest health program manager, Ohio Division of Forestry; Barbara Andreas, PhD, professor emeritus, plant biology, Kent State University; Constance Hausman, PhD, senior conservation science manager, Cleveland Metroparks; Derrick Cooper, the Grand River restoration coordinator, The Nature Conservancy; and was moderated by Dave Apsley. 

  9. Plastics, we got your number! New circular economy approaches unveiling potential to make a difference

    Nov 14, 2023, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Josh Knights (director of partnerships, Sustainability Institute at Ohio State), Aryeh Alex (sustainability manager, Division of Refuse Collection, City of Columbus, and executive director, Keep Columbus Beautiful), Andrew Booker (programs manager, Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio), Mary Leciejewski (zero waste manager, Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services, The Ohio State University), Rebecca Reichenbach (recycling marketing manager, Rumpke Waste & Recycling), Brian King (executive vice president of marketing, product management and sustainability, Advanced Drainage Systems), and Christian Blanco (PhD, assistant professor of operations and business analytics, The Ohio State University).

  10. Designing Circular Economy Strategies from within the Textiles and Fashion Industries

    Oct 10, 2023, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Lisa Goldsand (founder, Circular Thrift, LLC), Steven Bethell, (co-founder, Bank & Vogue), Dr. Connie Ulasewicz (professor emerita of apparel design and merchandising, San Francisco State University), Carmen Gama (director of circular design, Eileen Fisher), Luke Henning, (chief business officer, Circ), and Dr. Tasha Lewis, clinical associate professor, Ohio State's Department of Human Sciences). 

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