Past EPN Events

  1. Time to Act on Climate Change: April 20, 2022

    Apr 20, 2022, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

    This program featured Sophia Buggs (owner, Lady Buggs Farm, and Mahoning Food Access Coordinator), Jennifer Morris (chief executive officer, The Nature Conservancy), Kristina M. Johnson, PhD. (president, The Ohio State University).

  2. And Water for All: A World Water Day documentary film screening and discussion on water access and affordability in Ohio

    Mar 22, 2022, 7:15am - 11:45am

    This program featured Ramiro Berardo, PhD., (associate professor of environmental and natural resource policy, SENR), Linda Weavers, PhD., (co-director, Ohio Water Resources Center (OWRC)), Melissa Menerey (Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and board president, Water Management of Ohio (WMAO)), Manny Teodoro, PhD., (associate professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison),  Ken J. Heigel, P.E., (executive director, Ohio Water Development Authority), and Pete Bucher, (managing director of water policy, Ohio Environmental Council).

  3. Coyotes, Coffee, and Carnivores: Finding human-animal coexistence in a crowded world

    Feb 15, 2022, 7:30am - 9:30am

    This program featured Tom Schmid (president and CEO, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium), José Vicente López Bao, Ph.D., (Universidad de Oviedo-Campus de Mieres (Spain)), Stan Gehrt, Ph.D., (professor of wildlife ecology and extension wildlife specialist, Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources), and Madeline Winans (program coordinator, Ohio State’s Center for Human-Animal Interactions Research and Education).

  4. Sustainable Investing: Decarbonizing portfolios and financing green development

    Jan 18, 2022, 8:00am - 10:00am

    This program featured Satyajit Bose, PhD., (professor of practice, sustainability management, Columbia University), Andrew Shea (global sustainable finance, Morgan Stanley) and Sandy Nessing (managing director for corporate sustainability, American Electric Power).

  5. Restoring Streams and Wetlands – Whose Job Is It Anyway?

    Dec 7, 2021, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Mary Mertz (director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources), Gail Hesse (Great Lakes water program director, National Wildlife Federation), Mark Dilley (professional wetland scientist and founder/co-owner, MAD Scientist Associates), and Brian Tornes (environmental division director and environmental engineer, Burgess & Niple).

  6. The Limits to Growth, Revisited

    Nov 16, 2021, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Gaya Herrington, (director, advisory, Sustainability Services, KPMG US), Sandy Doyle-Ahern, (president, EMH&T), and Josh Knights, (director of partnerships, Sustainability Institute at The Ohio State University) 

  7. Growing the Future of Agriculture: Conversations with Black Farmers and Educators

    Oct 12, 2021, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Cathann A. Kress, PhD. (vice president for agricultural administration and dean, CFAES), Yolanda Owens (chief cultivator, Forage + Black, president of the CFAES Alumni Society Board), Ariella Brown (associate director, Gender Equity Programs & Education, Antioch College), Omope Carter Daboiku (farm manager, Edgemont Solar Garden and CSUx Beginning Farmer Incubator), and Kenisha Robinson (regenerative farming fellow, Agraria and owner, Nourganic Life Farm).

  8. Resilient through Fire

    Sep 14, 2021, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Elena Irwin, PhD, (distinguished professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in Economics & Sustainability in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and faculty director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State), Roger A. Williams, PhD, (associate professor, Forest Ecosystem Analysis and Management and affiliated faculty, Sustainability Institute, and the Institute for Chinese Studies), and Jack McGowan-Stinski, MS, (program manager for the Lake States Fire Science Consortium).

  9. Greening Engagement: Parks and Community Partnerships

    Jul 13, 2021, 10:00am - 12:15pm

    This program featured Joshua Simon (coordinator, Diversity, and Inclusion, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks)

  10. Hear us ROAR: Bioregional restoration of central Ohio’s ecological systems

    Jun 4, 2021, 10:00am - 11:30am

    This program featured Daniel Christian Wahl, PhD. (author of Designing Regenerative Cultures) and ROAR Academy leaders.

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