Past EPN Events

  1. 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).

  2. 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).

  3. 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).

  4. 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) 

  5. 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).

  6. 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).

  7. 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)

  8. 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.

  9. Signature Earth Day Event: Take Flight!

    Apr 21, 2021, 6:00pm - 7:15pm

    This program featured Doug Tallamy, PhD (T. A. Baker professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware), Jane Breckinridge (director, Euchee Butterfly Farm, and an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation), Rebecca Spach (director of vegetation management at FirstEnergy), and Gabe Karns, PhD (visiting assistant professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University).

  10. Equity strategies in water affordability for marginalized communities

    Mar 9, 2021, 10:00am - 12:30pm

    This program featured Crystal M.C. Davis (vice president of policy and strategic engagement, Alliance for the Great Lakes), Constance Haqq, (chief administrative officer, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District), and  Betsy Taylor, PhD (founding director and cultural anthropologist, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network). 

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