One of our greatest assets in the journey to undo the major human drivers of climate change and facilitate ecosystem restoration is one another. Joining in with our community, creating time to recognize what we do individually and collectively in our environmental work is a great way to re-charge this Earth Week.
We are thrilled to host Ohio State’s Signature Earth Day event, in collaboration with the University’s Undergraduate Student Government Sustainability Committee, the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State, and Ohio State Extension, inside the Ohio Union’s US Bank Conference Theater and virtually through an EPN livestream production.
This program, Time to Act on Climate Change, is a chance to reconnect with your network, rekindle your love for nature, and continue to grow and be inspired in your work. This is a free event for all and does not require registration or payment.
Details at: go.osu.edu/epnapr22
For those joining virtually via the EPN YouTube platform please check out the agenda below:
6:00 p.m. Doors open to the Ohio Union’s US Bank Conference Theater (in-person audience) and livestream production via EPN’s YouTube platform opens (virtual audience).
6:10 p.m. Formal remarks begin and will be shared in the following order:
- Jeff Sharp, PhD., director, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
- Footprints in the Himalayas, a video produced by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.
- Cathann A. Kress, PhD., vice president for agricultural administration and dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
- Kristina M. Johnson, PhD., president, The Ohio State University.
- 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.
- Jennifer Morris, chief executive officer, The Nature Conservancy (Ms. Morris’s remarks will be delivered pre-recorded, virtually, the only presentation tonight not occurring live inside the US Bank Conference Theater).
6:50 p.m. Earth Day Keynote Presentation by Sophia Buggs, owner, Lady Buggs Farm, and Mahoning Food Access Coordinator.
7:10 p.m. Question and answer session with Ms. Buggs with both in-person and livestream audiences.
Ms. Buggs’s environmental work and intentional community building in the Mahoning Valley will inspire you and help you to re-align and grow in your sustainability practice and journey.
7:30 p.m. Program concludes.
Details at: go.osu.edu/epnapr22
We are excited to welcome those arriving early this evening in-person to the Ohio Union for student-based networking, conversations, and poster presentations. That activity will directly proceed into the 6 p.m. Theater Event. Let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you, and Happy Earth Week!
Joe Campbell and Cecil Okotah
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