The Sept. 14 breakfast program by the Environmental Professionals Network, a service of the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources, will look at being metaphorically and ecologically “Resilient Through Fire.”
On Campus
‘Sound science-based advice’
Elena Irwin, pictured, CFAES Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and faculty director of Ohio State’s Sustainability Institute, has been named one of the 47 members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board.
Lots to see, learn at Gwynne Conservation Area: Farm Science Review 2021
There’s a place you can go to discover such things as:
- How grazing goats can help control invasive plants in your woods.
- How to call turkeys, identify frogs, stock your pond with the best types of fish, and grow your own edible mushrooms in a bucket.
- How and when to harvest timber, and what today’s volatile lumber prices can mean for you and your woods.
- How to identify the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species new to Ohio that can damage your fruit and shade trees and grape vines.
If you want to learn more about woods, water, wildlife, and grazing lands—and walk among them while you do it—check out the Gwynne Conservation Area at this year’s Farm Science Review.
CFAES sustainability news, July 23, 2021
National Geographic, July 22; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Marion Star, July 18; Whitney Gherman, OSU Extension
Cleveland.com, July 16; featuring Chris Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory
CFAES sustainability news, July 1, 2021
How to protect species and save the planet—at once
Wired, June 10; featuring Daniela Miteva, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Bill seeks to overturn protections for ephemeral streams; experts say water quality will suffer
Columbus Dispatch, June 2; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources and director, Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
‘Know more, waste less’
“As future leaders in the food and agriculture industry, we believe it is our social responsibility to consume and produce food in a conscientious manner.”
So says CFAES PhD student Aishwarya Badiger in our latest CFAES Story, which looks at her work with Know Food Waste, an award-winning CFAES student group.
Ohio State hosts UK diplomats for climate change discussion
From Ohio State News: Representatives of local government, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and Ohio State gathered on Wednesday, June 2, to share climate successes and insight with United Kingdom diplomatic leaders as they prepare to host the U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, in November.
During the discussion, Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson highlighted the university’s climate change research, including the work of Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science with CFAES.
CFAES sustainability news, May 28, 2021
Nature can save humanity from climate doom—but not on its own
Wired, May 25; featuring Daniela Miteva, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Appreciate, don’t fear, the ‘bugs of history’
Farm and Dairy, May 24; featuring Joe Boggs, OSU Extension
Scientists urge restoration of federal gray wolf protections
Associated Press and Holland (Michigan) Sentinel, May 15; featuring Jeremy Bruskotter, School of Environment and Natural Resources
CFAES sustainability news, May 25, 2021
Opinion: Bill aims to strip away water safeguards and hang Ohioans out to dry
Columbus Dispatch, May 14; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources and Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
New hope for killing algae blooms
Trade Only Today, May 6; featuring Heather Raymond, CFAES Water Quality Initiative
The honor of a name
Yesterday, May 18, in a surprise ceremony, the CFAES Carbon Management and Sequestration Center was officially renamed to include the name of its founding director, Rattan Lal. Lal, pictured during the ceremony, is Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science in the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources.