CFAES’s outreach arm, OSU Extension, is co-sponsoring a statewide land-use planning conference on Jan. 11. It’s called Linking Land Use and the Economy: Our Land, Our Water, Our Future (subtitle: “A Conference Exploring Tools and Trends”) and is for local government officials, planning and economic development professionals, and the development community. Get the program brochure with complete speaker, topic, and registration details here (pdf).
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‘Earthwise’? Watch it if you missed it
A screencast of Cal DeWitt’s (University of Wisconsin; author of Earth-wise) talk this past Friday, “Challenges of Earth Stewardship,” is now available (computer slides, audio, 21:46). He and northern Ohio Amish farmer/author David Kline (Great Possessions) spoke as part of the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program’s winter seminar series, and both spoke further in Wooster, Columbus, or both on a busy short visit by DeWitt to Ohio.