Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

The main goal for this symposium is to engage OWU students, faculty and staff, and Central Ohio residents on how the environment and climate relates to economics. 

2025 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

"Efficient Conservation: A Conversation with Two GLCA Graduates About Using Data To Maximize Environmental Impact"

February 27th, 2025 at 9 AM

Merrick Hall, Room 301 

Livestream Link 

Environmental protection is not free and it often requires substantial governmental or philanthropic funding. This panel presentation will cover how data can be used in a variety of careers to maximize environmental impact in a time of uncertain or limited budgets. The event will conclude with an opportunity for audience members to pose questions to the panelists, who are both graduates of GLCA liberal arts colleges.

2024 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

"Improvving Water Quality in Ohio: Efficient Policies and Local Programs"

2/29/2024

Watch Livestream Here


Moderator: Will Georgic
Assistant Professor in Economics & Business
Panelist: Lisa Roberts
Watershed and Sustainability Coordinator, City of Delaware
Panelist: Brent Sohngen
Professor of Environmental & Resource Economics, The Ohio State University

 

2023 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

"Climate Change and the Economy: Projecting the Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"

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02/22/2023 Will Georgic
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Ohio Wesleyan University 
  Andrew Busch
Economic Futurist; Former CMIO, U.S. Government; Author
  Rob Moore
Principal, Scioto Analysis

"Current Issues and Recent Innovations in Conventional and Alternative Sources of Energy"

02/27/2012 Gordon Aubrecht, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Marion Campus
  Sean Kinghorn
Energy Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator, Ohio Wesleyan University
  Paul A. Centolella
Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

"Water: Science, Economics, and Policy"

02/19/2013 George Elmaraghy, P.E.
Chief, Division of Surface Water, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  Nicholas Flores, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Department Chair
Faculty Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Economics
University of Colorado Boulder
  Douglas Southgate, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Director of the Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC)
Ohio State University

"Environmental Issues of the Developing World"

02/24/2014 Laurie Anderson. Ph.D.
Professor of Botany/Microbiology
Ohio Wesleyan University
  Douglas Southgate, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Director of the Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC)
Ohio State University

"A Tax on Carbon: Would it Work for Business, Consumers, and the Environment?"

2/18/2015 Laurie Anderson. Ph.D.
Professor of Botany/Microbiology
Ohio Wesleyan University
  Scott Nystrom, M.A.
Senior Econoimic Associate
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
  Ian Sheldon, Ph.D.
Andersons Professor of International Trade, Graduate Studies Leader, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
The Ohio State University