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Please join us for an environmental leadership workshop offered as a pilot of the Ohio Environmental Leaders Institute. The Institute is in development now to create a forum for learning and constructive dialogue exclusively for public, private and not-for-profit environmental leaders across Ohio to address contemporary environmental and natural resources issues.

We hope that you will choose to be a part of this day long workshop on Friday Dec. 9 2011 at the Ohio 4H Center.

Program highlights include:


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Friday December 9, 2011
9:00-4:00
The Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center (LEED certified building)
2201 Fred Taylor Drive
Columbus, Ohio

Hosted by
OSU Extension and the School of Environment and Natural Resources
The Ohio State University

Cost: The cost for the day is $25 (pay at the door with check or cash).

Coffee, refreshments, and lunch from Cameron Mitchell's catering will be provided at no additional cost.

For more information, please contact:
Anne Baird baird.41@osu.edu
Joe Bonnell bonnell.8@osu.edu
Maggie Lewis lewis.933@osu.edu

Agenda

8:30

Check-in

 

9:00

Welcome
Ken Martin, Associate Director, Programs; Department Chair, Ohio State University Extension

 

9:30

World Café discussion: What would leadership look like in a sustainable society?

 

10:45

Break

 

11:00

Exploring Environmental Leadership: Collaborating Across Sectors and Issues
Sandra Nessing, Managing Director, Sustainability Strategy and Design at American Electric Power
Erin Miller, Environmental Steward, City of Columbus
Joseph Fiksel, Executive Director Center for Resilience, The Ohio State University
Bill Stanley, Director of Conservation and Assistant State Director, The Nature Conservancy

 

12:15

Lunch

 

1:00

Leading for Regeneration: Restore the Present - Redesign the Future
Going beyond sustainability in business, education, and community, John Hardman, Ph.D., Founder, Regenerative Organizations, LLC.

 

2:15

Break

 

2:30

Skill Building for Collaboration

 

3:30

Wrap up and evaluation
Ron Hendrick, Director, School of Environment and Natural Resources

 

Registration for the workshop on Friday Dec. 9 2011 is now closed.