Building a more sustainable and resilient future for all
The Sustainability Institute integrates, supports and leads sustainability across the university to:
• Promote sustainability and resilience teaching and learning • Catalyze interdisciplinary research that drives discovery and innovation • Engage public and private sector partners to develop and apply sustainable solutions • Integrate sustainability scholarship with campus activities to engage students in research and experiential learning • Provide a competitive advantage in attracting exceptional new talent, students, partnerships and resources
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The Sustainability Institute at Ohio State Today, our planet’s life support systems are rapidly transforming. The ecosystems that sustain us are fluctuating, due to continued population growth, resource consumption, environmental degradation and climate change. As a society, we stand at a crossroads between a sustainable and resilient future and one that leaves future generations to deal with unprecedented environmental change, resource scarcities and growing social inequities. At Ohio State, we are poised to make lasting contributions to solving many of the world’s most complex and pervasive challenges. Our interdisciplinary research capacity, culture of problem solving and strategic partnerships with private industry, public agencies and non-governmental organizations offer countless opportunities to create transformational change in Ohio and around the world. The time to act is now. View the Sustainability Institute brochure Read the Sustainability Institute Strategic Plan View the 2019-2020 Ohio State Sustainability Achievements brochure Ohio State University Sustainability Goals
About The Sustainability Institute Ohio State is a comprehensive land-grant research university with hundreds of faculty in sustainability, thousands of passionate students, an enduring land-grant mission, and a strong commitment to sustainability in its campus operations. We are dedicated to leveraging our research and knowledge to enable more sustainable and resilient communities in Ohio, our nation and the global community. Over 600 faculty and research scientists are engaged in sustainability research; we teach more than 1,000 courses that support sustainability learning; and we are engaged in Ohio communities and around the world to improve social, economic and environmental conditions.
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Energy Transition & Decarbonization Symposium, Feb. 10-11
January 21, 2021
The Sustainability Institute invites you to its inaugural energy symposium: Energy Transition and Decarbonization, online Feb. 10-11. Join us as we explore the monumental challenges in the needed energy transition, interdisciplinary research at Ohio State to advance sustainability energy, and steps the university is taking to address climate change.
Keynote speakers
Robert Socolow, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Scott W. Tinker, Ph.D., Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, and Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Michael E. Webber, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Technology Officer, ENGIE
Organized by Ohio State Sustainability Institute Sustainable Energy Research Leads:
David Cole and Associate Professor Jeffrey Bielicki
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