Water, Community, Action

January 8, 5:00 pm

Geoff Buckley, Geography – Ohio University
Dr. Buckley’s research lies in the nexus of historical geography and environmental history. With an interest in resource conservation and sustainability management of public lands, environmental justice and the evolution of mining landscapes, Dr. Buckley has conducted research on coal mining in Appalachia and has been involved with the Baltimore Ecosystem Sudy.

Kaabe Shaw, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Natalie Kruse, Voinovich School, Ohio University
Dr. Kruse’s research interests include post-industrial pollution, hydogeochemistry of mine water production, engineering low energy min water remediation systems and alternative energy. Most recently, she has researched mine water remediation in Northern England, geothermal energy explotation in England and Montserrat, interactions between groundwater and and an acive volcano on the island of Montserrat, pollutant transport in the Allemendares River in Cuba and modeling particulate air pollution resulting from open-cast coal mines in India.

Amber Leasure-Earnhardt, Sunday Creek Watershed Group
Leasure-Earnhardt graduated in 2006 from Geneva College with a major in political science and a minor in environmental science. She has worked as an assistant watershed coordinator for the Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnership in which she worked to restore a watershed that has been negatively impacted by acid mine drainage from poor mining pratices. She currently serves as the Watershed Coordinator at the Sunday Creek Watershed Group.

Brian Blair, Sunday Creek Watershed Group

From Local to Global: Scaling Up the Water Management Infrastructure

January 14, 5:00 pm

Michele Morrone, Voinovicb Center
Dr. Morrone is the Associate Professor Director in Environmental studies at the Environmental Health Sciences Voinovich School of Leadership & School of Health Sciences Public Affairs at Ohio University.

Dan Imhoff, Ohio EPA
Dan Imhoff is a researcher, author, and independent publisher who has concentrated for nearly 20 years on issues related to farming, the environment, and design. Dan is the president and co-founder of Watershed Media, a non-profit publishing house based in Heraldsburg, California. He is the presiden and a co-founder of of the Wild Farm Alliance, an organization that works to promote agriculture systems that support and accommodate wild nature. For ten years, he has been the co-host of a monthly Farm and Garden radio show on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting with his long-time friend, biodynamic apple farmer Tim Bates.

Bernhard Debatin, Journalism, Ohio University
Bernhard Debatin teaches courses in online journalism, media ethics and theoretical/conceptual topics. Since Summer 2005, he has been serving as the Director of Studies in the Journalism HTC program. Hi s research areas include new media and online journalism, media ethics, international media, mass media theory, theory of the public sphere, sommunication theory, and metaphor theory.