Environment & Sustainability Department at OWU
Green Week
May Move Out
Food Recovery Network
OWU Sustainability Plan
Sustainability Task Force
ENVS 399 Sustainability Practicum
Delaware Run

Natural Locations around OWU

OWU E&S 2021 Updates & Efforts (PDF)

OWU has a strong E&S Department with three environmentally focused majors (Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography) and a broad range of environmental courses due to the program’s age (the first in Ohio, 1978). A significant array of diverse environmental and geospatial courses (GIS, remote sensing, drones) is something our peer institutions typically don’t have.

OWU has an unrivaled student engagement component with our OWU Connection and OWU Career Connection. Engagement (internships, funded student projects, many credit-bearing) is central to our E&S majors. We are ahead of many of our peer institutions in the breadth of such options for students.

OWU has long-term and productive partnerships with a range of regional partners, which provide diverse, engaging experiences for our majors. Partners include two organic farms (close to campus), the City of Delaware (environmental assessment, utilities, planning, fire department, etc.), the local water company, a county park system, private environmental consultants, etc. OWU is ahead of our peer institutions in having well-established, diverse partners where we can accommodate a broad range of student interests.

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AESS Listserv (sustainability jobs): Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Citizens Climate Lobby – Delaware, Ohio Chapter
College Sustainability Report Card
Columbus Sustainability Plan (Draft)
Delaware Community Market
Delaware County Friends of the Trail
Delaware Soil & Water Conservation District
Delaware State Park
Friends of the Big Walnut Creek & Tributaries
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed
Geology & Geography @ OWU
Global Village Collection
Green Bishop Awards
Green Cleaning: EPA's Safer Choice Program
Green Energy Ohio
Habitat for Humanity Restore
Highbanks Metro Park
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Monnett Memorial Garden
Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association
Olentangy River Watershed
Olentangy Watershed Alliance
OWU American Landscapes Course Connection
OWU Community Garden (Blog)
OWU Community Garden (Facebook)
OWU EREN – Ecological Research as Education Network
OWU Food Course Connection
OWU Jane Decker Arboretum
OWU Nature Preserves
OWU Sustainability Facebook Page
OWU Water Course Connection
OWU Wilderness Trek & Outdoor Ministry
OWU: Special Report on OWU Sustainability (2014)
Preservation Parks of Delaware Ohio
Price Farms Organics
Pure & Simple Natural Products
Simply Living
Stratford Ecological Center
Sustainable Delaware (Ohio)
Sustainable Endowments Institute
Waste Not Center
Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs – Sustainability
What is Sustainable