About the EPE TIG

Environmental Program Evaluation

Topical Interest Group

EPE TIG members’ interests lie broadly at the intersection of evaluation and the environment, including but not limited to education, climate change, policy, conservation, energy, transportation, and global environmental issues. We share a personal and professional passion for the environment, and for promoting a stronger community of practice in environmental evaluation. The members of the TIG are an inspiring, resourceful, and dynamic community of evaluators – many of whom are leaders in their field. New practitioners learn from the experience of long time evaluators, and more established practitioners learn from the diverse perspectives of an ever-growing member base. To get a sense of what the EPE TIG is all about, check out our upcoming events and our resources (note: these pages are in development).

                ANNOUNCEMENTS                

The next EPE TIG meeting is on Friday, March 13th 2026 from 2-3pm Eastern. Register for this meeting and all future monthly meetings here. 

The meeting will feature a panel discussion with EPE members, each representing one of the four (unscientific) archetypes of environmental evaluators developed by the EPE TIG leaders and shared at the 2025 AEA conference:

Representing the Ecological Evaluator is Chris Laurent (Clean Air Coalition and CDTech), the Changemaker Champion is Taylor Anderson (Public Profit), the Green Go-Getter is Jane Davidson (Footprint Evaluation), and the Metaphor Maker is Jonny Morell (4.669…Evaluation & Planning).

Panelists will share about their work and then we'll have a spirited discussion about the state of the field and how these archetypes can help us advance our work individually and collectively.

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You are invited to EPE TIG's first pre-meeting social of the year - Friday, March 13th 2026 from 1:30-2pm Eastern!

This is a strategy to address a desire from our members to better, and more informally, get to know each other! Our plan is to do these socials quarterly, so if you can't attend this week, keep a look out for the next one. If you've already registered for our monthly member meetings (through here), then you can access this Friday's social through the same Zoom link. 

We are also looking for a community facilitator of these socials. Interested? Email anyone on the EPE TIG Leadership Team!

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