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Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going: Revisiting the Spring
Where We’ve Been Photograph from Oct. 2018 Impact Story, “Groundwork Richmond: Greening the Urban Landscape.” The Learning Network started in 2011 as a very small group–under a dozen people–who were...
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Call for Nominations: 2019 Urban Waters Learning Network Awards
We are pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 3rd Annual Urban Waters Learning Network Awards! Please download the 2019 Call for Nomination, and join our mailing list to receive updates....
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Intention and Attention: Urban Waters Revitalization and Anti-Displacement...
Intention and attention. It’s been a new mantra for me in 2019. To set an intention is one thing, paying attention to how it manifests and what opportunities arise is another thing entirely. While I...
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An Overview of River Rally 2019: What to Expect
The Crooked River River Rally always takes place in river cities. This time it’s in Cleveland, where the Cuyahoga “crooked river” arcs its way through the city. The Cuyahoga was once one of the most...
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On the Path to Equitable Development: Partnerships are Key to Combatting...
This year, the team members of the Urban Waters Learning Network are digging deeper into a topic that has long been a concern of our members: the gentrification and displacement of people that we see...
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“Look for the Helpers”: The Living Cully Partnership
This year, the team members of the Urban Waters Learning Network are digging deeper into a topic that has long been a concern of our members: the gentrification and displacement of people that we see...
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Tapping Into Drinking Water: a Human Right and Precious Resource
When Tap Water is Better I’m generally a big advocate for drinking (filtered) tap water. The reasons are well summarized in “The Story of Bottled Water,” a 2010 video by the Story of Stuff Project. In...
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Congratulations to the 2019 Urban Waters Learning Network Award Winners
Five leaders have been chosen for recognition by the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN), a partnership of the national nonprofits River Network and Groundwork USA. The Urban Waters Learning Network...
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Groundwork at River Rally: Sharing the Art of a Place-Based Approach
”As a new member of the Groundwork team and first time river rally attendee, I am leaving inspired and better prepared to act on the environmental justice work that will help improve the lives of...
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Urban Waters Learning Forum: Addressing Racial Equity in Environmental Spaces
Racism exists. This was the starting point for the Urban Waters Learning Forum workshop—Addressing Racial Equity in Environmental Spaces—held on Friday, June 21, in Cleveland, OH. Nearly 40 people...
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Climate Science for All: NNOCCI Strategies to Improve Climate Communications...
Fight, flight, or freeze: these are human’s three natural reactions to encountering a perceived threat. But what if the threat was amorphous, seemingly far off, and highly misunderstood? How might we...
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Where Water Meets the Land: Connecting Brownfields and Urban Waters Restoration
This post was re-blogged from Groundwork USA, and originally published on August 22, 2019. “You used to be able to tell what dye the plant was processing by the color of the river that day,” Lesly...
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The Merrimack River Valley Voyagers: a 117-Mile River Tour of Cities
This post was reblogged from Ian’s Blog, originally published on Aug 23, 2019, at Groundwork Lawrence. For additional information and photos, please check out The Merrimack River Voyagers by Lane...
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Wild Water: How Cities Are Shaping the Water Movement
I was never a pool kid. I learned how to search for desert hot springs by following the smell of sulfur, swam in potholes in rapidly flowing streams, frolicked in the shallow reaches of the Pacific. My...
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The Urban Waters Delegation Embarks on Its Second Year
Now in its second year, the Urban Waters Delegation grew from fourteen to twenty-three members, and now includes Delegates representing organizations from Boston, the Carolinas, DC, the Great Lakes...
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Looking Back, Inward and Ahead: Cultivating Leadership and Innovation Within...
One year ago, as we looked ahead into 2019, we promised that in addition to our regular services–documenting the impacts of urban waters work, developing educational materials and webinars, offering...
View ArticleCall for Nominations: 2020 UWLN Awards
Please follow the instructions below, submit your nomination by Tues, Feb 4, 2020, and join our mailing list to receive updates on the Urban Waters Learning Network Awards! The Urban Waters Learning...
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New Edition of Learners to Leaders: Environmental Justice Literacy Curriculum
The new edition of Groundwork USA’s Learners to Leaders: Environmental Justice Literacy Curriculum is now available for download! If you download and use the curriculum, we ask that you kindly help us...
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Congratulations to the 2019 Urban Waters Learning Network Award Winners
Five leaders have been chosen for recognition by the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN), a partnership of the national nonprofits River Network and Groundwork USA. The Urban Waters Learning Network...
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