Get to know N-EWN
A community of researchers, practitioners, and educators working together to advance the practice of natural infrastructure.
We work across four main branches
In order to help facilitate the widespread adoption of natural infrastructure practices across the United States, we’ve identified four main areas that need additional work:
Developing methods and standards
New tools, techniques and guidance are needed to effectively plan, design, construct and operate natural infrastructure at different scales
Assessing benefits and costs
Natural infrastructure provides communities with a broad array of economic, environmental and social benefits. Improved approaches are needed to evaluate, quantify and forecast these benefits to support planning and decision making
Monitoring performance and outcomes
Technically sound, efficient and applicable methods are needed to track natural infrastructure performance over time, develop the evidence base for future designs, ensure compliance with policy and inform project operations and adaptive management
Integrating people and policy
Providing infrastructure that supports human wellbeing and equitably meets the needs of diverse communities requires integration of human values, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and policies with modern communication and collaboration practices
Combining a diversity of on-the-ground experience with interdisciplinary teams.
The N-EWN community is made up of over 30 partners from industry, academia and the non-profit sector.
What N-EWN’s been up to:
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Stantec releases 18th annual sustainability report
Our partners at Stantec released their 2024 Sustainability Report this Earth Day, reporting C$4.63 billion in 2024 revenue aligned with core sustainable development goals. This is the 18th annual report of its kind for the engineering firm, showing a dedication to sustainability. Key milestones include: “Stantec’s integrated approach to sustainability delivers long-term value and underpins…
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The True Value of Nature in the Ohio River Basin
This Earth Day, the Earth Economics team has published a study coauthored with the Ohio River Basin Alliance (ORBA) on the economic value that the Ohio River Basin provides, with staggering results: at least $50 billion in annual benefits- and that’s not all. The Ohio River Basin is approximately 69 million acres of land across…
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Finding homes for future fowl: Ducks Unlimited student heads into the lowcountry to assess waterfowl habitat
Our partners at the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and conservation nonprofit Ducks Unlimited have been collaborating for years, but one of their biggest projects is the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship: Master’s students in a variety of fields are funded by Ducks Unlimited to work towards a better future for wetlands. One…
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