Tag: community
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Science Podcast: Stantec and BMO on nature as critical infrastructure for businesses, cities, and communities
How can organizations create long-term value while strengthening resilience? In the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Sustainability Leaders podcast, Stantec’s Dom Kempson and Mike Morris explore the growing role of nature-based solutions in infrastructure, business strategy, and community resilience with BMO’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Michael Torrance. Give the conversation a listen: https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/content/video/2026/nature-is-critical-infrastructure-for-businesses-cities-communities
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Stantec Delivers Engineering with Nature Across the Globe
This week, we’re highlighting our partner, Stantec, and their work in nature-based solutions (NbS). Stantec combines natural systems with engineering to help reduce risk and build resilience. Using strategies such as bioswales, wetlands, coastal restoration, and green infrastructure, NbS can help address biodiversity loss, flood and drought mitigation, water quality and scarcity while supporting carbon…
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Limnotech: Honoring History Through Nature at the Historic Congressional Cemetery
LimnoTech is proud to collaborate with the DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), the Historic Congressional Cemetery, and the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) to advance green infrastructure planning and design at one of Washington, DC’s most cherished landmarks. This innovative project embodies Engineering With Nature (EWN) principles — blending natural systems with science and…
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Community science and small sensors have the potential for big impact in San Juan, Puerto Rico
An upcoming NSF-funded research project led by the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will show that small, cheap sensors can have a big impact: gathering information to allow more accurate flood modeling. Small sensors, that is, and the hard work of many dedicated researchers and community members. The project is based in…
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October 2024 Knowledge Series: The Evolution of a Resilient Coastal Community
Over 20 Years of Beaches, Back Bays, Rivers and Stormwater in Norfolk, Virginia Brian Joyner, Moffatt & Nichol, and Kelli Cunningham, Waggonner & Ball Since 2003, the City of Norfolk, Virginia has been investigating coastal/estuarine/river erosion issues, compound urban coastal floodingissues, developing long-range resilience plans, and constructing infrastructure projects to improve its diverse communities’ resilience…
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Todd Bridges to discuss resilience and sustainability at Dalton State College
Join Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful (KDWB) on Thursday, September 12 for a talk by Dr. Todd Bridges, Professor of Practice at UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and founder of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program. The talk, titled “Building Resilience for the People and the Planet,” will discuss how innovative nature-based solutions can directly benefit communities. In response to…
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October 2023 Knowledge Series: Tribal Engagement and Engineering with Nature: TNTCX, I-TEK, and EWN
Brian A. Zettle, Senior Biologist and Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX) Brian A. Zettle is a Senior Biologist and Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, working closely with engineers and natural scientists across…
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What it means to be a researcher: water science and community connections in rural Brazil
Story by Olivia Allen. Photos and captions provided by Cydney Seigerman. Originally posted to the River Basin Center website Plenty of scientists leave their comfort zone for research, but few relocate to another continent—N-EWN member and anthropology graduate student Cydney Seigerman has done it twice. In 2014, they worked as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in…
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New EWN podcast: Leveraging Federal Partnering to Infuse Nature into Urban Community Resilience
Welcome to Episode 4! We’re discussing the role of EWN and nature-based solutions (NBS) in addressing urban challenges to build community and regional resilience. Host Sarah Thorne is joined by new co-host, Burton Suedel, Research Biologist at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Abby Hall, Senior Advisor on Local and Regional Planning, with the…