Tag: Network for Engineering With Nature
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Communicating Solutions at UC Santa Cruz
In September, the CCCR co-hosted a symposium on Communicating Climate Solutions at UC Santa Cruz alongside our colleagues in the UCSC Science Communications program. Over three days, scientists, journalists, government officials, Indigenous leaders, community members, and more were able to learn and share expertise, build community, and identify new opportunities in communicating climate solutions. From…
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Center for Coastal Climate Resilience: Going Global
From Brazil to France to California, the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) is advancing global conversations on climate and coastal resilience via innovative communications: COP30 (Belém, Brazil) In November, CCCR leaders will attend the UN Climate Change Conference COP30, a conference that will spotlight Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Nature-based Solutions (NbS). These strategies will…
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Duke’s Nature Activation Hub: Lowering Barriers to Investment in NbS
The Nature Activation Hub at Duke University is working with multiple partners to think about how to lower the barriers for private sector investment in nature-based solutions. Learn more here. As nature-based solutions gain popularity, there is concern that public funding won’t be enough to enable implementation at the pace and scale required to achieve…
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Duke University: Introducing the Nature Activation Hub
The Nature Activation Hub at Duke University engages in actionable research and purposeful partnerships to overcome barriers and identify opportunities that advance nature-based solutions. FIND OUT MORE at https://duke.is/naturehub Hosted by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, the hub collaborates with a wide variety of partners, such as federal and state agencies, land…
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Duke RESTORE: Nature-Inspired Builds for Restoration
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s also a useful approach to ecosystem restoration. By observing how nature recovers from disturbance, scientists can develop ways to rebuild or replenish depleted habitats. That’s the aim of Duke RESTORE, part of the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. Led by ecologist Brian Silliman,…
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Partner Takeover: Duke University
This week’s N-EWN partner takeover features Duke University! Duke has a deep institutional commitment to interdisciplinarity, a key feature of Engineering With Nature and nature-based solutions projects. In addition to training students to work on these complex projects via the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, the Duke Marine Lab, and Duke University Pratt…
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Biohabitats: Nature-based Planning for the High Line Canal Corridor
Biohabitats is completing a 15-month long collaborative conservation effort for High Line Canal Conservancy with 15 jurisdictional Canal Collaborative partners—including Denver Water, and Mile High Flood District—to find common goals and stewardship practices to develop a Natural Resources Management Plan for 860 acres and 71 miles of the High Line Canal corridor. The Plan protects…
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N-EWN at Climate Week NYC: Resilience in Action
We’re thrilled to see resilience taking stage at Climate Week NYC, thanks to our awesome partners in attendance! Check out links to register for each of these events below. Monday, September 22:8:00am – Field Session: Nature-Inclusive Design for Constructability & Climate Resiliency (In person), hosted by ECOncretehttps://econcretetech.com/blogcat/ny-climate-week-waterfront-field-sessions/ Tuesday, September 23:2:30pm – Built to Last: Designing…
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September 2025 Knowledge Series: Co-producing Coastal Resilience: The Stone Living Lab as a Collaborative Model for Testing Nature-Based Approaches
Katherine Dafforn, Stone Living Lab & University of Massachusetts Boston The Stone Living Lab brings research into practice by designing and testing Nature-based Approaches (NbAs) to strengthen coastal resilience along urban shorelines. Partnering with municipal, state, and federal agencies, and collaborating with members of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, the Lab emphasizes projects that inform…
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Partner Takeover: Sea and Shoreline’s Environmental Dredging
What is Environmental dredging? Environmental dredging involves carefully removing contaminated or accumulated harmful sediments from water bodies—like lakes, rivers, and coastal areas—and is important for creating and maintaining healthy habitats (for manatees and other sea life) and for ensuring navigable access for boats & ships. At Sea & Shoreline, we use hydraulic ‘suction’ dredging to…