partnerships

This 90-minute webinar was recorded on March 6, 2024 and demystifies multi-partner grant applications and offers ways to define roles, responsibilities, and expectations when collaborating for greater impact. The session covers prospect research, project management, budgeting, and the importance of building trust with partners. Case studies offer real-life best practices and lessons learned for successful collaborative fundraising.

Communities across the US are more and more frequently impacted by climate change and increasingly face problems like property damage and health and safety issues as a result of flooding […]

Mālama Maunalua and partners are using a holistic approach to restore coastal water systems in Maunalua Bay based on the traditional Hawaiian practice of ahupua‘a. In order to accomplish restoration from the mountains to the reef, local groups work together while educating and engaging the community to improve the overall water quality and decrease flooding in the entire watershed.

The 2020 Resiliency Framework from the Colorado Resiliency Office highlights cross-sector work as an important component to implementing equitable resilience. The framework also highlights priorities and action steps to achieve […]

This recording incorporates two Urban Waters Learning Network-hosted trainings on leading and coordinating effective multi-stakeholder collaboratives. The sessions were led by the Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL).

Three watershed associations in the Boston area—the Mystic River, Charles River, and Neponset River Watershed Associations—are collaborating with community volunteers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to monitor water […]

It is increasingly important for urban waters’ practitioners to consider gentrification and displacement in their work. Greening neighborhoods and improving water quality in urban waterways is intended to create healthier […]

The Community Cans Artmaking Guide grew from projects and partnerships in the City of Philadelphia to reduce the amount of litter found in the streets and water bodies. “The Community […]

This report provides a snapshot of recent water reuse projects and initiatives that have been successful across some of the NEP and Urban Waters (UW) partnership locations.

This recorded session examines the importance of building community wealth to help people stay in place and to advance equitable development initiatives. This panel-style discussion was moderated by members of […]