by Renee Mazurek | Jun 2, 2021 | Network Blog
In conjunction with River Network’s annual River Rally conference, the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) hosts an Urban Waters Learning Forum, a networking and training event for UWLN members. For the second year in a row, River Rally transformed into a virtual...
by Maria Brodine | Feb 9, 2021 | Network Blog
Since the inception of the Urban Waters programs, including the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, ten years ago, Urban Waters practitioners have been making a splash in the environmental sector, pioneering critical initiatives in racial equity, environmental justice,...
by Maria Brodine | Jan 12, 2020 | Network Blog
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 scholarships to support in-person networking events, and...
by Maria Brodine | Oct 25, 2019 | Network Blog
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 Region, Houston, Kansas City, New Orleans, Newark, and New Orleans....
by Maria Brodine | Sep 16, 2019 | General Resources, Network Blog
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 childhood was haunted not by monsters under the bed, but by...
by Maria Brodine | Jul 19, 2019 | Network Blog
”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 people and the spaces in Milwaukee.” — Damien DeBuhr, Deputy...
by Renee Mazurek | Apr 8, 2019 | Network Blog
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 taking place in our urban communities, oftentimes following efforts...
by Renee Mazurek | Feb 16, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Network Blog
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 taking place in our urban communities, oftentimes following efforts...
by Maria Brodine | Jan 30, 2019 | Network Blog
Where We’ve Been The Learning Network started in 2011 as a very small group–under a dozen people–who were first involved in Urban Waters as fellows, grant recipients, and people who were interested in doing urban waters work. The participants were...
by Maria Brodine | Nov 21, 2018 | Network Blog
October 17-19, the Urban Waters Learning Network Team attended the EPA Urban Waters National Training Workshop. The semi-annual Workshop is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support the work of the fourteen agencies in the Urban Waters Federal...