With the uncertainty looming about how long COVID-19 physical distancing will last, members of the Urban Waters Learning Network are finding creative ways to keep social connections alive. While we are all effected by the coronavirus pandemic, we are each effected in different ways. Below is a list of examples of different ways to engage the community. For more information HERE about dealing with the impacts of COVID-19, including general advice, managing stress and anxiety, social justice and equity concerns, and strategies for working remotely.
Connecting with the Environment and Each Other
- Center for Aquatic Sciences: Virtually Camden
- Heartland Conservation Alliance: Movie Night: Blue River Documentary Virtual Event
- Rock Creek Conservancy: Socially Distant Stewardship: Individual clean ups and “free a tree” pledge
- Columbia University SoF/Heyman Center’s Public Humanities Initiative: Harlem River Digital History Walk
- Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc: Online Resources for Staying Inspired at Home
Virtual Education
- Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River: Virtual Programming
- Cahaba River Society’s Online Resource Library
- Groundwork Lawrence Nature and Education During Social Distancing
- Center for Aquatic Sciences Virtual Sea Camp
- Galveston Bay Foundation: At Home with the Bay Virtual Field Trip Series
- Heal the Bay: Knowledge Drops
Providing Vital COVID-19 Information to the Community
- Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG multi-lingual Covid-19 resources page
- Healthy Schools Campaign Webinar: Care During Crisis: How Telehealth Policies Can Expand Health Services for Students and Families During COVID-19
Field Work Guidelines and Protocols
- USA Volunteer Water Monitoring Network: Citizen Based Aquatic Field Sampling in the time of COVID-19: recording of the webinar, webinar slides, a summary of best practices, a summary of the webinar discussion, and a crowdsourced google spreadsheet
- Society for Ecological Restoration COVID-19 Fieldwork Resource Hub
- River Management Society: Social Distancing, COVID-19 Sanitizing and Other Safety Guidance, Tips and Checklists
- Rocking the Boat Covid-19 Health and Safety Protocols
Adapting Fundraising
- Friends of the Verde: Run the Verde Raffle and Arizona Experience Raffle
- Rocking the Boat: Rocking Manhattan 2020, Anywhere and Everywhere (Video Wrapping up Rocking Manhattan)
- River Network’s Coffee Lunch Hour Round Tables: Best Practices for Fundraising in a Crisis