A hand-drawn cover for a zine titled "ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF... PUBLIC PARKS." The illustration shows the hand of a person walking a dog past a park bench and large trees, with a city skyline in the background. Text at the bottom reads: "HOW URBAN NATURE SUPPORTS OUR MINDS, BODIES & COMMUNITIES."

#NatCapImpact x 3: The impact of:

🌳 Public parks
👩‍🏫 A natural capital course
🎨Visualizing ecosystem services

It’s all explored in an artistic zine by Stanford students Zoe Rehnborg and Megan Chen: bit.ly/4mnFxnC

And … a new #InVEST model will soon relate urban parks and mental health 👀

The global NatCap community at Stanford University during the June 2025 Symposium. Image credit: Mark Costa/Cyperus Media.

#NatCapImpact: growing our Alliance 🌍🤝

Have you heard? After 20 years of pioneering science, the NatCap Project is now the Natural Capital Alliance!

Our new tiered membership model will help us study and deploy #NaturalCapital approaches, invite new collaborators, and scale our impact.

A serene morning landscape of a river lined with dense, green mangroves. Two small wooden boats are docked near the muddy shore, reflecting in the calm, slightly hazy water.

A wide-angle shot of a group of people walking across a rustic wooden footbridge over a marshy area with mangroves. The sun is low in a hazy sky, casting a warm orange glow over the mangroves and distant power lines.

Two people are crouched on a rustic bamboo walkway over a marshy wetland. They are closely examining a young mangrove sapling growing out of the shallow water. The scene is bathed in warm light with dense foliage in the background.

#NatCapImpact: supporting urban mangroves in India 🎉🇮🇳

A new training program with the Indian Mangrove Coalition is assessing the urban mangroves near Chennai. Partners include Conservation International, WWF India, WRI India, and the Godrej Family Foundation.

🎬 Watch: bit.ly/4bRHjK1

Dr. Gretchen Daily sits at a table with host Sam McClure in front of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Stanford campus and distant hills. They are seated across from each other at a long dark wood table, each with a professional microphone and a red Stanford mug in front of them.

#NatCapImpact: (pod)casting a wide net 🎙️

NatCap Faculty Director Dr. Gretchen Daily appeared on the Stanford Ecopreneurship podcast—a Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford Graduate School of Business collaboration—to share natural capital ideas widely.

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4oMPTNn

A wide shot of a panel discussion at the Trellis Bloom conference. Four panelists, including Lisa Mandle on the far left, sit on high chairs on a stage in front of a gray folding wall. An audience is visible in the foreground, and the panelist on the far right is speaking into a microphone.

#NatCapImpact: putting nature on the balance sheet 🌱📈💲

Co-Executive Director Lisa Mandle moderated the “Nature on the Balance Sheet” panel at the Trellis Impact/Bloom conference in Oct.

Participants from climate tech to finance left ready to measure, manage, and report nature’s financial value.

A candid photo of Gretchen Daily, Faculty Director of the Natural Capital Alliance, speaking at a podium. She is wearing a black jacket and a vibrant, multicolored patterned scarf. She is smiling and gesturing with both hands while presenting in front of a blurred projection screen and a green plant.

#NatCapImpact: engaging Stanford students ✏️

Stanford course BIO 179, co-taught by NatCap Co-Founder & Faculty Director Gretchen Daily and Senior GIS Analyst Stacie Wolny, wrapped up its 7th year 🎉📚 According to students, it’s “a favorite” and “everyone at #Stanford should have to take this class!”

An over-the-shoulder view of two people at a wooden conference table collaborating over a laptop. One person points toward lines of code on the screen while the other looks on. A name tent on the table reads "Marta Sylla;" it is surrounded by cords and water bottles.

A man with a beard and glasses shakes hands with a smiling woman in a black top and patterned skirt. They are standing in front of a red, teal, and white banner that reads "Stanford Data Science." In the foreground, the back of a photographer's head is visible as they capture the moment with a camera. There is a lectern in front of the pair with a gray Macbook on it. The wall behind them is a bright wood.

A photo of a projection screen at a symposium titled "2025 Data Sharing Prize Winners." The slide features three winner blocks: Ayako Kawano, David S. Roberts, and a team from the Natural Capital Project consisting of Dave Fisher (Senior Software Engineer), Emily Pavia (Data Manager & Data Scientist), and James Douglass (Software Architect). The audience is partially visible in the foreground.

#NatCapImpact: championing open-source science 🏆

Sharing is caring, especially for software & science 🤝 Congrats to out team behind the Data Hub and Geometamaker, who won the 2025 Data Sharing Prize at the Stanford CORES Symposium & presented to the Bay Area Open Science Group!

stanford.io/4qYI2Oc

A skyline view of Shenzhen, China, with thick foliage in the foreground, blooming with vibrant pink flowers. In the mid-ground, the colorful, wing-shaped roof of the Shenzhen Civic Center is illuminated in pink and yellow under a gently overcast sky.

Four professionals stand on a stage in a celebratory huddle, placing their hands together. They are positioned in front of a large turquoise screen displaying "Natural Capital Project 20," marking the 20th Anniversary Workshop. The group consists of three men in business-casual attire and one woman in a green floral blouse.

A wide-angle group portrait of 31 workshop participants and leaders standing on a stage in a modern conference room. They are posed in front of a large digital screen that repeats the "Natural Capital Project 20" logo in English and Chinese. In the foreground, a polished wooden boardroom table features laptops and nameplates for the attendees.

Two men, one in a plaid shirt and khakis and the other in a light blue button-down and black trousers, share a laugh while standing in a brightly lit, modern hallway. A marble wall behind them displays several awards and plaques in gold frames. Both men are wearing event lanyards and appear to be engaged in a friendly, informal conversation.

#NatCapImpact: sharing lessons learned from our 20 years 👩‍🏫

We celebrated our 20th birthday NatCap style: with an InVEST training! 🎉

In Shenzhen, leaders from our core member institutions shared current work (including a preview of the newest #InVEST model), with thousands joining online.