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A weekly collection of updates from the Lowcountry’s
environmental news & resource network…
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LOCAL NEWS:
- Charleston Climate Coalition to host Surge Sessions 2022 on December 9
- Vanishing land: Climate change displaces Black families along Gullah-Geechee corridor
- New map details hundreds of food pantries, resources available to South Carolinians
- Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina Debuts Waterfront Ice Rink
- Conservation deal protects land from development at Johns Island airport near Charleston
- South Carolina Aquarium introduces plan for new waterfront education facility
- Charleston may require elevated foundations of new single-family homes above ground
- Berkeley County in line for historic industrial announcement, but at a cost
- Charleston Community Bee Gardens to host Beekeeping Class for Beginners in January
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
- DEC 9: Surge Sessions 2022
- DEC 10: ECO Wedding Fashion Show (new date!)
- DEC 13: Charleston Green Drinks: Trees!
- DEC 15: Two if by Sea Maritime Gin Celebration
- MORE EVENTS: growpurpose.com/event-calendar
FEATURED GREEN JOBS & VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES:
- Volunteer with Coastal Conservation League
- Coastal Expeditions Foundation – Environmental Education Coordinators (2)
- Sustainability Institute – Environmental Conservation Corps Crew Members & Leaders
- Center for Heirs Property Preservation – Development Director
- Turtle Survival Alliance – Finance Director
- Avian Conservation Center / Center for Birds of Prey – Advancement Associate
- GrowFood Carolina – Driver & Warehouse Associate
- Conservation Voters of SC – Spring Internships
- Lowcountry Local First – Events Coordinator
- REMOTE JOB: Black Girl Environmentalist – part-time Project Coordinator
FEATURED LOWCOUNTRY RESOURCES:
- Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium – “created to coordinate and implement a regional watershed-scale educational strategy focused on stormwater pollution prevention through education and community involvement.” Check out their Ripple Effect eNewsletter!
- Carolina Coastal Discovery Program – provides “place-based marine science programs that focus on the conservation of the state’s coastal natural resources” for k-12 students and adults
- Charleston Horticultural Society – offers “extensive educational outreach programs that include our signature lecture series, distinctive garden tours, seasonal workshops, the CHS Hort Bloom children’s education program, Plantasia, and our CHS Trident Tech Scholarship program among other programs.“
- GLOBAL NEWS
- The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
- How artificial intelligence is helping tackle environmental challenges
- Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
- New Nests Help African Penguins Beat the Heat
- A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval
- Responsibility for the Earth is part of many U.S. Christians’ beliefs, but so is skepticism about climate change
- EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste
- How human composting could reduce death’s carbon footprint
- Elon Musk’s Starlink and Other Satellites Could Harm the Environment, New Report Warns
- Big Oil Fights New Environmental Law in California
- GLOBAL RESOURCES
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
- Fund for Frontline Power – Grassroots Climate Solutions Funded
- Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative
- General Motors Climate Equity funding
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
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