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GREEN BUSINESS DEAL:
FEBRUARY 22 – Save 10% on Good Business Summit tickets with code: VIP10
and while you are there, don’t miss an exciting panel discussion:
“Small Business, Global Impact: How to run an eco-conscious and profitable business without greenwashing” featuring
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- Rick Crawford Founder, Emerger Strategies, Moderator
- Al Mason, Founder, Plan’td Ecological Design
- Cynthia Davis, Sustain SC
- Liza Vilnits, Founder, Beyond Trending PR
- Marilyn Hemingway, CEO, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce
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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:
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- Duke Energy proposes new gas plant to meet load growth, but groups question projections
- Rising seas complicate new affordable housing projects in Charleston
- Flooding problems may soon be resolved with new study
- Public workshops provide community insight on Union Pier
- What does the Lowcountry Oyster Festival do with 50K pounds of shells? Meet the SCORE team
- Charleston bike share program sees increase in 2023
- Flood risks rise as federal wetlands protections disappear: SC needs help, senators told
- Beloved Wildlife Inspires Local Wealth Management Firm
- Conservationists ask SC lawmakers for energy and agriculture support during lobby day
- Septic tank lawsuit outcome still unknown while permits continue to be issued
- Early Bird: America’s beloved Purple Martins return to South Carolina
- Imperiled deep sea reef
- Raising Right Whales is Risky
- $7.5M grant to improve eastside flooding heads to Charleston City Council
- Rising Waters Q&A: What’s so great about wetlands, anyway?
- Group pays $35M for 4,400 coastal acres in Jasper County to ensure conservation
- Charleston County Parks facing setbacks with partnership to create new recreation spot
- APPLY NOW: eeBLUE Aquaculture Literacy Mini-Grants Program
- APPLY: Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program
ACT NOW:
- Lowcountry Thrives Green Business Program – Call for community FEEDBACK
- ATTEND: Public Meetings about Future Potential Road Projects and Green Space Preservation
- ENGAGE: Be a part of the Union Pier Community Advisory Council
- TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!
Featured Upcoming Events:
- FEB 20: Reimagining Colonial Lake
- FEB 22: Habitat Gardening
- FEB 22: Oysterfest at the Aquarium
- FEB 22: 11th Annual Good Business Summit
- FEB 25: Sierra Club Robert Lunz Group Oyster Roast and Auction!
- FEB 27: Talks on Tap: Walk on the Wild Side of Forensics
- FEB 27: CULTIVATE Science Street Art
- FEB 29: MAD PARK Night {Powered by Ethos Athletic Club, The Works, and The Works Cycle}
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GLOBAL NEWS & RESOURCES
- How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience
- Extreme heat watch: Will cities be ready for summer 2024?
- The Black-Led Movement to Stop ‘New Cancer Alleys’ From Being Built in Louisiana
- Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense
- ICYMI: German supermarket trials charging true climate cost of foods
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