Welcome to the GROW PURPOSE DIGEST!
A weekly collection of updates from the Lowcountry’s
environmental news & resource network…
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LOCAL NEWS:
- VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: “Everyday Hero: Amor Healing Kitchen “
- How the Lowcountry Land Trust is giving the iconic Angel Oak Tree—and its visitors—plenty of room
- The Blood Connection to Plant 20,000 Trees to Boost Local Blood Donations in October
- SeamonWhiteside Completes Innovative and Sustainable Design for Morrison Yard Apartments During Environmental Awareness Month
- How sustainability fueled the design of this massive Charleston development
- Nominations are open for the annual Robert Ballard Award for Volunteerism!
- Land Trust calls on all residents to get outside this October
FEATURED EVENTS:
- OCTOBER 12: Navigating Difficult Conversations Science Communication Workshop
- OCTOBER 14: Drinks for Dolphins: Charles Towne Fermentory
- OCTOBER 15: Turtle Trek 5K
- OCTOBER 18: CHARLESTON GREEN DRINKS: Energy Efficiency
- OCTOBER 29: Protect Our Beaches – Charleston Beach Cleanup
- NOV 10: ECO Wedding Fashion Show
- MORE EVENTS: growpurpose.com/event-calendar
FEATURED GREEN JOBS & VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES:
- Charleston Waterkeeper – Call for Volunteers!
- Volunteer with Coastal Expeditions Foundation
- Keep Charleston Beautiful: How to Organize a Neighborhood Cleanup Event in Charleston
FEATURED LOWCOUNTRY RESOURCES:
- MUSC Conversation Cafe Lecture Series – a monthly series on different sustainability-related topics
- INTERACTIVE MAP: Protecting coastal communities from rising seas and a changing climate
- City of Charleston’s Adopt-a-Block Program
- SC Aquaculture Toolkit – Products and resources for existing shellfish growers and people wanting to start a business
- SC Electric Vehicle Stakeholder Initiative Report
- GLOBAL NEWS
- Op-ed: Is There Plastic in Your Soda? Beverage Companies Must Go Beyond Recycling – Civil Eats
- Throwing the switch on Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm
- Cheaper electric vehicles coming despite high battery costs
- Tesla’s Semi took too long — so these truckers built their own version
- Dutch students have invented a zero-emissions car that captures carbon as it drives
- Making EVs without China’s supply chain is hard, but not impossible – 3 supply chain experts outline a strategy
- This simple kit turns your regular bike into an e-bike in minutes
- European cities look to phase out cars in ‘transportation revolution’
- Your local park has a hidden talent: helping fight climate change
- Simplifying the Electric Vehicle Tax Incentives in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act
- GLOBAL RESOURCES
- Audubon’s Bird Migration Explorer – “your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.”
- EJ4Climate: Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience grant program
- Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
Charleston Green Drinks
Lowcountry Green Events & Community Service Calendar
Lowcountry Green Organization & Business Directory
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