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LOCAL NEWS:
- Corp of Engineers request public to report whale sightings in SC
- Charleston Co. approves six greenbelt funding projects, investing more than $7 million in green space
- CofC Biologist Uses Nature to Solve Human Problems
- Pilot project builds equitable response to extreme heat in four cities
- Commentary: Massive Cainhoy development fails to balance growth, environmental protections
- Mt. Pleasant Waterworks planning to remove septic tanks from Shem Creek watershed
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
- DEC 4: Teen Science Cafe: Animal Olympics
- DEC 4: Charleston Audubon Oyster Roast
- DEC 10: ECO Wedding Fashion Show (new date!)
- DEC 13: Charleston Green Drinks: Trees!
- MORE EVENTS: growpurpose.com/event-calendar
FEATURED GREEN JOBS & VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES:
- Volunteer at MUSC Urban Farm
- 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
- South Carolina Environmental Law Project – Legal Assistant
- Lowcountry Local First – Events Coordinator
FEATURED LOWCOUNTRY RESOURCES:
- Lend-A-Bin Program
Keep Charleston Beautiful’s Lend-A-Bin Program allows citizens to utilize our portable compost, recycling, and landfill receptacles for their events, in an effort to reduce the amount of waste making its way into our landfills. - BioDiscovery Project
Do you ever wonder what grows on piers, jetties, and docks? The BioDiscovery Project is a STEM (science-technology-engineering-math)-based initiative designed for educators and students to examine the organisms that colonize, or “foul”, these types of structures through species identification and water quality data collection. - Turn90 Custom Screen-printing – printing with a purpose
- GLOBAL NEWS
- Impose climate tax on fossil fuel giants, media groups urge
- VIDEO: Cut ties with Drax’ [forest biomass] “Green Energy Scandal”
- African Sun: Why Solar Not Gas Offers Continent the Best Economic Opportunity in the Transition
- 4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summit
- At COP27, Barbados PM Mia Mottley leads the call for a rethink on climate finance
- These countries top the sustainability rankings
- The first ‘utility scale’ renewable energy plant combining solar and wind generation with battery storage opens in the US
- In a first, EPA will test southern Puerto Rico air and water
- Why we need to do a better job of measuring AI’s carbon footprint
- Norway to slash pollution with the world’s first zero-emissions public transport network
- GLOBAL RESOURCES
- Running an Electric Car – An Educational Guide on the Cost of Owning an EV
- Check out 300+ Community Sharing ‘How to’ Guides
- KidsGardening – 2023 Youth Garden Grants
- Temper of the Times Foundation – environmental advertising grants
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program
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