GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – OCTOBER 7

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• CVSC Releases General Election Endorsements of Conservation Champions

• Brack: Let’s make smarter decisions on climate

• P&C Editorial: Cyclists and pedestrians need a direct route to Charleston’s Medical District

• Green Heart Project Launches Fall Fundraising Campaign Celebrating 15 Years Serving the Community

• James Is. County Park could lose 46 acres to Mark Clark Extension Project

• Charleston Parks Conservancy Wins 2024 NAPF Greenfields Excellence in Community Programming Award

• STUDY: Flipping the Cages on Sustainable Aquaculture

• Historic Rutledge Tomb Transforms into Community Park

• Southeastern Wildlife Exposition to Celebrate 43rd Showcase in Downtown Charleston: Tickets and Packages Now Available

• ICYMI

  • Black Residents Say No To Climate Gentrification in Charleston

  • CARTA offering free rides to the polls on Election Day

  • Lowcountry nonprofit awarded nearly $2.7 million for salt marsh restoration projects

  • A patchwork of single-use plastic bans exist across Charleston. What’s banned near you?

  • Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism and in the Lowcountry

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ACT NOW:

• Tell your U.S. senators: Support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

• Urge Congress to Hold Plastic Pellet Polluters Accountable!

• PETITION: Preserve the Former Baker Hospital Site as a Park

• TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!

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Featured Upcoming Events:

• OCT 9: Trees of our Gardens: A Guided Ornamental Tree Walk

• OCT 11-12: Riverfront Revival

• OCT 12: Warrior Surf Foundation Community Day

• OCT 18: Fall Garden & Market Plant Sale

• OCT 18: GrowFood Carolina Warehouse Tour

• OCT 18-19: FREE MATTRESS RECYCLE drop-off event

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