GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – JANUARY 6

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Undecking the halls? How and where to dispose of holiday decorations in the Charleston area

• Charleston County once was home to native venus flytraps. Where did they all go?

• Paper, plastic, metal: SC app shows what, where and how to recycle

• James Beard Award Winner KJ Kearney Guests on Conversing with Nature podcast

• How do you safely uproot and relocate an enormous live oak without damaging the tree?

• Celebrating 35 Years of the ACE Basin Project, a Landmark Conservation Initiative

• VIDEO: Charleston County Landfill waste to become green energy in new plan

• Application window opens for Berkeley County’s Greenbelt Preservation projects

• Meet the organization driving change in the Charleston food economy

• Charleston Waterkeeper using seeds to repair Lowcountry oyster reef coastlines

• 90-acre site on Johns Island eyed for development to be protected

• Mount Pleasant approved for pioneering cyclist and pedestrian safety projects

• Local Nonprofit Warrior Surf Foundation Celebrates 10th Anniversary

• Folly Beach approves new beachfront lighting rules to protect sea turtles

• 8 Lowcountry conservation projects receive Charleston County Greenbelt Funding

• ‘BEACH’ Act to strengthen conservation efforts on Folly Beach

• ICYMI

  • Family-Focused Rideshare Service Now Available in Charleston

  • Are Charleston’s leaders doing enough to fight climate change?

  • Friends of Gadsden Creek: Counter Proposal for resident-led development

  • 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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Featured Upcoming Events:

• JAN 8: Oyster Reef Rebuild

• JAN 9: Charleston Green Drinks – New Year Kick Off

• JAN 16: Lifelong Learning Global Discovery- An Evening with Cassandra Quave

• JAN 16-17: South Carolina Beach Advocates’ 2025 Annual Meeting

• JAN 18: Plastic Pellet Workshop & Marsh Clean-Up

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