GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – NOVEMBER 11

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Charleston voters say no on sales tax referendum

• $1.09 Million Awarded to Lowcountry Conservation Projects

• Three dolphins killed by boat strikes off Charleston since Labor Day

• Charleston County leaders vote on various greenbelt projects

• The Lowcountry Lowline project’s progress

• Coastal Conservation League Magazine – Fall 2024

• Kids Are Cool Family Festival Brings Nature-Based Fun to Woodlands Nature Reserve

• Here’s what the South Carolina Department of Agriculture will do with federal specialty crop grants

• Charleston is moving forward on its peninsula seawall project. Here’s what to know.

• Clam South

• ICYMI

  • PLATFORM: Engage Charleston County

  • 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:

• SIGN PETITION: Ashley River Crossing: Keep the Connection to the Medical District

• 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:

• NOV 14: GREEN DRINKS – “Food Systems | Food Security” + Pumpkin Smash

• NOV 16: Unique Lowcountry Outing and Feast

• NOV 16: KIDS are COOL Family Festival

• NOV 16: Free Produce / N.Charleston

• NOV 16: Colonial Lake Plant Share

• NOV 23: CCF 50th Anniversary Gala

• NOV 24: Book Swap at the Whale

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