GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – AUGUST 19

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Reale: Reconnecting to nature is vital to well-being

• Reddy or Not: Can we still fix our Beaches?

• Sea Change: Atlantic Packaging is on a mission to reduce plastic in our waterways

• The Water Front: Meet the advocates making Charleston’s aquatic environment happier, healthier, and more equitable

• Lowcountry Land Trust Protects & Transfers 206-Acre Tract to SCDNR for Public Use

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin Breach Inlet project this weekend

• South Carolina Aquarium Announces Good Catch Dinner Hosted by Chef Graham Calabria

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• ICYMI

  • RESOURCE: LCV 2023 National Environmental Scorecard

  • MAP & REPORT: Where is plastic produced?

  • You might be surprised by how much Charleston recycles. But where does all that stuff go?

  • Preservation Society releases guide to improve community resilience

  • 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

  • RESOURCE: Nonprofit Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing Success

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ACT NOW:

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• 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

• Lowcountry Thrives Green Business Program – Call for community FEEDBACK

• TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!

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• SEP 5: PechaKucha 46

• SEP 5: Sierra Club with Shan Burkhalter: Wild Mushrooms of the Lowcountry

• SEP 7: Fall Festival of Plants

• SEP 12: Green Market Night

• SEP 18: 16th Annual Green Tie Awards

• SEP 22: Good Catch Dinner

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