GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – APRIL 7

THE LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS WEEKLY DIGEST

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LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Site of former Georgetown paper mill to turn into biomass plant, senator says

• New at the Aquarium: Undersea Explorer -A Virtual Reality Experience

• CARTA launches new bus to bring Charleston-area passengers to the beach for free

• Showers, fossils and hub caps, oh my! Volunteers help clean up Drum Island marshes.

• Taking time: Progress slow on Union Pier, but advocates say that’s OK

• Pristine Little Goat Island Protected Forever

• Empowering Communities: Root Down’s Quest for Sustainable and Equitable Housing Solutions

• 4 Reasons to Love Native Plants

• SPEAK UP:

• ACT NOW: Tell your Senator to stop the Automatic Rate Increase Act

  • SC Senate passes sweeping energy bill aimed at meeting SC’s growing power needs

• ICYMI

  • REPORT: LCV’s annual National Environmental Scorecard

  • A Chat with Belvin Olasov, Local Activist & Co-Director of the Charleston Climate Coalition

  • TELL YOUR REP: Protect Customers and the Environment from H.3309

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

  • 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:

APRIL is ...
LOWCOUNTRY EARTH MONTH

• APR 12: 2025 Charleston Honey and Bee Expo

• APR 12-13: Ride the Lowcountry 2025

• APR 13: Native Plant Block Party

• APR 15: Forum on the Charleston Integrated Water Plan

• APR 16: Elevating Wellbeing: SCHBC x Blue Zones Seminar Series – Lowcountry

• APR 17: MUSC The Greenest Day: An Earth and Arbor Day Celebration

• APR 22: South Carolina Sea Turtles & Manatees – Conservation in Action

• APR 26-27: High Water Festival

• APR 27: Blessing of the Fleet

• APR 27: Picnic for the Parks 2025

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