GROW PURPOSE DIGEST: LOWCOUNTRY GREEN NEWS – FEBRUARY 19

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GREEN BUSINESS DEAL:

FEBRUARY 22 – Save 10% on Good Business Summit tickets with code: VIP10
and while you are there, don’t miss an exciting panel discussion:
“Small Business, Global Impact: How to run an eco-conscious and profitable business without greenwashing” featuring

• Rick Crawford Founder, Emerger Strategies, Moderator

  1. Al Mason, Founder, Plan’td Ecological Design

  2. Cynthia Davis, Sustain SC

  3. Liza Vilnits, Founder, Beyond Trending PR

  4. Marilyn Hemingway, CEO, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

• Duke Energy proposes new gas plant to meet load growth, but groups question projections

  • Letters: Dominion Energy’s gas plan harmful to environment

  • LISTEN: Surge Radio: Dominion’s New Gas Plans

  1. Rising seas complicate new affordable housing projects in Charleston

  2. Flooding problems may soon be resolved with new study

  3. Public workshops provide community insight on Union Pier

  4. What does the Lowcountry Oyster Festival do with 50K pounds of shells? Meet the SCORE team

  5. Charleston bike share program sees increase in 2023

  6. Flood risks rise as federal wetlands protections disappear: SC needs help, senators told

  7. Beloved Wildlife Inspires Local Wealth Management Firm

  8. Conservationists ask SC lawmakers for energy and agriculture support during lobby day

  9. Septic tank lawsuit outcome still unknown while permits continue to be issued

  10. Early Bird: America’s beloved Purple Martins return to South Carolina

  11. Imperiled deep sea reef

  12. Raising Right Whales is Risky

  13. $7.5M grant to improve eastside flooding heads to Charleston City Council

  14. Rising Waters Q&A: What’s so great about wetlands, anyway?

  15. Group pays $35M for 4,400 coastal acres in Jasper County to ensure conservation

  16. Charleston County Parks facing setbacks with partnership to create new recreation spot

  17. APPLY NOW: eeBLUE Aquaculture Literacy Mini-Grants Program

  18. APPLY: Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program

ACT NOW:

• Lowcountry Thrives Green Business Program – Call for community FEEDBACK

• ATTEND: Public Meetings about Future Potential Road Projects and Green Space Preservation

• ENGAGE: Be a part of the Union Pier Community Advisory Council

• TAKE ACTION on transportation and mobility issues!

Featured Upcoming Events:

• FEB 20: Reimagining Colonial Lake

• FEB 22: Habitat Gardening

• FEB 22: Oysterfest at the Aquarium

• FEB 22: 11th Annual Good Business Summit

• FEB 25: Sierra Club Robert Lunz Group Oyster Roast and Auction!

• FEB 27: Talks on Tap: Walk on the Wild Side of Forensics

• FEB 27: CULTIVATE Science Street Art

• FEB 29: MAD PARK Night {Powered by Ethos Athletic Club, The Works, and The Works Cycle}

MORE EVENTS:
LOWCOUNTRY GREEN EVENTS CALENDAR
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LOCAL GREEN JOBS
& VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES!

GLOBAL NEWS & RESOURCES

• How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience

• Extreme heat watch: Will cities be ready for summer 2024?

• The Black-Led Movement to Stop ‘New Cancer Alleys’ From Being Built in Louisiana

• Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense

• ICYMI: German supermarket trials charging true climate cost of foods

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