College of Charleston's
Campus Sustainability
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***FEATURED COMMUNITY PROJECTS***
Local Community and Environmental Regulation: The Case of Sullivan's Island, SC Dog Ordinance (pdf file)
Brittlebank Park Buffer Garden: The Brittlebank Buffer Garden is an SC DHEC/OCRM grant funded project sponsored by the City of Charleston and the College of Charleston. The garden, located next to the fishing pier at downtown Brittlebank Park, is a model of the City's critical line wetland buffer ordinance, containing only native plant species and acting as a buffer to filter nonpoint source pollution before it enters our local waterways.
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Please also visit some of the great sites below Sustainable Charleston - Sustainable Charleston is an innovate awards program recognizing local businesses and organizations dedicated to community development, growth management, and environmental stewardship. Created by students in the Master of Environmental Studies program at the College of Charleston, it is co-soponsored by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. This unique relationship helps symbolize the potential for collaboration between the academic, environmental and business worlds. Master of Environmental Studies - The Master of Environmental Studies program at the College of Charleston is an interdisciplinary program providing students with a basic understanding of all the factors affecting their work by giving them a scholastic background in the primary disciplines involved in the environmental field. This understanding compliments students' areas of specialty, supporting their focus in one discipline with knowledge about other aspects of the field. Our Master of Environmental Studies (MES) program prepares students to deal with the complex nature of environmental issues through an interdisciplinary approach that capitalizes on the unique faculty and research strengths of the College of Charleston, SC. The faculty at the College of Charleston contributes through the policy sciences and the natural science areas of biology, geology, mathematics, and physics. Master
of Environmental Studies Student Association - The Master of
Environmental Studies Student Association (MESSA) is a graduate student
organization of the College of Charleston. The goal of MESSA is to enhance
the graduate experience of those in the MES program through community
and campus outreach projects that integrate the special interests of students
with community needs and through interaction among students, faculty,
and friends of the program. All graduate students enrolled in the Master
of Environmental Studies program are members of MESSA. MESSA holds informal
meetings every month, which are open to all environmental studies students
and faculty, as well as individuals interested in the activities of the
program or the organization. College of Charleston's Recycling Program Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems (USES) Project South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC)
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