LINKS

Below are some links we feel could come in handy. Whether your looking for some local environmental groups and activities or just bored and surfing the web, be sure to check them out!

AT THE COLLEGE

the.road.less.traveled - An AWESOME blog from current MES student Nikki Seibert. Here you can read all about Nikki's experience with giving up her car and relying completely upon her bike and public transportation to get her around Charleston! This blog will help you understand what it really means to be car-free, why everyone should consider it, and how it can realistically be done.

Cofc Sustainability Committee - The Sustainability Committee seeks to institute the teaching, research, and practice of sustainability and to establish an institutional culture of sustainability -- the ability to meet current needs without degrading the natural systems and resources required to meet future needs.

Grice Marine Lab - Our saltwater friends across the harbor.

LOCAL

Go Green Charleston - Social network using technology to promote local environmental awareness; includes weblog, forums, and tips on recycling and the environment.

GREEN DRINKS CHARLESTON - Green Drinks is a group of people that get together once a month to chat about the environment at a local restaurant

Charleston County Recycling - General info on all your Charleston area recycling needs

The Sustainability Institute - Based in North Charleston, The Sustainability Institute works at the grassroots level to help make South Carolina more sustainable

Keep Charleston Beautiful - Keep Charleston Beautiful works to maintain the beauty of the Charleston area through education, litter control and beautification programs.

Coastal Conservation League - the Coastal Conservation League works with communities, businesses, other conservation and citizen groups, and people like you, to protect what we love about the South Carolina coast.

Noisette - Noisette is a 3,000 acre city-within-a-city. It is an area of North Charleston, South Carolina targeted for integrated restoration as a sustainable community – modeled on the belief that cities must be equally responsive to social needs, environmental responsibility and economic vitality (the philosophy embodied by people, planet, prosperity).

Friends of the Edisto - FRED is a non-profit organization, was established in 1998 to facilitate conservation of natural resources and to encourage and support sustainable economic development within the Edisto River Basin in South Carolina.  The Edisto River Basin contains the longest free-flowing blackwater river in America, and encompasses twelve counties, including much of the midlands and low country areas of South Carolina.

Lowcountry Earth Force - Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.

The South Carolina Aquarium - The South Carolina Aquarium inspires conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience.

LEEP - LEEP provides opportunities for students of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to explore South Carolina's natural environment through experiential learning.