Coastal Conservation League » News http://coastalconservationleague.org Protects natural resources and traditional landscapes of the coast; find out about programs, events, and volunteer information. Sun, 13 May 2012 14:30:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 QOL Magnolia Picnic Cancelled Due to Weather! http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-magnolia-picnic-cancelled-due-to-weather/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-magnolia-picnic-cancelled-due-to-weather/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:30:30 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1202 Unfortunately we are cancelling the Picnic at Magnolia due to the weather.  We will reschedule the date so please stay tuned.

Contact Amanda at (843) 725-2062 or at amandac@scccl.org with any questions or concerns.

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-magnolia-picnic-cancelled-due-to-weather/feed/ 0 QOL Picnic at Magnolia Plantation http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-picnic-at-magnolia-plantation/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-picnic-at-magnolia-plantation/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:45:27 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1199 Join us for an afternoon celebration of the work of

the Coastal Conservation League.

This spring picnic will feature live music by

The Blue Plantation Band and the young fiddling group Na Fidleiri,

locally sourced food from Roti Rolls food truck and the King of Pops,

complimentary Palmetto Beer and fun!

The picnic will take place

Sunday May 13, 1:00pm-5:00pm

at Magnolia Plantation

3550 Ashley River Road

Charleston, SC 29414

This is a family friendly event.

Please bring your own picnic gear

and whatever other refreshments you would like to enjoy!

Event is free for QOL members

Non members can purchase tickets at magnoliapicnic.eventbrite.com

Call Amanda at (843) 725-2062 or email amandac@scccl.org for questions.

Please Click Here to view the full invitation

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/qol-picnic-at-magnolia-plantation/feed/ 0 9th Annual Conservation Lobby Day http://coastalconservationleague.org/9th-annual-conservation-lobby-day-2/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/9th-annual-conservation-lobby-day-2/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:23:47 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1166 Join us for the 9th Annual Conservation Lobby Day, Tuesday May 1st.

Lobby Day activities begin at 9:00 am at the Columbia Museum of Art (1515 Main St  Columbia, SC 29201) followed by an Oyster Roast and Local Foods Reception at 5:30 pm at the Seibels House (1601 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201).

Click here to view the Conservation Lobby Day invitation a list of our generous partners and sponsors.

Click here to view the Conservation Lobby Day agenda.

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/9th-annual-conservation-lobby-day-2/feed/ 0 Join CCL for Live Music at Half Moon Outfitters http://coastalconservationleague.org/join-ccl-for-live-music-at-half-moon-outfitters/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/join-ccl-for-live-music-at-half-moon-outfitters/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:09:01 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1149 Join us tomorrow, Thursday, March 15th from 4-5pm at Half Moon Outfitters in West Ashley, 94 Folly Road Boulevard, for an Acoustic Preview of Big Head Todd & The Monsters.  Half Moon Outfitters has partnered with Palmetto Brewery for this event to benefit the Coastal Conservation League.

ADMISSION AND BEER ARE FREE – Donations will benefit CCL!

Big Head Todd is famous for such tracks as “Bittersweet,” “Broken Hearted Savior,” “Circle,” and “Resignation Superman.”  To listen to their music and view their website click here.

If you miss us this time, please join us for the next preview, a double header: Eric Hutchinson and The Graffiti6, Wednesday, May 9, 4-5pm, also at Half Moon!

We hope to see you tomorrow!

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]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/fresh-off-the-press/feed/ 0 League calls for regional review of Port deepening http://coastalconservationleague.org/league-calls-for-regional-review-of-port-deepening/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/league-calls-for-regional-review-of-port-deepening/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:04:58 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1142 The Coastal Conservation League is calling for a study comparing the economic and environmental impacts of various port-deepening projects across the Southeast. The Charleston project is one of a number proposed in the region to accommodate an increase in bigger cargo ships expected when the Panama Canal expansion is complete in 2014. The league has no intention of slowing down the Charleston deepening, a 14-year project that state and now federal leaders are pushing to fast-track. “We just want people to be clear,” Steve Eames, South Coast Director said. “Which port should be deepened in which order? What is the long-term plan for the region?” Charleston’s natural ocean harbor “would fit the bill” to be deepened first, he said. “But we should study it.”

Click Here

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/league-calls-for-regional-review-of-port-deepening/feed/ 0 Watch Professor Rob Zaretsky’s Lecture on Hume and Camus http://coastalconservationleague.org/watch-professor-rob-zaretskys-lecture-on-hume-and-camus/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/watch-professor-rob-zaretskys-lecture-on-hume-and-camus/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:08:11 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1139 Last year marked David Hume’s 300th birthday.  Normally we don’t spend time philosophizing at CCL, but we felt it was important to celebrate one of the greatest philosophers of the modern world.  Among Hume’s brilliant insights was a characterization of cognition that anticipated many recent discoveries in the field of neuroscience.  Specifically, Hume helped us understand why it is so difficult to make “rational” decisions about issues like energy consumption and climate change.  CCL and the College of Charleston teamed up to host a lecture by Hume (and Camus) scholar Rob Zaretsky last Thursday, February 23rd.

If you missed it, please click here to watch our recording of the lecture.

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/watch-professor-rob-zaretskys-lecture-on-hume-and-camus/feed/ 0 Awendaw Green Teams up with GrowFood Carolina at the Hippodrome http://coastalconservationleague.org/awendaw-green-teams-up-with-growfood-carolina-at-the-hippodrome/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/awendaw-green-teams-up-with-growfood-carolina-at-the-hippodrome/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:35:24 +0000 lisajt http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1138 On February 23rd the musical experience of local treasure, Awendaw Green, is being transported to the downtown hub of the city.  In true Charleston fashion, the rustic and contemporary worlds will combine for a night of singer/songwriter jam sessions in collaboration with the organic food initiative. The brilliant Danielle Howle, Bret Mosley, Carey Murdoc, and Caroline Pond will sing to an amphitheater audience, directly followed by an energetic set from The V-Tones.  Local organizations are aligning to support a truly organic collaboration of artists.  Audiences will part with a comfort of both the body and soul on this night of food and music featuring all things grass roots and homegrown.

This event is presented by Awendaw Green, The Hippodrome, and 105.5 The Bridge; and is supported by GrowFood Carolina, The Sustainability Institute, Coastal Conservation League, and Palmetto Distribution.  Tickets are $10, and may be purchased in advance by clicking here, as well as at the event.  Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the singers in the round will take stage at 7:30 p.m. followed by a 15-minute intermission and The V-Tones’ set at 9:00 p.m.  Food provided by HomeTeam BBQ, as well as beer and wine available for purchase.

The Hippodrome, formerly the Imax Theater, now hosts special events as a Charleston, SC based venue.  The venue provides the community with a fresh perspective and a downtown location for hosting performing arts and social events.  Accommodating both private and public occasions, The Hippodrome is located at 360 Concord St., Suite 100 next to the South Carolina Aquarium.

If you’d like more information about this event, please call Amber Posey at (864)360-5239.  For general inquiries please email contact@charlestonhippodrome.com.

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/awendaw-green-teams-up-with-growfood-carolina-at-the-hippodrome/feed/ 0 “Hume and Camus” http://coastalconservationleague.org/hume-and-camus/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/hume-and-camus/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:16:14 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1133 Please join CCL and The College of Charleston Philosophy Department Thursday, February 23, 6:30pm at Randolph Hall at the College of Charleston for a lecture by University of Houston history professor Rob Zaretsky. Zaretsky will be discussing the unlikely similarities between philosophers David Hume and Albert Camus.  The lecture will be followed by a reception at 7:30.  Admission is free.  Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 21, to Amanda Cole at amandac@scccl.org or (843) 725-2062.

David Hume and Albert Camus seems as impossible a pair as, well, David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Yet not only were Hume and Rousseau (briefly) friends, but their relationship also cast remarkable light on the purpose and ends of philosophy. This also applies to Camus and Hume. As we pause between two anniversary celebrations-Hume’s tercentenary in 2011 and Camus’ centenary in 2013-there is much the two men share and offer to our own age. In their tempestuous ties to their native countries, their marginal standing among traditional philosophers, and their uncompromising, yet complex attitude towards Christianity, Hume and Camus are two of a kind. Moreover, as essayists, both men succeeded in reaching a popular readership far beyond their professional peers. Finally, though both thinkers revolutionized the way in which we have come to see the world, they were also conservatives wedded to a philosophy of limits.

For more information on Zaretsky’s lecture, please click here to view his New York Times Op-Ed.

]]> http://coastalconservationleague.org/hume-and-camus/feed/ 0 Digging deeper into the Savannah River Sellout! http://coastalconservationleague.org/digging-deeper-into-the-savannah-river-sellout/ http://coastalconservationleague.org/digging-deeper-into-the-savannah-river-sellout/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:18:09 +0000 adriennel http://coastalconservationleague.org/?p=1109 FITSNEWS asked CCL to write an OpEd providing further details about the environmental impacts of the deepening of the Savannah River. We describe the three main environmental impacts on wetlands, wildlife and the levels of dissolved oxygen. Moreover, we ask the question is it worth it?

Click here for full article

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