Posted in Advocacy, Charleston Waterkeeper, Events, Issues, Outreach, Programs, Stormwater Runoff, Support, The Water Ball, Uncategorized, Water Quality Monitoring Program on Apr 21st, 2012
Water Ball 2012 Highlights from Charleston Waterkeeper on Vimeo. Two weeks ago, the Charleston community came together to celebrate its fundamental right to clean water. We are happy to report that Charleston Waterkeeper’s Third Annual Water Ball was our biggest, most successful event yet! Water Ball 2012 had an estimated record attendance of over 400 [...]
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This past Tuesday the Post and Courier ran an article titled “Cooper River in Charleston Among Worst for Carcinogens.” The article states that more than 45,000 pounds of cancer-causing chemicals were released into the Cooper River in 2010 by local industrial facilities. That 45,000 pounds made the Cooper River the sixth worst in the nation [...]
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Join Charleston Waterkeeper on April 5, 2012 for an evening dedicated to clean water. Our third annual Water Ball will be held at the SC Aquarium from 7-11PM. Advance tickets will be made available on March 5, 2012 by visiting thewaterball.org. More details will be revealed soon. In the meantime, here’s what happened in 2010 and [...]
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A few months ago, we had the privilege to meet Creighton Cutts, the founder of Bee Natural in Athens, GA. Creighton had come to Charleston for a “Floatoshoot” on the Charleston Harbor for Bee Natural’s Waterkeeper Alliance campaign, and we were very impressed by his work. Creighton designs custom beautiful Honeypot® luminaries, and has grown [...]
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On Friday, February 3rd, Champagne (v). for a Cause and Charleston Waterkeeper will be teaming up to host Champagne (v.) – for Charleston Waterkeeper. We will be at FISH Restaurant, located at 442 King Street. After a short hiatus in New York City, the Champagne (v.) – for a cause team is back in Charleston [...]
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Last month, as part of the Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event Series, Charleston Waterkeeper held the Great Oyster Point Runoff on and around downtown Charleston’s Colonial Lake. The SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota in partnership with national founding sponsor, KEEN, is a national event program that engages local citizens in water-based activities. Charleston Waterkeeper [...]
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On November 5th, Charleston Waterkeeper will host “The Great Oyster Point Runoff” on the Rutledge Street Pond (** a prize for the first person to leave the current name of this waterway in the comment section below **) and throughout the Colonial Common. Clueless as to where these names are coming from and what we’ll [...]
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Posted in Events on Aug 9th, 2011
If you recall from February’s MESSA 8K for H2o, Charleston Waterkeeper was lucky enough to be chosen as the benefitting charity of the annual fundraiser and road race. We’re happy to announce that the final numbers are in, an over-sized check has been presented, and when all is said and done, $6,600 has been donated to Charleston Waterkeeper [...]
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Posted in Events on Aug 3rd, 2011
Last Friday, Charleston Waterkeeper and Partisan Records teamed up to host an exclusive listening party for Deer Tick‘s newest, unreleased album. We had originally intended to host a live performance with Deer Tick’s lead singer, John McCauley. Unfortunately, John was stranded in Colorado and subsequently couldn’t make it to town in time. To make it up to [...]
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