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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Lowcountry celebrates Earth Day with local eco-friendly businesses and litter sweeps
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Many people celebrated Earth Day in the Lowcountry from shopping for eco-friendly products to cleaning-up littered areas. This year's Earth Day theme is 'our power, our planet' and organizations honored it in their own ways. However, local residents did their part to either give back or connect to our planet. 'Earth Day is a celebration of everything that is in our natural world and the aquarium connects people to water, wildlife, and wild places,' Sarah McDonald, conservation vice president of South Carolina Aquarium, said. 'We think Earth Day should be everyday because this is our mission, to ensure people have access to a clean healthy environment.' 'Just find the Earth and being outside and in nature just so important. Growing a garden is just a beautiful way to make that connection,' Ella Cowen, co-owner of Sea Island Savory Herbs, said. Ashley Hall School held a 'Plant With a Purpose' festival open to students and their families. Local environmentally based businesses were selling their eco-friendly products, while attendees were able to walk around and visit each vendor booth. Sea Island Savory Herbs, one of the female-owned businesses, brought their culinary herbs, plants, and pottery. Cowen hoped today would inspire the younger generation to make an impact. 'Just to kind of teach girls you can make anything work if you have a passion in it because Danielle and I were not businesspeople. We were just working there and ended up taking over the business. We love plants and so we were able to make it work even through snowstorms and hurricanes,' Cowen said. Elsewhere, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project and the aquarium hosted the Gadsden Creek clean up. Nearly 100 volunteers showed up to do a litter sweep of the aquarium's adopted street. Friends of Gadsden Creek and the Charleston Area Justice Ministry also were present. That saltwater marsh in downtown often gets full of trash and often floods, but organizers said it is a vital ecosystem in the Lowcountry. 'As we know litter, especially plastic pollution, is harmful to wildlife and harmful to human health. It is one of the programs we work on and in this area it also floods a lot. Even though it hasn't rained lately,' McDonald said. 'There is a connection between flooding and litter, when the street floods and there's litter on the street – it takes it into the salt marsh and ultimately into the Ashley River.' Lowcountry Earth Month continues with its events until April 27. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
SC Aquarium employees road trip to Florida for latest turtle release
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Marine biologists with the South Carolina Aquarium traveled to Florida this week to complete the aquarium's latest turtle release. The team hit the road with Croissant, Eggs, Hydrangea, Marmalade, and Snowdrop, five juvenile green sea turtles who were rehabilitated at the aquarium's Sea Turtle Care Center after being admitted for cold stunning. Cold stunning happens when water temperatures drop suddenly, lowering a sea turtle's internal body temperature to critical levels. This causes lethargy and buoyancy issues in the turtle, which, according to aquarium officials, leads to stranding ashore and needing rehab care. 'Each chance we get to send sea turtles back out to the ocean is a proud moment for us,' says Sea Turtle Care Center Manager Melissa Ranly. 'It's a testament to the dedication of every entity that impacted these sea turtles along their respective road trips to release: the rescuers, SCDNR-permitted transporters, staff, volunteers, and Aquarium guests. Without each of them — and their shared commitment to sea turtle conservation — this work wouldn't be possible!' The five turtles were successfully released into the warm waters of Little Talbot Island State Park in Jacksonville on Wednesday morning. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stars of Disney Junior show set to make appearance at SC Aquarium
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—Looking for a family-friendly outing? Try taking the kids to see their favorite deep-sea explorers at the South Carolina Aquarium next month. 'The Octonauts' stars Captain Barnacles and Kwazii, are set to dock the 'Octopod' outside the aquarium on March 7 before heading out on March 9. Kids will have the chance to meet the stars at different times throughout the weekend. The schedule is below: Friday, March 7 at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Not only do guests get to meet Captain Barnacles and Kwazii and take a picture, but they can also participate in a scavenger hunt for a prize and watch special dive shows. Each meet-and-greet is a first-come, first-served opportunity, and visitors must have general admission tickets or member entry reservations. The aquarium is located at 100 Aquarium Wharf. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
