There is an article in today’s Post & Courier that shares information about the area’s hazardous waste disposal sites:
From “Charleston County sees light on recycling bulbs“:
Here’s where you can throw out your compact fluorescent bulbs and other household hazardous waste in Charleston County:

Bees Ferry Road Convenience Center, 1344 Bees Ferry Road.
Adams Run Convenience Center, 8326 Old […]

I just received this press release from CofC - way to go!
Starting January 28, 2008, the College of Charleston will participate in the 10-week RecycleMania challenge, competing against more than 200 universities across the country. Specifically, students and employees at the College will compete in the targeted materials competition, the per capita paper competition, the […]

No, this isn’t a local version of The Biggest Loser… It is an effort of a nonprofit that I volunteer with to ease hunger in the Lowcountry and discourage food waste.
The mission of Fields to Families is to help increase nutrition to the area hungry by coordinating distribution of fresh produce obtained from local gardens […]

I was very happy to see this weekend that a recycling dropsite has been setup in the Food Lion Shopping Center at 65 Sycamore Avenue. That brings the total to seven dropsites in West Ashley for those of us who don’t have curbside pickup.
The site does not have a bin for corrugated cardboard yet, […]

If you’re like me, chances are that deep in your closet, you too have a box of things that is labeled, “stuff.” And in it, most likely, is that old cell phone that you just didn’t know what to do with, so you stashed it in stuff purgatory. Well fear no more, there is a […]

So, I’m no artist, but something about the holidays gets me in the mood to… CREATE!
There is nothing better than bringing the outdoors in to help you celebrate the season. There are lots of ways to save green and go natural during the holidays.
For the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Fall season:
Create a simple centerpiece in seconds by grouping three […]

I was listening to Marketplace on public radio the other day and as part of their sustainability news series, the reporter plugged an interactive assessment tool called “Consumer Consequences” on American Public Media’s website.
Consumer Consequences will tell you how many planets it would take to support your lifestyle on a planetary scale and provide […]

The Sustainable Seafood Initiative is a community-wide effort that has been underway since 2002 to promote the conservation of fishery resources and the use of locally and domestically caught seafood in restaurants.
Sustainable seafood refers to fish that are caught or farmed with consideration for the long-term viability of individual marine species and for the oceans’ […]

As an occasional user of Evite.com, I receive monthly party “tips.” I usually send these straight to the trash – but this month, I’m going to recycle some of the ideas. Evite.com estimates it saves party planners millions of dollars in paper invitations and postage each month. So fittingly, the focus for this month’s […]

As I was reading through the Fall issue of Charleston Home, I learned some interesting things to help my green thumb and my green gardening knowledge.
First, it’s not too late to plant some Fall veggies! One of Charleston Home’s “to-dos” for Fall is “Grow a new vegetable.” In the article “Fall Task List,” Sidi Limehouse […]

Fields to Families announced today that its volunteers have coordinated the distribution of 19,383 pounds of fresh produce to recipient nonprofit agencies since the beginning of the year! And when more than 250,000 Lowcountry residents have a high risk of going hungry—with one of every four children at risk for hunger and malnutrition—every pound counts.
Field […]

Cow pun aside, when I recently went to my regular recycling spot in West Ashley at St. Andrews Shopping Center, it was gone – vanished into thin air! So recyclables in tow, I scoured the city looking for a new home for my bottles and paperboard. I eventually found an alternate recycling spot, but it […]

South Carolina has the second highest percentage of hungry people in the nation, yet 27 percent of all food produced is thrown away.
It is the mission of the recently formed nonprofit organization Fields To Families to reduce that waste by coordinating distribution of surplus produce from local gardens and farms to local soup kitchens, shelters, […]

It’s the little things that count, and if a lot of us do these “little things” to curb our energy consumption - we can really make an impact. The first room to look at is where all the action happens. No – not your bedroom, silly, the kitchen!
There are energy-saving techniques that can be utilized […]