Charleston Green Drinks, an inclusive community for people passionate about the environment, will host their next event at 6pm on Tuesday, September 20th at Commonhouse Aleworks. This month’s theme is “Resilience & Flooding” and discusses will focus on flooding issues in the Lowcountry and some of the ways we can collectively be more resilient in the face of rising seas and climate change.
Co-hosts this mo nt h include:
- South Carolina Aquarium – Sara McDonald, Kelly Thorvalson, and Linda Rowe will be talking about their community-based conservation work around resilience, including information about their SeaRise Viewer and their SeaRise project (using the Anecdata platform) on the South Carolina Aquarium Citizen Science App
- Root Down Designs – Founder, April Magill, will be talking about natural building methods and resilience in flooding. Root Down Designs is one of the few licensed firms in the Carolinas that has designed homes using earthen materials such as Rammed Earth, Cob and Hempcrete. From carbon sequestering architecture, to utilizing modern day engineering and building sciences to revive ancient natural building methods
- Charleston County Flooplain Management – The Charleston County Floodplain Management Division is responsible for reviewing all proposed development in the floodplain, enforcing the minimum standards set by the National Flood Insurance Program, participating in the Community Rating System, coordinating the Charleston Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, and conducting public outreach relating to flooding and resilience.
You can learn more on the Facebook event page.
