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‘Avatar’ gets it right on conservation lessons

James Cameron’s latest movie, “Avatar,” is affecting America far more than a nation-wide increase of popcorn sales. There are plenty of reasons why this is the highest grossing film of all time, but I’m raving about the movie because this film promotes the values of human connection to the earth and the importance of caring for people for our planet. more

How South Carolina’s Congaree National Park made me care

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Years before it beckoned visitors with the name Congaree National Park, my escape from reality was known as Congaree Swamp. more

Congaree National Park expanded: Our work with South Carolina’s local youth and legislators

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Of the 50 states, South Carolina is not one often associated with land preservation. But that’s not the case this fall. A bill passed by Congress in October has granted part of the funding to expand the state’s only national park and the home of the nation’s largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest. more

"Santee Cooper nixes plan for coal plant"

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Is this a sign of things to come? Is the clean energy revolution taking root even as Dirty Coal tries to scare the daylights out of us by spending millions on astroturfing and a fear campaign? more