We use hands-on activities to meet educational needs and increase awareness of communities: ecological communities by utilizing habitats and human communities by promoting positive group dynamics.

SC Adopt-a-Stream is a volunteer water quality monitoring program that allows citizens to learn about stream health and use their data for education, protection and restoration.

Champions of the Environment is an annual grant program awarding K-12th grade students and teachers funding to implement environmental action and awareness projects in their schools and communities.

To promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

Promoting sustainable and healthy grazing lands for producers raising livestock on forages.

Protect, promote, and enhance South Carolina’s forests for the benefit of all.

The South Carolina Garden-Based Learning Network is an educational research, teaching, consulting, and resource network promoting gardens and nature as the context and content for learning.

Explain the importance of native plants; support other habitats and endangered species; encourgage use of native plants in landscaping; promote availability of native plants.

Coastal science serving South Carolina

To identify and address Grand Challenges in STEM Education through partnerships, advocacy, and public engagement.

Established in 2012, the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center provides decision makers with the science, tools, and information they need to address the impacts of climate variability and change on their areas of responsibility. The Center will transform how climate science is conducted and applied in the south-central United States. We support big thinking, including multi-institutional and decision-maker-driven approaches to assessing the impact of climate extremes on natural and cultural resources.