Category Archives: Charleston

Fecal coliform a safety concern in our local creek and many waterways in the Charleston Harbor Watershed

Charleston Waterkeeper reported in June 2012 that fifty-one percent of impaired waterways in the Ashley/Cooper River Basin (a.k.a. Charleston Harbor Watershed) are impaired because of fecal coliform.  “The most recent data available shows 52 waterways in the Ashley/Cooper River Basin have poor water quality due to fecal pollution.” Swimming in contaminated water means risking development of […]
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J. Henry Fair’s global perspective

J. Henry Fair is an aerial photographer and environmental activist whose series “Industrial Scars” appeared at Charleston, South Carolina’s Gibbes Museum of Art in 2011. His work is gaining worldwide recognition, including a recent TEDx talk in Berlin. His visually stunning photographs depict disturbing scenes, an idea he calls “dissonance” that endows his big-picture views […]
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“Climate Change Depicted in Art”

Christina Hum wrote the following article for the IMSG Employee Newsletter, July 2011. In early 2010, IMSG employee and Geospatial Analyst Matt Pendleton was presented with an interesting outreach project. Mary Edna Fraser, a contemporary American textile artist, wanted to illustrate projected sea level rise for the year 2100 in an art project showing the […]
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