The UNCW Coastal Society

12/11/2016

Hurray for the RAE-TCS 2016 Living Shorelines Summit in New Orleans! UNCW TCS will be represented by the Coastal and Estuarine Shores Lab.

10/06/2016

TCS Officer Brooke Young (also currently part of the Coastal and Estuarine Shores Lab at UNCW) assisted in the collection of beach profiles and sediment samples ahead of Hurricane Matthew!

10/06/2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/10/05/obama-just-announced-the-first-new-marine-sanctuaries-in-15-years/

The sanctuaries will be in Lake Michigan and along the Potomac River in Maryland.

07/24/2015

Three teams take home cash for their pH sensors.

06/08/2015

http://ocean.si.edu/world-ocean-day-2015-smithsonian-national-museum-natural-history?hootPostID=d66969348acace965ecd0ca1973558f2
Happy World Ocean Day!

Here at the Ocean Portal, we celebrate the ocean every day. But one time a year—for World Ocean Day—we invite you to join us in special celebrations honoring that great, salty body of water that covers more than 70 percent of our planet.

05/02/2015

Good luck on final exams and projects!

04/30/2015

Coastal residents said Wednesday they don’t want state regulators to tell them how to cope with sea-level rise, and state regulators told them not to worry about it.

04/22/2015

Happy Earth Day everyone!!!

03/17/2015

Don't forget our March meeting will be tomorrow, Mar. 18th, at 6:30pm, in TL 1009! Mr. Don Carmen and Mr. Jason Hale of SEPI Engineering will be speaking about coastal engineering projects around Wilmington!

02/23/2015

Lindquist, who is originally from Wilmington, is returning to officially close the installation, although the wall painting will remain at the SEACC Action Center indefinitely. He will lead a performance in which works from the installation will be paraded through downtown Wilmington, further connecting the art with the community. The procession, the open house and the film screening that follows will be a call to action for the clean-up of all communities and responsible disposing of coal ash. Lindquist said, “Through these direct actions and gestures of beauty, we illuminate the invisible pollutants concealed by industry, bringing them into the light in broader community and public consciousness.”

The following is the schedule of events for Friday February 27th

5:00pm - A procession of community members carrying works from the installation begins at Riverfront Park and will proceed through downtown Wilmington (weather permitted). The procession will culminate at the SEACC Community Action Center (317 Castle St.).

6:00pm - 9:00pm - Working Films hosts an open house in the installation space, SEACC Action Center, 317 Castle Street, Wilmington. The public is invited to view the Smoke and Water Installation and meet artist Greg Lindquist, who will give a short talk about his work. Short films will be shown multiple times throughout the evening. Representatives from local organizations will attend the event to answer questions and share information about their work to assure the cleanup of the Sutton Power Plant. Light refreshments will be provided.

Films that will be screened during the open house on February 27th include:

Downwind and Downstream, by Carly Calhoun & Sam Despeaux, focuses on the Charlotte area exposing the health and environmental hazards left behind after coal is burned.

At What Cost?, by Appalachian Voices, follows residents near Duke Energy's Belews Creek coal-fired power plant in North Carolina and centers on the resilience of a close-knit community with a toxic legacy after decades of pollution.

A video art piece created by Greg Lindquist in collaboration with UNCW’s Environmental Concerns Organization will debut, providing a time lapse of Smoke and Water’s installation interwoven with coal ash spill news footage and readings of statements made by citizens impacted by and responding to coal ash.

02/09/2015

Meeting this Wednesday night at 6:30pm in TL 1025! We will be going over club business and upcoming events. We will also be selling tshirts for $15.50, please try and bring exact change. If you are interested in an officer position next year, you must attend this meeting or email Jessie Scofield at [email protected] if you are unable to attend.

01/30/2015

State officials say they will use legal means if necessary to get easements