A broken down bus, Cumulus clouds and high winds could not stop the 3rd graders from the ALERT program in Columbia. They made it to Charleston! The students were able to tour the harbor with Sandlapper tours and collected shells on Folly Beach. The students also made some great s’mores in the solar cookers they […]

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 On Wednesday Ian led a group of 5th Graders from James Edwards Elementary school through Bulls Island.  Dolphins pinned fish against the bank in the shallow marsh.
Yesterday LEEP took 36 students from the ALERT program in Richland County District 2 to Folly Beach. Here they learned about the ecosystem as well as team building skills. […]

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This is Ian’s blog from Pawleys Island. Today was Ian’s birthday!! We all hope he had a great day!
Music, Magic, and Nature in kayaks and beach walks all week.  Watching the sun rise and fall and the world come alive and change with the tides.
Medicinal Plant:  Boiling acorns creates an astringent that can be used […]

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This is Ian’s blog for today!
Streaks of color across the sky as the sunrise reveals Sanderlings darting in out of the boiling waves digging critters out of the sand.

 Medicinal Plants:  A tea made from pine needles is used to help with coughs and flu.  Long leaf pine may be toxic.

 Theodore Roosevelt, Emerson, Thoreau, Walt Disney, Beethoven, all […]

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Ian is at Pawley’s Island this week leading various kayak tours. He will be sending posts of his trips daily. This is his first blog this week.

“Flocks of Skimmers, Terns, gulls, Pelicans, and a Osprey feast on fish caught between the outgoing tide meeting the Ocean currents on the north end of Pawleys Island this […]

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March 7th-10th Ian Sanchez and I attended the Blue Vision Summit in Washington, DC.  The main focus of the summit was about ocean conservation and preservation.   I learned that even though the world’s oceans seem vast, they are very delicate.   One speaker that I found very interesting was Roz Savage.  In the […]

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We have been asked to help seek volunteers for SEWE (Southeastern Wildlife Exposition) that will be held Feb. 13th 14th and 15th. If you are interested in helping out please go to the site at the bottom of this blog. Once you log in go to Project Calendar then Browse Projects to find SEWE.  This […]

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Last Friday we had a special guest Jenny Bloom, from the Charleston Recycling Center come and talk to the kids. She started the class out by passing out used books that were sent to the recycling center from various locations throughout the county. She encouraged the kids to keep the books with them and reuse them. […]

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So I found some free time in my life and wanted to dedicate it to a good cause.  I did my research and discovered L.E.E.P., the Lowcountry Environmental Education Program.  Nice…..nothing’s cooler than nature and why not let the kids know about it!
So I get in contact with Diana and she puts me right in the […]

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Leep is having a fun and successful fall.  We have been involved in many activities and are teaching many classes.  Our Executive Director, Ian Sanchez, and many volunteers attended the Green Fair on Sept. 28 in Marion Square Park.  Ian took short walks with kids.  He also spoke about connecting children and nature and showed […]

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