The Coastal Expeditions Foundation is a 1% For The Planet Environmental Partner

We invite Business Members of Patagonia’s 1% For The Planet to contribute to our programs as part of their yearly pledge.

The collective of businesses and environmental partners that made up 1% For The Planet provides a global network to give a certified pathway to give and amplify the work. This platform is helpful to small organizations like the Coastal Expedition Foundation because it amplifies the work that we do to new people and groups beyond the Charleston community.

Since 2022, the Coastal Expeditions Foundation has been an Environmental Partner for this program. We invite Business Members to invest in the programs we focus on: environmental education, seabird nesting islands and nesting loggerhead sea turtles.

The Coastal Expeditions works to protect nesting seabirds on South Carolina’s coast.  In 2024, we helped convince the state’s Department of Natural Resources to close Deveaux Bank- home to 75% of South Carolina’s nesting Eastern Brown Pelicans- to humans during nesting season.  Environmentalists and biologists have been asking to close Deveaux for 20 years, making this a big win for the birds.