
THE HOPE SUMMIT
The Hope Summit is where we will cultivate ideas, accelerate solutions, and inspire hope.
THE EXPERIENCE
The Hope Summit is an annual conference and festival held in Charleston at the end of September to highlight the challenges facing our community and celebrate the community-driven solutions possible through the dozens of nonprofits, community organizations, schools, and local agencies working to create agency and hope in coastal South Carolina.
Now in its fourth year, The Hope Summit has grown into a 4-day gathering including a two-day conference, a two-day film festival, a community-solutions festival with an arts and creative solutions showcase, and a day of outings and unique Lowcountry experiences. This is a multidisciplinary and intersectional gathering of knowledge of capacity sharing with core thematic tracks that include water quality and plastic pollution, stewardship and citizen science, governance, ecological restoration, resilience and adaptation, educators as catalysts of change, environmental justice, and traditional knowledge ways in experiencing and managing terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

Our Logo Story
The Hope Summit 2025 logo symbolizes the power of community-driven solutions and the role each of us plays in our human and wider living communities to be positive agents of change.
The design evokes the humble Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), a powerful partner of humanity for millenia in shaping and protecting coastlines and coastal ecosystems around the world. It also includes the crescent shape of the moon and the deep indigo of the Atlantic to evoke the role of tides in linking the oyster's local ecological impacts to the wider ocean.
At-A-Glance
- Thu, Sep 25Charleston
- Fri, Sep 26Charleston
- Sat, Sep 27Charleston
Sustainability
All events risk becoming unnecessarily wasteful. The Hope Summit organizers, partners, vendors, and attendees all have a shared responsibility to reduce their waste and emissions. Learn how you can do your part.
Make your commitment to accomplish the tasks below:
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Carpool, walk, bike, or take public transportation
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Look before you throw and use the correct recycling and compost bins
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Utilize reusable cups or water bottles while at The Hope Summit
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Eat locally sourced options from the food vendors on-site or from our list of sustainable local partners, bring reusable utensils, and purchase beverages contained in recyclable metals.
