The 1st day to drop off your old Christmas lights at the 58 Walmart store locations is Sat 11/19/2011.

Please Join us at the four CBL malls from Nov. 19th to Dec. 10th to giveaway mall coupons and flyers regarding the Holiday Light Drive. To volunteer please contact cindy@stlouisgreen.com Also, don’t forget the Holiday Light Drive at 58 Walmart Stores-Statewide, which will continue from Nov 19 and ends December 4th. The drive for remainder locations ends January 31,2012. See locations

Start off your Holiday Season the Green way and come join St Louis Green and Operation Food Search in collecting and recycling holiday lights at the four CBL Malls: West County, South County, Mid Rivers, and Chesterfield, Beginning November 12th. The Drive will last until January 31st. If you would like to Volunteer, please contact cindy (at)stlouisgreen.com Looking forward to your participation!

June 1, 2011

The St. Louis Green Business Challenge began in February and runs through October 2011. The Business Challenge is a program organized by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) to help area companies adopt more sustainable practices. On June 8 the RCGA is hosting the St. Louis Green Business Challenge Products and Services Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Commerce Bank Education Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden. www.stlouisgreenchallenge.com

Now that most of the planting is finished for the spring- Don’t pitch those pots! Help reduce the amount of horticultural waste by recycling your plastic garden pots, polystyrene cell packs and plant trays at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Since the inception of the program 980,000 lbs of horticultural plastic has been diverted from the landfills. The program kicks off April 2nd and runs through Sept. 30th. Visit the website for a location nearest you. www.plasticpotrecycling.org

Wouldn’t be nice if we could have saved all that rain water from this past spring and used it for something useful instead of letting it run down into the sewer systems. There will be a Rain Barrel Demonstration at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on June 22nd from 6pm-7pm free of charge. Learn how to make a rain barrel and start collecting and using water from your down spout. Pre-made or special-order rain barrels will also be available for sale. RSVP to restore@habitatstl.org or check out http://www.habitatstl.org

PK through 12 grade Educators, this event is for you- Education for Sustainability: Midwest Summer Institute which is sponsored by Webster University, Saint Louis Zoo, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The three day event is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 29- Friday, July1. There are exciting keynote speakers, workshops with curriculum ideas, and information sessions to establish an understanding of education for sustainability for PK through 12 grade. Also included are field trips to local schools and nonprofit institutions, discussions with providers of sustainability curriculum, and resource exhibitors. http://www.webster.edu/education/msei/index.shtml

The St. Louis Cardinals need your help with their 4 a Greener Game program. Come down to Busch Stadium and help collect recycling between innings and see the game for free. Great for groups large and small, business community outreach, or individuals who want to help out and catch a game. Be sure to sign up to reserve your spot. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/community/green.jsp

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Kirkwood recently has changed over to a single stream recycling pickup, yeah! Here is a breakdown of what can and cannot go in the bins.

Plastics: Recycled plastics have a number inside a triangle on the bottom of the container. In Kirkwood, you will be able to recycle all of the following numbers: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7. This includes soda, water, and flavored beverage bottles; milk and juice jugs; detergent and fabric softener containers; health and beauty products and household cleaner containers (narrow-neck); margarine tubs, frozen dessert cups and other grocery containers; yogurt cups, narrow-neck syrup and ketchup bottles; plastic buckets (narrow-neck) such as kitty litter containers.

Cans and Foil: Aluminum cans, trays, and foil (trays and foil must be cleaned); steel cans and tins; non-hazardous aerosol cans, such as whipped cream or cooking oil (must be empty).

Glass: Glass bottles and jars (clear, brown, or green). NO window glass, mirrors, dinnerware,light bulbs, or ceramics.

Paper: Newspaper, including inserts (remove
from plastic sleeves); cardboard, including pizza boxes; milk and juice cartons;magazines, catalogs, and telephone books; office and computer paper; notebook and gift wrap paper (no metal clips, spirals, or binders); chipboard (cereal boxes, cake and food mix boxes, gift boxes); carrier stock (soda and beer carrying cases); mail, junk mail, and envelopes; paper books (no hardcover books). Rule of thumb: If you can tear it, you can recycle it.

WHAT CAN NOT BE PLACED FOR CURBSIDE PICK-UP:
Motor oil, insecticide, herbicide, paint, or hazardous chemical containers.

Plastic grocery or department store bags(take them to the grocery stores). Plastic film, sheets, or wrap (take them to the grocery stores). Styrofoam,expanded foam, or clear polystyrene (#6 plastic) by order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

http://www.kirkwoodmo.org/content/City-Departments/2287/recycling.aspx

Our Holiday Light Recycling drive kicks-off tonight at the Mungenast Lexus of St. Louis. Our goal for the Drive is to collect 9 tons. Area Walmarts will be collecting from Nov. 20th through December 12 and then it will continue through Jan 31st at area Car-x, Whole Foods and Goodwill locations. Please check stlouisgreen.com for the list of locations.

Thanks for helping us reach our goal!

When I think of perfect projects for StLouisGreen.com to be involved with, the Holiday Light Recycling Program is exactly what I think of.  It combines reduction of landfill waste and reduction of electrical use by replacing old light strands with energy-saving LEDs. The program also allows us to partner with a company leading change for the future of business and the environment. My goal is always to create the greatest amount of change, and working with a large company like Wal-mart allows green education to reach more people. Projects like these help us fulfill our mission to educate people to lead greener lifestyles. This is absolutely fantastic!

The Holiday Light Recycling Drive “Out with Old, in with the New” will begin on November 15 and continue through to December 5 at the following Wal-Mart Stores. Arnold, Chesterfield, Desoto, Eureka, Fenton, Festus, Lake St. Louis, Maplewood, Manchester, O’Fallon, St. Peters, Telegraph, and Wentzville. The collection bins will be located in the Garden Centers. Please bring in your old and/or non working holiday lights to be recycled.

Please come visit StLouisGreen.com at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter Store located at Manchester and 141 from 1:00pm – 3:00pm on Sunday, November 15. KHits 96 will be on location with a live broadcast along with the EcolifeStl.com Street Crew.

Holiday Light Recycling Drive Partners:

Wal-Mart, StLouisGreen.com,
GreenEarth Waste Recovery, EcoLifeStl.com

The number 350–as in parts per million, is the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Currently we are at 385.9ppm which is why the day is taking place to create more awareness.  Here is a run down of all the events for the 350 International Day of Climate Action, www.stl350.com and www.350.org.

From 8:00 to 10:00 am there will be a prayer breakfast at Third Baptist Church on Grand at Olive. Please logon to www.stl350.com to rsvp now so they know how much food to prepare.

At 10:00, we will gather at Culver Way Ecovillage at 3965 Westminster Place to walk the 350 Labyrinth.

From there, many people will be BIKING to the rally at the Arch at noon.

At 2:00, JOIA will lead a parade from the south leg of the Arch to City Hall. You are welcome to create a climate costume and/or come on your BIKE and join the parade.

From 3:00 to 4:00, we will have a press conference at City Hall to announce the 2020 Climate Leadership Campaign in St. Louis. We have invited the Mayor and others to speak.

From 7:00 to 9:00 that evening, we will have a Launch Party at 21 O’Fallon, a LEED platinum building that is right at the beginning of the Riverfront BIKE trail, where we will launch the Eco City USA Campaign to have St. Louis be known at Eco City USA by 2020.

For more information visit www.stl350.com