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5 Easy Ways To Make STL Greener This Holiday Season
5 Easy Ways To Make STL Greener This Holiday Season Make the most of your holiday shopping. Harness the power of Amazon and shop through AmazonSmile. When you shop AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Brightside. Bookmark the link above and support us every time you shop. Celebrate #GivingTuesday. After popular shopping events […]
Shaw Wildflower Market
Shaw Wildflower Market Shaw Nature Reserve and several nurseries from throughout the area will offer hundreds of varieties of Missouri native annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife. Plants will be for sale from Shaw Nature Reserve, Wild Ones, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Forest Keeling Nursery, Pan’s […]
Taking Down Graffiti on #GiveSTLDay
Taking Down Graffiti on #GiveSTLDay Brightside St. Louis is excited to gear up for another amazing Give STL Day, which will take place on Tuesday, May 5th from midnight to midnight. Together we can make this the biggest giving day of the year! This year, your Give STL Day contributions to Brightside will support our […]
Call For Sustainable Backyards
Call for Sustainable Backyards The Sustainable Backyard Tour returns for the fifth year on Sunday, June 14th, 2015. A free, grassroots, self-guided tour of residential yards (front and back!) throughout St. Louis city and county, the tour showcases a range of green living practices, including low-impact lawn care, composting and using recycled materials, organic gardening, […]
Calling All Employee Volunteer Groups
Calling All Employee Volunteer Groups St. Louis is fortunate to have a wide variety of businesses and professionals that understand the importance of engaging in the communities that support them. We welcome these businesses to join Brightside in making St. Louis a better and more beautiful place. Whether your business already has an employee volunteer […]
Recycle Your Holiday Lights
Recycle Your Holiday Lights Got broken or unwanted strands of lights taking up storage space? Did you know you can recycle them? Help St. Louis Green reach their 2014 goal of recycling 134,000 lbs. of holiday lights. This year’s Holiday Light Recycling Drive begins November 15th and runs through January 18th. Find a list of […]
CANCELLED – Volunteers Needed to Help Plant Daffodils
CANCELLED – Volunteers Needed to Help Plant Daffodils DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND MUDDY CONDITIONS, WE HAVE CANCELLED THIS EVENT. Have you seen the thousands of daffodils that blanket the landscape along St. Louis highways and thoroughfares each spring? For many St. Louisans it’s a much anticipated sight to see. Not only are the […]
Save the Date
Save the Date A new movement is sweeping the nation, a movement to celebrate the season of giving and inspire people to make a difference in their communities. Now in its third year, #GivingTuesday, is observed on the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving, and offers people a break from holiday shopping to give back to the […]