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USGBC Speaker Series – Sustainability Ratings for Existing Neighborhoods
USGBC Speaker Series – Sustainability Ratings for Existing Neighborhoods Hear speakers Eliot Allen, Criterion Planners & Rachel Witt, South Grand Community Improvement District discuss urban sustainability rating tools that are fundamental instruments for helping achieve green community goals. This session will take an in-depth look at tools for EXISTING neighborhoods, ranging from 2030 Districts to Community Wildlife Habitat. […]
Trade Trash For Prizes!
Trade Trash For Prizes! On Saturday, March 21st volunteers are needed for the 7th annual Confluence Trash Bash, a region-wide clean-up effort to remove trash and litter threatening area streams and rivers. This year, for the first time, Brightside and the City of St. Louis will take part in the clean-up and we are […]
Junior Academy of Science – What Happens to the Trash?
Junior Academy of Science – What Happens to the Trash? If it isn’t recycled or composted, what happens to all that trash after it makes its way from the dumpster to the dump? Out of sight, out of mind? Not for the scientists and engineers responsible for figuring out how to manage all that trash […]
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 […]
St. Louis Audubon Society – Partners for Native Landscaping
St. Louis Audubon Society – Partners for Native Landscaping Join this in-depth workshop for homeowners to learn how to landscape with native plants for greener communities. You’ll hear about gardening for birds and pollinators, designing and maintaining a native garden, promoting Monarch butterfly habitat, developing and maintaining rainscapes, and managing invasive Bush Honeysuckle. When: Saturday, […]
Perennial – Garden Reuse: Cold Frames
Perennial – Garden Reuse: Cold Frames Matt, Community Educator at Gateway Greening, will discuss the proper usage of cold frames and how to get a jump start on growing your garden. Jenny Murphy, Director of Perennial, will then lead the class step-by-step through building a cold frame. Participants will learn basic hand tool knowledge while […]
USGBC Workshop – Green Your House of Worship
USGBC Workshop – Green Your House of Worship Building Success for a Better Building & a Better Planet Join the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter, Missouri Interfaith Power & Light, and Jewish Environmental Initiative, a committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council, on February 22nd to get started greening your house of worship! At this workshop, attendees […]
Naturescaping: Gardening for the Birds and their Friends
Naturescaping: Gardening for the Birds and their Friends Take part in this Sustainable Sunday Workshop hosted by The Sustainable Backyard Tour and learn why native coneflowers, milkweeds, viburnums and oaks are more beneficial than non-native hostas, daylilies, crape myrtles, and Bradford pears. Learn about all the elements that make up a functioning and healthy habitat […]