Read "Black History Month 2021: Combating Food Apartheid"

Happy Black History Month!

"According to the “Environmental Racism In St. Louis” report released in 2019 by Action St. Louis, Arch City Defenders, Dutchtown South Community Corporation, the Sierra Club and Washington University’s School of Law, it is almost twice as likely that Black residents of St. Louis will have limited access to healthy food as compared to white residents. With this known, many local organizers and community leaders have stepped up to create ways to combat this long-running issue by creating organizations, program, initiatives and community groups to do the work." Read more...

Good Food Movement: Improving our Food System from Within

Join us for this virtual program
February 18th at 3pm

For our next Virtual Program, earthday365 is hosting a presentation and discussion featuring Erica Williams, Founder and Executive Director of A Red Circle, where she will discuss her work in improving the food system in North St. Louis County. Join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 3:00pm. Register now!

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2021 Festival T-Shirt Design Contest

Design our 2020-2021 St. Louis Earth Day Festival T-Shirt! Submit your design for the 2020-2021 Festival T-Shirt Design Contest, themed Resilience in a Time of Challenge, by February 18, 2021 at 11:59PM CT. The winning design will be printed on the front of a limited edition run of T-shirts that will be available for pre-order and purchase online. Designs will be judged by an internal panel based on originality, attention to the theme, and illustrating the character and values of earthday365 and the St. Louis Earth Day Festival. The winner will receive a free Festival T-shirt with their design!

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2018 Festival T-shirt Design

Garden Work Day

Join us for a Garden Work Day in Pine Lawn, hosted by A Red Circle on April 10th at 9am, in collaboration with Custom Foodscaping. This will be our first collaboration for our Environmental Justice Days Of Action. Volunteers will help build up their urban farm and plant potatoes for the community at the North County Agricultural Education Center, which works to combat food apartheid.

Green Curbside Hop photo with three masked distant people

Welcome New Board Members

We are pleased to announce our 2021 cohort of new earthday365 Board Members, who bring a host of new talents and connections. Welcome! Check out bios and information on our full Board here.

Joyce Gorrell (EarthWays Center)

Lisa Johnson (Edward Jones)

Charles Bryson (Civil Rights Enforcement Agency)

We're Hiring!

Take a look at our current job opportunities

GDA Program Assistant

The GDA Program Assistant’s primary focus will be to support the GDA Program Manager in the execution of the Green Dining Alliance program. This is a part-time paid position to provide communication support and audits for restaurants.

Marketing & Communications Intern

The Remote Marketing & Communications Intern is responsible for assisting in the enhancement of earthday365’s brand presence and communication through marketing and promotion. This is a part-time position.

earthday365 Membership

Be Part of the Solution! Our membership program is made up of members who believe in earthday365 and want to see the St. Louis Earth Day Festival return stronger than ever post-COVID. Our members are partnering with us to build the kind of environmental movement they want to see in the St. Louis region - come Be Part of the Solution!

earthday365 membership benefits include Green Dining Alliance restaurant discounts, a monthly Eco-Media Club, educational and volunteer opportunities, and especially discounts on tickets to events throughout the year, such as our past Green Curbside Hop.

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Taste of Green earthday365 Vegetarian Cookbook title page with food stenciled graphics

Buy our digital $10 earthday365 cookbook Taste of Green For Your Home Kitchen, compiled by the Young Friends, from our store here! Proceeds to benefit the Green Dining Alliance Relief Fund.

Recent Virtual Programming

All virtual programming is accessible on our earthday365 Virtual Programs webpage

The Homegrown Series featuring Ujima

earthday365 presented the first of our new Homegrown Series, where we will highlight initiatives and projects from local leaders and organizations that are working towards building community through an agricultural lens. Our inaugural Homegrown program featured Nick Speed of Ujima discussing their latest initiative, The Salsa Project. Check out the recording here!