Thank You Vendors!

The 2024 Earth Day festival would not have been as big of a hit if it was not for you. We had around 19 different food/beverage vendors in the Earth Day Cafe and the Beer Garden. I look forward to increasing that number next year.

Showcase Your Restaurant in Sauce Magazine

We created the Too Good To Waste marketing campaign, featured in Sauce Magazine, to show what the average amount of food wasted by an individual each year looks like. It provides an accessible way to communicate the issue of food waste to our region while showcasing some of our GDA members.

Big shout out to the GDA members that participated so far. Click here for more information and email Gillian@earthday-365.org if you'd like to participate in the 2024 campaign.

GDA on Fox 2 News.

In April, SqWires owner Bethany Buddy talked about being a member of the Green Dining Alliance with the Fox 2 News team. View Full Story Here.

Composting Grant

We have a composting grant sponsored by the St. Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the TRIO Foundation that allows us to provide members of the GDA with $20/month ($240/year) off of their composting services. If you're interested in participating, contact Gillian for more information.

This grant helps end single-use plastics

GDA members have access to a $500 reimbursement grant from the EPA to replace disposable plastic products with more environmentally friendly alternatives. These grants are first come, first served until all funds have been distributed.

If you're interested please contact Gillian@earthday-365.org.

Ditch the styrofoam with this Grant!

With the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, we are working for the neighborhoods located in three geographic regions in St. Louis shown in the map to the left (Baden, Dutchtown/Cherokee, and Delmar through downtown- "the toothbrush"). The grant offers businesses a $1000 reimbursement to replace Styrofoam or disposable plastic products with recyclable, compostable, or reusable materials to reduce the environmental impacts of litter in our neighborhoods and waterways. Any food businesses within the grant boundaries can apply for the grant by completing the form linked below and sending it to Gillian@earthday-365.org.

How They Are Doing It

To support area restaurants in lowering their environmental impact, the City of Webster Groves is awarding microgrants to food service establishments that get certified with the Green Dining Alliance. All food service establishments that are GDA certified in Webster Groves are eligible for one or both of the grants. Microgrants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The grant funds can be used to cover the cost of the GDA certification.

Reduce $1000

Helps cover baseline steps such as eliminating Styrofoam, utilizing recycling and composting, and switching to compostable or reusable to-go ware.

Recharge $3000

Helps offset the high cost of energy improvements such as installing energy efficient lighting and Energy Star equipment, electrifying the kitchen, and installing EV charging stations.

If you know of a restaurant in Webster Groves that would be interested in getting GDA certified please share this information with them.