In This Issue

30 Trees for 30 Years
Festival Photos
#OhSoPunny
Individual Actions make a Difference
How to Have a [nearly] Zero Waste Event
Film Series Wrap Up
GCAA Won!
Recycling On the Go is hiring
Thank you, Kathy Dolson

Announcements

Donate $30 for 30 years today

If you attended the 30th Anniversary St. Louis Earth Day Festival, please take our survey.

earthday365 is now closed on Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Our online shop is up-to-date! Check out our limited edition merch.

Join the Green Dining Club to receive exclusive discounts and perks at participating restaurants.

30 Trees for 30 Years

On Saturday, May 25th, volunteers, neighbors, earthday365 staff, and St. Louis Earth Day Festival Founders met to take part in a celebratory tree planting that took place in historic O'Fallon Park, St. Louis in honor of the 30th Anniversary St. Louis Earth Day Festival.

earthday365 board member, Colleen Autry, wanted to create a project for the community that would last for future generations, and incorporate the 30th theme.

Colleen explained,

“Planting these 30 trees will provide shade and beauty for the next thirty years and beyond, in O’Fallon Park. Our city parks are one of the biggest assets to residents of St. Louis, as they provide green space, recreation, habitat, and help support a more sustainable future for our neighbors.”

For more information on the annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival, please visit www.earthday-365.com.

DONATE $30 FOR 30 YEARS

Check out these photos taken at the

30th Anniversary St. Louis Earth Day Festival

(You might even be in one!)

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NEW OFFICE HOURS

earthday365 will be closed on Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Regular office hours will remain the same, 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, outside of this time period.

If you attended our 30th Anniversary Festival, please take our survey to let us know about your experience!

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Our Online Shop is Up-to-date!

Including t-shirts, pint glasses, reusable bags and utensils, Limited Edition 30th Anniversary gear and more!

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#OhSoPunny

What must trees drink responsibly?

Keep reading for the answer.

Individual Actions make a Difference

Jen Myerscough, Executive Director of earthday365, wrote a letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on behalf of their editorial "Bloomberg's work with St. Louis on warming can reverse rampant complacency".

Our impact on the environment starts with individual action. Let's focus on "what each of us as individuals in the community can do to reduce our environmental impact, become more efficient and use our limited natural resources more wisely." Click here to read Jen's letter to the editor.

How to Have a [nearly] Zero Waste Event

Click here to read about the efforts to make the 30th Anniversary St. Louis Earth Day Festival a zero waste event, and how we fell short.

2019 St. Louis Earth Day Film Series Wrap Up

The 2nd annual St. Louis Earth Day Film Series entertained as well as enlightened St. Louis area residents during the month of April as an accompaniment to the 30th Anniversary of the St. Louis Earth Day Festival. Throughout the St. Louis region, nine venues screened eight environmental films to audiences big and small.

During Mastercard's private film screening of "More Than Honey", the earthday365 staff was honored to be given a tour of their O'Fallon, Missouri campus that highlighted the company's global sustainability efforts. This screening alone reached over 4,000 of their local employees, plus Mastercard’s national and international locations.

A special “Thank You” to the venues involved including Washington University, The Stage at KDHX, Pat Connolly’s Tavern, The Moolah Theatre, The Tau Center, Mastercard Campus, Curtain Call Lounge, University of Missouri St. Louis, and T-REX for inviting the community to watch a free screening. And, thank you to earthday365 staff member Rachel Lynch, for dedicating her time and effort in making this film series incredible.

"The 2nd Annual St. Louis Earth Day Film Series was a wonderful success. By giving environmentally passionate community members a platform to share their observations and experiences, the St. Louis region has become a more environmentally conscious and informed community. Hopefully with that knowledge comes the need and path forward for positive change" says Rachel.

GCAA Won!

Congratulations to two of our staff and their Green Schools Quest schools for placing in the US Green Building Council's Green Schools Quest Challenge! Elizabeth Sabetta and Grand Center Arts Academy won third place in the Middle School Category, and Jen Myerscough and McKinley Classical Leadership Academy won Rookie of the Year!

Our staff is honored to participate in this amazing community program and help mentor the next generation of sustainability champions!

Check out this link for the list of all the winners from the USGBC MO Gateway Chapter!

Join Our Team!

Recycling On the Go hiring for the 2019 season has started! Join our team to learn from the best and be a solution to pollution! (We're pretty fun!)

Apply here

Thank you, Kathy Dolson

Happy retirement to Kathy Dolson! She first became involved with St. Louis Earth Day through volunteering at the St. Louis Earth Day Festival in 2010. Staff remember being impressed by Kathy’s energy, dedication to completing tasks quickly and with a high degree of quality, and her fun-loving attitude.