It’s official - Food Waste Awareness Day exists, with approval from the St. Louis City Mayor, Tishuara Jones!

We created this special day to spread awareness about the impact of food waste and celebrate citywide achievements in reducing it, notably by the 8 Green Dining Alliance members who participated in our STL Food Waste Challenge: Mission Taco Joint (Delmar), Pizza Head, SqWires Restaurant and Market, Old Bakery Beer, Bar K, Flavor 360, Alpha Brewing Co, and Olive + Oak.

Join us in our celebration at Urban Chestnut (Grove location) on November 17th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, featuring:

• Free food + 1 free drink
• Free Green Dining Alliance passports for the first 25 attendees
• Presentation of proclamation by the office of Mayor Tishaura Jones
• Presentation of St. Louis Region Food Waste & Food Rescue Report 
• earthday365 presenting Food Waste Challenge data, awards, & recognitions!

We are pleased to introduce Cheyanne Lovellette, our new Director of Operations! 

Cheyanne has been passionate about environmental justice since childhood, growing up on-site in many of Missouri's State Parks in the Ozarks. She brings 6+ years of nonprofit leadership experience in the St. Louis region including most recently as the Manager at Confluence Farms.

She enjoys reading, sewing and mending clothes, playing tabletop role play games, gardening, and being in nature.

Learn more about Cheyanne below!

We're already excited to see who will be featured at next year's St. Louis Earth Day Festival! Applications for both vendors and sponsors will be open on November 8th, and vendors earn a 10% Early Bird Discount if they register before the end of this year. 

Don’t let your pumpkins become carbon emissions! We’re offering free compost drop-off for all pumpkins without paint, wax, or other inorganic decor during the entire month of November!

This year, we have 2 locations. Whenever your pumpkins are ready to become nutrients for new plants, bring them to the yellow bin in either 1) our office parking lot at 4125 Humphrey St or 2) the front of the North Newstead Association building at 4601 Pope Ave. Happy composting!

Thank you to our Partners & Sponsors:

• North Newstead Association
• St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources
• Total Organics Recycling

At November’s STL Green Drinks, we’re focused on comfort - join us in indulging in some of the city’s most beloved comfort food (including plenty of vegetarian options) from GDA-certified Grace Meat + Three, featuring local ingredients and craft beers! 

Special guest Ian Ashcraft will also discuss the Right To Repair movement at 5:30 for interested guests. We’re excited to see you!

⏰: Wednesday, November 8th: 5pm - 7pm
📍 : Grace Meat + Three (4270 Manchester Ave)

The second Wednesday of each month will feature a new GDA-certified establishment for happy hour.

Hosted in partnership with Sustainable Backyard Network.

As Giving Tuesday approaches, please consider supporting our mission - your donation helps us to fund important programs that make lasting impacts on circularity, sustainability, and activist connection in St. Louis, such as:

• The St. Louis Earth Day Festival
• The Green Dining Alliance
• Recycling On the Go
• Environmental Justice Days of Action
• STL Green Drinks
• Too Good to Waste / STL Food Waste Challenge

and more!