Earth Day Half-Birthday Celebration Week

Join us for a week of celebration including our Green Curbside Hop, Virtual Earth Day Half-Birthday Festival, and volunteer opportunities!

Join us Sunday, October 18th, for an afternoon of environmental thought leaders and activists addressing the impacts of climate change and what you can do about it. Zeke Hausfather, leading climate change model expert, will share his vision of the future. David Lobbig, Curator of the Mighty Mississippi exhibit at the History Museum and Myra Jackson of the Global Freshwaters Summit will discuss climate change impacts through the perspective of our region's place at the Mississippi-Missouri confluence. Other speakers to be announced soon!

Green Curbside Hop with event info, logos, and sketches of food items on a green background.

White text October 18 Speaker Series, Regional Cleanups, Digital Vendors, Festival Experience Areas, Video Elements, Scavenger Hunt & more - mostly online, on green background.

Grab your tickets now for the October 15th Green Curbside Hop, a socially distanced treasure hunt through the streets of Maplewood in search of delectable treats from a variety of Green Dining Alliance restaurants. Participants will also receive a gift bag full of items from St. Louis Earth Day Festival vendors (including portable metal straws, wildflower seeds, and much more). You can purchase tickets and learn more about the Green Curbside Hop here.

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Give Back on Earth Day's Half-Birthday

Subaru gives back by sponsoring three socially-distanced volunteer clean-ups around the St. Louis region for Earth Day's Half-Birthday. Gloves and bags will be provided, and each volunteer will receive a Festival Gift Bag. Masks required! Please RSVP here.

Saturday, October 17th, 9am - at Marquette Park, in collaboration with Dutchtown South Community Corporation's "So Fresh, So Clean, So Creative" program
Saturday, Oct 17th, 1pm - at the North County Agricultural Education Center, in collaboration with A Red Circle
Join the clean-up for a mini teach-in on North County environmental justice issues and Mayor Terry Epps on his green vision for Pine Lawn.
Sunday, Oct 18th, 9am - at Deer Creek Park, Maplewood

Growing Health in Your Backyard

Join us for this virtual program
September 23rd & 24th at 5:30pm

In our next virtual program you will learn from local growers within our Local Food Movement, including Tyrean "Heru" Lewis of Heru Urban Farming, Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Farm, and Matt Lebon of Custom Foodscaping, who will all speak on a panel on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd at 5:30pm. Crystal Stevens and Alex Queathem, co-founders of the Tend and Flourish School of Botanicals, will present Introduction to Community Herbalism on Thursday, Sept. 24th at 5:30pm.

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Be Part of the Solution

Our new membership program has launched! Many thanks to our inaugural 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, an Eco-Media Club, educational and volunteer opportunities, and especially discounts on tickets to events throughout the year, such as the upcoming Green Curbside Hop. Buy a membership, and receive $5 off the ticket price!

Be Part of the Solution - become an earthday365 member. Green Curbside Hop tickets on sale.

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Recent Virtual Programming

All virtual programming is accessible on our earthday365 Virtual Programs webpage.

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Reduce Your Food Waste?

Our latest virtual program gave solutions to decreasing food waste in the context of Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. For Recycle, Matt from BLH Farm presented on their Bokashi and composting processes. Kitchen House Coffee demonstrated creative options for using leftovers for Reuse. Finally, Margaret Lilly of the St. Louis County Department of Public Health presented strategies for Reducing Your Food Waste at home. Check out the entire program here!