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Mark your calendars for the first STL Green Drinks of 2025, in partnership with CircularSTL! 🌎🍻 We’ll be at none other than the 2nd best brewery in the world, as ranked by RateBeer: Side Project Brewing! It’s also one of our 5-star Green Dining Alliance restaurants, making it the perfect place for our environmental community to come together and discuss how we can overcome the challenges of next year. If you’re doing Dry January, no worries - they have plenty of options for you too! We hope to see you there, on January 9th from 5pm-7pm. 💚

Join us tonight at Green Drinks hosted by earthday365 and Missouri Gateway Green Building Council. Enjoy delicious Italian pizza and more at Onesto Pizza & Trattoria, www.onestopizza.com! Did you know that Onesto is a 5-star Green Dining Alliance member? Yep, they sure are! Come network and learn how you can be a part of the #CircularSTL coalition and the regional movement for more sustainable systems. #circularstl #greendrinks #sustainability #networking #greendiningalliance #earthday365

Support our programs today - Giving Tuesday! 💚 If you appreciate the work we’ve done for the climate in St. Louis, now’s the time to invest in us and help us continue our impacts in 2025, which we know is a threatening year for environmental nonprofits. All donations will be matched up to $2000 until midnight - please donate at bit.ly/ed365Give! Here’s a recap on our programs that make Earth Day in STL every day: - Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival - Recycling On the Go - Hard to Recycle Fairs (18,325 pounds diverted in July!) - Environmental Justice Days of Action - Green Dining Alliance (15 new members this year!) - Annual Free Pumpkin Composting - Annual St. Louis Food Waste ChallengeSupport our programs today - Giving Tuesday! 💚 If you appreciate the work we’ve done for the climate in St. Louis, now’s the time to invest in us and help us continue our impacts in 2025, which we know is a threatening year for environmental nonprofits. All donations will be matched up to $2000 until midnight - please donate at bit.ly/ed365Give! Here’s a recap on our programs that make Earth Day in STL every day: - Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival - Recycling On the Go - Hard to Recycle Fairs (18,325 pounds diverted in July!) - Environmental Justice Days of Action - Green Dining Alliance (15 new members this year!) - Annual Free Pumpkin Composting - Annual St. Louis Food Waste Challenge

THE RESULTS ARE IN! ♻️🍎 A huge round of applause to all our STL Food Waste Challenge restaurant participants on a month of innovative, sustainable practices and taking food waste reduction to the next level: Olive + Oak, Sugarwitch , Flavor 360, Alpha Brewing Co, SqWires Restaurant and Market, and Panorama at St. Louis Art Museum 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 Their efforts have demonstrated the many ways the restaurant industry can prevent food waste AND save money in the process. We are so proud of what each of them have accomplished, and to share even more data with you all since our first ever Challenge last year. We couldn’t have done this without all the employees who learned new things along the way to support their restaurants’ goals. 💚 A major thank you to our sponsors for making this possible: ReFED, Toast, St. Louis-Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources! The effort doesn’t end here - ALL the participants have signed up for our new Food Waste Champion Track, and we can’t wait to see the creative ways they continue to keep food out of the landfill!

St. Louis, we’re back for another Hard to Recycle Fair on November 9th - this time in North City! ♻️ Clear out your closets, garages, and basements—now’s your chance to responsibly recycle electronics, clothing, textiles, tires, carpet & padding, and medical equipment. Let’s keep these items out of the landfill! ***Note: Electronics recycling fees are waived for attendees while funding lasts. Come early to take advantage! 📍 4600 Goodfellow Blvd 🕘 Saturday, Nov 9, 9 am - 12 pm Here’s who will help you recycle: 💻 Midwest Recycling Center 👕 Remains Textile Reycling 🛞 North Newstead Association (NEW!) 🩼 St. Louis Help 🏠 Flooring Systems Inc (NEW!) Enjoy food and hot beverages while you’re there! ☕ Big thanks to our partners: AI Chess Lab at St. Louis University, North Newstead Association, St. Louis-Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources. 💚

¡Felicidades! 🎉🌎☕ After certifying their WashU campus location last March, we’re thrilled to officially welcome Coffeestamp’s main brick-and-mortar on Jefferson Ave as the newest member of the Green Dining Alliance! This community-driven coffee shop, founded by brothers Patrick and Spencer Clapp, has sustainability brewed into every cup. They source their beans directly from small farms in Honduras, where they have family connections, ensuring fair trade practices and supporting the wellbeing of farmers behind every delicious sip. ☕🌱 Not only do they roast their beans in-house for the freshest flavor, but they also offer mouth-watering pastries - from local favorites at Diana’s Bakery to their house-made empanadas, made with locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. (Of course, vegan and vegetarian options are on the menu too!) Coffeestamp doesn’t stop at great coffee – they’re serious about waste reduction. Their team is trained on composting and recycling, and they even repurpose old coffee pots as planters. It’s no wonder they’ve been ranked as one of New Earth Farm’s 2024 Compost Champions! But what really sets them apart is their heart for the community. Coffeestamp donates food and coffee every month to those facing food insecurity, making a direct impact locally. We’re so excited to continue this sustainability journey with Coffeestamp! Stop by for a cup and support this amazing local gem. 💚

You’re invited to Portraits & Pages, a book swap and free portrait photoshoot! 📚📸 Come socialize, find your new favorite book, and get an updated headshot. This event is absolutely FREE - just bring a book (or several!) if you’d swap with someone else and/or come photo-ready for your new headshot. 🙌 All are welcome to participate in one or both events. We want to support other young professionals who care about our planet, no matter where their career may take them. 🌎 📅 Nov 17th ⏰ 11am - 12pm 📍 Dharma + Dwell, 8135 Big Bend Blvd, Webster Groves, MO 63119 🚨RSVP at bit.ly/PortraitsPages 🚨

October is here, which means our 6 participating Green Dining Alliance restaurants have started taking on our St. Louis Food Waste Challenge! 🍎✨ Joining us for 2024 are Olive + Oak, Panorama (at St. Louis Art Museum), Sqwires Restaurant & Market, Flavor360, Sugarwitch, and Alpha Brewing Co. We are so excited to see what these local leaders in circularity accomplish in October, and we invite you to hear all about their achievements at our grand celebration on Tuesday, November 19th from 6pm to 8pm! You’ll even have the opportunity to taste their creative food waste strategies yourself, as every restaurant will be serving unique hors d’oeuvre creations made from repurposed ingredients, proving that sustainability can be as tasty as it is innovative. Tickets are $10, with a discount for earthday365 members, and includes your first drink on us from Olive + Oak. Please purchase your ticket here: bit.ly/FoodWasteC2024 We hope to see you there!

The St. Louis Food Waste Challenge is returning for its 2nd year this October! After a successful launch in 2023, we’re BACK and thrilled to have the invaluable support of ReFED's Catalytic Grant Fund, which allows us to expand and introduce even more innovative solutions for local businesses to keep food out of the landfill. Throughout October, we’ll be collaborating with numerous Green Dining Alliance restaurants to implement effective strategies for reducing food waste, with progress tracked through follow-up audits along with awards & recognitions in early November. We are still seeking participants, so challenge your favorite restaurant to join us and get serious about food waste this month! 🍎

Thank you all so much for making our Hard to Recycle Fair a success with an amazing 392 attendees! We have been pausing our annual recycling events ever since COVID-19 and are overjoyed not only to bring them back, but also be met with so much support from the community. 💚💚💚 We couldn’t have done it without our partner, Saint Louis University's AI CHESS Lab, and our sponsors, St. Louis - Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District and Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Of course, we can’t forget our specialized vendors: Midwest Recycling Center, Passback, Justused Tech, STLHelp, Remains, Home Sweet Home, and 10 Billion Strong. ♻️ Thank you to our volunteers for their hard work in making this possible, and our guests Pizza Head, Scoops Water Ice, and Amara Arts for bringing the deliciousness and fun!