Earth Month in Review

St. Louis Earth Day Festival

The 23rd annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival was held Sunday, April 22nd at Forest Park on the Muny grounds 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. with special eco-art programming starting at 10 a.m. as preparation for the All Species Parade. The 2012 event featured traditional favorites like three stages of entertainment, and brought back popular new programming that was introduced in 2011, like a collection event for hard-to-recycle items and the Green Strum Project Band Scramble. Approximately 25,000 people joined in the day’s celebration by experiencing hands-on activities for all ages and meeting the 220 local businesses and organizations that were showcasing their eco-friendly products and services.

Festival, at a glance…

25,000
Event Attendance

25
Food/Beverage Vendors

177
Vendor/Exhibitor Booths

25
Educational Exhibitors

238
Number of Volunteers

873
Total Volunteer Hours

150
Participants in OWLS

600
Eco-Art Activity Participants

211
Valet Parked Bikes

700
Earth Day Challenge Participants

Earth Day Symposium

The 12th Annual Earth Day Symposium was held April 5-6 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Symposium provides training and tools for implementing sustainable considerations in development and conservation projects throughout the region. Local officials and planning professionals could attend one or both days of “Eco-Logical: Policy, planning and tools to support sustainable transportation, land use and resource conservation”. Day one was a conference which included four breakout blocks with 9 sessions offered on various topics ranging from Green Infrastructure Rating Systems to Fresh Approaches to Stormwater Control, and included keynotes from Novus International and Venner Consulting. Day two focused advances in GIS and tools for local application.

Symposium, at a glance…

114 participants
Day One: Conference

51 participants
Day Two: Workshop

68 Organizations/Municipalities Represented:

Arcturis
American Society of Landscape Architecture
Bryan Cave LLP
Bubbles, Environmental Educ.
CDM Smith
CH2M HILL
City of Arnold
City of Champaign
City of Fairview Heights, IL
City of Lake Saint Louis
City of Maplewood
City of Maryland Heights
City of St. Louis
City of Wentzville
CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Development Strategies
EarthWays Center
East-West Gateway Council of Governments
EcoWorks Unlimited
ESRI
Geotechnology, Inc.
Great Rivers Greenway
Green Commission, City of Hazelwood, MO
Greenway Network
HeartLands Conservancy
Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Hort Co-op
Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC
Kuhlmann Design Group
LandWorkshop
Loomis Associates
Madison Co 9-1-1
Madison County Illinois ETSB
Madison County Information Technology
Madison County Planning & Development
Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District
Metro
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Microgrid Energy
Midland GIS Solutions
Missouri American Water
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP)
MO Department of Natural Resources
MO Department of Transportation
Novus International, Inc.
Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region
Pizzo & Associates
Planning Design Studio
Reitz & Jens, Inc.
RideFinders
RJN Group, Inc
Schlafly Beer
SCI Engineering
Sheppard, Morgan & Schwaab, Inc.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Stormwater STL
SWT Design
The Confluence Partnership
Trailnet
Trees, Forests and Landscapes, Inc.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter
Venner Consulting
Washington University in St. Louis