Can Food Be Composted? & Other Tips on Composting
One of the most asked questions we hear is, can I also compost the food? This is how disconnected our education is around living ecologically. Grow up on a farm and you understand that animals [...]
Zeke is a climate scientist and energy systems analyst whose research focuses on observational temperature records, climate models, and mitigation technologies. He spent 10 years working as a data scientist and entrepreneur in the cleantech sector, where he was the lead data scientist at Essess, the chief scientist at C3.ai, and the cofounder and chief scientist of Efficiency 2.0. He also worked as a research scientist with Berkeley Earth, was the senior climate analyst at Project Drawdown, and the US analyst for Carbon Brief. He has masters degrees in environmental science from Yale University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a PhD in climate science from the University of California, Berkeley.
The natural environment’s deep underpinning of our community is David’s inspiration. He interprets this relationship through the Missouri Historical Society’s artifacts, building collections and exhibitions that communicate how historic and present-day decisions affect dynamic environmental change. His research examines the impact of resource exploitation on the biotic community, informing his mission to engage the public about equitable solutions for a sustainable society.
Myra is a retired electrical engineer and organizational development professional who has designed and delivered seminar courses on business management, emotional intelligence, and heart coherence techniques at Harvard, Stanford, USC, UCSF, UCSD, Rockefeller University, and Duke University. In 2006, Myra shifted her focus to global policy on the climate crisis, and in 2015, she participated in the UN Open Working Group that determined the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Jackson currently serves on the United Nations Expert Platform on Harmony with Nature and is a delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She consults collaborative groups of governments, higher education, companies, utilities, and communities developing responses to sustain their rivers and regional environments. And enjoys growing into the title of Diplomat of the Biosphere.
As a trainer and consultant with MQP International, Lorren coaches teams and individuals to heal the places within themselves so they can create greater change within their lives and community. Lorren has a background in church leadership, sexual health education and executive non-profit management. She has over 15 years of experience in group facilitation, social justice education and curriculum writing. Both Lorren’s profession and passions led her to consider the effects of gender oppression within faith communities on female sexuality. Lorren earned her master’s degree in Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary where she examined ways black women can reclaim their bodies as sacred and embody a liberated sexuality. Lorren is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and a native of St. Louis Missouri.
As a young person involved the youth climate movement, Marlow has grown up with a painful awareness of the worsening climate crisis. Her earliest experience of the impacts of climate change came during the "Thousand Year Floods” along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in 2013. Since that time ever increasing numbers of our human population have directly experienced super storms, flooding, wind events, drought, and most recently apocalyptic wildfires resulting in devastatingly poor air quality. As more and more people experience the effects of climate change through “natural disaster”, this direct experience serves to amplify the urgency of what youth activists have been striking about since 2018.
Humanity has two choices before us: utter overwhelm and the associated mental health crises that attend overwhelm - depression and debilitating anxiety - or stepping up, and leaning into, real action to address how we engage with and impact our environment and the planet. Marlow's experience as a youth leader is that our ability to take the first step, towards tangible and life giving solutions, is the most powerful. And that first step requires strong support - it requires community. Through the lens of a youth leader's perspective, Marlow will share how critically important it is to know yourself and connect meaningfully with your personal community. This makes all the difference if we are to tackle the climate crisis.
By using her personal experience, research, art, and understanding, Marlow will take you on a journey towards understanding yourself in intimate relationship with the earth, through the very experience of our bodies as matter (latin: mother; material; earth), literally one with the Earth. While this shift in perception is complex, the shift to a more just, sustainable, regenerative and equitable planet may be closer than we think.
Ecowomanist and the Great Cosmic Mother
Zeke Hausfather
What May Happen to the Climate This Century,
and What We Can Do About It
David Lobbig, and Myra Jackson
Our River Conversations: Honoring the Great Rivers
Marlow Baines
Community and the Climate Crisis - A Youth Leader’s Perspective
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11:00 am – Dr. Peter Raven: Where are We Half a Century Later?
11:30 am – OneSTL: Regional Sustainability Through Collaboration, Gena Jain
12:00 pm – Great Rivers Environmental Law: Sometimes the Environment Needs a Lawyer, Bob Menees & Henry Robertson
1:00 pm – Chris Otto: World/Folk Music for the Earth
1:30 pm – Forest ReLeaf: Tree Identification Walkabout and Nursery Tour
2:00 pm – EarthWays Center: Compost in Your Home with Worms
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-Level Yoga Flows with Julie
10:30 am – Green Story Time: The Earth Book
11:00 am – Earth Day Founders Panel: Earth Day as Catalyst – 50 Years and Beyond
12:00 pm – Ecochallenge: Brown Bag Lunch
1:00 pm – Scooter Brown: Solo Set, Performance
1:30 pm – U.S. Green Building Council: Virtual Green Building Tour: Alberici HQ
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: Gentle Yoga with Simiya
6:30 pm – Sahaja Meditation: for Beginners
10:30 am – St. Louis Aquarium: Plastic Pollution Solutions
11:00 am – STL Zoo: Playing in Nature helps You Feel Better for 3-5 yr olds
11:30 am – Gateway Region YMCA: Storytelling and Nature Crafts for Young Children
12:00 pm – Brightside St. Louis: Home Recycling 101
12:30 pm – St. Louis Composting: Food and Yard Waste: What Good Is it?
1:00 pm – James Gates: HOME BODY ROCK
1:30 pm – Republic Services: Materials Recovery Facility (Recycling Sorting!) Live Tour
2:00 pm – Catherine Werner, STL Sustainability Director: Biodiversity, Eco-Literacy & The STL City Nature Challenge
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: Chair yoga with Bryna
6:00 pm – STL Zoo: Living a Zero Waste Life
6:30 pm – Sahaja Meditation: for Beginners
7:00 pm – St. Louis Audubon Society: Gardening for Birds and Other Wildlife
10:30 am – Green Story Time: Juliana’s Bananas
11:00 am – Seed Sprout Spoon: Easy Brunch Ideas
11:30 am – Kakao: Slow Chocolate
12:00 pm – Mighty Cricket: Cooking With Bugs
12:30 pm – Gibron Jones: Hosco Farms
1:00 pm – Jay-MarieisHoly: A Holy Moment to Spare
1:30 pm – Heru Urban Farms: Building a Garden Bed
2:00 pm – Food Justice Roundtable: Tosha Phonix, Jenn DeRose, Victoria Donaldson
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-levels yoga flow with Johanna
6:00 pm – School of Metaphysics: Introduction to Dream Interpretation
6:30 pm – Sahaja Meditation: for Beginners
10:45 am – Mayor Lyda Krewson: Opening Remarks, 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
11:00 am – Dr. Odean Serrano: The Countering Wildlife Trafficking Institute: What You Can Do
11:30 am – Maurice Muia: Climate Advisor – City of St. Louis – Electric Vehicles & The Environment – A Global Perspective
12:00 pm – Sophia Kianni: We Cannot Wait: Youth Perspective on the Climate Movement
12:30 pm – Perennial Craft Time: Making Jump Ropes
1:00 pm – Cheeraz Gormon: Poet – Performing original pieces and works by other poets
1:30 pm – EarthDance Farm: Kicking Off Spring Planting – Q&A with a Farmer
2:00 pm – Forest ReLeaf: Ask An Arborist & Tree Planting Demo
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-levels yoga flow with Andi
3:00 pm – Sierra Club: Ways to Promote the Environment Through the Legislature
5:30 pm – St. Louis Public Radio: The Pandemic and the Environment
6:00 pm – Jean Ponzi: Ask the “Planet Doctor” from Missouri Botanical Garden
6:30 pm – Grow Solar St. Louis: Shining Light on Solar Energy
10:30 am – Green Story Time: Animals and Insects with Cassandra Hage
11:00 am – St. Louis Audubon Society: Introduction to Birding
11:30 am – St. Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce: Support Birds with Origami and the Silent Skies Project
12:30 pm – Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary: Live Tour
1:00 pm – Celia’s Sing Along Dance Party: Performance
1:30 pm – St. Louis Zoo, Dr. Deem, One Health: We Are All In this Together
2:00 pm – World Bird Sanctuary: Raptor Basics
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: Deep stretch with Kelsey
10:30 am – Green Story Time: Uno’s Garden
11:00 am – Gateway Region YMCA: Nature Crafts for Young Children – Seed Bombs
11:30 am – St. Louis Zoo Citizen Science: iNaturalist Training
12:00 pm – MSD Project Clear: Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Tour
12:30 pm – Missouri Prairie Foundation: Protecting Prairie Habitat & Supporting Nature’s Food Web
1:00 pm – Tap Dancing with Tommy Wasiuta: Performance
1:30 pm – Hamiltion Hospitality: Greenhouse and Chef Demo (Green Dining Alliance member restaurants)
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-Levels Yoga Flow with Nikki
6 – 7 pm – Young Friends of earthday365: Happy Hour
10:30 am – Green Story Time: Planting the Trees of Kenya – Wangari Maathai
11:00 am – Perennial: Pollinator Hotels
12:00 pm – Gateway Greening: Highlights of the Demonstration Garden
1:00 pm – Alexis Coleman: Singer/Songwriter
1:30 pm – StraightUp Solar: Power Up Your Life With Sunshine!
2:00 pm – Sahaja Meditation: for Beginners
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-Levels Yoga Flow with Katie
10:30 am – Green Story Time: The Lorax
11:00 am – St. Louis Zoo Panel: Bird Friendly and Responsible Pet Ownership/Welcoming Pollinators to Your Yard
11:30 am – Dancing Rabbit: Ecovillage Life
1:00 pm – Marko Polo//FIRE DOG: #Endangered Species Project
1:30 pm – Citizens’ Climate Lobby/Arizmendi Ecovillage: Take Action on Climate Change
2:00 pm – Food Justice Roundtable – Part 2
2:30 pm – YogaBuzz: All-Levels Yoga Flow with Kat
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MISSION: earthday365’s unique programs empower you and your community to create and celebrate a greener St. Louis – every day.
PROGRAMS: The St. Louis Earth Day Festival is just one of several programs that our organization manages throughout the year. Read more about the exciting work we do to make Earth Day every day.
What started as the region’s first large-scale event recycling program has grown into a popular and widely-utilized event-greening service offering comprehensive consultancy and implementation services. Our goal is to reduce the negative environmental impact of events and festivals, principally by reducing and recycling a portion of the waste they generate.
This program is committed to working with St. Louis restaurants to reduce their environmental impact. The GDA considers all areas of operations and puts strong emphasis on reducing, recycling and composting restaurant waste as well as sourcing sustainable food, to-go ware and cleaning supplies. www.greendiningalliance.org
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