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Amazing diversion results from this year’s REX! event.

May 6, 2013

For the third year, in partnership with the St. Louis Community College – Forest Park Campus, we held the Recycling Extravaganza collection event for hard-to-recycle items on the same day as the Festival.  This year, 609 vehicles, 12 bicycles and 1 MetroBus rider unloaded materials to be collected by 25 organizations and businesses for reuse, recycling [...]

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Earth Day Action Grant Recipients Announced!

April 9, 2013

On the afternoon of Monday April 8th, history was made as a small committee met to review our first round of Earth Day Action Grant proposals. We received 34 qualified proposals with a total request of $58,000. Budgets ranged from $150 – $10,000. We have awarded $12,080 to 18 very worthy recipients. The majority of the [...]

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Local photographer launches fundraising for documenting “your Goodwill”.

December 10, 2012

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the items you donate to non-profits? Your clothes, toys, and blankets disappear, magically transported somewhere out of sight and out of mind. Freelance photographer and St. Louis native, Wesley Law wanted to know more about their journey and headed to the MERS Goodwill Outlet on Market Street [...]

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St. Louis Earth Day honors the life of Nikki Diller.

November 26, 2012

As the Thanksgiving holiday passes, we are reminded to be thankful to all those who have contributed to the St. Louis Earth Day legacy over the years. This week, we will be saying goodbye to Nikki Diller, who died of cancer on November 18. Services will be held this week to honor her memory. Nikki, an Earth [...]

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Heroes for the Planet

March 8, 2012

As appears in the March 2012 issue of The Healthy Planet Magazine… In the past, I have used the March Healthy Planet issue to unveil the theme of the upcoming St. Louis Earth Day Festival and I see no reason to change things up this year, especially since it’s an exciting one. So here it [...]

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