Green Spiral Tours. All photos provided by Jessie Hoagland.
Jessie Hoagland, the founder of Green Spiral Tours, is the special guest on this edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain” with Don Corrigan.
Green Spiral Tours is an “eco-adventure school designed to connect people with their place on the planet.”
Wicker Casket is an environmentally friendly choice for use in natural burials. Photo courtesy Gracie MacDonell, Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Bellefontaine Cemetery offers the St. Louis community the option of natural burial and a dedicated environmentally sensitive space as additional choices when making personal end of life decisions.
Pictured: Bob Criss at the Meramec River last October. Photo provided by Bob Criss.
“Our flood problems in St. Louis and St. Louis County have been hugely magnified by what I would call idiotic decisions since 1993 especially,” Bob Criss said. “And we knew better.”
A screenshot of the blog, “A Coal Black Sky.” Photo provided by Bob Wyss.
“The parents and grandparents of the people in St. Louis are the big heroes,” Bob Wyss said. “They looked at a problem and they resolved it, and they should be credited for what they did.”
Along Water Street in Fenton. Photo by Diana Linsley, South County Times.
Two leaders in the environmental movement in St. Louis are featured in Don Corrigan’s South County Times article about the Meramec River flooding and its terrible toll. The flood shut down two vital MSD sewage treatment plants in St. Louis County.
Worker in action at Carter Carburetor. Photo credit: HRP Regional Manager Gene Watson. Photo provided by Rene Dulle.
By Holly Shanks
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant allows local environmental remediation job training for many that, in some cases, may not have received a second chance.
Schlafly Bottleworks Tasting Room. After a tour of the brewery, Aaron Moore (Left), Jennifer Moore (Middle), and tour guide Sarah Rybicki (Right), taste a variety of beer brewed at Schlafly. All photos by Holly Shanks unless noted.
By Holly Shanks
With a strong sense of community, a decades-long tradition of collaboration, and with the belief that beer is communal, the thriving craft brewery industry is moving toward a sustainable future. The small breweries also recognize the need to protect environmental resources.
Photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.
Carl Campbell, retired petroleum investment advisor, spends every morning searching for climate and environmental information. By early afternoon, he releases an analysis on his most important finds in a daily newsletter called “Carl’s Climate Letters.”
Happy New Year from Environmental Echo!
Wishing everyone a year filled with peace, health, family, friends, and outdoor adventures!
By Don Corrigan
The Baby New Year and old Father Time were walking up North Grand Avenue right before New Year’s Eve. I caught up with them as they were checking things out by the Fox Theatre, across the street by Best Steak House.
