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Nature On The Run!

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Escaping to the great outdoors does wonders for your health physically and mentally so switch up your routine and take your cardio outside!

Join us every Tuesday morning for the month of August for an easy going run as we explore a different area of August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area each week! (12 and up) Event hosted by Missouri Department of Conservation.
Location: August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area, 2360 Hwy D, St. Charles, Mo 63304
Date: August 02, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Reservations begin July 26, please call 636-441-4554, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Reserve by July 31, 2016.

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Posted on July 25, 2016 in Local Events

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Light Up The Night – With Fireflies

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Fireflies caught in action. Photo courtesy MDC.

Looking for a family night out? No need to look further than Rockwoods  Reservation in Wildwood, Mo. Come hang out with the fireflies and experience a natural light show on July 26, 2016!

The event is presented by the Missouri Department of Conservation.

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Posted on July 17, 2016 in Local Events

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Art Of The Ancient Atlatl

Learning to use the ATLATL. Photo courtesy MDC.

Learning to use the ATLATL. Photo courtesy MDC.

What predates the bow and arrow? The Atlatl, of course!

Now is your chance to learn the art of the ancient Atlatl. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering a “Beginning Atlatl” seminar on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Busch Shooting Range.

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Posted on July 15, 2016 in Local Events

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Gateway Greening Has The “Perfect Picks” For Your Garden

 

PP_GreenscapeGateway Greening, St. Louis’ expert in community gardening, is helping backyard and community gardeners find the perfect vegetables and herbs for their gardens this season through the “Perfect Picks” program, a retail produce line that began in 2015 and features vegetables and herbs that are “Gateway Greening Approved.”

Find out where you can purchase Gateway Greening’s “Perfect Picks” and how to register for an upcoming Perfect Pick Autumn Garden Workshop at the Science Center’s GROW Exhibit below.

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Posted on June 26, 2016 in Environment, Local Events

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GROW – Bridging The Gap Between Farm and Fork

Pamela Braasch, SLSC education director and the GROW exhibit operations manager. All photos by Holly Shanks.

Pamela Braasch, SLSC education director and the GROW exhibit operations manager. All photos by Holly Shanks.

By Holly Shanks

Pass by the front lobby, the ticket lines and concession stands, and the watchful predatory eye of the T-Rex, and you’ll find a different kind of exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center. It’s an exhibit, complete with chickens, vegetable gardens and tractors, and it tells the modern-day story of how our food makes it from a farmer’s hands all the way to our dinner table.

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Posted on June 20, 2016 in Environment, Local Events, Outdoor/Nature

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Let’s GROW! Sights From New Exhibit At The Saint Louis Science Center

GROW, the newest exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center. The exhibit opened June 18, 2016. Photos by Holly Shanks.

GROW, the newest exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center. The exhibit opened June 18, 2016. Photos by Holly Shanks.

Here is a look at the sights you’ll find at GROW, the newest exhibit at theSaint Louis Science Center. The exhibit opened June 18, 2016.

Check back soon for Environmental Echo’s latest article that will have insights about the exhibit, what it took to bring the exhibit to life, and the collaboration between scientist and local farmers that brought accuracy and truth to the story of local agriculture.

See more photos from the GROW exhibit by visiting Environmental Echo’s new Facebook page HERE. Be sure to “like” our new Facebook page! 

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Posted on June 18, 2016 in Environment, Local Events, Outdoor/Nature

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Environmental “Lunch and Learn” Sessions At Webster University

Web U lunch leran June 2016Learn about strategies and solutions being created and used right here in our local community to improve environmental, social and economic sustainability on Wednesdays from 12pm-1pm at Webster University. This series of special presentations are FREE and box lunches will be provided!

All sessions will be held in room 202 of the East Academic Building located at 545 Garden Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119. Please RSVP for each session to help provide accurate attendance numbers. Parking is available in Garden Park Plaza parking garage. The sessions run through August 10, 2016.

For more information, the speaker schedule, or to register for a session CLICK HERE.

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Posted on June 17, 2016 in Home, Local Events

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Don’t Forget About The “Jens Jenson The Living Green” Screening June 18

Microsoft Word - NPD Fact Sheet.docxA screening of the award-winning documentary “Jens Jensen The Living Green,” will be held at the Nine Network in the Public Media Commons on June 18.

The screening about the ground-breaking landscape designer Jens Jensen is in celebration of the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. The event is FREE and open to the public.

Where: Nine Network in the Public Media Commons, at 3653 Olive Street in the Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis

When: 7:00 p.m., Saturday, June 18, 2016.  RSVP Here for the free event.

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Posted on June 17, 2016 in Local Events

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Don’t Miss The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tours This Sunday

Fred and Susan Burk of Kirkwood with some of the native plants they plan to give visitors at the June 12 Sustainable Backyard Tour. photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.

Fred and Susan Burk of Kirkwood with some of the native plants they plan to give visitors at the June 12 Sustainable Backyard Tour. photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.

The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour is all set for 11 a.m., this Sunday, June 12. Find out what fun you can expect this year by reading this overview!

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Posted on June 11, 2016 in Local Events

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The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour: More Than Veggies and Compost

Above: A scene from last year’s Backyard Sustainability Tour. Photo provided by Terry Winkelmann.

Ever drive by a neighbor’s yard or see a backyard garden in your local area that makes you think – “I wonder how much work it takes to maintain a backyard garden or I wonder what type of grass is in that yard because they only mow a couple times each summer?”

Well, here is your chance to find out the answer to those questions and much more during the 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour coming up June 12.

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Posted on June 6, 2016 in Environment, Local Events, Podcasts