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The Great Race For Modern Transit

CMT Executive Director Kim Cella (far left), Jacque Lumsden with CBB and Mayor Francis Slay.

CMT Executive Director Kim Cella, Jacque Lumsden with CBB and Mayor Francis Slay.

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is holding its fifth annual Great Race competition on Thursday, May 12, 2016.

Kim Cella, executive director of CMT, is the guest on this edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain” with Don Corrigan.

Corrigan  and Cella discuss the meaning behind the race, the positive environmental impacts of public transportation,  and he might even try to uncover a few race strategy ideas from Cella.

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Posted on May 5, 2016 in Environment, Local Events, Podcasts

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Local Event: Climate Change Solutions and Communications

Pictured above: Brian Ettling.

Pictured: Brian Ettling.

The Eastern Missouri Group Sierra Club will be hosting a panel discussion on Climate Change, Climate Solutions, and How to Communicate Climate issues. The event is being held on Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m., at the Sierra Club Headquarters located at 2818 Sutton, Maplewood, MO 6314.

This is a unique opportunity, not only to learn about how to communicate climate but also to discuss it and ask questions directly to leaders and professionals about how to talk with others about climate change. (See a list of panel participants below.)

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Posted on April 26, 2016 in Local Events

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Event: Native Pollinator Symposium At Mizzou

 

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Posted on April 17, 2016 in Home, Local Events

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Bees Are The Focus For Kirkwood’S Earth Day

Photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.

Photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.

By Don Corrigan ( Webster-Kirkwood Times)

Experts from more than 20 green organizations will be ready to tell you about the “birds and the bees, and the flowers and the trees,” at Kirkwood’s 7th annual Earth Day on Apri1 16.

Most activities will be focused in the Farmer’s Market Greenway area, although an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony across from the city’s train station will get things started at 9 a.m.  Kirkwood in Bloom will contribute a landscape-sized Wildfire black tupelo tree for the occasion.

Read more about the honey bees struggle and Kirkwood’s Earth Day below. Also, hear Bill Ruppert share what you’ll find at the event.

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Posted on April 14, 2016 in Home, Local Events, Outdoor/Nature

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Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant Repair Update & Public Meeting Scheduled

FB MeetingThe Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) says secondary treatment operations have restarted for the Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant. A community update meeting has also been scheduled for Friday, April 8, 2016, at 6pm.  The meeting will take place at the City Hall for the City of Arnold.

More information and a video showing some of the repair process from MSD can be found below.

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Posted on March 29, 2016 in Local Events

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“Kirkwood In Bloom” Contributes To Special Tree Planting Event

bee-649952_1280Kirkwood in BLOOM, in association with the 2016 Kirkwood Earth Day Festival celebrating “The Beauty of the Bees,” will contribute a Wildfire black tupelo tree to be planted as part of Kirkwood’s annual Arbor Day tree planting.

 

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Posted on March 25, 2016 in Local Events

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Local Event: The Butterfly House Kicks Off Project Pollinator

Butterfly BlueOn March 15 at 10 a.m., the Butterfly House, St. Louis County Parks and Libraries, will kick off Project Pollinator a new initiative to protect pollinators and their habitats. (Continue reading below for more details.)

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Posted on March 6, 2016 in Local Events

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Annual Sustainable Backyard Tour Set For June

Photo by Holly Shanks

Photo by Holly Shanks

The Sustainable Backyard Tour is scheduled for Sunday, June 12, 2016.

“The tour showcases yards and gardens that demonstrate features of sustainability, urban homesteading, and organic gardening. The spaces featured on the tour show that from townhome lots to acre-sized plots, beautiful and sustainable yards can be created by anyone with the right guidance and motivation!”

For more information about the tour CLICK HERE.

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Posted on February 26, 2016 in Home, Local Events

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NAMES WILL NEVER HURT US, IGNORING SCIENCE WILL …

Show_Me_NW“Tree-Hugging, Green-Shirt, Compost-Head, Climate Freak, Enviro-Nut, Weather-Wanker, Eco-Nazi, Eco-Fascist, Eco-Freak, Gang Green Member, Planeteer-Primitive, Eco-Nanny, Eco-Mystic, Eco-Terrorist, Climate Crank, Eco-Warrior, Ecolo-jista, Eco-Druid, Warm-Alarmist, Global Warmist, Carbon Crank …”

 

 

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Posted on February 9, 2016 in Environment, Local Events

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EVENT: History Celebration of CCC Company 1743 at Washington State Park

Photo by Holly Shanks

Photo by Holly Shanks

In honor of Black History Month, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is holding an event for the public at Washington State Park to learn more about Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1743. The CCC Company 1743 was an African American company, and the DNR says that their “Craftmanship can be seen throughout the park.”

Find more information about the event on the DNR press release posted below.

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Posted on February 1, 2016 in Local Events