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We’re blooming with excitement to welcome our newest member to the Green Dining Alliance: Maypop Coffee & Garden Shop! 🌿☕🌸 Located in the heart of Webster Groves, Maypop is not just your neighborhood coffee spot – it’s a cozy cafe and a garden oasis in one! Whether you’re sipping on locally-sourced Blueprint Coffee, enjoying a local pastry, or picking out a pet-safe indoor plant, Maypop has sustainability at the root of everything they do. 💚 Here’s why we’re so excited to have them on board: 🌎 Sustainable treats & sips: They serve ice cream sandwiches from fellow GDA member Sugarwitch as well as local pastries from St. Louis favorites like plant-based SweetArt and Britt's Bakehouse, and their seasonal menu showcases the best of what’s fresh. 🌎 Green inside & out: From the cozy dining area filled with vintage finds to their vibrant garden center, every detail is intentional - including their plant selections, gardening tools, and native landscaping solutions. 🌎 Community love: Maypop hosts four annual vendor markets, supporting over 60 small local businesses, and their upcoming refillable mug program will help cut down on single-use waste AND save customers money. We’re thrilled to be a part of Maypop’s sustainability journey and can’t wait to help them blossom even further! 🌿💐

Sweet words from the Girls on the Run St. Louis team! 🥰♻️ We’re super proud that we maintain a 90%-95% waste diversion rate at each Girls on The Run event we service. Most recently at their November race, we sorted 2,789 lbs of recycling, compost, and donated food - reaching a 91% diversion rate! Thank you to GOTR for working with us to keep races green!

🌱 Big news, St. Louis! 🌱🍻 We are thrilled to welcome Civil Life Brewing Company to the Green Dining Alliance family! 🎉 This beloved South City brewery, known for its malt-forward beers and cozy English-style pub, has joined our mission to make dining in St. Louis more sustainable. Why Civil Life is a sustainability champion: 🥬 Sustainable sourcing: Their menu features locally sourced ingredients from Buttonwood Farms, Union Loafers, Eat Here STL, Fox River Dairy, Companion Bakery, and more. They’ve made the switch to compostable to-go ware and their chef Caitlin is spearheading a composting program to reduce kitchen waste even further. 🌞 Powered by the sun: With 125 solar panels on their roof, Civil Life generates about a third of their energy needs, significantly cutting their carbon footprint. 🌾 Low waste brewing: Spent grains are picked up weekly to feed local farm animals. 🌱 Community roots: Beautiful native plants flourish around the brewery, thanks to partnerships like their “Brews & Blooms” event promoting native landscaping. ♻️ Efficiency everywhere: From reinforced insulation to having EV charging stations and bike racks, Civil Life is creating a culture of sustainability from the ground up. With top scores in energy efficiency, food sourcing, waste reduction, and community engagement, it’s no surprise they earned a 5-star certification from the GDA. Stop by to enjoy their legendary Soup Sundays, savor their craft beers, and experience their warm, welcoming atmosphere. Cheers to a greener, tastier future with Civil Life Brewing! 💚

We were looking forward to seeing everyone after a long holiday, but alas, Missouri weather strikes again! 😅 STL Green Drinks has thus been postponed until next Thursday for the safety of our community and staff. Please see the 2nd slide for the updated flyer! We hope everyone stays safe and warm out there, and we’ll see you soon on January 16, 5pm-7pm at Side Project Brewing.

2024 was an unforgettable year for earthday365, and we’re excited to share the highlights of our achievements! 🌍 Swipe to see the big reveal of how much waste we diverted from the landfill in the past year ➡️ Thank you to our dedicated volunteers, generous donors, sponsors, staff, and collaborative partners for helping us make such an incredible impact and being part of our journey in 2024. As we enter 2025, we’re inspired to face the challenges ahead and keep pushing for a more sustainable, equitable future for the St. Louis region together. We hope to receive your continued support!

Mark your calendars for the first STL Green Drinks of 2025, in partnership with CircularSTL! 🌎🍻 We’ll be at none other than the 2nd best brewery in the world, as ranked by RateBeer: Side Project Brewing! It’s also one of our 5-star Green Dining Alliance restaurants, making it the perfect place for our environmental community to come together and discuss how we can overcome the challenges of next year. If you’re doing Dry January, no worries - they have plenty of options for you too! We hope to see you there, on January 9th from 5pm-7pm. 💚

Join us tonight at Green Drinks hosted by earthday365 and Missouri Gateway Green Building Council. Enjoy delicious Italian pizza and more at Onesto Pizza & Trattoria, www.onestopizza.com! Did you know that Onesto is a 5-star Green Dining Alliance member? Yep, they sure are! Come network and learn how you can be a part of the #CircularSTL coalition and the regional movement for more sustainable systems. #circularstl #greendrinks #sustainability #networking #greendiningalliance #earthday365

Support our programs today - Giving Tuesday! 💚 If you appreciate the work we’ve done for the climate in St. Louis, now’s the time to invest in us and help us continue our impacts in 2025, which we know is a threatening year for environmental nonprofits. All donations will be matched up to $2000 until midnight - please donate at bit.ly/ed365Give! Here’s a recap on our programs that make Earth Day in STL every day: - Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival - Recycling On the Go - Hard to Recycle Fairs (18,325 pounds diverted in July!) - Environmental Justice Days of Action - Green Dining Alliance (15 new members this year!) - Annual Free Pumpkin Composting - Annual St. Louis Food Waste ChallengeSupport our programs today - Giving Tuesday! 💚 If you appreciate the work we’ve done for the climate in St. Louis, now’s the time to invest in us and help us continue our impacts in 2025, which we know is a threatening year for environmental nonprofits. All donations will be matched up to $2000 until midnight - please donate at bit.ly/ed365Give! Here’s a recap on our programs that make Earth Day in STL every day: - Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival - Recycling On the Go - Hard to Recycle Fairs (18,325 pounds diverted in July!) - Environmental Justice Days of Action - Green Dining Alliance (15 new members this year!) - Annual Free Pumpkin Composting - Annual St. Louis Food Waste Challenge

THE RESULTS ARE IN! ♻️🍎 A huge round of applause to all our STL Food Waste Challenge restaurant participants on a month of innovative, sustainable practices and taking food waste reduction to the next level: Olive + Oak, Sugarwitch , Flavor 360, Alpha Brewing Co, SqWires Restaurant and Market, and Panorama at St. Louis Art Museum 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 Their efforts have demonstrated the many ways the restaurant industry can prevent food waste AND save money in the process. We are so proud of what each of them have accomplished, and to share even more data with you all since our first ever Challenge last year. We couldn’t have done this without all the employees who learned new things along the way to support their restaurants’ goals. 💚 A major thank you to our sponsors for making this possible: ReFED, Toast, St. Louis-Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources! The effort doesn’t end here - ALL the participants have signed up for our new Food Waste Champion Track, and we can’t wait to see the creative ways they continue to keep food out of the landfill!

St. Louis, we’re back for another Hard to Recycle Fair on November 9th - this time in North City! ♻️ Clear out your closets, garages, and basements—now’s your chance to responsibly recycle electronics, clothing, textiles, tires, carpet & padding, and medical equipment. Let’s keep these items out of the landfill! ***Note: Electronics recycling fees are waived for attendees while funding lasts. Come early to take advantage! 📍 4600 Goodfellow Blvd 🕘 Saturday, Nov 9, 9 am - 12 pm Here’s who will help you recycle: 💻 Midwest Recycling Center 👕 Remains Textile Reycling 🛞 North Newstead Association (NEW!) 🩼 St. Louis Help 🏠 Flooring Systems Inc (NEW!) Enjoy food and hot beverages while you’re there! ☕ Big thanks to our partners: AI Chess Lab at St. Louis University, North Newstead Association, St. Louis-Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources. 💚