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Coffee Break: Green Basics in Business Operations with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge

The St. Louis Green Business Challenge promotes Green practices, policies, thinking, and  strategy by collaborating across our local business sectors. The Challenge? Green Basics in business operations.  Housing a network of companies committed to green policy and practice, and integrating sustainable measures into their daily operations, Year 13 of the St. Louis Green Business Challenge is aiming to:… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Green Basics in Business Operations with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge

Coffee Break: West Florissant Ave. Great Streets Project & Federal Infrastructure Funding

The West Florissant Avenue Great Streets Project has been a development in planning with the community of Ferguson, North County, St. Louis Missouri, since 2013 and in design since 2016. Join Acting Director of Transportation and Public Works, Stephanie Leon-Streeter at St. Louis County in discussion on community engagement, planning, design and breaking ground on The… Continue Reading Coffee Break: West Florissant Ave. Great Streets Project & Federal Infrastructure Funding

Designing Housing to Adapt to the Changing Needs of Families, Neighborhoods, Cities, and our Natural Environment

How homes are conceived, clustered, and constructed can be the foundation for building community or breaking it. Homes involve personal factors such as how individuals live today and how the home can adapt to the changes of our stages of life over time, making them one of the most dynamic and diverse kinds of projects for architects.  From single-family… Continue Reading Designing Housing to Adapt to the Changing Needs of Families, Neighborhoods, Cities, and our Natural Environment

COFFEE BREAK: Alternative Proteins are to Agriculture as Renewables are to Energy: The Future

People in every corner of the planet need our food system to be sustainable, secure, and just. Yet consumption of conventionally produced animal meat—which causes multiple existential risks (climate change, antibiotic resistance, pandemic risk, loss of biodiversity)—continues to rise. Alternative proteins—meat made from plants or cultivated from animal cells—can decouple meat production from a host of… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Alternative Proteins are to Agriculture as Renewables are to Energy: The Future

COFFEE BREAK: Better than Net Zero from Day 1 – Introducing Climate Friendly Snacking

Climate Friendly Snacking. Can crackers really fight climate change? Or be carbon neutral? Over 25% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the global food supply chain. Come learn more about how Airly Foods (owned by St Louis-based Post Holdings, Inc) is looking to challenge the way food is made from seed to shelf to create Climate Friendly… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Better than Net Zero from Day 1 – Introducing Climate Friendly Snacking

Evening Educational Program: Resilient Waterways, Watersheds & Their Cities

Derek Hoeferlin’s “Way Beyond Bigness” design-research project comparatively studies the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins, focused on multi-scaled, water-based infrastructural transformation and their various impacts on riverways, cities, and larger regions, particularly when coupled with the impacts of climate change. “Way Beyond Bigness” realigns watersheds and architecture across multiple scales, disciplines, narratives. Hoeferlin will… Continue Reading Evening Educational Program: Resilient Waterways, Watersheds & Their Cities

COFFEE BREAK: Net Zero Follow Up with Navigate Building Solutions

At our 2021 Green Building Showcase, we learned about Navigate Building Solutions' plans to build themselves a net zero energy corporate headquarters in Brentwood, MO. The 8,360 square foot headquarters is now complete and known as Navigate Office Center. The project combines energy efficiency with the generation of renewable energy from solar panels, ensuring the… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Net Zero Follow Up with Navigate Building Solutions

15th Annual Green Schools Event

Join us at the 15th Annual Green Schools Event to celebrate student-driven sustainability projects in local schools! This free virtual event, which is open to the public, is the culmination of the 2021-22 Green Schools Quest – a project-based challenge to K-12 schools to implement a sustainability project over 6 months with the help of a Green Mentor. Winners will be… Continue Reading 15th Annual Green Schools Event

COFFEE BREAK: Living Building Challenge – A Look at the Materials & Water Petals

The Living Building Challenge is a philosophy, certification, and advocacy tool for projects to move beyond being "less bad" and to become regenerative, meaning they will have a positive impact on the environment. The Challenge consists of 7 "Petals" - Place, Water, Energy, Health & Happiness, Materials, Equity and Beauty. We will discuss the Materials and Water… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Living Building Challenge – A Look at the Materials & Water Petals

COFFEE BREAK: A Journey to Healthier Building Products with Declare

Declare, a program of the International Living Future Institute, is a platform to share and find healthy building products. Learn how a local manufacturer - Golterman & Sabo - got the Declare label for two of their acoustic products (Acapella Acoustic Panels and Melody Acoustic Panels). With Declare, manufacturers voluntarily disclose product information on easy-to-read… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: A Journey to Healthier Building Products with Declare

Annual Green Building Showcase

Click here to view a video recording of event Click here to view list of attendees Our Annual Green Building Showcase featured the following projects and speakers:  Mastercard's Path to Zero - LEED v4 Operations + Maintenance: Existing Buildings PLATINUM LEED Zero Certification, presented by Lindsey LaGesse, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Mastercard. Mastercard's Operations Center, headquartered… Continue Reading Annual Green Building Showcase