Introducing SLED's Green Dining Alliance

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July 2011
Find Recycling On the Go at these upcoming events. Food Truck Friday July 22, 5pm Tower Grove Park saucemagazine.com South Grand''s Back Lot Films present "Spirited Away" August 9, 8pm 3500 Hartford Avenue Parties on the Plaza August 11, 5-8pm Old Post Office Plaza downtownstl.org St. Louis Composting is hiring! Click here for details and instructions on how to apply. Mark Your Calendar! Trailnet''s Environmental Justice Ride July 23, 10am Old North more details Habitat for Humanity''s Build a Home, Frame a Future Block Party July 30, 10am-3pm more details View our online calendar. Moonlight Ramble Call for volunteers! This Hostelling International fundraiser needs your help in putting on its moonlight bike ride that draws over 10,000 cyclists! SLED will be on-site to manage the recycling effort, but there are many jobs with which Hostelling International needs your help. Visit their website for more details and to register. Thank you to this year''s generous ROG sponsors, partners & benefactors--who it possible for us to provide our event-greening services. Contact Cassie (314.616.7354) to learn more about sponsorship opportunities and help us bring recycling and composting to more area events.	Introducing the Green Dining Alliance In the six years since our event-greening program, Recycling On the Go, was first piloted, we’ve built strong relationships with owners, managers and employees of the food vendors who bring flavor and spice to local festivals and events. We’ve also learned a lot about the restaurant industry and the challenges associated with implementing more environmentally responsible practices like recycling. So, after a couple years of planning and networking, we are proud to officially launch the pilot of our sustainable restaurant program: the Green Dining Alliance (GDA). The program’s mission is to enhance each diner’s experience and support local businesses by engaging restaurants and  stakeholders in a process to increase environmental sustainability through tailored strategies, workshops and collaboration. The GDA certification program is anticipated to begin in September 2011 and expected to expand within the St. Louis region in 2012. The program has started working with the City of Maplewood to support participating restaurants as they take the first steps toward more environmentally responsible practices. We are working with the City, restaurants and waste haulers to increase the amount of recyclables and organics, like food waste, diverted from the landfill. As restaurants meet their initial waste diversion goals, and St. Louisans experience a new kind of local dining craze, new goals will be set to utilize each restaurant’s resources while collaborating intelligently with the business community. Meet our Green Restaurant Coordinator: Michael Hahn Michael joined the St. Louis Earth Day team this year as the new Green Restaurant Coordinator of the Green Dining Alliance (perhaps you’ve heard of it?). Michael is responsible for coordinating the launch of the program, which includes developing the program materials, liasing among the many stakeholders and eating lots of yummy food. Michael hails from High Ridge, Missouri, and as a boy spent most of his time defending tree houses and exploring woods. This early bond with nature would eventually lead him to an interest in environmental preservation. Feeling as though dirty looks to litterbugs wasn’t enough, Michael has found purpose at St. Louis Earth Day. Read more... Volunteer with Recycling On the Go. In August our Recycling On the Go program picks up with at least one event every week until October! That means that there are many upcoming opportunities for helping events to recycle or compost. Visit our website for the most up-to-date details and to read more about volunteering with ROG. We need YOUR help: Urban Assault Ride: Aug. 21 As a New Belgium Brewing event, there will be plenty of perks for all those that volunteer with Recycling On the Go. Help us at one of our signature sort stations and watch all the mayhem of this city-wide, cycling scavenger hunt.   Festival of Nations: Aug. 27 & 28 Get ready for quite possibly the most diverse and dynamic event in Missouri! Help us recycle and you''ll be supporting the efforts of the International Institute. Did we mention the food?!?   LouFest: Aug. 27 & 28 Listen to great music as you help make LouFest the most sustainable music festival in St. Louis! Sign up to help during the day by downloading the registration forms on our website OR help us out during the "Headliner Shift" (7-10:30pm) by contacting us.   To REGISTER as a volunteer for any of the above opportunities, please email Jeanette at program...@stlouisearthday.org. 2011 Earth Day Symposium: "Eco-Logical" St. Louis Earth Day''s technical training series will be back in 2012 for a 12th year of education and networking. The Symposium will focus on the tools required for successful policy-making and planning in sustainable transportation, land use and resource conservation. So mark your calendar and check stlouisearthday.org for registration updates. April 5-6, 2012 Missouri Botanical Garden DONATE! Support St. Louis Earth Day with a personal gift--your financial contribution will provide vital funding necessary for our organization to bring you the environmental stewardship and education that you want for your community. Thank you. stlouisearthday
Call: 314.961.5838 Fax: 314.480.7191 Email: in...@stlouisearthday.org

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