June 3
Green Homes Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden
Are you looking for green living ideas? Do you want to learn how to live more sustainably? Are you planning to build a new house? Have comfort issues and want to make improvements to where you live now? Missouri Botanical Garden has resources for you, at the 16th annual Green Homes Festival on Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information see article on page 5.
June 3
St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival
The 11th Annual St. Louis Heritage Festival is the premier showcase of the St. Louis beer scene. This festival features over 100 styles of beer from over 50 greater St. Louis area breweries, as well as the year’s Collaboration Festival Beer, home brew club tastings, a Rare Tapping Tent, live music and great food all in an idyllic setting beneath the Gateway Arch along the Mississippi River. stlbeer.org.
June 3 & 4
Lafayette Square Home/Garden Tour
The 48th annual Lafayette Square Spring Home & Garden Tour will be held June 3 and 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in historic Lafayette Square, 2023 Lafayette Ave. Twelve distinctive homes and two private gardens will be featured on the tour. The tour homes range from Victorian-era painted ladies to condominiums in the reclaimed former St. Louis City Hospital. One of the featured gardens, Hamilton Farms Garden, employs aeroponic technology to support the “farm-to-table” menus of neighborhood restaurants. The tour will also commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Park House, which was built in 1867 to serve as a police station. Tickets are $20 per person in advance or $25 per person the day of the tour; free for children under the age of 12. For more info about the tour or to purchase tickets, visit www.lafayettesquare.org.
June 6
Starting from Scratch: Methods of Propagation
Farm Manager, Eric Stevens, will walk through the steps of creating new plants from various plant parts. 233 S Dade Ave • Ferguson, MO 63135 • Tel 314-521-1006 • www.earthdancefarms.org. Courses are part of the Farm & Garden Apprenticeship but are also open to the public for $20 per session. They occur on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:30 pm, and will either be at EarthDance, in a public classroom or at a field trip host farm. Please register in advance. Contact Programs Assistant Chelsea Burdge for more information programs@earthdancefarms.org.
June 7
7th Annual Sustainable Backyard Tour
Now in its 7th year, the tour is an unusual animal. It’s free. Everyone is welcome. It takes place in private yards all over the St. Louis region. A grassroots, all-volunteer event, The Sustainable Backyard Tour recognizes that we flourish or fail together, that it is up to us as individuals and communities to share what we know and do better. This year there are more than 40 locations on the Tour that you can walk, bike or drive to on your own self-guided route. There is no starting point. The addresses of the yards along with a short description of what kinds of organic, best practices you can see in each, will be available beginning June 1st online and at select locations around town (see website for details) sustainablebackyardtour.com and see article on page 5.
June 7 & 21
Tower to Table Dinners
at Vin de Set June 7th, July 5th, August 2nd, September 6th Limited space available. Reservations are required Please call 314-241-8989. At Eleven Eleven Mississippi June 21st, July 19th, August 16th, September 20th. Limited space available. Reservations are required Please call 314-241-9999. Your Tower to Table experience starts w/ a tour of the Hamilton Farms aeroponic garden where owner Paul Hamilton will explain how our produce is grown from heirloom seeds in both a traditional garden setting as well as our state of the art aeroponic towers. The pork, lamb and beef offered will be locally sourced & deliciously paired w/ our garden produce by our Executive Chefs showcasing the freshest ingredients available. Aeroponic Tower Garden Tour (optional) 6pm located @ 2101 Chouteau Ave, Dinner 6:45 pm, 3- course dinner $29.99 + tax/gratuity. Optional 2-course wine pairing $11.99 + tax/gratuity.
June 8
ENERGY STAR & Historic Preservation: Satisfying Both Standards
This seminar will explore a number of residential gut rehabs completed in St. Louis since 2007 that have achieved both ENERGY STAR certification and met Missouri Historic Preservation Standards. The presenter will examine the elements that contribute to energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and human health in these projects, including geo-thermal systems and Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) systems. Additionally discussed will be the materials contributing to these projects’ high performance and the consideration taken when selecting building elements such as windows, insulation, fans, fixtures, venting, and more. Speaker Patty Maher, Tiger Lily Development LLC. Continuing Education Submitted for approval of 2 GBCI CE Hours and 2 AIA LU/HSW. 3–5pm. Lighting Associates Inc, 3216 S. Brentwood Blvd, Webster Groves MO. $30 USGBC-MGC Members, $45 Non-members. usgbc-mogateway.org/calendar.
June 10
Alternative Building and Sustainable Living Farm Tour
You are invited to the Alternative Building and Sustainable Living Farm Tour, June 10, hosted by Solis Farm in conjunction with Farwig Farm and Silver Seed Farms. Entry to the Farm Tour is free but the sponsors ask you bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to a local food bank. There will be live music, food, speakers, raffles, kids activities, vendors and much more. You can go online to get a free ticket and info at Solisfarm.org.
June 10
FREE 10-Mile Bike Ride Through St. Louis To Learn About Local Black History
Great Rivers Greenway and Trailnet are inviting area residents to join them on Saturday, June 10, for a free, 10-mile bicycle ride and the chance to learn about local black history in conjunction with the 15th Annual Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration: Buffalo Soldiers & Bicycles. For more information on the bike ride, visit http://trailnet.org/calendar/buffalo-soldier-ride/. For more information on the “Buffalo Soldiers & Bicycles”, visit www.marymeachum.org. Great Rivers Greenway makes the St. Louis region a more vibrant place to live, work and play by developing a network of greenways to connect people to their rivers, parks/communities. GreatRiversGreenway.org.
June 10, 12
Vets Coming Home
Airs on KNLC Channel 24 06/10 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 06/12 at 8:00 p.m. Host Don Fitz and guests Michael McPhearson and Kennedy Davis explore difficulties vets have facing the civilian world, adjusting to their families, getting an education, and finding and keeping a job. How are these issues intensified by drug addiction, alcoholism, traumatic brain injury or PTSD?
June 11
Gut Therapy for the Family: Intro to GAPS Workshop and Presentation
Know someone with allergies, eczema, autism or food sensitivities? Find out how to create profound gut and immune healing at Gut Therapy for the Family: Intro to GAPS Workshop and Presentation on June 11 from 1-4pm. For more info visit gapsdiet.eventbrite.com.
June 13
Integrating Alternative Medicine with Conventional Medicine
FREE Monthly Seminar and Discussion – Integrating Alternative Medicine with Conventional Medicine – Learn how to build your immune system and take charge of your health. If you are suffering from chronic conditions, you’ll learn why you don’t have to live with your “incurable” symptoms anymore. Topics covered include: Cancer, Heart Disease/Stroke, Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Allergies, Nutrition, and many more. You should come to this discussion also if you feel, “My Doctor said everything is fine! Then why do I feel so lousy?” Second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm at our healing clinic – Prevention and Healing, Inc., Dr. Simon Yu, M.D., Board Certified Internist, 10908 Schuetz Road, St. Louis, MO 63146, Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer. Call to verify meeting date; seating is limited, arrive early, 314-432-7802. Patient success stories at preventionandhealing.com.
June 13
Field Trip-Gateway Greening Bell Demonstration Garden
Tour Gateway Greening‘s urban garden featuring 20 demonstration beds and learn about all the garden has to offer to the community. 233 S Dade Ave • Ferguson, MO. 314-521-1006 • www.earthdancefarms.org. Courses are part of the Farm & Garden Apprenticeship but are also open to the public for $20 per session. They occur on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:30 pm, and will either be at EarthDance, in a public classroom or at a field trip host farm. Please register. Contact Programs Assistant Chelsea Burdge programs@earthdancefarms.org.
June 13
Disinvestment & Reinvestment in Midwestern Cities
Olon Dotson, a professor at Ball State in Indiana, will discuss the social dimension of sustainability, examining from an architectural perspective the distress and abandonment commonly found in the cores of American cities resulting from de-industrialization, historic segregation and discrimination patterns, suburban sprawl, erosion of a viable tax base, crumbling infrastructure systems, and environmental justice issues. He will share how reflecting directly on these “fourth world conditions” as a product of the racialization of place can help the architecture and other development professions begin to tackle them productively. Mr. Dotson will be joined by Sal Martinez, the current board president of the Community Builders Network and the executive director of Community Renewal and Development, Inc. Mr. Martinez will present some of the latest development initiatives underway in the Near North neighborhoods of St. Louis. WHEN: Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30, WHERE: Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, 2319 Chouteau, Suite 200 (63103) FEE: Free for USGBC-MGC Members and Students, $20 for Non-members REGISTER: www.usgbc-mogateway.org/calendar
June 17, 19
Power Grid Resilience
Airs on KNLC Channel 24 06/17 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 06/19 at 8:00 p.m. The power grid is what allows us to have electricity. But it can be disrupted. Host Don Fitz and guest William Pickard discuss breaking the grid into fragments called islands. The big problem is what we do when most of the electric power is generated by photovoltaics and the sun goes down.
June 20
Organic Fruit Production & Orcharding
Guy Ames of Ames Nursery and Orchard will speak about the challenges and solutions for raising a wide variety of fruit on a small or commercial scale in the Midwest’s hot and humid climate. 233 S Dade Ave • Ferguson, MO 63135 • Tel 314-521-1006 • www.earthdancefarms.org. Courses are part of the Farm & Garden Apprenticeship but are also open to the public for $20 per session. They occur on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:30 pm, and will either be at EarthDance, in a public classroom or at a field trip host farm. Please register in advance. Contact Programs Assistant Chelsea Burdge for more information programs@earthdancefarms.org.
June 20-22
7th Annual Sustainability Institute for Educators: Change is on the Menu
This 3 day institute aims to help educators understand the intersection of environmental, economic, and social implications associated with food and our schools. Bring a team or come by yourself. The Institute is designed for all members of the educational community including teachers, informal educators, and administration. The Institute will feature a mix of special guest speakers, tools and resources, and hands-on workshops. Topics include: changing cafeterias, food waste & sustainable disposal, childhood wellness & nutrition, schoolyard gardens, food policy & law, and more! June 20 – June 22. Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, 101 N Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63124. $150, graduate credit and scholarships available. Please register at www.webster.edu/sie.
June 23-24
PrideFest 2017 “Community Proud”
Our grand marshal this year will be Cleve Jones, a founding activist in the LGBT rights movement, author of “When We Rise”, the book on which the ABC miniseries was based, founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and friend to Harvey Milk. At PrideFest this year, we’ll be asking for $5 upon entry, joining many other Pride organizations around the country. Your contribution is an investment back into the community. Five dollars will support our five central initiatives: PrideCenter, outreach, education, scholarship, and festival. We understand that many people may not be able to afford the $5 entry. We’re dedicated to serving everyone, and as such, we will be providing tickets that community organizations can distribute to people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend. Contact us at entry@pridestl.org to request tickets. For more info visit www.pridestl.org.
June 24, 26
Socialized Medicine in Denmark
Airs on KNLC Channel 24 06/24 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 06/26 at 8:00 p.m. Don Fitz, Dr. Johan Andersen and Mimi Signor discuss the connection between health care and the larger social welfare system in Denmark. The cost of Danish health care is much less than in the US and its citizens live longer. It may be time for Americans to demand the right to free health care.
June 27
Water Management for Farm & Garden
Jason Gerhardt returns to the farm to teach the best practices to manage water on the farm or in the garden. 233 S Dade Ave • Ferguson, MO 63135 • Tel 314-521-1006 • www.earthdancefarms.org. Courses are part of the Farm & Garden Apprenticeship but are also open to the public for $20 per session. They occur on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:30 pm, and will either be at EarthDance, in a public classroom or at a field trip host farm. Please register in advance. Contact Programs Assistant Chelsea Burdge for more information programs@earthdancefarms.org
June 7
Benchmarking Jam
Energy benchmarking is the process of measuring how much energy your building consumes, and comparing your energy performance to similar buildings. Benchmarking is the first step toward saving energy and money! Get hands-on assistance using the free, online ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool at the upcoming Benchmarking Jam. All buildings benefit from benchmarking: businesses, schools, congregations, non-profits and local governments are encouraged to attend. WHEN: Tuesday, June 27, 4:00 – 6:00 pm WHERE: MBG’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, 4651 Shaw Blvd, 63110 FEE: Free for all REGISTER: www.usgbc-mogateway.org
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