By Marion Smith, AIA, LEED AP, Engine House No. 1and USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter Founder
As we celebrate the 20-year anniversary of our local USGBC Chapter this year, it has been a good reminder to reflect on what the green building movement looked like at the founding. Before our U.S. Green Building Council St. Louis Regional Chapter […]
By Chiamaka Chukwu
Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) is a nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on advocating for clear water, clear air, clean energy, and a healthier environment. MCE supports allied organizations working towards the same goals while providing vital information to thousands of Missourians on issues that affect their water, air, food, health, and environment.
One […]
By Dan Zarlenga, Missouri Department of Conservation
Photo Caption: The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of the best of the year, and it peaks around August 12 this year. Photo by Dan Zarlenga
You can watch thousands of particles older than the Earth itself come to dramatic and fiery ends before your eyes. That’s essentially what […]
By Jean Ponzi
Golden Yellow
Lavish Greens
Birdie warbles, twitters, trills
Breeze lilt, rattle and whoosh
Solar canopy
Cumulus piles
July Sunday afternoon heat
Ripples the vast blue dome view.
Rare treat now for human eyes:
Vista that all hues of our species
Took for granted, loved and fought,
Over ages under Nature’s rule.
Square-stemmed
Monarda,
bee balm,
Sturdy as tomato stakes.
Towering
Silphium
brush my chest.
Grasses I cannot name
Poke and whisk and flip […]
photo caption: Bike, or hike along the Tunnel Hill Trail
Whether you’re looking for one-of-a-kind art, wine, or antiques, or exploring the great outdoors, Shawnee Forest Country in Southernmost Illinois can take you there.
The trails begin in the rolling Southern Illinois countryside where you can sip your way along and discover truly surprising and authentic wine […]
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Gateway to the Great Outdoors (GGO) introduces the first ever “Brain Teaser Bash”! Solve mind-challenging, brain-teasing puzzles as you race through Tower Grove Park! All funds raised will be used for GGO programming and will directly benefit St. Louis Public School (SLPS) students in grades 4-8 throughout the 2021-22 school year.
When: Saturday, […]
By Crystal StevensUrban Farmer
Photo Caption: Flourish Farm photo by Virginia Harold
Fresh, homegrown food adds flavor and nutrition to every meal from spring through fall for gardeners in the midwest. There is nothing quite like slicing open a fresh, homegrown heirloom tomato in the summertime or cooking a butternut squash. You can almost taste the summer […]
By Tom Braford
Critical mass is the minimum amount of something required to start or maintain a project or venture. It begins a chain reaction and follows the same laws of contagion as communicable diseases, but what if we actively pursue it to create a positive social movement!?
According to British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, there is a […]
By Dr. Amy Davis, MD
Functional Medicine provides a new way of thinking about chronic disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) which can impact 1 in 6 people and is entirely correctable.
Typical symptoms of IBS include:
BloatingGasDistentionConstipationDiarrhea that often comes on after a mealCramping
Each person with IBS may have a different cause even though the symptoms are […]
Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH
A minor headache can make it hard to concentrate for a while, but for most people, a couple of over-the-counter remedies can usually get them under control. However, if you are suffering from migraine headaches, it can be outright debilitating.
According to the American Migraine Association, 12% to 16% of the U.S. […]
By Pat Tuholske, Naturalist
Seems many of us today would rather sit inside with screens than explore our native environment. Plugged into laptops, video games, and television, our senses are consumed causing us to be alienated from the natural world. We may watch Nature programs and know a few facts about whales, the rain forest or […]
By Teresa Garden, DVM
Non-core vaccines are not for every dog. The diseases they protect against have less mortality than those of the core vaccines. The dog’s risk factors based on his lifestyle and exposure should determine if a non-core vaccine is needed. Examples of non-core vaccines include Leptospirosis, Bordetella, and Influenza.
Leptospirosis is the most common […]
Article courtesy of the Clean Air Partnership
While cities all across the nation have made significant strides in cleaning up harmful air pollution over the last several decades, many areas in the United States – including the St. Louis metropolitan region – produce high enough concentrations of particulate matter that it can trigger illness, hospitalization and […]
As I write this column on July 26, facemask mandates have been reinstated in the St. Louis City and St. Louis County. The Covid-19 Delta variant, 1,000 times more infectious as the original Covid-19 virus, is running wild across the country and particularly bad in southern Missouri and quickly coming our way. Those who are […]
By Abby Lapides
If you made it to our fabulous Missouri Botanical Gardens this year, you may have witnessed a magnificent Allium show. Many of our customers kept asking “What is it? What is it?”
The answer: Globemaster Ornamental Onion
A crowd favorite, Globemaster Ornamental Onion, Allium, brings fun and whimsy to the garden with its huge 6-10” […]
By Linda Wiggen KraftHealthy Planet Green & Growing Editor
Now is the time to plant seeds for your fall vegetable garden. Seeds of arugula, Asian greens, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard greens, peas, radish, spinach, and turnips can all be planted now. Seeds need time to germinate and grow large enough to harvest […]
T’ai Chi Ch’uan For Health and Fitnessby Paul MacFarlane and Bill Grivna
Like everyone else, the St. Louis T’ai Chi Ch’uan Association found itself having to change its usual class schedule this last year in response to the corona virus. We are planning to start an in-person class for beginners in September. If you are interested, […]