By Stacey “Parker” Parker, Missouri Green Schools AmeriCorps VISTA
For my 50th birthday last year, I visited a nephew who resides in New York City. Like me, he left the comfort of his home to seek out adventure, and to live his dream. I spent the last 20 years as an assistant professor and working in […]
By Josh Valeri, InternMissouri Coalition For The Environment
This summer, Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) will be working with the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association to help clear invasive bush honeysuckle plants from Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri.
In recent years, volunteer teams have made much progress in uncovering graves at this historic cemetery through the removal […]
By Dan Zarlenga, Missouri Department of Conservation
Photo Caption: What’s this killdeer up to? It could launch into an elaborate deception at any minute. Photo by Dan Zarlenga
Some creatures in nature are just plain deceptive. The killdeer is one of those types.
Killdeers are birds that belong to the group of shorebirds called plovers. Like most shorebirds, […]
By Jean Ponzi
Very sorry to have to report that our regional Plastic Pot Recycling remains suspended.
Fellow gardeners, I know you are sustainability minded — and practical. I hope this summary of issues and some options will be useful, even while we cannot recycle our pots.
Wasn’t Plastic Pot Recycling “suspended” in spring 2020? Why is it […]
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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 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 […]
By Michelle “Mike” OchonickyHealthy Planet Arts Editor
Photo Caption: Christina McNealy. “Illuminating Entropy.” 2018. Porcelain, Luster, Candles, 7”x7”x3.
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Summer in St. Louis has arrived! The days are steaming and the lightning bugs are flickering each evening. Better yet, […]
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 […]
July brings many things, hot days, muggy nights, cicadas, butterflies, fireworks, barbeque, swimming pools, baseball, picnics, fireflies and birthdays. My birthday is in July. I am a Leo. And in July my birthday will find me turning 70. I am glad to have made it to 70 since my father passed at 48 and my […]
Photo: Trail fun in the Shawnee National Forest
Shawnee Forest WeekendsPrehistoric Mississippians stalked deer and lived comfortably atop a cliff overlooking what is now the Shawnee National Forest, named for the defiant ones lead by Tecumseh into these lands. Cherokees traveled the Trail of Tears on the forced march to Oklahoma, and their cries of injustice […]
Article courtesy of the Clean Air Partnership
Climate change is driving warmer temperatures, making ozone pollution more likely to form and harder to clean up, according to the findings of the latest “State of the Air” report from the American Lung Association. Although the three years covered in the latest report (2017-2019) were somewhat cooler than […]
By Linda Wiggen KraftHealthy Planet Green & Growing Editor
A garden isn’t only a collection of plants, it is a community of connections. It is a network of life forms and forces, an eco-system. Plants, insects, birds, soil, sun, rain are each part of the connection. The strongest connections are those of native plants and native […]