By Jenn DeRose Know & Grown Manager Missouri Coalition For The Environment

Every season, Known & Grown STL (a program of Missouri Coalition for the Environment) creates a Farmers Market guide to make finding food from local, sustainable farmers in our program easy.

In order for a market to be included in our guide, they must have […]

By Dr. Amy Davis, MD

When intestinal flora is healthy, it favorably impacts your overall health and vice versa. Understanding how to rebuild your flora is key to improving your digestion, ability to fight infections and a healthy weight for starters. 

The flora (trillions of microbes that inhabit your intestines) is important for many reasons. 

DigestionVitamin production – […]

By Mike “Michelle” Ochonicky Healthy Planet Arts Editor

Photo Caption: Sunset at the River, photograph by Ruth Harrigan.

Like all of us, during the social isolation compelled by COVID-19, I did a lot of thinking. I came to recognize that life can be truly artful, despite circumstances beyond our control that may impact it. I lost four […]

By Dan Zarlenga, Missouri Department of Conservation

Photo Caption: Bears are no longer just hanging out in the deep Ozarks—you could possibly see one in your area someday! Photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Many people think of bears as only living deep in the remote Ozark forests of Missouri. And for a long time, […]

Get your garden party off to a great start with these fun, sun-loving perennials.

By Abby Lapides

“What smells so delicious?”

Bring season long, non-stop color and spicy clove scent to your garden with ‘Georgia Peach Pie’ Pinks, Dianthus. You’ll adore this delight for its peachy-pink frilly blossoms with fascinating darker center halos of raspberry and apricot. They […]

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By Jean Ponzi

EarthWays Green Living Festival

Sustainable – Useful – Funfor TWENTY YEARS!

We celebrate Earth Day every April 22. On a chilly fall day in 2001, an Energy Fest in mid-town St. Louis anchored the other side of the year. One Green event in spring, one in fall. For a while, that was it!

This June 2-4, […]

By Malaya Siy, Missouri Green Schools AmeriCorps VISTA

This Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Education announced the 2021 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honorees, including our local Flance Early Learning Center. 

Incoming Flance Board President, Evan Fowler, shared “It’s an honor to be one of only three early education centers in the country […]

By Linda Wiggen Kraft Healthy Planet Green & Growing Editor

Join me for a Nature Journey titled “Forest Bathing*, Creativity, Connection” on June 20. This three-hour outdoor workshop weaves together an intimate connection with nature and creativity while experiencing and exploring the wild, tame and healing land of Forest Park. I will be leading a small […]

Funded by donors to Forest Park Forever, the 17-acre experiential destination will open to the public June 2, 2021

Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry are pleased to announce that the new Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape in Forest Park will open to the public on […]

By Christen Commuso

Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s (MCE) Food and Farm Program not only works to diversify Missouri’s farming economy, helps environmentally responsible farmers thrive, organizes community-led food justice programs, and conserves fertile soils and clean water, but the program also helps ensure access to a healthy, secure food supply for all people. 

MCE, in collaboration […]

Photo Caption: An outdoor enthusiast takes a break to take in the beautiful scenery in the Garden Of The Gods area of Southern Illinois.

Garden of the Gods and Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow Recreational area are two must see locations on the eastern side of the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Illinois. Both located just off Karbers […]

by Tom Braford

Our yard is all natural. Since our neighbors’ are all neatly manicured, I feel I need to keep ours somewhat trimmed up.

So, if you have to keep the grass cut, E-Lawn Must is a must for the eco-conscious. They are all battery, renewable electric so no noxious fumes and just a fraction of […]

Photo Caption: A World Bird Sanctuary naturalist holds a species of owl on her leather glove during a presentation.

Learn about birds up close at these free events happening on June 6, 18 and 27. Ask people what they feel the most amazing animal on Earth is, and many well tell you—birds. Humans have long been […]

Situated on 84 acres in the first designated AVA in the country, Noboleis Vineyards offers panoramic views of the historic, rolling hills of Augusta, MO. Enjoy a Wine Flight out on our hilltop pavilion while you take in the rolling hills of the surrounding vineyards or sidle on up to the bar in the Tasting […]

A Time To Grow      

June is one of my favorite months. Spring has really sprung, summer is almost here and life is blooming again as the covid-19 pandemic is waning. We should be cautiously optimistic. If you have not gotten vaccinated, you better wear a mask and stay away from crowds. If you are fully […]

Article courtesy of the Clean Air Partnership

While the St. Louis region and cities nationwide are experiencing a decline in the number of overall COVID-19 cases, the staggering toll of the pandemic has driven home to the world the importance of healthy lungs. New research shows that exposure to elevated levels of air pollution is linked […]

Article courtesy of the Clean Air Partnership

While the St. Louis region and cities nationwide are experiencing a decline in the number of overall COVID-19 cases, the staggering toll of the pandemic has driven home to the world the importance of healthy lungs. New research shows that exposure to elevated levels of air pollution is linked […]