Eco Expo St. Louis 2010


Looking For a Green Solution to an Old Age Practice

Shur-Way Auto Body

Several years ago, Mike Swederska was looking for an alternative to traditional solvent-based paints to use in his auto body shop in Maplewood. He was going through a rebuilding of the shop building and its work processes. He used as much recycled materials as possible in the construction such as recycled brick, cinder block and even used crushed concrete for fill.

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EcoLifeSTL Photos

Check out photos from this event. (Click on any pic to view all photos) Parkway North High School - Green School March 03.03.10

GCS Get Mo' Green Teen Club College Scholarship

GCS Federal Credit Union

If you're a high school senior AND a member of the GCS Get Mo' Green teen club, you are elegible to apply for the Nicole R. Thorp $1000 Scholarship! Visit the GCS website to download the scholarship application, which is being accepted through April 30th. Scholarship money will be presented in May and the recipient will be featured on mygcscu.com.

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Ask Green Jean

How do rain barrels work, and where can I get one? I’d like to make use of rainwater in my garden this spring.

Patty Mae – Affton

Green Jean PonziDear Ms. Mae:

This is the perfect time to set up a rainwater harvesting system. Spring rains will be falling soon and the Metropolitan Sewer District is about to launch a second annual sale of rain barrels for MSD customers...

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Latest EcoLifeSTL Blog

Milestone for Global Seed Vault
Posted 3/10/2010 7:00:00 AM

Have any of you heard of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault? What do you think a seed vault is needed for?

It turns out the vault is there as a global insurance policy. It will ensure the survival of a diverse variety of food crops through threats such as droughts, natural disaster, global warming, pests, or disease. This is why this vault has the nickname the “doomsday” vault and it has been around only since February of 2008.

The seeds stored within this vault will also help in re-starting agricultural production at a regional or global scale in the case of a natural or man-made catastrophe takes place. The variety of food crops that is stored in the vault range from lettuce, rice, maize, and wheat; however, the variety of crops stored in the vault is in the millions. Currently a total of 4.5 million varieties or 2 billion seeds ...
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More EcoLifeSTL Features

Looking for All Shoes for New Recycling Program

Mers Goodwill

“Share-A-Pair” is a new initiative launched by MERS-Goodwill and GO! St. Louis where they ask local residents to donate gently-worn shoes so they can reach their goal of collecting 20,010 pairs in 2010!!

A specially-designed Shoe-Mobile receptacle, which is approximately 6’x 9’ and completely portable will be on display at area companies and select locations throughout the region through December 2010.

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