As the Green Resources Manager for EarthWays Center, a division of Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Jean Ponzi digs into the (well-composted) dirt on All Things Green to answer email and phone inquiries from the general public, businesses. You can find the most-asked questions from these interactions each week here on ecolifeSTL.com.
Jean's work for EarthWays Center also includes promoting Green Homebuilding and home improvement. She serves the bi-state region as a Residential Green Building Advocate, associated with the U.S. Green Building Council – St. Louis Regional Chapter and the St. Louis Homebuilders Association.
Jean has been in the environmental communications business for over twenty years. Her expertise includes recycling and waste reduction, composting, air quality, native plant landscaping, and energy efficiency. She has produced and hosted the environmental talk show, "Earthworms", on FM-88 KDHX since 1989. Her column "Earthworms' Castings" is a regular feature in The Healthy Planet magazine, and she has written for Home Energy, Grist and Missouri Resources magazines. As a trusted environmental resource for local and regional media outlets, you'll often see or hear Jean when EarthWays Center is in the news.