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St. Louis Area [Local]

Food

Operation Food Search: a St. Louis food bank that distributes food free of charge to food pantries to help feed the poor and hungry.

6282 Olive Blvd

St. Louis, MO 63130

(314) 726-5355

http://www.ofsearch.org/

Eat Here St. Louis: Helping St. Louis access local food (local food distributor).

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(314) 518-6074

http://www.eatherestl.com/

Giveaways

Get Green with Geiger: green promotional products (a better alternative to mainstream options).

(314) 432-4703

http://jemyer.geigermall.com

Organizations

Stlouisgreen.com: A website resource with information on and links to many of the environmental businesses, organizations, and resources in the St. Louis area.

St. Louis Earth Day: for help with your green event planning.

(314) 616-7354

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stlouisearthday.org

Earthways Center: A resource for all things green, particularly greening the built environment through green building and energy efficiency (for businesses and homeowners).

3617 Grandel Square

St. Louis, MO 63108

(314) 577-0220

http://earthwayscenter.org/

Recycling Guides

St. Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District: interactive database allows you to search for local businesses who except ALL SORTS of "waste" for recycling, reusing, and repurposing. 

http://www.swmd.net/rrr/index.php

St. Louis County Department of Health: Solid Waste Management Department: Excellent online guides and resources for Hazardous Waste, Recycling, Purchasing Guides, and more!

http://www.stlouisco.com/doh/waste/waste_mg.html

Solid Waste: Recycling/Composting

Replenishing the Earth: Cradle-to-Cradle concepts for waste management. Offers venue composting and biodegradable disposables.

(314) 435-9847

www.ReplenishingTheEarth.com

St. Louis Teachers' Recycling Center: Takes industrial waste products (scrap fabrics, plastic parts, odd parts, etc) and makes it available for teachers to use in creative educational projects.

Several locations, call for details.

(636) 227-7095

www.sltrc.com/

St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District: a regional agency created to assist the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in establishing and expanding waste reduction and recycling. They have a database to help you find various recycling services in the St. Louis area.

http://www.swmd.net/rrr/index.php

Leftovers, etc.: An environmental resource and activity center which collects and makes available clean, dry household discards and unusual industrial discards for use as hands-on educational and craft projects by teachers, youth leaders, and individuals.

5404 Gravois (63116) AND 1759 Scherer Pkwy (St. Charles, 63303)

www.leftoversetc.com/index.htm

Transportation

St. Louis 3Wheel Taxi: Offers a unique taxi ride by way of a bicycle rickshaw. Their state of the art human-powered 21-speed pedicabs are designed for passenger safety and comfort. (314) 276-7607. http://www.3wheeltaxi.com/documents/34_ezgedit.php

Trailnet: A local not-for-profit organization that focuses on healthy active living and is a resource for multi-modal transit (including safe walking and biking routes as well as bus and light rail routes).

314-436-1324

www.trailnet.org

Venues

Missouri Botanical Gardens: a beautiful location featuring meeting rooms and a Green Restaurant Association certified café.

4344 Shaw Boulevard

St. Louis, MO 63110

(314) 577-0200

http://mobot.org/

St. Louis Brewing Company

Schlafly Bottleworks (Mapplewood) and Schlafly Taproom (Downtown)

Schlafly is a model for sustainability in the St. Louis area. They have several spaces available for rental.

http://www.schlafly.com/

Statewide: Missouri

Energy

PURE power (by Ameren UE): A voluntary program to buy blocks of locally produced renewable energy* ($15 = 1,000 kWh* block = 1 Renewable Energy Certificate). Available for residential and commercial energy use, as well as for event offsets. Green-e certified.

http://www.ameren.com/purepower/

Travel

Ginko Adventures: Planning an office retreat? Ginko Adventures, an outfitting company based out of St. Louis, specializes in coordinating groups for backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, biking, and multi-sport adventures, all in Missouri's natural environment.

http://ginkgoadventures.com/index.html

National-wide/On the Web

Car rentals

Avis Rental Cars: Half of their fleet has a fuel efficiency rating of 28 mpg or above; ¼ of the fleet is rated at 30 mpg or better. No hybrid cars available at the St. Louis location. http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/html/landing/hybrid-rental.html?mid=PR_AVS

Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Two hybrid branches in the St. Louis area: Downtown, Ladue.

http://www.enterprise.com/car_rental/worldLocationSearch.do

EV rental cars: the Nation's only environmental rental car company (California and Arizona only) http://www.evrental.com/index.php

Energy Credit/Offset

NOTE: There are many carbon offset programs available and easily found through an internet search. As you make your selection, make sure that there is third party standards, verification, and auditing. Also look into how they retire carbon credits and what projects the money goes towards. Most offset programs are tax-deductible.

Sustainable Travel International has a good guide for accessing the credibility of a carbon offset offer.

http://www.carbonoffsets.org/

Carbon Fund

http://www.carbonfund.org/

The Nature Conservancy Climate Change Voluntary Carbon Offset Program

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/activities/art23932.html

TerraPass

www.terrapass.com

Food

Marine Stewardship Council: certification that identifies which fish species have sustainable populations. http://www.msc.org/cook-eat-enjoy/fish-to-eat

Download a guide on sustainable fish choice (best choices, good alternatives, and what to avoid). http://www.virginiaaquarium.com/vgn.aspx?vgnextchannel=f839f680ccfdc110VgnVCM100000190c640aRCRD&vgnextparchannel=2693975336192110VgnVCM100000190c640aRCRD#whatis