http://sustainstl.org Organization about Sustainability in St Louis Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Architecture Section of Artists' Guild Meets: First Wednesdays and Fourth Thursdays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Cost: Free The Architecture Section is a regional resource for the examination, critique and exhibition of architecture as a fine art in the context of a sustainable approach to the built environment. Our group is open to architects, builders, ... http://sustainstl.org/intersection-of-art-architecture-and-sustainability/ Solutia Inc. said Monday it plans to buy Etimex Solar GmbH, a company that supplies solar products, for nearly $325 million. Etimex Solar is a subsidiary of Germany-based Etimex Holding GmbH, which is controlled by funds affiliated with Alpha Gruppe. Etimex Solar, which employs about 60 people in Germany and reported ... http://sustainstl.org/st-louis-based-solutia-to-buy-etimex-solar-for-325m/ Companies and community facilities, such as those of municipal governments and school districts, interested in cutting energy and environmental costs may want to hire one of the University of Missouri's Pollution Prevention summer interns. Over the past two summers pollution prevention interns have saved companies nearly $500,000 in annual costs through energy efficiency, ... http://sustainstl.org/reduce-energy-environmental-costs-mizzou%e2%80%99s-pollution-prevention-program/ A program that provides weatherization assistance to low-income St. Louis residents has created 39 new green jobs and could add more. Last year, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, led by President and Chief Executive Jim Buford, received nearly $7.4 million in federal stimulus money to provide free home weatherizing ... http://sustainstl.org/st-louis-weatherization-program-creates-39-jobs/ April 24, 2010 9:00am - 2:00pm at Central City Park Come stop by the 19th Annual Earth Day Festival and e-cycle household electronics, recycle used athletic shoes, worn out hard- and softbound books, phonebooks and shred confidential documents. (Note there is a five-box limit for confidential document shredding and recycling of ... http://sustainstl.org/chesterfield-earth-day/ Last week, more than 200 people attended the EcoLifeSTL.com Launch Party and Eco-Honors Ceremony at the Palladium. We presented our first ever Eco-Honors awards to the City of St. Louis, AmerenUE’s Pure Power, and Sustainable St. Louis. The Eco-Honors recipients were chosen for the significant contributions they are making to ... http://sustainstl.org/sustainable-st-louis-recognized-at-ecolifestl-com-launch-party/ Because of a decade of inflated housing markets, a change in population migration patterns has emerged. U.S. Census estimates indicate that from 2000-2006, almost 4 million people migrated from the most unaffordable housing markets to more affordable markets. The census estimates show unprecedented in-migration to more affordable Midwestern and non-coastal ... http://sustainstl.org/st-louis-could-position-itself-as-new-century-city/ Greening Missouri Homes – a conference for and by Missouri Home Building & Retrofit industry We invite you to join Four Missouri Home Builders Associations and the University of Missouri Center for Sustainable Energy as we join forces March 16-17 in Jefferson City to share information about how remodelers, home builders ... http://sustainstl.org/greening-missouri-homes/ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a new Web site on Tuesday to help state and local governments understand, plan, and implement strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within their jurisdictions. The State and Local Climate and Energy Program Web site, www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate , brings together EPA resources to serve as a ... http://sustainstl.org/epa-announces-new-web-site-to-help-state-and-local-government-partners-tackle-climate-change/ The St. Louis Earth Day Board of Directors announced the the appointment of Ms. Cassandra Phillips as the organization's new Executive Director.  "Cassie became the natural selection for this position given her initiative, organizational skills and commitment to the organization and to a healthy environment for St. Louis," said Tracy ... http://sustainstl.org/st-louis-earth-day-elects-new-director/