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Celebrating the OYC Fall 2023 Weekend Work Series

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Celebrating the OYC Fall 2023 Weekend Work Series
Six eager Outdoor Youth Corps members reached new environmental impact heights this fall! There were eight workdays this season with a variety of project host sites, partners, and lessons! This is just a brief recap on the fall-tastic crew of the Fall 2023 Weekend Work Series.
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| Categories: Sustainability in the Community | Tags: Outdoor Youth Corps, OYC, career development | View Count: (972)
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Brining Battles Winter Ice!

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Brining Battles Winter Ice!
Salt that is applied to mitigate icy roads, sidewalks, and parking lots ends up in our rivers and streams. Water quality monitoring consistently finds that our waterways are too salty to support aquatic life. At the EarthWays Center, we are working with large-scale salt applicators to address this problem at its source.
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| Categories: Sustainable Solutions Highlights | Tags: water quality, brining, salt alternative, clean water, Deer Creek Watershed Alliance, sodium chloride | View Count: (1034)
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Sustainability Detectives on the Move

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Sustainability Detectives on the Move
The Missouri Botanical Garden continues to monitor building energy usage and aims for increased and improved sustainability data gathering in 2024!
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| Categories: Sustainability at the Garden | Tags: energy efficient, energy star, benchmarking, greenhouse gas inventory | View Count: (1051)
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Meet Julia!

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Meet Julia!
Take a moment to learn about our Fall 2023 Sustainability Education intern and what they bring to the table this season!
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| Categories: EarthWays Center This Season, Volunteer Updates | Tags: intern, sustainability intern, sustainability education, internship | View Count: (1231)
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Say Hello to this Season’s Restoration Assistants!

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Say Hello to this Season’s Restoration Assistants!
Meet our new Restoration Assistants making a huge impact as members of the Outdoor Leadership Corps!
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| Categories: EarthWays Center This Season | Tags: OLC, Outdoor Leadership Corps, Restoration Assistant | View Count: (833)
Inspiring Outdoors: A Glimpse into Season Three of the Outdoor Leadership Corps
The Outdoor Leadership Corps aims to set its participants up for success in future careers! Join us in welcoming Fletcher and Olivia Dove who are shaping these program participants into skillful members of the environmental workforce!
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| Categories: EarthWays Center This Season | Tags: Outdoor Youth Corps, Outdoor Leadership Corps | View Count: (863)
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Reducing Food Waste in the St. Louis Region

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Reducing Food Waste in the St. Louis Region
Reducing food waste is one of the top actions that people can take to reduce emissions that cause climate change, a threat to the health of plants and people. With leadership from earthday365, see how Missouri Botanical Garden's partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) Food Matters Initiative is taking steps towards lowering food waste in the region!
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| Categories: Sustainability in the Community | Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) Food Matters Initiative, food waste, food waste reduction, collaboration, too good to waste, green dining alliance, earthday365 | View Count: (1170)
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