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Recycle Responsibly
Recycle Responsibly is the area’s first, region-wide recycling campaign that will help everyone in the St. Louis area “Stick With the Six” items that can be recycled in our region. Plus learn why it’s so important to keep plastic bags and other contaminants out of recycling bins. Did you know that 2,663 plastic bags are used […]
Don’t Wait, Water Now!
One of the warmest years on record in Missouri in addition to an extremely mild fall, leaves our plants at risk during this winter drought. Don’t wait, water your plants now while we have warm days upon us. Click the press release shown below from the Missouri Green Industry Alliance to learn in detail how […]
Fight The Mosquito Bite
With the threat of the Zika virus this year, the most important action you can take to keep you, your family and neighbors safe from mosquito-borne illnesses is to eliminate mosquito breeding areas. Mosquitoes breed quickly in standing water, so eliminating their breeding grounds from your property has a direct impact on reducing local mosquito […]
Brightside St. Louis Summer Youth Employment 2017
Brightside St. Louis, the City of St. Louis’ cleaning, greening, and beautification organization, is conducting an eight week summer youth employment program, in which high school juniors and seniors will assist with sustainability and conservation activities in the City of St. Louis. This program will be in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service […]
Nestle Purina Petcare Pride Day Makes A Big Impact
This week over 100 Nestle Purina employees volunteered with Brightside in the Soulard and Dutchtown neighborhoods. Volunteers cleaned up gardens, mulched and planted flowers in and around Soulard Market Park, Pontiac Square Park and Aboussie Park in Soulard and helped on the Sunflower Project in Dutchtown as part of their 15th annual PetCare Pride Day. This […]
New City School Recycling Video Premiere
This week, Brightside had the pleasure of visiting New City School to attend the premiere of a recycling video created by the school’s third grade students, teachers and staff. The video was produced as part of the student’s annual service learning project, in which they collaborated with Brightside to create a 5-minute public service announcement to encourage recycling […]
Waste-Free Picnic
Join Brightside, along with our friends from The EarthWays Center, Tower Grove Park, The Nature Conservancy in Missouri and USGBC – Missouri Gateway Chapter as we co-host a waste-free picnic in celebration of sustainability, philanthropy, and the great outdoors on Give STL Day! There will be drinks, games and recycled crafts. Bring your picnic, your friends, […]
Give STL Day Extended
Thank you to everyone who took time to make a donation for Give STL Day. Unfortunately, technology did not cooperate and many people were unable to complete the online giving form. To give folks another opportunity to support the organizations they love, the St. Louis Community Foundation has graciously extended Give STL Day. Donations will […]