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SAVE DATE for 2009 Festival .
The 20th Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival will be held on
Sunday, April 26, 2009 from 11am to 6pm.
The Muny Grounds in Forest Park will again provide the beautiful
backdrop for the largest Earth Day celebration in the Midwest.
NOTE: The permanent date for the St. Louis Earth Day Festival has been set for the 4th Sunday in April starting in 2009. We made the change to make planning easier for all!
. Other News .
. St Louis Earth Day Receives Grant from Boeing .
St. Louis Earth Day has received a $7,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis. The grant will help support St. Louis Earth Day programs, including Recycling On the Go, the regions first wide-scale event recycling program.
. St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District Grants $50K to Recycling On the Go Program .

St. Louis Earth Day was awarded $50,000 to extend its Recycling On the Go program into the City of St. Louis and to develop a Green Restaurant pilot program. The grant is funded by Missouri landfill tipping fees and allocated through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

. New Staff Member .
Cassie Phillips has recently joined St. Louis Earth Day as Projects Director after completing undergraduate and graduate degrees at Truman State University. While there, she was an active leader in environmental programming and coordinated Truman's annual Earth Week events, which include a community festival, workshops, an environmental studies conference and more. As Projects Director, Phillips is thrilled to put her skills to work for St. Louis Earth Day. Since coming to the organization, she has tackled several programs, including: planning the St. Louis Earth Day Festival; coordinating Recycling On the Go, and the Green Restaurant initiative, to name a few.
ABOUT ST. LOUIS EARTH DAY
St. Louis Earth Day is a year-round, non-profit environmental organization that strives to
bring sustainable practices to the region through educational programming that includes:
· The Midwest's oldest and largest annual environmental event - St. Louis Earth Day Festival
· The St. Louis Earth Day Water Symposium, an industry-focused event on the water quality
issues facing our region
· An annual environmental lecture that showcases leading thinkers
· Recycling On the Go - the region's first large-scale event recycling program that addresses
the negative environmental impact of large festivals and events by diverting recyclable
solid waste that would have ended up in area landfills.
For more about St. Louis Earth Day and its efforts to create a healthier, greener world, visit www.stlouisearthday.org.