Join our friends at AIA-St. Louis Committee on the Environment for the third of five sessions in this Materials Certificate program. Learn more or register. And stay tuned for a joint program between Missouri Gateway GBC & AIA-St. Louis COTE in March 2023!
Every year we hold a silent auction as part of the Annual State of the Council and this year is no different! We have some great auction items lined up – from an exclusive tour of St. Louis CITYPARK to a Green Schools Basket of Bounty to several weekend getaways and cultural institution memberships. Check out our Auction Site: www.biddingowl.com/MOgreenbuildings. The Auction opens on Monday, January 23 and you’ll have two weeks to bid on items until the auction closes on Friday, February 3. Get ready to start bidding and help us raise funds to support our efforts to make every building a green building – including our community outreach, the Green Schools Quest, and our scholarship program. We are so grateful to all our auction donors for making this possible Questions? Contact Emily Andrews at emily.andrews@mobot.org.
Join us on Monday, January 30 as we return to an IN-PERSON State of the Council and our official Brand Launch Party! We are re-branding effective January 1, 2023 and we want you to celebrate with us! Let's celebrate the new year and recommit to greener, better buildings! Stay tuned for details - including our online auction! (See confirmed auction items below). REGISTER NOW WHERE: Missouri Botanical Garden's Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center 4344 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63110 Thanks to our event sponsors: SHARE: Share this event using URL, https://bit.ly/2023-SOTC and tag us @usgbcMOgateway @MOGreenBuildings or use the hashtag, #GreenBuildingsAreBetter State of the Council SILENT AUCTION opens January 23 @ 3 pm View the Auction Page! Confirmed auction items include: Exclusive Tour of St. Louis CITYPARK for 10, donated by Joe Abernathy, MGGBC Board Member 2 night stay at Timber Farms (near Eminence, MO), donated by Dan Hellmuth & Nicola MacPhereson Home Energy Audit, donated by SmartHouse 2 night stay at Charming Cottage in Elsah, IL, donated by Mary Ann Lazarus and Dan Jay HON Office Chair, donated by CI Select 4 Tickets to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Fox, donated by Guarantee Electrical Seasonal Clean & Check Voucher for… Continue Reading Annual State of the Council 2023
REGISTER NOW As emerging professionals (EP) it's difficult to grasp all the possibilities and potential your career holds. Enjoy a pint of your favorite beverage at various Green Dining Alliance (GDA) certified locations every 1st Thursday @ 4:30 - 6:00 pm. This monthly happy hour event is for all community members to network with local green building and sustainability professionals while discussing opportunities to serve our communities. WHERE: Reduce your carbon impact: Connect with Metro line # All are welcome. Bring a colleague, friend, family or community member to meet and network with Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members and non-members, and other emerging professionals while enjoying a beverage together and building your Green Buildings Are Better community! HOSTED BY Your Engagement & Outreach Committee! REGISTER NOW QUESTIONS? Contact Missouri Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org or 314-577-0854 CONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Registration/attendance at, or participation in Missouri Gateway Green Building Council programs and activities constitutes an agreement by the registrants to allow the organization to use and distribute (both now and in the future) the attendee's image, in photographs, video, and electronic reproductions of such events and activities.
Every year we hold a silent auction as part of the Annual State of the Council and this year is no different! We have some great auction items lined up – from an exclusive tour of St. Louis CITYPARK to a Green Schools Basket of Bounty to several weekend getaways and cultural institution memberships. Check out our Auction Site: www.biddingowl.com/MOgreenbuildings. The Auction opens on Monday, January 23 and you’ll have two weeks to bid on items until the auction closes on Friday, February 3. Get ready to start bidding and help us raise funds to support our efforts to make every building a green building – including our community outreach, the Green Schools Quest, and our scholarship program. We are so grateful to all our auction donors for making the auction possible Questions? Contact Emily Andrews at emily.andrews@mobot.org.
Do you own or operate buildings? Join the Building Energy Exchange-St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) at their 2023 Owner/Operator series for commercial buildings. The second session is on Incentives and Getting Buy-In. Hear from utilities about their energy efficiency incentives and the PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) options available to you! Event is free (with coffee and donuts) - please register at www.be-exstl.org/owneroperatorseries.
Connect on the Quest - for any climate action advocate - green school mentor - teacher - community member - all are welcome - Wednesday, February 8, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, online. REGISTER Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise when they confront this seemingly intractable situation. Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an “existential tool kit” for youth who are reenergizing global environmental activism – the “climate generation.” Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. Her new book, a Field Guide to Climate Anxiety, is the essential guidebook for the climate generation—and perhaps the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time. Connect on the Quest is a virtual gathering centered on providing Green Schools Quest participants with opportunities to connect with each other and learn together. It is also open to educators… Continue Reading Connect on the Quest: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety – How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet
Connect on the Quest: Connecting GSQ to Missouri Green Schools A monthly virtual speakers series sharing Green Schools Quest project stories and resources to support schools in their green schools endeavors. The March 31st Connect on the Quest will focus on Connecting Green Schools Quest to Missouri Green Schools. Each year, students across the state implement no/low-cost sustainability projects at their schools with the help of their school sponsor and Green Mentor through the Green Schools Quest: A Project-Based Challenge. Over 200 schools have participated, many for multiple years, since the program launched in 2013. The impact of their projects is astonishing. Currently in pilot, Missouri Green Schools is a new statewide recognition program which supports schools in taking a systems-based approach to identify and advance green schools practices and which also serves as the conduit for the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools award. The Green Schools Quest and Missouri Green Schools go hand in hand - either can be an entry point to the other and schools can participate in both simultaneously. Both include opportunities for recognition and celebrate participants’ accomplishments. In this session, we’ll walk through examples of how a school might participate in both programs simultaneously using the criteria for one to guide and… Continue Reading Connect on the Quest – Connecting GSQ to Missouri Green Schools
Our 3rd annual educational program in partnership with our local National Society of Black Engineers - St. Louis Gateway Professionals and Missouri Gateway Green Building Council present: Fostering Health Leadership - Reclaiming our Health by Shaping our Spaces. Katherine Osterman, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, ENV SP at Catalyst Partners presents the leadership needed from organizations and individuals, through the lens of the WELL Building Standard. Providing the latest scientific research and case studied industry best practices to understand the issues and impacts our spaces have on our health. You will be able to assemble the communication and organizational strategies needed to take climate action on the imperatives of health, wellness, and equity within your work environment and community.
Did you know Missouri is one of only seven states without statewide building codes? St. Louis County has uniquely fragmented building codes, as there are 88 municipalities, many of which do not have the capacity to keep their building codes current. The Safer + Simpler St. Louis County coalition was formed last year to find solutions to create more consistency in building codes and inspections and make it easier to do business in our region. If you’d like to hear more, do some cross-industry networking, and give your input, be sure to attend the Safer + Simpler Town Hall on Thursday, February 16. Register for this FREE event! Breakfast and Networking: 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Program: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Missouri Gateway Green Building Council is a member of the Safer & Simpler St. Louis County coalition. Learn more about the coalition at www.safersimplerstl.com.
REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC Missouri House Bill 580 aims restrict the advancement and implementation of energy code by municipalities and local jurisdictions. House Bill 580 prevents communities from adopting ordinances, resolutions, regulations, codes, or policies that: Prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting framed cavities in new dwellings from being used as ducts or plenums; or Require or have the effect of requiring: new dwellings to have a wood frame wall cavity insulation R-value greater than 13; to utilize exterior continuous insulation; to have a ceiling insulation R-value greater than 38, or to have a maximum air leakage rate less than five air changes per hour. View our blog post about HB 580 to learn more. Or register to join us on February 17! FEATURED GUESTS James Roseberry, AIA , CDT, LEED AP BD+C James is a Senior Project Manager and Associate with Trivers and the Chair Elect of the Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Board of Directors. As a founding members of the Trivers Green Team, James manages the firm’s 2030 Commitment response, is lead author of the firm’s Sustainable Action Plan, and is involved in many of the firm’s LEED projects, including the first LEEDv4… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Protect Energy Efficiency in our Building Codes
Join our friends at AIA-St. Louis Committee on the Environment for the third of five sessions in this Materials Certificate program. Learn more or register. And stay tuned for a joint program between Missouri Gateway GBC & AIA-St. Louis COTE in March 2023!