We have an amazing opportunity to explore an historically renovated building in Midtown St. Louis, home to three design-build, prefab construction manufacturing, and electrical contractor companies; DIRTT, built., and Coltrane. Join your fellow members supporting the work of making every building a green building. Enjoy networking and exploring the building, getting to know your Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Leadership and fellow members!
Having positive and productive conversations about climate change is a great way to open the door to solutions-focused thinking and a problem-solving mindset. During the Nov 2nd Connect on the Quest, Hannah Phillips, Manager of Docents and Interpreters for the Saint Louis Zoo will review the principles of both climate change and climate change communication to help us learn the most productive ways to discuss the topic. Presentation material is informed by the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation network (NNOCCI) for which Hannah is a certified trainer.
As emerging professionals it's difficult to grasp all the possibilities and potential your career holds. Come enjoy a pint of your favorite beverage at various Green Dining Alliance (GDA) locations every 1st Thursday @ 4:30 - 6:00 pm.
About this event Smart buildings can support sustainability, health, equity, and resilience. Join us to discuss the optimization of the design and operation of integrated, high-performance buildings. In addition, to exploring how smart buildings can support LEED and green building, we’ll examine the technologies that have moved us to this point, and innovations in smart buildings going forward. Our panelists will present on specific projects and opportunities, as well as participate in facilitated discussion around applicability. We look forward to learning together. USGBC's Commitment: USGBC is guided by our four pillars: sustainability, resiliency, health, and equity. We have begun the work and remain committed to a sustainable and equitable world. Now more than ever it is important that we examine our programming through each lens of our guiding pillars. The roadmap forward must ensure a more sustainable, resilient, and healthier world for all. Read more about USGBC's commitment to equity. Additional Details: Upon registering you'll receive login information for this webinar in the weeks and days leading up to the event. Support our Mission: Make a donation to help us raise the living standard in communities everywhere https://www.usgbc.org/give-center/donation Despite the great uncertainty of the weeks and months ahead, as an organization USGBC… Continue Reading Smart Buildings Education Session
Watch or Listen to this Coffee Break Recording! The native peoples of our Midwest region were well aware of their surroundings, the earth, the waterways, and the sky. The indigenous people who lived in the region that is now Missouri were much more sensitive to the needs of their environment. Over thousands of years they developed a sophisticated symbiotic relationship with their Mother, the Earth. And, as we move into cooler temperatures and watch our beautiful changing landscape, it's good to know and thank the Indigenous stewards, our American Indian friends and relatives, of the Midwest region. FEATURED GUESTS Carol Diaz-Granados, Ph.D., RPA, Research Associate Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis - Dr. Carol Diaz-Granádos, is a professional archaeologist and Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, where she has lectured for 39 years. Her major research focus is American Indian rock art, symbolism and iconography, and its associated oral traditions. Carol has written, edited, and co-edited five books and has chapters in various edited volumes and museum exhibition catalogs. Her 2004 volume, Rock-Art of Eastern North America won an Outstanding Academic Title award. Carol’s research interests include both prehistoric as well as historic archaeology. She has worked at… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Grounded in Indigenous Values – Preserving the Land
Watch or listen to this Coffee Break recording! Historic flooding has forced Brentwood Bound to think about how to support infrastructure, the neighborhood and new growth. Eric Gruenenfeld, Director of Parks & Recreation, will discuss his experiences as a member of the City's Brenwood Bound Administration Project Team during unprecedented rainfall. Brentwood Bound was one of four local sustainability projects of our 2021 Annual Green Building Showcase. Brentwood Bound is a comprehensive set of solutions including a Deer Creek - Flood Mitigation project. St. Louis storms over July 25-26, 2022 dumped a little more than 9 inches of rain, the highest 24-hour rainfall on record. Michael Wysession, a professor of geophysics at Washington University as quoted by PBS stated, “The average rainfall for July and August combined in St Louis is 7.5 inches of rain and we got that in six hours.” FEATURED GUEST: Eric Gruenenfelder, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Brentwood As a member of the City's Brentwood Bound Administration Project Team, Eric has focused on the park and greenspace development as well as assisting with the procurement and management of grants related to Brentwood Bound. Eric Gruenenfelder has worked in municipal recreation for the past twenty years, spending the past eight years at the City of brentwood… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Brentwood Bound – Historic Rain & Flooding Update
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: The Side Project Cellar (NOT the brewery, LOCATION UPDATE!) - still a FIVE star certified GDA location! Reduce your carbon impact: Connect with Metro line #16, #31, #95, or Blue Line @ Maplewood-Manchester. 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! KEEP CONNECTED @MOgreenbuildings QUESTIONS? Contact Missouri Gateway Green Building Council staff at freddie@mogreenbuildings.org or (314) 577-0884 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… Continue Reading Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ The Side Project CELLAR
Do you own or operate buildings? Join the Building Energy Exchange-St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) as they kick off a 2023 Owner/Operator series for commercial buildings. The first topic up is the tried and true topic of Benchmarking! Explore how to measure a building's performance in order to learn how your facilities stack up, see what you can save, and learn how benchmarking can help efficiently manage your buildings. Event is free (with coffee and donuts) - please RSVP to info@be-exstl.org.
REGISTER NOW Attempting to teach about a subject that has become as politicized as climate change has and can be incredibly challenging, especially when you don’t feel like you have adequate answers or information for students. Join Climate Generation educator Seth Spencer as we dive into resources that Climate Generation offers for formal and nonformal K-12 educators and youth, including the Teach Climate Network which provides educators with access to resources, professional development, inspiration, and community networking to teach climate change in all disciplines, grade levels, and educational settings. This year’s Connect on the Quest series will focus on resources and education surrounding Climate Action. 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 and the general public who are not GSQ participants, but would like to learn about the subjects shared. PRESENTERS Seth Spencer, Teach Climate Network Coordinator for Climate Generation Several GSQ Participants will share out updates on their projects WHERE Virtual event via Zoom. Registrants will receive login details prior to the event. ADMISSION FREE. All are welcome! REGISTER NOW SHARE this event using URL bit.ly/GSQconnectJan2023 and tag us @MOgreenbuildings or use the hashtags, #GreenBuildingsAreBetter #GreenSchoolsQuest. CONNECT QUESTIONS? Contact Hope Gribble,… Continue Reading Connect on the Quest: Feeling Prepared and Empowered to Teach Climate Change!
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