Welcome!

Kirkwood Living Green (KLG) is a
nonprofit group formed in 2007 to
promote, demonstrate, and celebrate
lifestyle choices that protect and
conserve natural resources.

Our vision is to assist Kirkwood in
becoming an exemplary community
incorporating proactive earth-care into
every part of life.

Please use the resources listed here
to learn how residents and businesses
can make Kirkwood, and the rest of our
country, a better place to live and work
for generations to come.

Thank you for your interest!

Check Out This Great Event                     More Events >

Earth Day at the Market

Kirkwood Farmers’ Market
Saturday, April 24th
10 am – 3pm
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Come celebrate with us!

Learn how to make a difference and buy from our many earth-friendly sellers:

- Bring your plastic plant pots and we’ll recycle them
   for you
- Bid on rain barrels decorated by the Kirkwood High
   School Art Department
- Learn how to compost, build a rain garden, and plant
   an organic garden
- Meet the City of Kirkwood's resident horticulturalist/
   arborist and learn about Kirkwood's Community
   Garden, and the right spot for the right tree
- Meet the experts from the St. Louis Herb Society
- Learn about birds in your backyard from the "Bird Lady"
   of Kirkwood
- See the new battery-operated lawnmower and the
   zero-emission motorcycle
- Learn how to make your home more energy efficient
- See all of the bio-degradable food containers
- Meet the creator of "Seeds of Happiness"
- Missouri Wildflowers will be on hand selling all native
   plants
- Taste the health-beneficial "superflower teas"
- And much more!

Don’t forget to buy your Kirkwood Living Green Tote while you're there. The only canvas bag of its type made in Missouri!

E-mail Walter at KLGreen123@msn.com for more information about this event.

Recent News                                           More News >

Kirkwood Farmers' Market Goes Greener
Café Manila and Tropical Moose have both switched to biodegradable containers.

New Eco-Justice Director at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help have announced the hiring of Maurice Lange as the new director of Eco-Justice.

Dear Restaurants: Please Stop Using Styrofoam
Embarrassed about still using containers that do not recycle, won’t degrade, and take up space in our landfills forever? Why not try BioPlus, made by Fold-Pak? Reasonably priced, made from recycled paper, and environmentally friendly. Available at local distributors, Sysco and Allen Foods. Your customers will be pleased to see that you’re helping reduce toxic waste!

Resources for biodegradable containers:
  > www.worldcentric.org
  > www.ecoproducts.com
Local distributors that carry Fold-Pak:
  - Sysco
  - Allen Foods
A new resource for biodegradable containers:
  - Gordon Food Service
Offering environmentally friendly products that include disposable biodegradable containers, cutlery, paper goods, and more green products. A family-owned company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with offices in St. Louis. Their prices are competitive and they supply the Magic House’s cafeteria.
The local contact is Douglas Kohler, 314 276 1450.
  > www.gfs.com

Learn About Kirkwood in Bloom
Kirkwood in Bloom is a citizen inspired and managed initiative to enhance public landscapes in Kirkwood. This community enhancement effort enjoys the support of community leaders as well as Kirkwood business organizations and a variety of community service groups.
  > www.kirkwoodinbloom.org

Great Ways to Make a Difference
Please visit the websites below for ideas and resources.
And check out our Tips >

Contacts and information about recycling:
  > www.mora.org
Green companies and products in St. Louis:
  > www.stlouisgreen.com
Missouri native plants, landscape designs, where to
buy Missouri native plants and services:
  > www.grownative.org
See what other cities are doing for the environment:
  > www.coolcities.us
Learn from the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
about energy and renewable energy technology:
  > www.dnr.mo.gov/energy
Everything you need to know about growing your own raingardens:
  > www.showmeraingardens.com
Conserve water with 55-gallon recycled rain barrels for gardeners:
  > www.prairierainharvester.com