Happy Holidays, we’ll see you in 2012.
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Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday November 22nd, 6:30 to 9pm Shop Handmade, Fair Trade & LocalIn the book, Your Money or Your Life, Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez write that “you are a person of integrity when your values, goals and actions are in alignment.” Let the upcoming November edition of Green Drinks be your chance to opt out of the “Black Friday” consumption craze by supporting local, independent, sustainably-focused businesses. Take a break from Thanksgiving preparations and come to learn about local options for holiday shopping. Joining us and selling items perfect for gift-giving will be:
Information on other ways to shop handmade, local, fair trade and green will be provided as well. Brief remarks will be made at 7pm by:
Upcoming chances to buy from local independent artisansFusion is another store in Chesterfield Mall that also sells handmade wares from local independent artisans. Wednesday, Nov.30 – Card Making Class with Perennial Dec 3 – Artropy Arts and Crafts Show at Regional Arts Commission (RAC), 6128 Delmar Blvd, St Louis, MO 63112 Dec. 3 & 4 – Kristkindl Market at Stone Hill Winery in Hermann Sunday, Dec. 4, 1 to 4 p.m. – Home Eco’s Artists Showcase and Open House Dec 8 – Contemporary Art Museum Etsy Art Sale and Holiday Open House Dec. 10 – Stone Spiral Coffee in Maplewood is having its 3rd Annual Holiday Market
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday October 25th, 6:30 to 9pm Hear from the folks who organized this year’s Sustainable Backyard Tour and find out what you can do to make your little piece of earth more sustainable and productive. From using less energy maintaining an outdoor living space to raising chickens and bees, there are many ways to Green up your yard. Suggested donation $3
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday September 20th, 6:30 to 9pm Wanna sneak peak at the next Festival hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden? Join the EarthWays Center at the next Green Drinks event on September 20th! Hosted at the Schalfly Bottleworks (another Festival sponsor!), the preview night will run from 6:30-8:30pm. Meet select exhibitors, interact with educators, and check out what the Green Homes & Great Health Festival is all about. This year’s bus design will be unveiled, and you can even sign up to volunteer! It’s a great way to plan to your day at the Festival or find out what you’ll be missing if you can’t make it on September 24th. We’re so excited for the Green Homes & Great Health Festival we had to invite you all out early to a preview night! Hope to see you there on September 20th! More festival information can be found at www.greenhomesstlouis.org Suggested donation $3
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks 7260 Southwest Ave. (at Manchester) When: Tuesday August 16th, 6:30 to 9pm Join us this month to meet the faces behind local green blogs including: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg who blogs about everything at blog.sustainablog.org, one of the longest-running green blogs on the web. Mary DeWeese who blogs at sprawlstainable.com about her own suburban adventure to reduce energy consumption by 50% in two years and to grow some of her own food. Kate Frowzy who blogs about household toxics and the challenges of green housekeeping as a mom of 7 young children living in the city for Better Life, the local green cleaning products company, cleanhappens.com/blog. Melissa Richert Brown is a brand new mom and blogs about bike commuting, health and wellness, and her family’s attempts at living a green life at hergreenlife.wordpress.com Suggested donation $3
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday July 19th, 6:30 to 9pm An outgrowth of the Slow Food Movement, Slow Money is a national movement encouraging investing “as if food, farms and fertility mattered.” The group emphasizes connecting investors to the places where they live, creating vital relationships and new sources of capital for small food enterprises. Local Slow Food organizer Kelly Childs will talk about her efforts to kickstart Slow Money in St. Louis. Meet Kelly and hear from other independent businesses about the challenges and opportunities they’ve encountered. Suggested donation $3
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday June 21st, 6:30 to 9pm Learn about the rewards and challenges of polyculture farming on a small, urban scale from an impressive panel of cutting edge farmers: Whitney Sewell Veronica Holden Chris Clark Annie Mayrose Moderated by local food activist Brian DeSmet, founder of St. Louis’ Truck Farm, a mobile community farm, and manager of the Maplewood and Tower Grove Farmers Markets. Suggested donation $3
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday May 17th, 6:30 to 9pm Join us for a creative discussion on the intersection of recycling, art, and grassroots sustainability. Learn about the latest ventures in upcycling from Autumn Wiggins of Upcycle Exchange, Jenny Murphy from Perennial and recycling pro Elizabeth MacAdam. Doors open at 6:30; panel begins at 7:00 Suggested donation $3 The Upcycle Exchange will also be accepting donations to their wish list.
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday April 26th, 6:30 to 9pm No formal topic this evening. Come on down and catch up with friends and see what’s going on.
Where: Schlafly Bottleworks When: Tuesday March 22nd, 6:30 to 9pm As Japan reels from ongoing nuclear disaster, members of U.S. Congress are discussing a moratorium on new nuclear reactors; at the same time the Missouri General Assembly is considering legislation that would allow Ameren Missouri to charge ratepayers $40 million for a permit to build a second nuclear reactor in our state. ”No CWIP!” Coordinator Ed Smith of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment joins Green Drinks this Tuesday for a look at SB 321 and SB 406 in the Missouri legislature. We’ll explore how investments in energy efficiency can offset the need for any additional plants — nuclear or otherwise. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross for relief efforts in Japan. Suggested donation: $3 |
 
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