Natural Recipes for Home and Yard

1. Getting Started
2. Recipes Around the House – Think Clean…and Safe!
3. Safe Tips for a Pest-Free Garden
4. Insect Pests
5. Weeds and Diseases
6. Safe Tips for a Pest-Free Home
7. Green Marketing and You – Smart Consumer Tips
8. Need More Info?  Links to More Resources

We can protect our homes and environment by using safe alternatives to common toxic household products, such as pesticides and household cleaners, and using common ingredients already found in many kitchens.  While promoting a healthy home and environment, using safe alternatives also reduces the potential for exposing our families to unnecessary health risks and frees us from worrying about proper disposal of leftovers.

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Grade 5: Pick Up a New Attitude, Waste Watchers, Recycling Rules

If you're planning to teach a message on reducing, reusing and recycling this Earth Day, we have the lesson plans for you. EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden revised lessons originally designed by Keep America Beautiful, making them regionally specific and retailored with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning and correlation to state standards.

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St. Louis County School Named a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School

April 2012

Congratulations to "The College School" located at 7825 Big Bend Blvd. in St. Louis County. The school was named a Green Ribbon School along with 77 other schools across the nation. The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School is a federal recognition program that honors schools that exercise a comprehensive approach to creating "green" environments through reducing environmental impact, promoting health, and ensuring a high-quality environmental and outdoor education. Schools that are awarded the ribbon take a green approach to cut costs on utilities, foster healthy and productive classrooms and prepare students to thrive in the 21st century. For more information please visit http://www2.ed.gov/programs/green-ribbon-schools/index.html