UMSL Sustainability

04/04/2025

Join us on Monday for the Confluence Trash Bash with !

This is a rain or shine event, we hope to see you there!

03/10/2025

Feeling green this month? Check out the latest from UMSL Sustainability -

March is here! Time for St. Patrick's Day, Daylight Savings & the Spring Equinox! Here's a few updates from UMSL Sustainability for a green Spring!

02/24/2025

Need volunteer hours? Want to get outside and enjoy some nature while giving back? Join us on Wednesday from 11am-1pm to help improve the creek bank at the UMSL Community Garden! Scan the QR code to register.

01/28/2025

We love to see University of Missouri-St. Louis alumni working to make the built environment more energy efficient!

As a project engineer with Grumman|Butkus Associates in Chicago, O'Neill looks for ways to save energy and optimize mechanical systems in existing buildings to make them more efficient and sustainable.

10/24/2024

River Des Peres Trash Bash @ UMSL Community Garden was a success! Thank you SO much to our volunteers and for helping us keep our urban streams and campus beautiful. 🍂🍁🗑🚮🌳

10/24/2024

The 2024 Sustainability Summit hosted by the UMSL College of Business Administration is off to a good start!

More info on what you’re missing: https://www.umsl.edu/business/departments/global-leadership-and-management/sustainability-summit/index.html

Speaking of “relentless execution,” after this morning’s event, the UMSL Sustainability team will stay busy. Two more events happening this afternoon are the monthly clothing swap and the on-campus version of the RdP Trash Bash.

More info about these afternoon events on Triton Connect, or sign up for the Trash Bash at https://openspacestl.org/river-des-peres-trash-bash/.

10/03/2024

We had an incredible visitor stop by campus today, a Monarch butterfly!

Did you know we have volunteer hours available to help tend to our native butterfly garden outside the REC center on Mondays? Come get your workout on and help make a difference! Register here: https://cglink.me/2rA/r381079

09/30/2024

Garden Volunteer Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM Come Volunteer! As Winter approaches, we invite you to join us at the Community Garden for various gardening activities, which includes sowing Winter crops and planning for Spring! Come participate in our countless events this semester, enjoy seasonal gatherings, and experience the mental and physical benefits of promoting sustainability through volunteering. Volunteering at the community garden promotes sustainability by enhancing local food production through organic growing practices, fostering biodiversity with native species, improving soil health, and strengthening community connections....

Garden Volunteer Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM Come Volunteer! As Winter approaches, we invite you to join us at the Community Garden for various gardening activities, wh…

09/27/2024

On This Rainy Day... Many plants in the garden benefited from the rain dumped by Hurricane Helene today, although, a certain melon might prefer something along the lines of not being wedged in a cinder block! Although the melon in the top left has an unfortunate fate, all the plants in the garden received a needed drink and soaking of rain-water to stay healthy and vibrant....

On This Rainy Day… Many plants in the garden benefited from the rain dumped by Hurricane Helene today, although, a certain melon might prefer something along the lines of not being wedged in …

09/24/2024

UMSL Sustainability invites you to come join us at the Quarters Lounge in the Student Center this Thursday! Donate any washed clothes, browse our selection of drip, or just hangout! Remember, you don't have to donate in order to shop. Every year, UMSL Sustainability hosts a series of clothing swaps. Join us and come support your local community instead of buying overpriced clothes from the massive textile corporations, whom also abuse their workers overseas....

UMSL Sustainability invites you to come join us at the Quarters Lounge in the Student Center this Thursday! Donate any washed clothes, browse our selection of drip, or just hangout! Remember, you d…

09/20/2024

Check out the latest updates from UMSL Sustainability in September 2024 - a reminder to register for the College Transit Challenge & find out how you can get involved on campus!