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Welcome to the 2025 participants of the Missouri Green Schools Quest, a holistic school sustainability program with free professional development for educators across the state of Missouri and region of Southern Illinois. Meet the people, program, and professional development of MGS and learn about next steps for new enrollees!

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Show-Me Green Schools presents our first 2024-2025 Connect on the Quest event! This webinar is a chance for School Leaders and Mentors participating in this year's Green Schools Quest to learn about the theme of the year, biodiversity wellness, while also connecting with other participants and gaining resources for their students' projects.

Kick-Off meeting to start the 2024-2025 Green Schools Quest! This virtual meeting welcomed 80 schools and their mentors to this year's project-based challenge to implement a sustainability initiative in a Missouri or Southern Illinois PreK-12 school.

Cheer on the schools of Missouri and Southern Illinois for their work in the 2023-2024 Green Schools Quest! Students had six months to implement a low- or no-cost sustainability project at their school with the help of a School Leader and a Green Mentor from the field. On April 25th, 2024, winners were announced across several age groupings and special categories.

Connect on the Quest - February 2024

HOT TOPIC: Sustainable Investing - a personalized, purpose-driven way to invest. Hear from featured guest Robin M. Diedrich, as she discusses the connection between ESG and sustainable investing. FEATURED SPEAKERS: Robin M. Diedrich, CPA, CFA, CFP®, Head of Sustainable Investing, Edward Jones Robin Diedrich leads Sustainable Investing at Edward Jones, building a sustainable investment offering ...

HOT TOPIC: This Coffee Break will discuss the need for a carbon-negative community development strategy, recognizing what needs to change with the way we build today. According to anthropologist Robin Dunbar, in order to solve climate change we now need to move to the next level of human evolution, by optimizing our social power to create the future we want, guided by community needs. Our guest...

A monthly virtual speakers series sharing Green Schools Quest project stories and resources to support schools in their green schools endeavors. This session focused on BOOSTING Biodiversity in the classroom and in outdoor spaces.

With it’s proximity to the flood-prone River Des Peres, University City, MO has experienced several flash floods over the years. On July 26, 2022 the region saw 11 inches of rainfall within 8 hour time period, causing historic flash floods in University City and many other parts of the region. After yet another flooding incident, University City residents are working together to chart a path fo...

This Coffee Break will provide an introduction to how ESG is tied into sustainability initiatives within the global footwear industry at Caleres to use more environmentally preferred materials, reduce supplier waste, reduce emissions, and support social responsibility within their supply chain. SPEAKER: Andee Burton, Director of Product and Sourcing Sustainability, Caleres Andee Burton has been...

HOT TOPIC: This month’s Coffee Break will provide an introduction to how our power system can be made more resilient in the face of climate change. Americans are finding themselves in the dark these days - and for longer - as ever-more-severe storms knock out power grids. So, how do you build a resilient power system? BloombergNEF’s Grids & Utilities analyst Amanda Welch will talk about 3 appro...

This month’s Coffee Break will provide an introduction to Cabanne District CDC’s Equitable Energy Mixed Income Community Initiative (EEMICI). EEMICI engages a wide array of audiences to work together toward strategies that promote low-energy mixed-income communities as places where people can live, work, play and age, and where the energy burden levels are low to none. Mixed income communities ...

This month’s Coffee Break will provide a comprehensive overview of an ongoing PhD research endeavor focused on the concept of the circular economy, examining tailored strategies for circular economy transitions and shedding light on the diverse scales and directions of circular economy implementation. Additionally, the talk highlights the utilization of systems-based approaches such as system d...

Green Schools Quest Program Introduction

Coffee Break: Software Architecture, Gaming, and Virtual Reality in Sustainable Education

Coffee Break: Regenerative Design

Coffee Break - St. Louis Earth Day Festival Preview

2022-2023 GSQ Winners & Projects Showcase

2022-2023 GSQ Project Showcase

Coffee Break - Tiny House of Benton Park West

Connect on the Quest: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety

Connect on the Quest: Feeling Prepared and Empowered to Teach Climate Change!

COFFEE BREAK: Brentwood Bound - Historic Rain & Flooding Update #ClimateSolutions @MOgreenbuildings

Connect on the Quest: Climate Change Communications

2022-23 GSQ Program Introduction

Building Energy Performance Standards INFO SESSION - Building Energy Exchange St. Louis, City STL

15th Annual Green Schools Event

2021-22 Green Schools Quest Project Showcase & Winners @usgbcmogateway #greenschoolsquest