Events

All events are open to the public!

We welcome elected officials, city staff, residents, businesses, and community leaders.

Save the Date!

Mark your calendar for upcoming events:

Trees: Critical Green Infrastructure

Investing in healthy urban tree canopies strengthens our communities in numerous ways. Trees clean and improve our air, filter stormwater and reduce runoff, and support biodiversity and habitat. Urban canopies bring communities together, beautifying and cooling our streets, residential neighborhoods and business centers.

Learn about efforts underway in Clayton to preserve and restore urban canopy, and other initiatives to increase and maintain trees throughout St. Louis County.

Thank you to our hosts at the City of Clayton!

Topic and speakers for the event include:

Public right-of-way/Street trees – Presenter: Matt Malick, Director, Clayton Public Works
Parks – Presenter: Toni Siering, Director and Justin Whipple, Parks Superintendent, Clayton Parks & Recreation
Private property – Presenter: Brad Goss, Principal, Second Nature Landscape Design, LLC
2026 Clayton Sustainability Committee initiatives – Presenter: Deborah Grossman, Chair, Clayton Sustainability Committee

Wednesday, October 7

10:00-11:30am

Location: Clayton City Hall, 2nd floor

10 N. Bemiston Ave.

Extreme Heat

Wednesday, August 12

Location: Saint Louis City Hall

Speakers:

Aaron Young, Sustainability Planning Manager at East West Gateway Council of Governments, One STL

Elyse Schaeffer, Policy Manager with Missouri Coalition for the Environment

Orhun Aydin, Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University

Thank you to Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer and the City of St. Louis for hosting!

Past Events

Show Me Less Plastic

Cool Cities STL Workshop

Thank you to our incredible speakers and attendees!

Thank you to our hosts: City of Olivette, Parks and Recreation!

For more information on how you can reduce plastic use and plastic waste in your cities, please visit:

Contact our speakers:

Emily Young, Advocacy Outreach Coordinator, streamteamsunited@gmail.com, 573-337-4058
Stori Smith, Plastic Pollution Educator, stori.smith@mrbo.org
Jenny Wendt, Executive Director of Mid America Clean Future, 314-518-2518 jenny@macfalliance.org