Slaying Vampires, Reducing Energy, and Saving Money

This week, the GDA attended the U.S. Green Building Council’s Benchmarking Jam (an event to educate the public about Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager program)  in order to learn about [...]

Is there anything worse than feeling used and discarded? Billions of single-use items like straws, cutlery, and styrofoam to-go boxes are used for just a few minutes, then thrown away without a [...]

America wastes a lot of food – it has been estimated that 40% of food in this country gets tossed every year. If you’re wondering how to interpret that number, imagine taking nearly half of every [...]

Paul Whitsitt, owner of  Kitchen House Coffee, has kept himself very busy since moving to Saint Louis from Chicago 4 years ago, buying and fixing up properties in the Tower Grove East [...]

St. Louis Earth Day and the Green Dining Alliance are proud to present our brand-new event, Taste of Green! What does Green taste like, you ask? It tastes like delicious food, made by local [...]

The GDA is wowed by the number of our member restaurants who have their own grow their own food, from herbs grown in containers on the patio to large-scale operations. Winslow’s Home’s Farm has [...]

Farm to Table is an idea the GDA promotes and admires. We encourage restaurants to buy local produce from local farmers whenever possible to promote higher nutritional value and keep money in the [...]

The Green Dining Alliance is thrilled to announce our newest Green Dining District in The Loop! Green Dining Districts are commercial areas where 25% of the locally owned restaurants are GDA [...]

There are infinite choices for diners in Saint Louis – discerning what restaurant to visit can be a challenge. Luckily the GDA is here to help! The Green Dining Alliance has worked since [...]

Did you know that plastic cutlery is never recyclable, even if it has a recycling symbol on it? The thin, cheap plastic these single-use items are made from often fall through the cracks of the [...]