Sustainability

A group of Midwestern shrimp farmers is on a mission to provide Americans with better-tasting, sustainable shrimp. The industry struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers remain hopeful that the industry will come back stronger than ever.

The food co-op aimed to provide food insecure residents with healthy products, but low business and dwindling grant money forced it to close.

A director from the U.S. Department of Energy visited Parkway South High School this week to commend the district’s energy efficiency work.

Aamna Anwer explains how Daar Ul-Islam tackles waste when feeding hundreds of people during Ramadan.

The Benton Park West Tiny House Project combines sustainability and creativity. Its developers hope to inspire others to build eco-friendly homes throughout the region.

The 11th annual Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative meeting comes at a critical moment when a changing climate is ratcheting stress on the nation's largest river network.

The wide-ranging plan is entirely voluntary, but leaders say that they have buy-in and that each of the action items is economically feasible without drastic changes to beef prices or profits for producers, processors and retailers.

Ameren Missouri will distribute $5 million in incentives to encourage business owners to install electric vehicle charging stations.

The futuristic, sustainability-focused legacy of the late American architect Buckminster Fuller lives on, including in the St. Louis region. A replica of his 1933-built Dymaxion Car stopped by SIUE’s Fuller Dome last week.

One of the best ways we can help slow down climate change is by actually eating the food we buy.