FREE to the public - April 18 & 19
Showcase features ideas, eco-friendly products and services
Learn to live a sustainable life!
Eco Expo is a free event designed to help people define the swarm of buzzwords like "green," "sustainable" and "eco-friendly" and put them into action. The expo will feature a model "green home," organic cooking demonstrations, a?live entertainment?and much more.
The Science Center and its partners hope to educate area visitors about the many ways they can live, work and play in a way that's friendly to the environment. Eco Expo will feature a showcase of products, services and ideas from regional and local companies and organizations that specialize in or offer sustainable or ecological products and services.
Click here to download the Eco Expo program
Saturday's featured speaker is Ron Cogan, publisher of Green Car Journal and editor of green car.com, who will present "Green Cars Among Us." Science has made advanced vehicle technologies and fuels possible that are bringing greater fuel efficiency and near-zero emissions from conventional gasoline and "clean diesel" vehicles to American highways. Learn what "greener" vehicles are available in showrooms today.
Click here to listen to Ron Cogan interviewed on 90.7 KWMU.
Participate in the Eco Expo Official Bike Ride on Saturday, April 18, 2009, sponsored by Lone Wolf Coffee Company, Big Shark Bicycle Company, Alpine Shop and Trailnet.
Start your ride at the Lone Wolf Coffee Company on 15480 Clayton Road, Suite 220 in Baldwin Missouri. Riders will travel east on Clayton Road to the James S. McDonnell Planetarium, then continue through Forest Park to the Macklind Pedestrian/Bike Underpass to finish at the Saint Louis Science Center and the Eco Expo. Maps will be provided at registration. Participation is free.
SAG support provided along the entire route. Big Shark Bicycle Company is providing a mechanic at both the start and finish locations and sponsoring a bike corral at Eco Expo.
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Registration and Breakfast (free for riders) |
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Ride Begins |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Enjoy Eco Expo |
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Return Ride Begins from Science Center |
Riders are encouraged to arrange other transportation if they don't plan to participate in the return ride.?For more information about the Eco Expo Official Bike Ride, call 636.527.7027.
Eco Expo Sponsors
Eco Expo is presented by the Missouri Botanical Garden and is free to the public.
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