In preparation for next week’s Earth Day, the Missouri Botanical Garden is sponsoring Eco Expo, a two-day event in the Saint Louis Science Center.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will kick off the events on Tuesday, April 14 with a presentation of “Our Environmental Destiny.”  Tickets can be purchased here.  The expo itself is free to the public and spans Saturday and Sunday, April 18 & 19.  Featured in the Eco Expo will be a model green home and a working green kitchen that will feature organic cooking demonstrations.  From the press release:

“The Eco Expo was created to inspire our community to better care for the environment -through education, entertainment and access to businesses who are committed to achieving sustainability. This is a fantastic opportunity for all ages to learn about simple changes that can make great impact.

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It’s sometimes easier to go green at home than when you’re out and about. At home you have more say in what goes on. Once you’re out in the world, businesses and other places dictate how things go, including how green your experience is. That said, while not all businesses care about green, you do [...]

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There have already been successful experiments involving solar powered boats, and there have already been people sailing them in the last ten years. Still, all of them have something in common: they use photovoltaic cells as an intermediate between the sunlight the mechanical work.

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