Environment Articles

Celebrate Earth Day in Kansas City with local opportunities to make a regional impact.

The Mid-America Regional Council is working to reduce air pollution through the new Mow Electric lawn mower rebate program.

Green infrastructure integrates nature-based solutions into the built environment in simple but meaningful ways.

MARC's Water Quality program hosted two keynote speakers and more than 40 breakout sessions to help attendees meet professional development hour requirements for their certifications.

The district also hosted the Foundation for Regeneration co-founder Brian Weinberg to talk about green and economic regenerative efforts along the Blue River Valley industrial corridor.

On Dec. 9, regional leaders and advocates packed the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to learn about and share climate resiliency success stories in the first in-person event of its kind since 2019.

What is ozone and why do we care about it?

RideshareKC's Green Commute Challenge returned for its 14th year this fall, welcoming more than 300 participants from teams around the Kansas City region committed to taking greener ways to work for six weeks.

Team Clay County (pictured) wins the "Top Plogger" award for largest overall number of volunteers at KC Plogtober.

MARC Water Quality wants to get residents and workers enjoying our region's parks and spending the day cleaning up park litter as they walk or jog.