Creve Coeur's City Council recently approved starting an EPA Green Power Community Challenge.

A GPC Challenge kick-off event is being planned for some time in April.

By Earth Day or April 22, 2013, Creve Coeur wants to become a partner with the Environmental Protection Agency in purchasing green power, and the second city in St. Louis County after Clayton to launch a community challenge.

In a joint effort with Ameren Missouri Pure Power and St. Louis-based Microgrid Energy, Creve Coeur will purchase green power and encourage private consumption of green power. That will be done through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits or the installation of onsite renewable energy, such as solar and geothermal, by local businesses, residents and non-profit organizations.

Creve Coeur's challenge goal will be to make green power three percent of citywide energy consumption.

For more information, visit www.creve-coeur.org/sustainability.