Keep Houston Beautiful

Water Smart! Take the Pledge.

Help Keep Houston Beautiful and the City of Houston

win grant money via Scotts Water Smart Pledge Campaign

to improve a community green space

by taking the Scotts Water Smart Pledge

In an effort to conserve water this spring and summer, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Keep America Beautiful have teamed on an educational campaign to help homeowners learn the simple steps they can take to help maximize the water-saving benefits of lawns via the Scotts ® Water Smart ™ Pledge.

Why Register for the Water Smart Pledge?

Receive Custom Information from Scotts:

We'll send you email tips, reminders and special offers.

Win Prizes:

Each week, five lucky people will receive $100 worth of Water Smart ™ lawn products from Scotts.

Earn Donations:

The Keep America Beautiful affiliate that receives the most pledges each week receives a $1,000 donation.

Improve the Neighborhood:

One community will receive a $10,000 Scotts ® green space built in cooperation with Keep America Beautiful.

> The contest ends on June 9, so take the Water Smart Pledge today!

Remember your local Keep America Beautiful affiliate is Keep Houston Beautiful!

Keep Houston Beautiful Day, April 5, 2008

Keep Houston Beautiful Day is coming soon.... and we are happy to invite you to join us for that great event! If you decide to volunteer at Eastwood Park or to organize your own event, please contact us and register early! Go on the "Beautification and cleanup" page for additional information!

Keep Houston Beautiful Day Mini Grant

Keep Houston Beautiful in partnership with First Community Credit Union has selected its recipients for the mini grants!

To learn more about the results of the Mini grants, go on the page “Community Recognition” under other awards.

Keep Houston Beautiful would like to thank everyone for their great efforts in their communities and wishes every group good luck in the progress!

Go Green Houston AT H-E-B

You can make a difference in the environment. Join the City of Houston, Abitibi, Bowater, and H-E-B in "going green" by recycling at your local HEB. Every recycled item benefits Keep Houston Beautiful environmental education program.

Click on the link to the right for information on drop-off locations.

Waterway Cleanup Program

Looking for a fun way to improve your community environment? Organize a cleanup event to improve and maintain the quality of surface water. When you register your event with Keep Houston Beautiful, we will help your cleanup with free supplies, such as garbage bags, litter-grabbers, gloves, volunteer giveaway items and much more to any Texan interested in protecting our local waterways.

The program, a partnership between Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, helps support the cleanup of lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds, wetlands and other inland, freshwater areas. Click on the link to the right to learn how you can sign-up your group with Keep Houston Beautiful.

Neigborhood Weekend Cleanup and Vacant Lot Cleanup

The Neighborhood Protection Corps., Keep Houston Beautiful, District Council Members, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Houston Police Department, Mayor's Citizens Assistance Office, Public Works and Engineering, Republic Waste Services, Harris County, Solid Waste Management, and the Planning and Development Department join together to coordinate neighborhood weekend cleanups. We maintain a warehouse with tools that you will need for your cleanup.

Please click on the link to the right to download the Cleanup Request and to reserve tools from our warehouse.

Calendar of Events and Volunteer Opportunities

Check-out the KHB calendar of events. Have you been looking for volunteer opportunities for your company, organization, neighborhood association or other groups? Keep Houston Beautiful has launched a new service for groups planning beautification and cleanup projects and will post these events weekly. Volunteers will be able to find a new real-time calendar of events in their area of interest. Click on the Calendar of Events and Volunteer Opportunities image on the right.

Adopt - An - Esplanade

The city of Houston has a total of 2,240 acres of esplanades. Residents are ready and willing to adopt these areas. Through a grant from the Texas Forest Service, Keep Houston Beautiful in partnership with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department has published a new user-friendly “Adopt-An-Esplanade Guide”. The Guide includes simple easy to follow instructions including a unique flowchart to lead residents through the procedure efficiently.

For additional information contact Marilu De La Fuente, Adopt-An-Esplanade Coordinator at 713-845-1223 or via e-mail marilu.delafuente@cityofhouston.net

Keep Our Neighborhood Clean

For information about heavy trash disposal or to report illegal dumping, call 3-1-1 or go to their web site www.stoptrashinghouston.org.

Click on the link to the right to learn more about the Stop Trashing Houston program.

Cleanup Sweep U.S.A.

With a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Keep America Beautiful has launched Clean Sweep U.S.A. , a web site designed to provide students, teachers and families with information about real-world issues concerning waste. The web site contains resources related to garbage, source reduction, composting, recycling, waste–to–energy and landfills.

The Clean Sweep U.S.A. web site is based upon existing, proven Keep America Beautiful curricula and research materials. The online modules are correlated to national educational standards and provide education on how individuals can manage waste to reduce its impact on the environment.

Click on the link below to visit the Clean Sweep U.S.A. web site.

3000 Richmond Ave. Suite 350, Houston, TX 77098

Tel: 713.839.8855 Fax: 713.839.8880 E-mail: info@houstonbeautiful.org