| 2009
Mayor's Proud Partners Awards
All
applications are due into the Keep Houston Beautiful office by Friday,
August 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm.
11th
Annual EPA Region 6 MS4 Operators Conference
June 22-25, 2009 • The George R. Brown Convention Center
The
11th Annual EPA Region MS4 Operators Conference was held in Houston,
TX on June 22-25, 2009.
To find out about conference events, please select the link below:
For
session powerpoints from the 2009 MS4 Operators Conference in Houston,
TX, please visit the EPA’s
website
Hosted
by:
Texas Department of Transportation | City of Houston | City of Pasadena
Harris County | Harris County Flood Control District | Port of Houston
Authority | Keep Houston Beautiful
Summer
2009 Newsletter by Bethany Pollock
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Here to view
Earth Day
is a day to commemorate the importance of our environment and identify
the impact we have on our planet. In recognizing the significance
of individual responsibility, Keep Houston Beautiful wants to remind
everyone that every little bit counts. Do your part this spring
to preserve and protect the environment... and help to keep the
spirit of Earth Day alive all year long.
Earth
Day Tips
Earth
Day Kit & Activities for Kids
Earth
911 Earth Day Pledge
The
City of Houston's Heath & Human Services Department Presents:
The
AIM System Community Cleanup Project
July
18, 2009
Tuffly
Park-E.J. (Clean Up Site: Scott Elementary)
3200
Russell
Houston,
Texas 77026
This
event will begin at 8:00 am and will conclude at 12:00 pm
To
volunteer for this event, CLICK
HERE
Event
Flyer
Keep
Houston Beautiful Day article
Keep Houston Beautiful
will be kicking off the Great American Cleanup Campaign
TM on Saturday, April 4, 2009.
The Great American CleanupTM
will be held April 4th through May 31st.
If you would like to organize
a cleanup campaign in your neighborhood, please complete the form
listed below and return it to our office.
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
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