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Guest Blog: The Economic Impact of Beautiful Things~

Even with an MBA, I found myself stumped when asked as a volunteer to explain the value of a playground in economic terms. It's difficult to reconcile the beauty of a park placed within an ancient pecan grove, a dirt trail that follows a natural creek bed, with a new slide on aging…
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April 3, 2018
ProgramsRecycling

Scout Pack – What is it and How do I get Involved?

Keep Texas Beautiful works hard to encourage our Texas youth to get involved in clean-ups and be conscious of the environment. We applaud the great work done by school-aged Texans and continue to inspire them to be eco-friendly and care for the environment. One of the ways we do this is through our youth…
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March 26, 2018
Recycling

Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning

​March 20 marks the first official day of spring! Along with the beautiful weather, comes the age old tradition of ​spring cleaning​. Spring cleaning can apply to many aspects of your life and serves as a great excuse to get motivated and organized. Here at KTB, spring is also when most of our community…
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March 19, 2018
Recycling

Keep Texas Beautiful Awarded Austin Green Business Leader

This past month, the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability recognized Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) as a Gold level Green Business Leader for our efforts in keeping our office green and sustainable. This is a special acknowledgement for us because it illustrates that our vision of making Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state extends into…
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March 13, 2018
Programs

Keeping Texas Waterways Clean & Beautiful

​Tired of watching trash float down your local stream instead of fish? Do you avoid the beach because there is more than just sand between your toes? (Cigarette butts, yuck!) Check out our Keep Texas Waterways Clean (KTWC) program and help clean it up! Aquatic trash is not only unsightly,…
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February 23, 2018
Programs

KTB Awards: Youth and Educator

Keep Texas Beautiful aims to inspire and empower Texans to keep our communities clean and beautiful. The KTB Awards honor youth and educators making a difference in their communities and working hard to further our mission. We encourage you to nominate a notable educator, educational institution, young individual or a youth organization for…
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February 22, 2018
Programs

I am hosting a cleanup. What’s next?

So you're hosting a KTB cleanup in your community with us. Congrats! I'm sure you're thinking, now that I've committed to doing this, what's next? We've pulled together a few helpful tips to make sure your spring cleanup is a success:What type of cleanup am I? We offer several types…
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February 13, 2018
Recycling

Zero-emission Cars: Consumer and Environmental Win

Over the past century, trillions of dollars have been spent to develop a sophisticated global infrastructure around petroleum. Gasoline service stations are now so common in the industrialized world that people often forget conventional cars have a limited range. Today, the same type of infrastructure is being built around electric…
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January 30, 2018
AffiliateProgramsRecognition

Native Garden Grants Winning Projects

 On National Planting Day, September 9, 2017, Keep Texas Beautiful in partnership with AEP Texas awarded six affiliate communities the Native Garden Grant to create and maintain a native plant demonstration garden. They were: Keep Alpine Beautiful, Keep Cleburne Beautiful, Keep Gatesville Beautiful, Keep Grapevine Beautiful, Keep Hutto Beautiful and Keep Port…
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January 16, 2018
Holiday

New Year’s Resolutions: A Green 2018

Happy New Year! Last year we enjoyed great success as individuals, community affiliates, and as an extended Keep Texas Beautiful family and we hope to make this year even better. In the spirit of resolution-making, we at KTB would like to give you a few resolution ideas to help you keep…
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December 15, 2017
Recycling

Being the change – 365 Days of Hiking

Take a moment to imagine your favorite place. Imagine the place where you go to think, clear your mind, explore, relax or find pure bliss. Is it your grandmother's living room with that old shag carpet? Is it the neighborhood park you grew up playing cops and robbers in? Perhaps…
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December 15, 2017
HolidayRecognition

A Green Gift List from Keep Texas Beautiful

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, let's talk about ways to give holiday gifts to friends and family, your affiliate community, and our environment! We've created a quick of list ways to give back this holiday season. Nominate a deserving volunteer, educator, student, or organization for one of our…
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December 11, 2017
AffiliateRecognition

KTB Awards: Individuals and Organizations

It's almost time for the 2018 Keep Texas Beautiful Awards! These awards recognize the efforts made by individuals and organizations to enhance their communities and protect the Texas environment. The nomination reporting opens on January 15, 2018. All nominations and payment must be submitted online by Friday, February 16, 2018.…
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November 30, 2017
AffiliateProgramsRecognition

Changes in the 2018 GCAA Application

Fort Worth, a GCAA winning community at the 2017 annual KTB Conference Keep Texas Beautiful, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, is excited to announce the 2018 Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA). For more than 30 years, these prestigious awards have been awarded Texas communities for outstanding efforts…
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November 30, 2017
AffiliateProgramsRecognition

Preview the 2018 GCAA Questions!

Photo from Keep McAllen Beautiful (2017 GCAA winner). McAllen volunteers participate in the Great American Cleanup. It's almost time for the 2018 Governor's Community Achievement Awards! Every year, 10 winning communities share $2 million in landscape awards in recognition of their efforts to keep their communities beautiful. For more than…
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November 27, 2017
Recycling

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Photo from Vision Beautiful. Happy Thanksgiving! We've been highlighting and thanking different contributors to Keep Texas Beautiful these past few days (in case you missed them, check them out here, here, and here), but it's important to remember and be thankful for how every component of Keep Texas Beautiful and…
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November 10, 2017
HolidayRecycling

Green Thanksgiving Tips From Waste Management

Leaves on the ground and Black Friday "sneak peek" ads can only mean one thing: Thanksgiving is just around the corner! For 2017, Waste Management is challenging Texans to make Thanksgiving a green holiday this year. Here are a few ways to reduce, reuse and recycle this Thanksgiving: Buy and…
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November 10, 2017
Holiday

Giving Tuesday: An International Day of Giving

While you're planning which bargains to hunt on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, don't forget to budget to give back this holiday season! The Tuesday following Thanksgiving is a new holiday known as #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday is an international day of giving that kick-starts the charitable season. This year, start your…
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November 10, 2017
Holiday

Giving Thanks: Volunteers

Photos from Keep Fort Worth beautiful, Keep Lewisville Beautiful, Vison Beautiful, and Keep Sugarland Beautiful. Individual volunteers working at various KTB and affiliate programs. This Thanksgiving week, Keep Texas Beautiful would like to give thanks each day to a different member of our Keep Texas Beautiful family. Check this blog…
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November 10, 2017