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…

keeptxbeautyJanuary 30, 2018

Affiliate Programs Recognition

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…

keeptxbeautyJanuary 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…

keeptxbeautyDecember 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…

keeptxbeautyDecember 15, 2017

Holiday Recognition

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…

keeptxbeautyDecember 11, 2017

Affiliate Recognition

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.…

keeptxbeautyNovember 30, 2017

Affiliate Programs Recognition

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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 30, 2017

Affiliate Programs Recognition

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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 10, 2017

Holiday Recycling

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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 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…

keeptxbeautyNovember 10, 2017

Holiday

Giving Thanks: Supporters

Waste Management staff with KTB staff after donating to the Think Green Grant. 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 each day in the lead-up to Thanksgiving to learn more about…

keeptxbeautyNovember 10, 2017

Holiday

Giving Thanks: Community Affiliates

Photo from Keep Vinton Beautiful. Volunteers working on the Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off program 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 each day in the lead-up to Thanksgiving to learn more about…

keeptxbeautyNovember 10, 2017

Recycling

It Takes Time – Recovering After Disaster

Many struggle to know what to do in the weeks and months post-disaster. After the immediate shock of an event like a natural disaster, many quickly learn it takes endurance and patience to continue the rebuilding process when the initial media attention has died down. Myrriah Gossett, Director of Community Engagement…

keeptxbeautySeptember 18, 2017

Programs

International Coastal Cleanup + KTB Fall Sweep

For our first annual Fall Sweep, Keep Texas Beautiful is joining with the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), the world's largest volunteer effort to improve the health of the world's oceans and local waterways. This partnership leverages the unique resources of each organization that will assure progress as we seek to…

keeptxbeautySeptember 18, 2017

Affiliate

Helping Texans in Need: Quick Tips

There have been a lot of great pieces of advice about supporting those in need floating around on the internet post-Harvey, Irma and beyond. Borrowed from a friend of KTB, below are a few tips on how to help your family, friends and communities after a disaster. Be VERY SPECIFIC in…

keeptxbeautySeptember 15, 2017

KTB Blog Recycling

America Recycles Day + the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR)

First day of school pictures are starting to flood social media feeds, and before we know it, we'll be trading the stifling Texas heat for some cooler fall weather and the much-needed back-to-school routine. For recyclers across Texas and beyond, the start of school also means that one of our…

keeptxbeautyAugust 15, 2017

Programs

Apply for the 2017 Native Garden Grants!

Keep Texas Beautiful, in partnership with AEP Texas, is excited to announce the 2017 Keep Texas Beautiful Native Garden Grants! Coinciding with National Planting Day on September 9, the Native Garden Grants will be awarded to communities looking to create and improve demonstration gardens that promote native species. In previous years, more than…

keeptxbeautyAugust 14, 2017

Recognition

GCAA Cat. 10 Winner: Fort Worth

Each year, the Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) celebrate ten Texas communities for their achievements in litter prevention, beautification, public awareness, and other focus areas. Categorized by population, these ten cities share a prize of $2 million in landscaping projects. In Fort Worth, garnering the prestigious Governor's Community Achievement Award…

keeptxbeautyAugust 8, 2017

KTB Blog

Zero-emission Cars: Consumer and Environmental Win

Native Garden Grants Winning Projects

New Year’s Resolutions: A Green 2018

Being the change – 365 Days of Hiking

A Green Gift List from Keep Texas Beautiful

KTB Awards: Individuals and Organizations

Changes in the 2018 GCAA Application

Preview the 2018 GCAA Questions!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Green Thanksgiving Tips From Waste Management

Giving Tuesday: An International Day of Giving

Giving Thanks: Volunteers

Giving Thanks: Supporters

Giving Thanks: Community Affiliates

It Takes Time – Recovering After Disaster

International Coastal Cleanup + KTB Fall Sweep

Helping Texans in Need: Quick Tips

America Recycles Day + the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR)

Apply for the 2017 Native Garden Grants!

GCAA Cat. 10 Winner: Fort Worth

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