Educate Programs

Go Green

Tip 2: Each high quality reusable bag eliminates the need for 1,000 plastic bags or 500 paper bags over its lifetime.

Educate Feature

Clean Creek Campus
Hill Elementary School students move rocks to line trails at Bull Creek District Park.

Education Partner Thank You

Sunshine Community Gardens

for vegetable plant donations that are growing in our Green Teens after-school gardens.

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center

for native plant donations that are taking root at our Clean Creek Campuses.

AISD Grounds and Maintenance Crew

for their donation of soil and soil transport. What would a garden be without fertile soil!

Keep Austin Beautiful educates youth and adults about litter, community beautification, recycling, resource conservation and urban ecology by working with schools, youth programs and local partners. Click on any of the headers below to discover how we can assist you in keeping Austin beautiful.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS (Now Scheduling Presentations for Fall 2009)
CLEAN CREEK CAMPUS (A partnership between KAB and the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department – WPDR)
Become a Clean Creek Campus and complete a service-learning project at your school. Participating schools receive: hands-on activities led by KAB and WPDR, guidance in the planning and implementation of the project, project supplies, and a Clean Creek Campus banner.

SCHOOL RECYCLING
Are you interested in initiating or expanding your campus recycling efforts? KAB leads classroom presentations, provides cardboard recycling bins, loans event (wireframe) recycling bins, hosts a recycling contest, and recognizes schools for their recycling efforts to promote campus recycling.

YOUTH PROGRAMS
GREEN TEENS
KAB leads weekly after-school activities at select schools for youth to learn about gardening, recycling, alternative energy, and sound environmental practices. Three participating Green Teens are selected to receive a paid summer internship to teach younger youth at our Green Stewards Camp.

PATCH PALS
Patch Pals invites scouts, troops, after-school clubs, and community youth groups to take action to keep Austin beautiful. Youth complete a project in the following areas: Clean, Beautify, and Educate to earn an “I Keep Austin Beautiful” patch! KAB provides activity kits and activity booklets to assist groups in earning a patch.

SUMMER PROGRAMS
GREEN STEWARDS CAMP
KAB partners with Communities in Schools in two days of learning about nature and how to care for it. At-risk students spend the days learning about water quality, landfills, recycling, watersheds, and the beneficial role that insects and wildlife play in the environment.

CLEAN CREEK CAMP(A partnership between KAB and the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department – WPDR)
Why should kids have all the fun?! This summer camp is designed for parents and their children, and adult leaders with small groups. During this week long camp adults and youth explore water in Austin’s creeks and the Edwards Aquifer.