School Green Teams are starting!
School Green Teams registration for the 2023-24 academic year is open for all students across Fort Worth who are excited to make a positive, environmental difference.
School Green Teams work to complete activities in the areas of litter, beautification, waste, recycling, environment, and sustainability. These tasks are flexible and can be worked into classroom time or an after-school program. Each activity a team completes earns points toward the School Green Team of the Year Award competition. Winners receive "green packs" for students, a tree planting at their school,?and recognition in KFWB's newsletter and social media channels!
Last year, School Green Teams students completed several exciting activities, including a Recycled Arts Showcase, and an experiment where they dropped an egg from a high spot - in this case, the claw of a litter abatement truck - and tried to keep the egg intact by wrapping it in recycled materials.
Your team can be part of that learning fun too! There is no cost to participate, and any school team is welcome - public,?private, or?homeschooled. Learn more about the program or register here!
Litter cleanup spotlight
Shout out to everyone who participated in our recent litter cleanups: the District 6 Litter Day and the Meadowbrook Special Event Litter Cleanup.
In total, 40 volunteers and City employees?respectively cleaned up the area around the Chisholm Trail Community Center, and the Meadowbrook neighborhood streets and parks. They removed a total of 11,675 pounds of litter in just one day. Your contributions do make a difference!
A special thank you to Councilmember Jared Williams, Ph.D.,?District 6, who consistently hosts Litter Day events, and Councilmember Jeanette Martinez, District 11, for?joining the Meadowbrook cleanup efforts. We are thankful to have City leadership that not only supports our efforts but also takes action to reach our goal of a clean, safe city.
If you have not attended a cleanup event yet, be a part of the change! Join us next month on Saturday, September 9, for the cleanup in the Echo Heights neighborhood.
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Lights out, Fort Worth!
Fall migration is starting! Bright lights confuse and harm migrating birds, especially during their critical travel period, Sep. 5 - Oct. 29, when birds travel most. Join the City of?Fort Worth and several other DFW cities' collaborative efforts to reduce migratory bird mortality. Turn off your non-essential lights between 11 p.m. - 6 a.m. daily to help protect the billions of migratory birds that fly over Texas annually.??Click here to learn more, for tips, and resources!
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