Green Wave Initiative Update

Kellie Lecompte — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:16:45 +0000

The Green Wave Initiative is over a year old!

TXCC’s Green Wave events have come a long way since we started in the summer of 2024, and, we’re grateful to all the volunteers who have participated to make it possible. Thanks to you, we’ve collected and properly disposed of over 3,400 pounds of trash across 20 events, with over 250 volunteers working together over the past year to make that happen. That is a lot of plastic and other debris that is no longer in our green spaces or washing into our watersheds.

The Green Wave initiative was conceived after receiving feedback from community members who participated in our Clean and Green program and who wished for additional opportunities to learn about and care for the environment, as well as feedback from crew members who wanted additional practice exercising their communication and community engagement skills.

Designed as both a leadership training opportunity for TXCC crew members and an environmental stewardship opportunity for the community, Green Wave events combine education about the environment with litter removal and proper disposal. As part of their AmeriCorps terms of service, TXCC crew members gain valuable leadership experience running Green Wave events, practicing important skills such as public speaking and event management. So far, 3 cohorts of our crews have gained experience leading these events.

We’d like to shout out a big thank you to Texan by Nature. The Green Wave Initiative was selected to receive additional program development support as part of Texan by Nature’s Conservation Wrangler program. That extra support helped us to quickly move from what we thought was a great idea, to an impactful initiative with real-world results. Thank you!

To all our volunteers, we have so much gratitude for you! We hope to see you at future events as we continue working together to care for our environment.

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Green Wave at Blackhawk Park

Kellie Lecompte — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:57:47 +0000

Thank you to our volunteers who supported the Green Wave cleanup at Blackhawk Park on June 21st! Texas Conservation Corps crew members in Houston met with volunteers at Blackhawk park, talked about how we can have positive impacts on the environment, and together we collected 49 pounds of trash!

To all our volunteers, we hope to see you at future events as we continue working together to preserve our environment.