Featured Plenty Of Gulf Volunteers, Not Enough Work (Mary Foster – Click2Houston) The oil spill has attracted many volunteers, but the government and BP are not able to take everybody. Much of the work requires special training and special equipment, which most people do not have. The lack of available volunteer work for the public has only added to the…
Featured Bill Coats fought to beautify city by planting trees (Mike Tolson – Houston Chronicle) Coats, an attorney, died of cancer on May 23. He was 69. Coats had a special passion for the natural world. His dedication to enhancing Houston’s natural environment led him to help found the Hermann Park Conservancy and Trees for Houston, a naturalist organization that…
Featured GCCISD teaches kids how to put waste in place (Shannon Daughtry – The Baytown Sun) A new program, Waste in Place, will be implemented in Baytown’s elementary schools. The program is designed to help children learn about litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling, and landfills. It is meant to spark respect for the environment as well as give the kids…