Thank you for joining us from your homes to tune in to our first ever Youtube live event!
ARPIL 18, 2020
Green Hope Project thanks you, from the bottom of our hearts!
We were still able to enjoy the art, the artists, the prizes and the friends!
Please continue enjoying the art by clicking on our T2T Gallery.
METAMORPHOSIS:
Trash to Treasure IV
LIVE AWARDS CEREMONY
TRASH TO TREASURE IV AWARD WINNERS
Winners and Prizes have been announced during our LIVE VIRTUAL awards ceremony on Saturday, May 30th, at 2 pm. Watch the showcase below.
The top 100 pieces will be printed and framed, to be showcased at the Socorro ISD District Service Center at 12440 Rojas Drive. In addition, the top 100, have been announced and also our 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners for each category, along with several honorable mentions.
Current Events
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Click here to see who's been accepted into this year's showcase!
Past Events
THANK YOU FOR GIVING
GREEN HOPE PROJECT needs your help with our El Paso Giving Day fundraising campaign! This event is hosted by El Paso Community Foundation and provides a platform for local nonprofits to get their message out into the community and seek support for their goals.
This opportunity means a lot to us because we know the events that we’ll bring to our region will have a great impact on the community. Take a peek below to see what your donations will make happen. Help Green Hope Project bring art, education, and environmentalism to our region!
To donate, visit www.elpasogivingday.org and search for “Green Hope Project” on the dates listed above!
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Environmental Summit
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Trash to Treasure- recycled art contest & exhibition
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Recycled art workshops
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Environmental curriculum for teachers
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Art therapy
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Bordalo II- recycled art mural
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Adopt-A-Highway desert cleanups
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Precious Plastic Machine
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Please Give TODAY
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Green Hope Projects 2022
2023 T2T VII
RECYCLED ART CONTEST
RESULTS
After careful evaluation and consideration, all entries to Trash to Treasure VII have been judged! We received 334 submissions! To see whether or not your entry was admitted, please refer to our official list of admitted works by clicking on the ADMITTED ENTRIES button below.
We thank all the artists who participated in this venture and hope that you will consider entering again next year! We are aiming to have the 2024 showcase in person. We have such great talent in our region and were so impressed with the work we received.
Join us for our Trash to Treasure awards ceremony on
Saturday, April 29th at 10am
to find out who won!
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each division will have their works on display at one of the Raiz Federal Credit Union branches and receive cash prizes!!!
The complete T2T gallery of admitted works will be available to the public on our website soon after the ceremony, so be sure to come back and visit us!
Sign up for our newsletter and follow us on social media for more info about upcoming events, reminders about our virtual art exhibition/awards ceremony, and giveaways!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
Bordalo II in El Paso
Large Scale Lizard made of trash.
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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
In collaboration with
Franklin Mountain Investments, Paso del Norte Community Foundation & El Paso Environmental Services Department, Green Hope Project
is proud to bring the world-renowned environmental artist, Bordalo II, from Portugal to create a BIG TRASH ANIMAL mural to downtown El Paso.
Our hope is to bring awareness to the plight of endangered, threatened and species of greatest conservation need animals in our region and state.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP?
SUPPORT GREEN HOPE PROJECT & THEIR EFFORTS
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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SPONSORS
TREE SPONSORS
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SAPLING SPONSORS
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The Bordalo II Mural is Happening!
We thought the day would never come, but alas! Bordalo II and his team from Lisbon, Portugal will be coming to Texas to create a GIANT recycled art mural that focuses on a threatened or endangered animal from our region. This world-renowned environmental artist has been in talks with Green Hope Project about such a possibility for over 5 years now. One other time we came this close to his arrival, but then COVID hit and everything went dormant for over two years. We refused to give up on the idea of having this unique artwork, with such a powerful message, in our city!
Where Will the Mural Be?
It seems as if the stars are finally aligning. The perfect building, with its ideal location (across from the downtown Plaza) and its clean canvas, became available. We are thrilled to announce, thanks to Franklin Mountain Investments, that it will be on the ONE San Jacinto Plaza building (Chase Building), off of Mesa. This 64-foot tall mural will depict an animal that is in need of conservation by using recycled materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. The goal of his artwork is to shine a light on how over-consumerism and pollution affect other living things in this world.
Free Community Workshops!
Bordalo II and his team are expected to be in El Paso for a week, creating this piece onsite, during August of this year. Thanks to the City of El Paso Museum & Cultural Affairs, GHP is able to host free community workshops, educating the public about what animals are in need of our attention, what we can do to help them and how to create a one-of-a-kind artwork using recycling materials. Be on the lookout for these programs! If you are interested in providing a venue/hosting a workshop, please complete this form.
This Is How You Can Help!
As a result of price increases across the board, we need your help to get the remainder of the money needed to have this installation! The lumber needed for the wall prep, the flights and tools required have all gone up in price!
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If you are interested in making a donation to Green Hope Project, please visit our donation page.
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If you would like to support us by making a purchase from our plant fundraiser, please contact us.
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If you would like to learn more about the recognition tier levels, check out our sponsorship packet. We are very open to taking not just monetary donations, but in-kind donations, as well.
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So here are some cool things to know about the collection stations:
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All services are FREE to residents that pay monthly solid waste fees.
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They offer residents a place to drop off and pick up gently used items such as appliances, furniture, toys, bikes, etc. for free. The Country Store is located inside the Citizen Collection Station (CCS) at 3510 Confederate Dr, El Paso, TX.
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They offer free paint to the public at all Citizen Collection Stations. The program is designed to redistribute old paint for use in neighborhoods as a means to protect our environment by keeping it out of landfills.
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They offer free mulch on a year-round basis to the general public. Mulch may be used as a ground cover to protect the soil and inhibit weed growth.
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They do glass recycling and grinding!
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The Environmental Services Department (ESD) has recently added a new service at its four Citizen Collection Stations that will allow customers to pick up free reusable household products.
Reusable Household Products:
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Carpet Cleaner
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Oven Cleaner
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Fertilizer
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Pesticides/Herbicides
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Furniture Polish
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Wood Preservative
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Wood Stain
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Paint Thinner
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Car Wax
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Brake Fluid
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Antifreeze
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Adhesives (Glue, putty, caulk)
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Thank you so much to everyone that tuned in for our first-ever virtual Environmental Summit and Trash to Treasure Awards Ceremony! Having you support events such as this gives us hope that our movement is growing. Be sure to check out the entire T2T gallery to see all the incredibly moving artwork that was created! Also, register for our newsletter, tag us on social media with any GHP-related posts, and register for any or all of our 48 environmental workshops to be entered into our giveaways all throughout April & May!
Green Hope Project POR VIDA!
Thank you to our Speakers:
Veronica Escobar - US Congresswoman
Michael Reynolds - Earthship Architect
Ellen Smyth - ESD Managing Director
Continue enjoying the fun!!!! Sign up for one of our workshops. Once you register you will get an email with the meeting location or link. Check out what we have in store for our beloved El Paso!
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Kid and family workshops, where science and art supplies will be provided to attendees!
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Outdoor workshops at state parks!
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Composting workshops!
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Gardening workshops!
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Solar cooking workshops!
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Advocacy workshops!
If you or someone you know is interested in getting more information about attending our Environmental Summit, please sign up for our newsletter and follow our social media accounts!
Thank you to our sponsors, partners & donors!
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PLANTS ON THE BRAIN
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Nora E. Reyes - Artist
El Paso Community Foundation & West Texas Urban Forestry Council
A very special thank you to all of the Environmental Summit Action Committee members who helped make this possible. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!
Judy Ackerman from Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition
Meghan Curry from Insights
Sarah Elena Dillabough from Eco El Paso / Quantum Engineering Consultants / Frontera Land Alliance / Open Space Advisory Board / West Texas Urban Forestry Council
Kevin Floyd from El Paso Audubon, Centennial Museum, and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
Maryflor Garcia from The Frontera Land Alliance
Elizabeth Preza from EPCC
Martha Koester& Lilly Adriano from Environmental Services Department
Gertrud Konings
April Lopez from El Paso Water
Ivan Nino from Court Administrator for the 388th Judicial District Court with Honorable Judge Gonzalez presiding.
Lydia Pagel from Texas Parks and Wildlife
Jennifer Ramos-Chavez from Insights
Janae Reneaud Field from The Frontera Land Alliance
Anne Stephan from National Park Service, Chamizal National Memorial
Jazmine Venegas from the office of Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
Cindy Williams retired librarian
Gary Williams
VIEW THE TRASH TO TREASURE AWARDS CEREMONY BELOW.
In December the National Society of High School Scholars, an organization that was co-founded by Claes Nobel, of the Nobel Prize, awarded Green Hope Project a grant. We are so incredibly grateful to NSHSS for helping us to continue our art, education, and environmental efforts! We are honored to be one of the ten recipients of the Be More Fund, receiving $10,000! We will use these funds to begin building the first of 4 machines to repurpose plastic waste, gathering educators to begin writing art/environmentalism curriculum, and bring Bordalo II, a world-renowned muralist, to El Paso, Texas to create a trash mural in our city.
We are thrilled to be a part of these NSHSS members and educators that impressed the judges with their initiatives that strive for world betterment.
To see the complete list of the 10 winners of the $100,000 Be More Fund who competed for a $10,000 grant during the virtual Be More-A-Thon, click on the image below.
Check out our 2020 winner of the BE MORE FUND!
Newsworthy
Be More Fund - NSHSS
Photography Nature Walk
Our November 2020 Franklin Mountain Nature Walk was a huge success! So many people were interested in attending, that we have decided to do more such events in the future. Be sure to follow us on social media to get up-to-date information about event announcements.
Here is a note from the judges, Liz DeMoultrie and Benny Pol.
We have basically taken all these pictures at some point in time, so we can relate to the photographers finding something interesting or beautiful enough to capture. There were clearly different levels of observation and appreciation of the beauty within this group of shots.
We chose the Cactus Wren photo by Claudia Cardenas as the winner. It's difficult to capture a bird this clearly, especially a busy body like a Cactus Wren collecting nesting materials.
Hopefully, the participants are going out and taking more photographs on their own. Nothing tells a story like an image!
Check out all the amazing photo submissions we received.
Photography by Benny Pol & Liz DeMoultrie
If you were not able to join us but you are interested in taking a nature walk on your own, make a reservation with the Texas State Parks. Click below.