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
PLANT FUNDRAISER FOR GHP!!!
Green Hope Project was pleasantly surprised to receive a donation of HUNDREDS of plants/saplings from Sierra Vista Growers! Some of the beauts that we got are literally small PALM trees and more!
To drive our message of recycling home even more, we took advantage of the citizen collection stations that the Environmental Services Department offers. Check out the end of this article to see what services they offer! What GHP has been taking advantage of lately are the glass bottles they have. You can drop off glass to donate or you can take ground glass home to use for crafts, yardwork, plant drainage, etc! The possibilities are endless!
*The proceeds from this plant fundraiser will go towards helping us to bring in the artist from Lisbon, Portugal, (Bordalo II), to create the recycled art mural depicting an endangered/threatened animal from our region.
Plants will be on sale until we have none left! Take advantage of this unique gift! We have spent a long time selecting the bottles, cutting them (with some casualties), sanding the rims, and drilling a hole in the bottom to help with drainage. The bottom of the planter will have a layer of crushed glass and then a top layer of soil. Please buy them before we accidentally kill them!
Reserve your plants or schedule a peek today by
Completing this quick survey .
Once you have completed the survey, we will reach out to you with the pickup address, day, and time.
Payment
Can be done via CashApp, Zelle, credit card, or cash.
Plant Types
For you to choose from:
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Chamaedorea Elegans (Bella Palm or Parlour Palm)
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Areca Palm
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Peperomia Caperata (Emerald Ripple)
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Peperomia Axillaris
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Peperomia Argyreia (Watermelon Peperomia)
Prices
Small bottles with plant $8 each or 3 for $20
Larger bottles with plants $12 each or 3 for $30
Plants without planter $2 each or 3 for $5
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)
Here are the items that you can drop off there.
Acceptable Items
Household Trash
Bulky Items (Furniture, Appliances)
Tires Without Rims (limit 8 per year)
Yard Waste
Recyclable Materials
Used electronics
Oil Filters
Paint
Solvents
Anti-Freeze
Toilet Bowl Cleaners
Drain Cleaners
Pool Cleaners
Fertilizers
Degreasers
Cleaning Fluids
Rust Removers
Furniture Polish
Pesticides/Herbiicides
Fluorescent bulbs
Charcoal Lighter
Cooking oils
Syringes
RECYCLED ART CONTEST
TRASH TO TREASURE VI
Deadline for online submissions is Earth Day: April 22nd, 2022
PRIZES!
Open to ALL ages!
Virtual exhibition & ceremony to be announced.
Questions? (915) 731-6271
To enter, click below
Past Events
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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.