Keep Texas Beautiful

Take a KTB Mission Moment 🌎⁠
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At today’s staff meeting, we started with a mission moment: how do we each help live the mission of keeping Texas beautiful in our everyday lives?⁠
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The answers were simple, practical, and powerful:⁠
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Thrift gifts before buying new.⁠
Grow vegetables at home.⁠
Bring a bag for stray bottles.⁠
Carry a reusable cup.⁠
Repair devices before replacing them.⁠
Pick up litter when you see it.⁠
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Living the mission doesn’t always mean doing something big. Sometimes, it’s the small choices we make every day that add up to a cleaner, greener, more beautiful Texas.⁠
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How will you take a KTB Mission Moment today?⁠
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Looking to reduce your carbon footprint and protect the Texas environment? ⁠
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Our friends at Reliant Energy have a simple tip for you: switch to energy-efficient LED bulbs throughout your home. They use less energy and last longer, making a big difference for both your wallet and the planet!⁠
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Ready to do even more? Sign up for the Reliant EcoShare™ program! In partnership with EarthShare Texas you’ll support over 30 local environmental organizations and offset your carbon emissions, helping to preserve Texas’ natural beauty for years to come.⁠
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👉 Learn more and sign up: https://earthshare-texas.org/individuals/campaigns-for-all/reliant-ecoshare/
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BIG cheers for Keep Texas Beautiful Young Texan Ambassador Kaitlyn Tran, who was honored with a KVUE 5 Who Care Award on June 11! 🎉⁠
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Kaitlyn is the founder and leader of Rain Barrels for Runoff, a youth-led environmental art project that brought together 10+ Central Texas youth artists to upcycle and hand-paint 20 rain barrels, helping reduce stormwater runoff pollution while raising $2,500+ for local nonprofits.⁠
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And because Kaitlyn does not stop at one kind of impact, she is also a water quality monitor for the Lower Colorado River Authority and recently won first place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair. 🌎💧⁠
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Her project proves what happens when creativity, science, and community care come together: cleaner water, less waste, and more young Texans seeing themselves as changemakers.⁠
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Tune in to watch Kaitlyn’s award segment air on August 15 at 6:30 PM on KVUE.⁠
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Thank you to KVUE, Byron Wilkinson, Bobby Jenkins and ABC Home & Commercial Services, and Mark Rowe and Henna Chevrolet for helping tell these incredible community stories.⁠
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Drop a 💙💚 to help us celebrate Kaitlyn!⁠
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We are SO proud of our 2025–2026 Young Texan Ambassadors and everything they’ve accomplished across the state. 💚⁠
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Know a student who is passionate about making a difference in their community? ⁠
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This is their moment.⁠
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Applications for the Young Texan Ambassadors program are now open. ✨ Apply today and help shape the future of Texas.⁠

https://ktb.org/our-work/young-texan-ambassadors/
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Keep Texas Beautiful is now hiring two paid internship positions for this summer: Programs Intern and Marketing & Communications Intern.⁠
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These hybrid opportunities are perfect for students (or recently graduated!) who care about community impact, storytelling, conservation, youth engagement, litter prevention, beautification, waste reduction, and making Texas shine. Interns will gain hands-on nonprofit experience, support statewide programs and digital outreach, and help engage Texans in taking action for a cleaner, greener state.⁠
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Both roles are paid at $15/hour and include flexible summer scheduling. Ready to build your skills while supporting communities across Texas?⁠
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Visit our website to learn more and apply today! 💚⁠
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https://ktb.org/jobs/
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