Johnson Space Center volunteers take care of the bayous
2016-04-25
On a picture-perfect Saturday morning in early April, 18 Johnson Space Center team members, family and friends volunteered their time to clean up the Armand Bayou watershed as part of the annual Trash Bash in and around Houston.
Starting in 1993 with seven sites, Trash Bash has grown to 15 sites across the Galveston Bay watershed with thousands of volunteers annually. Organized by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), it’s the largest single-day waterway cleanup in the Lone Star state.
JSC’s Green Team coordinated the center’s volunteers this year. They cleaned up both sides of Space Center Boulevard, from the Village on the Lake apartment complex nearly to Middlebrook Road. Badged employees also cleaned up one of the ditches inside the JSC fence line.
This year at Armand Bayou, 585 volunteers removed 1,060 pounds of trash and 1,160 pounds of recyclable materials from the bayou’s waterways and surroundings. Volunteers also recovered 49 tires and one mattress. On the water, nearly 50 people canoed the bayous to pick up trash inaccessible by land.
H-GAC provided equipment, such as grabbers and trash bags, for the teams to use. Each participant received a free T-shirt and, afterward, the teams gathered at Bay Area Park for a free lunch, music and prizes. Several nonprofit and advocacy groups were present to add to the festivities.
Other teams at Armand Bayou were sponsored by local charities, scout groups, churches and community organizations.
For more information about Green Team events and opportunities, email JSC Sustainability.
Michelle Fraser-Page
NASA Johnson Space Center
Starting in 1993 with seven sites, Trash Bash has grown to 15 sites across the Galveston Bay watershed with thousands of volunteers annually. Organized by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), it’s the largest single-day waterway cleanup in the Lone Star state.
JSC’s Green Team coordinated the center’s volunteers this year. They cleaned up both sides of Space Center Boulevard, from the Village on the Lake apartment complex nearly to Middlebrook Road. Badged employees also cleaned up one of the ditches inside the JSC fence line.
This year at Armand Bayou, 585 volunteers removed 1,060 pounds of trash and 1,160 pounds of recyclable materials from the bayou’s waterways and surroundings. Volunteers also recovered 49 tires and one mattress. On the water, nearly 50 people canoed the bayous to pick up trash inaccessible by land.
H-GAC provided equipment, such as grabbers and trash bags, for the teams to use. Each participant received a free T-shirt and, afterward, the teams gathered at Bay Area Park for a free lunch, music and prizes. Several nonprofit and advocacy groups were present to add to the festivities.
Other teams at Armand Bayou were sponsored by local charities, scout groups, churches and community organizations.
For more information about Green Team events and opportunities, email JSC Sustainability.
Michelle Fraser-Page
NASA Johnson Space Center
Armand Bayou during Trash Bash 2016. Image Credit: Jeni Morrison.
Armand Bayou during Trash Bash 2016. Image Credit: Jeni Morrison.