TEEA Finalists
Civic/Community
Trinity River Authority - Installing Trash Barriers in Village Creek Lake Arlington Watershed and Fort Worth Parks
Education
City of Austin Watershed Protection - Earth Camp Earth School
City of Denton - Recycling Education and Contamination Reduction
Environmental Educator of the Year
Bill Berendsen - St. Cyprian's Episcopal School
Individual
Philippe Hempel - Educating and Taking on Community Initiatives Through Volunteering
Innovative Operations/Management
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center - Johnson Space Center GIS Spill Map Book
Kirby Inland Marine, LP - M/V Green Diamond
Pollution Prevention
PepsiCo PGCS Sourth Central Distribution Center - Pollution Prevention Effort to Reduce the Amount and Cost of Hazardous Waste Disposed in 2023
Technical/Technology
FUJIFILM Diosynth BioTechnologies, LLC - FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas & WTS Medical Waste Landfill Reduction
Water Conservation
Corpus Christi Water - Conservation 365
City of Arlington - Lake Arlington Native Plant and Pollinator Garden
Youth
Rockport Fulton ISD Youth Birding Program - Rockport Fulton ISD Youth Birding Program
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Civic/Community
Texas Conservation Fund/Houston-Galveston Area Council - River, Lakes, Bay 'N Bayous Trash Bash
Turn Compost LLC - Community Compost Subscription
Education
Clean Air Force of Central Texas - Be Air Smart School Sensor Program
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC - CEMEX Commitment to Education
Environmental Educator of the Year
Adrienne Paquette, Heartwood Chapter Texas Master Naturalist
Sandra Johnson, PhD, Johnson Consulting Services
Innovative Operations/Management
City of Frisco - Creating a Creek Assessment Management System
City of Abilene - Integrated Street Sweeping Program with Curb and Gutter Maintenance through Herbicide Spraying Treatment
Pollution Prevention
Keep Pearland Beautiful - Stella Roberts Recycling Center
Technical/Technology
City of Lewisville/Rafael Hernandez/Esad Kopru/Tarid Ahmed - Lead Services
Water Conservation
Tarrant Regional Water District - Learn and Grow Program
Tyson Farms, Inc. - AWS
Civic/Community
City of Denton, Sustainability Division - Sustainable Denton
Exploration Green Conservancy - Exploration Green
Education
McAllen Public Utility - Water Education Programming
Environmental Educator of the Year
Kent Page, Northside Independent School District - Elementary Environmental Education Teacher
Tevin Gray, Corpus Christi Montessori School - Outdoor Educator
Innovative Operations/Management
Altman Specialty Plants LLC - Altman Plants Floating Solar Array
ConocoPhillips Company - Continuous Fugitive Monitoring and Emission Event Curtailment
San Antonio River Authority - Water Quality Modeling Tool Development
Pollution Prevention
Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. - Zero Waste
Technical/Technology
Travis County Sustainability - Travis County Waste and Recycling Drop-off Locator
Water Conservation
CEMEX Construcation Materials South, LLC - CEMEX Balcones Quarry Blue Gold Conservation Project
Youth
Keep Coppell Beautiful - Keep Coppell Beautiful Teens
Civic/Community
City of South Padre Island — Recycling and Green Initiatives Program
Education
USFWS Houston Community Partnerships and Engagement Program – Virtually Wild! Texas
Wylie Independent School District – Green Team
Environmental Educator of the Year
John Snyder – Victoria Independent School District
Martha McLeod – Fulton Learning Center
Innovative Operations Management
City of San Marcos – Resource Recovery Division
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport – Renewable Fuel Initiative
Pollution Prevention
City of Southlake – Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Program
Agriculture
Dr. Gregory Sword, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University — Harvesting Microbes to Improve Sustainability and Increase Yields
Civic/Community
City of Austin — [Re]Verse Pitch Competition
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program — Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration Project
Houston Wilderness — Texas Monarch Flyway Strategy
Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center — Mayor's Monarch Pledge
Education
Austin College — Sneed Prairie Restoration
Families In Nature — The Ecologist School
Environmental Educator of the Year
Kayleigh Medeiros, Trinity River Audubon Center — Academic Programs Manager
Mary Anne Weber, Houston Audubon — Education Director
Paul Vickery, Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center — Education Director
Dr. Rusty Feagin, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University — Professor
Innovative Operations Management
Pioneer Natural Resources — Pioneer Pad - A Wellpad Innovation
Nameplate Company — The "Our Nameplates are Green" Initiative
Pollution Prevention
EcoVapor Recovery Systems, LLC. — Enhanced Vapor Recovery
Water Conservation
City of Portland — Small Things Matter
City of Round Rock — Water Conservation Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Water University — DIY Rain Barrel Program
The Center for Environmental Resource Management, University of Texas at El Paso and Engineers for a Sustainable World — Water Matters: Rainwater Harvesting in Colonia Las Pampas
Youth
Eagle Pass Independent School District — Go Green Project
Keep Brownsville Beautiful — Youth Advisory Board
Agriculture
Dr. Gregory Sword; Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology — Fungal Endophytes for Improved Stress Resistance in Cotton
Civic/Community
Town of Prosper — Earth-Kind Gardens
TreeFolks — Trees for Blanco River
Education
EcoRise Youth Innovations — Texas Sustainability Education Project
Texas Disposal Systems — Eco Academy
Innovative Operations/Management
City of El Paso — Waste Exchange Agreement
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center — Sustainability Program
City of San Antonio — Energy Efficiency Fund
Pollution Prevention
Peterbilt Motors Company — Hazardous Waste Minimization and Solvent Recovery
Texas Nameplate Company — "Our Nameplates are Green" Initiative
Technical/Technology
City of Lago Vista — Ground Storage Tank Mixing and Trihalomethene Removal Project
Water Conservation
City of Round Rock Water Utility — Water Conservation Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Water University — Saving from a Rainy-Day Rain Barrel Program
Youth
Keep Sugar Land Beautiful Youth Advisory Board — Youth Leadership Program
Student Conservation Association, Inc. — Sims Bayou Above Tidal Riparian Buffer Project
Texas 4-H Youth Development — Water Ambassadors Program
Agriculture
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center — Central Texas Grassland Research and Demonstration Project
Lower Colorado River Authority — Creekside Conservation Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service — National Earth-Kind® Environmental Initiative
Education
Austin College — Sneed Prairie Restoration
Bobwhite Brigade, dba Texas Brigades — Youth Summer Camp for Increasing Nature Literacy
City of Grand Prairie Solid Waste and Recycling Division — Grand Prairie ISD STEM Camp
EcoRise Youth Innovations — EcoRise Youth Innovations
Katy Prairie Conservancy — Prairie Builders Schools & Parks
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Dallas — Water University
Individual
Mr. Alan Day — Water Conservation Education Program
Innovative Operations Management
City of Pampa — Operation Community Pride
City of San Antonio — Energy Efficiency Fund
Pollution Prevention
Harley Marine Gulf — Pollution Prevention and Reduction through Environmental Management System
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. — Compressor Blow Down Recovery
Youth
Fulton 4-5 Learning Center — Birding for the Next Generation
UTPB STEM Academy 2015-2016 5th Grade Class — Tardis Recycling Station
Agriculture
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service — National Earth-Kind Rose Initiative
Civic/Community
Hillwood Properties — Upper Whites Branch Stream Restoration at Bluestem Park
Education
Texas Well Owner Network — Water Well and Water Quality Education Program
Texas Water Resources Institute — Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program
Samsung Austin Semiconductor — Girl Scouts STEM Challenge
Individual
Michael Scherer — TPWD Aquatic Education
Innovative Operations/Management
City of El Paso Environmental Services Department — Waste Exchange Program
Lyndon B Johnson Space Center — Johnson Space Center’s Sustainability Program
Pollution Prevention
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, et al. — Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Protection Plan
Amarillo VA Medical Center — Integrating Solar Power with Thermal Storage
NALCO Champion, Corsicana Site — Spent Catalyst Reclamation
Water Conservation
Texas A&M AgriLife Water University — Water University
City of Fort Worth Water Department – Texas Smartscape Plant Sale
Rockwater Energy Solutions — Recycling Oilfield Produced Water for Hydraulic Fracturing Re-use
Youth
Fulton 4-5 Learning Center — Birding for the Next Generation
Eagle Pass Independent School District — Eagle Pass ISD High Schools “Go Green” Concept
Agriculture
Brockriede Brothers & Lalk Brothers Farms — Wichita County No-Till Pioneers
Civic/Community
Kiowa Recycling Center — Kiowa Recycling Center
Houston-Galveston Area Council & Texas Conservation Fund — River, Lakes, Bays ‘N Bayous Trash Bash
Education
Bowie High School, El Paso — Jardin, Cocina, y Mercado Program
EcoRise Youth Innovations — EcoRise Youth Innovations
Nueces River Authority — Catching Rain–Teaching Water
Trevor Hance: Laurel Mountain Elementary — The Legacy Project
Innovative Operations/Management
Shell Bank Oyster Shell Recycling — Shell Bank Oyster Shell Recycling Program
Texas Art Asylum — Texas Art Asylum
Pollution Prevention
Bell Helicopter — “Making Ounces Count” Adhesive/Paint Waste Reduction
Lower Colorado River Authority — Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant
Technical/Technology
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. — Oak Hill Fab Emissions Reduction
Occidental Permian — Slaughter Gas Plant Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) Shutdown
Water Conservation
Pioneer Natural Resources — D.L. Hutt Lease
Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Dallas — WaterSense Labeled Home
Youth
Caroline Carr — “Keep Our Creeks Clean – Only Rain Down the Drain!”
Meredith Burke — Preserve the Blackland Prairie
Civic/Community
Austin Youth River Watch — After-School and Summer Environmental Education Program
CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas, Austin — Clean Air Partners Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Sea Grant, TPWD, Houston — Prairie Wetland Restoration
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi — Shell Bank Oyster Shell Recycling Program
Education
Peaceable Kingdom, Killeen — Environmental Education Program
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, Sinton — Rangelands Guide
City of Mansfield Water Utility Department — H2Outreach Program
Texas Water Resources Institute, College Station — Texas Watershed Planning Short Course
Innovative Operations/Management
Bell Helicopter, Amarillo Assembly Center — Adhesive Waste Reduction
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas — Sustainable Business Solutions Team
Technical/Technology
Johns Manville, Cleburne — Abatement System Dust Refeed to Glass Furnace
Nucor Steel, Jewett, TX, Division — Melt Shop Baghouse Fan Blade Upgrade Project
H-E-B at Mueller, Austin — Sustainable Strategies
Mr. Walter Dansby, Fort Worth — Fort Worth Independent School District, Superintendent
Pollution Prevention
City of Pharr — Wastewater Treatment Plant Filtration Process
Water Conservation
Pioneer Natural Resources and City of Bowie — Barnett Groundwater Conservation
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Dallas — Saving From a Rainy Day Rain Barrel Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco — Agronomic and Irrigation Strategies
Youth
Bandera High School — Rainwater Collection for Baseball Field Irrigation
Sarah Young, Pflugerville—Discover Green — Young Environmental Leaders, Inc.
Civic/Community
City of Pharr, Recycling Center – Operation Clean Sweep
CLEAN AIR Force, Austin – Clean Air Strategies
City of New Braunfels – Guadalupe & Comal River Systems Protection Projects
Education
Earth Day Dallas – Earth Day Event
Peaceable Kingdom, Killeen – Environmental Education Program
Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association, Marble Falls – The Helping Center Garden
University of Texas-Pan American, Office for Sustainability, Edinburg – Outreach & Education
Individual
Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D., Lubbock – The Institute of Environmental & Human Health, Director Emeritus
Debbie Colonnetta Magin, Seguin – Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Director of Water Quality
Innovative Operations/Management
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston – West Tower Retro-Commissioning
SaveTheGranite.com, Fair Oaks Ranch – Granite Tiles & Pavers
U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development, Houston – Greater Houston By-Product Synergy
Microstrate, Inc., Kyle – Microstrate Manufacturing Plant
Burnet County – Burnet-Llano County Regional Water Facility Study
Water Conservation
Ethicon, Inc., San Angelo – Site Water Conservation Projects
Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin – Wholesale Supplier Water Conservation
Youth
Dakota Stormer, Magnolia – Magnolia West High’s Green Year
University of Houston-Downtown Environmental Club – Environmental Power Plan
Alex van Ravenswaay, Alec Fontana, Zach Tullier & Madeline Carter, Bellaire – DripDripDrip