Links

Please click on the links below for additional websites related to Basura Bash, environmental awareness and waterways clean ups.

• Plastics Kill - Rise Above Plastics - http://riseaboveplastics.org

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Over 7 million tons of plastic spanning an area twice the size of Texas destroying our oceans and harming our food chains.

• Charles Moore: Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. From TED Ideas Worth Spreading

• Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone - Nutrient Runoff Creates Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico. Hypoxic zones are areas in the ocean of such low oxygen concentration that animal life suffocates and dies, and as a result are sometimes called "dead zones." One of the largest dead zones forms in the Gulf of Mexico every spring. This data visualization discusses the causes of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. More info at NOAA Healthy watersheds and waterways prevent this from happening.

• National Public Lands Day - The fourth Saturday of September is set aside each year for a day to help preserve our public lands.  In San Antonio, several agencies and volunteer groups clean, plant, inventory, repair and maintain public facilities around town.  San Antonio also includes the city's graffitti wipeout as part of National Public Lands Day.

• Keep San Antonio Beautiful -  Keep San Antonio Beautiful (KSAB) is a local non profit organization whose goal is to educate the public about recycling, litter prevention, graffiti abatement and community stewardship. Keep San antonio Beautiful is the local affiliate for Keep Texas Beautiful. 

• San Antonio Parks and Recreation Natural Areas - Medina River Natural Area is one of the Basura Bash tributaries and has a Viva Voluntarios volunteer day every last Saturday of the month. They do clean-up of trash, plant native plants and remove exotic plants. See website for more details or call 210.624.2575.

• San Antonio River Authority (SARA) The guiding principle of the San Antonio River Authority’s Education Outreach Program is that students who have an understanding of and are engaged in water as it relates to the communities in which they live are more apt to develop a sense of ownership in and stewardship for this most precious natural resource. Our goal is to help foster this sense of stewardship by providing water education materials and hands-on activities that are tailored specifically to the San Antonio River Basin. SARA offers several opportunities for students to learn about and engage in their river basin

• San Antonio River Authority (SARA) - http://www.sara-tx.org/site/public_info/litter.php# This link is an excellent educational tool about disposing of old tires, plastic water bottles and styrofoam containers from fast food restaurants. 

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Great links for finding information on your own watershed. You can check them out here: 
  

  • Upper San Antonio Watershed Profile
    
  • Surf Your Watershed
    
  • Find Your Watershed