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Community Rain Garden Project

What is a Rain Garden? Community Rain Gardens Project Synopsis Community Rain Gardens and Under Your Feet Campaign Implementing Low Impact Development: A Process for BMPs Site Selection – July 2017 Improve Stormwater Treatment at UTSA PP Low Impact Development, Rain Gardens & Clean Water Study with UTSA College of Architecture and GEAA Watershed Stwardship for the Edwards Aquifer Region: A Low Impact Development Manual How to get a Rain Garden Community Rain Garden Application Low Impact Development, Rain Gardens & Clean Water Receive a Rain Garden in your neighborhood Flyer Woods of Shavano Rain Garden Day 1 – September 17,

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Carbon Offsets — EcoShare

Be your own hero. Choose a plan that helps the planet and reduces your carbon footprint. When you sign up for the EcoShare program, a small amount is added to your monthly bill. A portion will go to EarthShare of Texas and a portion will go towards purchasing carbon offsets. EcoShare contributions have helped raise nearly half a million dollars to help EarthShare of Texas support dozens of local environmental groups. Make a difference each month and keep Texas beautiful; it’s our way of helping you make a change. For more information, follow this link to the EarthShare of Texas website or

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H-E-B and EarthShare of Texas Supporting Environmental Projects

The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance is pleased to announce that H-E-B, in recognition of Earth Day, has selected EarthShare of Texas to be the April beneficiary for its in-store coupon promotion. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill to support environmental work throughout the State of Texas for the entire month of April. H-E-B supports many EarthShare of Texas organizations with corporate grants or in-kind contributions. The April tear-pad promotion is a bit different as it enables H-E-B customers to bolster the diverse environmental program work of more

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GEAA joins citizens to protest sewage plant on EARZ

The United Nations has designated November 19th World Toilet Day.  GEAA celebrated by joining hundreds of citizens at a meeting with the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality to protest a discharge permit for a new sewage treatment plant in Comal County. You can see GEAA’s presentation here and read our comments here.  You can read more about the meeting here. This new treatment plant will serve the 4S Ranch subdivision just outside Bulverde that will put 1880 homes on 780 acres. The plant will treat 460,000 gallons per day to be discharged just north of the confluence of Dripping Springs and Lewis creeks, which

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GEAA Press Releases

2015 Request of Coverage: Citizens Rally to Support Reauthorization of Props 1 & 2 – January 27 Request of Coverage: Plan to preserve birds and cave critters in Bexar County found lacking – February 2 Request of Coverage: Citizens Groups Concerned about SAWS Proposal to Hike Water Rates – July 14 Request of Coverage: Wells Fargo Awards Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance – July 30 2014 Request of Coverage: GEAA Calls for Moratorium on New Development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone – July 9 Request of Coverage: GEAA Calls for Moratorium on New Development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone –

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Reliant Energy Supports GEAA through Carbon Offset Campaign For a Fifth Year

  GEAA is pleased to announce the fifth year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon production at the same time. Reliant and EarthShare of Texas have launched a program that allows Reliant customers to help reduce their carbon footprints through the purchase of carbon offsets. And for each customer-purchased offset, Reliant will make a contribution to EarthShare of Texas and its participating organizations. As an EarthShare of Texas participating organization, GEAA will benefit from this program. For more information, follow this link to the EarthShare of Texas website or go directly to

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Joe Straus Elected Speaker

AUSTIN – Texas legislators unanimously elected Rep. Joe Straus III speaker of the state House Tuesday, making Straus the first San Antonio leader of the

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