by Kathleen Quinlen | Aug 25, 2019 | Clean Memphis Team, Education
The Clean Memphis team is excited to announce two new additions to our Education team. Michelle Cowan came on as our new Director of Education at the beginning of August, and Gus Gatlin joined the team as a full-time environmental science educator earlier this summer....
by cleanmemphis | Aug 21, 2019 | Community Engagement
On August 17, Clean Memphis collaborated on our first cleanup with the Birch Run Community near Kirby High School. At the core of this dedicated group of community members is Ms. Felicia Webb, a longtime resident and champion of the neighborhood as well as the head of...
by Janet Boscarino | Jul 15, 2019 | Community Engagement
This month our community spotlight focuses on one of our longest standing friends and supporters: Tanja Mitchell (pictured above, right), Director of Community Engagement for The Works, Inc. For 20 years, Tanja has been working to improve communities throughout...
by Kathleen Quinlen | Jun 17, 2019 | Cleaner Greener, Zero Waste
Thanks to our friends and partners at The Compost Fairy, we’ve been getting some hands-on experience with putting on events that- at least in theory- result in zero waste being sent to the landfill. We are excited to see more zero waste events popping up around...
by Janet Boscarino | Jun 12, 2019 | Community Engagement
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is giving local youth the opportunity to make their community cleaner and greener- and to make some money as well! This year, the Mayor’s Summer Work Experience includes the opportunity to work for the Youth Conservation League,...
by cleanmemphis | Jun 5, 2019 | Community Engagement
Every summer for the past several years, Clean Memphis has had the opportunity to partner with Praying Pelican Missions to work on summer service projects across the city. Praying Pelican is a short-term international missions organization serving the needs of...
by Janet Boscarino | May 24, 2019 | Community Engagement
Recently, the Clean Memphis team joined Memphis City Beautiful, Memphis River Parks Partnership, and Wolf River Conservancy in coordinating a riverside cleanup project for A New Century of Service day of action. On May 22, United Way of the Mid-South and Volunteer...
by Kathleen Quinlen | May 21, 2019 | Dreaming Green
If you followed along with our Earth Day 30 Days Straight posts for the past few years, you may have noticed we repeatedly bring up one particularly pesky plastic as especially problematic: polystyrene foam, sometimes also identified as Styrofoam. (Fun fact: Styrofoam...
by Kathleen Quinlen | May 17, 2019 | Cleaner Greener, Zero Waste
We loved reading this recent update from our friends over at The Compost Fairy about eliminating plastic yard waste bags from their subscription service. After all, those leaves and grass clippings aren’t really even waste when they’re being added to...
by Kathleen Quinlen | May 10, 2019 | Community Engagement
Chris Collier grew up in Memphis and fondly remembers spending time at Gaisman Park. Years later, he and his wife Jana moved into a house near the park, which had changed for the worse over the past ten years. Maintenance had dwindled, and drinking and drug use...
