Earth Week Partners

Austin Green Art - (AGA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about important environmental issues via hands-on, creative, community-based programming & events. AGA utilizes collaboration and the transformative power of the creative arts to engage participants and provides first-hand knowledge about issues relating to conservation, sustainability and the environment.

Since its inception in 2004, AGA has partnered with a host of local organizations to create more than 40 programs that have engaged thousands of community stakeholders and hundreds of area volunteers.

Early in 2006, a few regular Barton Springs Pool swimmers were frustrated by the declining water quality and condition of the pool and decided to do something about it. They formed Friends of Barton Springs Pool, a group dedicated to returning the pool to its rightful glory.The Friends of Barton Springs Pool creates a community of people dedicated to restoring, improving and maintaining the pool and surrounding grounds through organizing, advocacy, volunteer work, education and fun.

We work to inspire an appreciation of the rich history of Barton Springs Pool and pride in this natural treasure.  We honor the pool’s sensitive environment and work to preserve and protect it so that we, and generations long after ours, can continue to enjoy the cool, clean spring waters.

Hill Country Conservancy is a local environmental non-profit, dedicated to the protection of open space in Central Texas. Their primary goal is to protect water quality in the region by conserving land in the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer.

This region includes southern Travis County and Northern Hays county, specifically, the southern portions of Austin, as well as the communities surrounding Dripping Springs and Driftwood.

By working with landowners in the area, 40,000 acres of ranchland has been protected since 1999. That enormous accomplishment represents over 15% of the nearly 250,000 acre region preserved as open space – Forever!

Save Barton Creek Association is a nonprofit citizen group working to protect and conserve the six watersheds of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer (Barton, Bear, Little Bear, Onion, Slaughter and Williamson).

SBCA incorporated in September 1979 in response to community concerns about the impact of urbanization on Barton Creek and Barton Springs. SBCA has been one of the lead conservation organizations for more than twenty years working to ensure that future generations may enjoy the cool, clean waters of Barton Springs.

Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. And our founder, John Muir, appears on the back of the California quarter.

From seed to table, SFC creates opportunities for individuals to make healthy food choices and to participate in a vibrant local food system. Through organic food gardening, relationships with area farmers, interactive cooking classes and nutrition education, children and adults have increased access to locally grown food and are empowered to improve the long-term health of Central Texans and our environment.

The Austin Film Festival, Inc., is dedicated to furthering the art, craft, and business of screenwriting and filmmaking by providing unique, year-round cultural events and services, enhancing public awareness and participation, and encouraging dynamic and long-lasting community partnerships.