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AUSTIN, TX—The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Take Care of Texas 2025 Art Contest has officially begun.
This year’s contest theme is “ways to keep our air clean.” Students are asked to illustrate how they, along with their friends and family, help keep Texans’ air clean. The contest is open to public, private, or home-schooled students throughout Texas from kindergarten through fifth grade. Prizes for the winning entries in each category (k-1st, 2nd-3rd, and 4th-5th) include laptops or iPads made possible by the contest sponsor, Texas Chemistry Council.
TCEQ staff will narrow down the entries by selecting the finalists for each category. From there, grand prize winners and runners-up will be selected by TCEQ commissioners and executive staff, as well as representatives from the Texas Chemistry Council. Each grand prize winner receives a laptop, and each runner-up receives an iPad. The teacher with the most entries receives an iPad or gift card of equal value for their classroom.
Artwork must depict positive ways that Texans can prevent air pollution and keep the air clean. Each entry must contain the slogan, “Take Care of Texas.”
All entries must be postmarked by March 3, 2025. Artwork and entry forms can be mailed to:
Take Care of Texas Kids Art Contest, MC 118
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Entries can also be submitted electronically via the Take Care of Texas website.
For more information and official rules, visit the Take Care of Texas website or send an email to educate@tceq.texas.gov.
Winners will be announced in April 2025 and celebrated online through the website and social media channels. The grand prize winners, in each category, will be invited to the annual Texas Environmental Excellence Awards banquet in June of 2025.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the environmental agency for the state. The TCEQ has approximately 2,800 employees, located in our central office in Austin, and 16 regional offices around Texas.
According to its mission statement, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strives to protect the state’s public health and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development. The TCEQ’s goal is to strive for clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste.
To accomplish that mission the TCEQ strives to: base decisions on the law, common sense, sound science, and fiscal responsibility; ensure that regulations are necessary, effective, and current; apply regulations clearly and consistently; ensure consistent, just, and timely enforcement when environmental laws are violated; ensure meaningful public participation in the decision-making process; promote and foster voluntary compliance with environmental laws and provide flexibility in achieving environmental goals; and hire, develop, and retain a high-quality, diverse workforce.
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