Ray’s video won 2nd place in the 9th through 12th grade age bracket of the Take Care of Texas Video Contest. She won a $1,500 scholarship, provided by the contest partner, Waste Management of Texas, Inc.
Many Texas students worked hard to produce creative videos for the contest. The videos covered a range of topics such as tips to save energy, ways to save water, the importance of clean air and water, recycling and reducing trash, and more!
The contest runs in the fall each year. Learn more on our Video Contest webpage.
Ray’s video follows a time-traveling family of siblings into a dystopian future filled with trash, with a nod to The Terminator series. After the children see that littering can result in a trash-filled future, they return home and focus on conserving resources. The children run around their home, recycling and saving water and power. His message is that if we don’t take care of Texas now, our state will have a bleak and barren future.