About
TCEC has led the local environmental movement since 1971, when it established a local recycling center and launched the Eco-Logic newsletter.
Since then, TCEC, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization, has addressed additional environmental needs of the community with timely projects and donations.
- Support of public transit and bicycle/pedestrian access
- Education encouraging water and energy conservation
- Improved Bay water quality via better sewage treatment
- Spearheading of the successful 1981 Fremont Hill Initiative and supporting the 2002 Hill Initiative
- Protection of Tri-City wetlands and watersheds
- Expansion of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Program for household toxic wastes disposal
- Advocacy for recycling and composting
- Support for historic preservation
- Protection of the burrowing owl and other threatened and endangered species
- Rescue of 53 poplar trees in Fremont’s Central Park
- Design and care of the Museum of Local History garden
- Advocacy for mixed-use “green” urban development
- Involvement in environmental education activities
- Support state and national environmental issues
