Newsletter Archives

March 2025 Issue

Get Ready for TCEC Earth Day Booth and Celebration!
Join us for a special TCEC sponsored tour of the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station
Camping ban update
Ridwell-Leading Edge Recycling
Bird Boxes to save local bird populations
Start biking as spring approaches
Columbia Sportswear Employee Store Access – Tri-City Ecology Center
Upcoming Events
The Grey Water Project’s 6th Annual Earth Day Art Competition
TCEC Election Results
Union City Free Compost Program
Take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act Now
UFF report
Become a Member

January 2025 Issue

Fremont Capital Improvement Program
Getting to the CORE of the situation
2024 – UFF History
2025 Potential Partnerships & Upcoming Events
The December 17 City Council meeting introduced a Camping Ordinance with the following details
A Christmas Tale for the Homeless
Become a Member

December 2024 Issue

Re-opening of the Union City Historical Museum
Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count – December 20
More Good News – Biological Restoration
Time to Donate – TCEC is doing its share
Interview with Santa – updated 2024
A Sustainable Holiday Guide – From StopWaste.org
It’s Time to Electrify Your Home, Rebates are Here
Become a Member
Special for TCEC Members – Compostables

November 2024 Issue

Ways to help the environment
Controversial Ardenwood Development Raises Environmental and Zoning Concerns
Gophers are wildlife too!
Tree Planting News
How to have fun slinging mud and save the environment
Special for TCEC Members – Compostables

October 2024 Issue

TCEC Interview with an Environmental Champion Amos White
UFF Tree Planting on Saturday, Oct 12 & Oct 26 at Newark Community Park – 12 more trees
What else can be planted in the Fall? Ask Master Gardner Guy Duran
Special for TCEC Members – Compostables

September 2024

Homeless Strategies in Fremont: Comments from Mayoral candidates Vinnie Bacon and Raj Salwan, as well as Anu Natarajan, Managing Director, Global Housing Practice, Global Policy Leadership Academy
Consider not approving South Bay Connect
Ohlone Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Open House – October 19
Upcoming Events
Price Reduction – Biocompostable Products
Want to Join TCEC?

July 2024

Lemonade – A Short History Again
Bicycles and Trees – How to Make Fremont Cooler!
And Trees Can Also Cool Us
The Power of Trees
More Ways to Cool the Earth
Some Juicy Trivia About Lemons
Where to Go for Lemonade at the August 3-4 Fremont Festival of the Arts
Mark Your Calendars – Another August Event
New Price Reduction – Biocompostable Products
Want to Join TCEC?

June 2024

Report from Cabrillo Trail Park – Urban Forest Friends (UFF)
Take Advantage of Fremont’s ‘Free Street Trees’
Train Troubles in Alameda and Fremont!
Memories from Earth Day 2024
Special for TCEC Members – Compostables
Want to Join TCEC?

May 2024

The Grey Water Project’s Earth Day Art Competition
Bicycles in Fremont? Get Ready for Bike to Wherever Day!
Family Friendly Bike Rides
The Third Act Returns
Want to Join TCEC?

April 2024

Honeybees versus Natural Bees
Four Ps and Leaf it Bee
Springtime Heroes
UFF – Urban Forest Friends
Upcoming Events: Earth Day Fair

March 2024

Have a Happy Habitat Garden
Parking Issues in Fremont
Interview with East Bay Regional Park Director Dennis Waespi
Homelessness in Fremont
Earth Day Events
Biocompostable Products

February 2024

Wetlands or Housing? Climate Change Tests Shoreline Development
Up-cycle Wooden Pallets into Artistic Projects
UFF News
LEAF on the Move
City of Fremont Receives First-ever Platinum Designation for Advancing Solar Energy
Earth Day is Coming
Biocompostable Products
TCEC Elections

January 2024

How has Fremont evolved next to Newark and Union City? How Gus Morrison Gave to Fremont!
Gus Morrison – Mr. Fremont: Thank You for Letting Me Serve
Gus Morrison Obituary
Full Biography of Gus Morrison
What About Lemonade?
TCEC Elections
Biocompostable Products

December 2023

Gus Morrison Memorial December 19
The Importance of an Ecology Club at Washington High School
Organizing A Campus Trash Pick-Up for Make A Difference Day
Visionary Leadership Required: Letter to the Editor – by William Yraugi
TCEC Christmas Annual Donations for 2023
Here’s the Bad News for Christmas
A Sustainable Holiday Guide
TCEC Interview with Santa Claus

November 2023

Honeybees Versus Natural Bees
4Ps and Leaf It Bee
Solar
Urban Forest Friends Update
WHealth Worries Spur State Toward Limits on Fake Turf
Biocompostable Products

October 2023

Tree Planting in Fremont
A Phone Interview with the New City of Fremont Urban Forestry Manager
Who Will Save the Electric Car?
Heucheras for the Holidays
What About FalL Winter Vegetables?
Biocompostable Products

September 2023

Where Have All the Farmlands Gone?
The Ramirez Farm
Consider Arguments From Two Different Points of View
Ohlone Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Open House
Ecologic Interview: Ramon Ramirez
An Interview with the Tri-City Ecology Center Lemonade Fundraiser Chairperson
Biocompostable Products

July 2023 Issue

Lemonade Without Covid – a Short History
More from UFF – Urban Forest Friends
Some Juicy Trivia About Lemons!
ChatGPT – on Lemon Trees: How to Grow the Most Productive Lemon Tree in Your Backyard
Ramirez Farm and Peterson Farmhouse vs. Housing/Quarry Lakes Parkway Development Proposal
Where to Go for Lemonade at the August 5-6 Art and Wine Festival
Events
Biocompostable Products

June 2023 Issue

What is Climate-Ready Fremont?
So, What to Do? Action Plans that Reduce Municipal GHG
Co-Housing Project Earns Enthusiastic Approval from Fremont Planning Commission
Garden Party
Should the Pickering Gate be Opened for Vargas Plateau Access?
Good News Department
Interview with ChatGPT
Biocompostable Products

May 2023 Issue

Earth Day, April 22 – Scenes from a Successful Gathering and a YouTube video!
The Grey Water Project’s Earth Day Art Competition Winners
May 24th Rally for Community Meetings to Save Ramirez Farm Threatened by a Highway in Fremont and Union City planned by Logan High School Students
Urban Forest Friends Recent Plantings
What’s New at the Ohlone Wildlife Rehabilitation Center?
Interview with the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (SMHM)
Biocompostable Products

April 2023 Issue

Have a Happy Habitat Garden
A Lesson Learned About Garden Nutrients
Heat Pump for Your House?
Good News Department
Eco Grant of the Month
Events
Interview with a Tomato
Biocompostable Products

March 2023 Issue

Animal Corridors in Fremont?
The Union Pacific Rail Corridor
The Bees are Coming! Bad Bees????
The Third Act is Happening!
Good News Department
Bad News Department
We’re Standing Tall for Trees
Interview with a Bumble Bee
Biocompostable Products

February 2023 Issue

The Mighty Oak
Acorns of the Past
Who Plants Trees in Fremont?
Letter to City Management
Review the Urban Forest Management Plan Draft
What’s Coming Up?
What About the Third Act? Is it Still Happening?
Interview With an Oak
Tri-City Ecology Center Election Time

January 2023 Issue

TCEC trip to the Fremont Boyce Road Recycling and Transfer Station
Ultimate Recycling -Don’t throw it away, grow it today!
Rosebud Family Farm Winter Update
What gets recycled in the medical world – a trip to Ukraine
Good News Report – FUSD Climate Literacy

December 2022 Issue

Everything you always wanted to know about recycling
The Tri-City Ecology Center Christmas Giveaway Meeting
TCEC Interview with Rocky Raccoon
A Sustainable Holiday Guide

November 2022

Nonprofit of the month-Abode
Urban Forest Friends News
Pumpkins Aren’t Just For Composting
LEAF news
COP 27
TCEC interview with Charlie
Outing to Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station
News Dept
Special Offer

October 2022

Fremont’s Animal Code – Changes
Steelhead Trout and the Creek
Ohlone Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center News: An Upcoming Event
Interview with a Honeybee

September 2022

Where have all the bicycles gone?
Bike Trails
Wanna buy a bike? Here’s a few on the market
Christmas Corn
Great News!
A Big Urban Forest Boost!
2022 Lemonade Booth Fundraiser
Interview with Arman the rooster

July 2022

Climate Action Plan Timeline
Message from Healthcare Industry
Climate Action Plan 1 and 2
Letter to the City
Bee Here Now
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Onions 101
Newark Area 4
TCEC Interview with Darwin
Special Price Discount
Contribute
Become a member

June 2022

How to lose your lawn
Hydroponics
Area 4 – What next?
Letter to the City of Fremont
Complete Streets
CPUC and Solar Roofs

May 2022

Earth Day Redux
Niles Roll and Stroll
The Alameda Creek and the ACA
What’s New in Divestment
Outdoors a Pathway to Health
TCEC Interview of the Month
Special Price Discount
Contribute
Become a member

April 2022

Niles Canyon Roll and Stroll
The Grey Water Project’s Earth Day
Alameda County Fairgrounds Eco grant update
TUFA’s new name
Wildlife habitat garden
Nutmeg
Natives who can rough it
Volunteer
Become a member

March 2022

Strengthening Forest Resiliency
The Third Act-Who will take a Bow?
TUFA did it!
Biodiversity
Where Should One Invest Ecologically?
TCEC Interview of the Month
Good News & Bad News
Volunteer
Become a Member

February 2022

February is for solar stories and challenges:

Sun Shares Program
Another option to just use the sun yourself
Vehicle Savings
What about battery storage?
Fremont Animal Shelter
Animal Interview