TRI-CITY ECOLOGY CENTER

Founded in 1971, the Tri-City Ecology center (TCEC) is your local leader in advocating sound environmental policies that preserve and maintain unique natural resources, clean air, clean water, and a high quality of life.

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