Newsletter Archive
2024
August 2024- The Creek Clean-Up is back!
July 2024- Extreme Heat Awareness Month
June 2024- It's Getting Hot in Here!
May 2024-Action Alert! Neighborhood Habitat Certification Program
April 2024-The Endangered Species Faire is happening THIS month!!
March 2024-Lease a garden plot in time for Spring gardening!
February 2024- The Endangered Species Faire is Back
January 2024- Looking back at BEC's year
2023
December 2023-Practice the 4 R's this Holiday Season
November 2023-Habitat Restoration with BEC & Green Campus
October 2023-Upcoming Climate Action Day!
September 2023-Clean Water Action Week at BEC!
August 2023-Advocacy Article: Tree Equity & Extreme Heat Mitigation
July 2023-New Directions: Introducing Patrizia Hironimus
June 2023-36th Annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup & Restoration Project
May 2023-Help Chico beat the heat
April 2023-Earth Day Events…Seeking All Community Volunteers!
March 2023-Earth Day Events
February 2023-Annual Mixer -- Join Us!
January 2023-Start the New Year HERE, Friend!
2022
December 2022 — Friend, December is Looking Merry and Bright ❤️
Special Edition — 📢 🅰🅲🆃🅸🅾🅽 🅰🅻🅴🆁🆃 Join BEC in opposition to Valley’s Edge Sprawl Development❗
November 2022 — 🤗 Feeling Thankful, Friend! 🌱Plant Trees, Internship Opportunity, New Workshop, Action Alerts
Special Edition - Butte County Community Climate Action Day October 29, 2022
October 2022 — 🍂October is Full of Environmental Action!
September 2022 — 🌱Friend, this September is the 35th Annual Cleanup!
August 2022 — 😎 A cool read for the August heat— Water Justice forum, CBMF recap, register for the cleanup.
July 2022 — ☀️ Summer is upon us, Friend — The Chico Bicycle Music Festival returns!
April 2022 — It’s Earth Month, Friend! Join us for the Endangered Earth Event, tree planting, and more.
March 2022 — Environmental Gathering this month
February 2022 — Upcoming BEC Activities you don't want to miss — Air Quality Forum, Gathering, Endangered Earth
January 2022 — BEC welcomes new staff and interns, new programs, and more coming in 2022!
2021
December 2021 — Friend, we are finishing 2021 strong
November 2021 — A season for food, fun, giving, and protecting our environment
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April 2021 — Happy Earth Month! Event Updates, Spring Cleaning, We're Hiring, and More
March 2021 — Save the Dates! BEC 2021 Event Calendar, FREE TREES, Sustainability, and More
February 2021 — No Newsletter, please stay tuned...
January 2021 — Exciting Changes at BEC! A New Year, Advocacy, Trees, and Virtual Education
2020
December 2020 -- BEC Leadership and Urban Forest Program Hits Chico Neighborhoods
November 2020 -- Celebrating BEC's 45th Anniversary at the Meriam Park Drive-in!
October 2020 -- The Largest Cleanup in BEC History! ~Virtual Zero Waste Forum Goes Live
September 2020 -- Virtual Zero Waste Forum and Chico Urban Forest Revitalization
August 2020 -- Oak Tree Protection, Local Housing Proposals and the BEC Member Meeting
July 2020 -- Chico & Butte County's Environment is on the Line
June 2020 -- Annual Cleanup EXPANDS! Action Alerts and Opportunities
May 2020 -- Hiring, Opportunities and Increased Creek Cleanup and Restoration Work
April 2020 -- 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, BEC Delivers Over 100 Trees to Chico Residents!
March 2020 -- Mutual Aid Creek Cleanup Support ; COVID-19
March 2020 -- Sustaining Membership and Environmental Education Online
February 2020 -- Food Systems & Climate Change and Spring at the Oak Way Garden
January 2020 -- Community Water Forum, 2020 Events & New City Tree Planting Campaign
2019
December 2019 -- Holiday Giving and 2020 Impact Sneak Peak
November 2019 -- Giving Tuesday and Butte County Water Issue Update
October 2019 -- 44th Anniversary Gala SOLD OUT and Housing & Climate Change Community Forum
September 2019 -- 32nd Annual Park & Creek Cleanup, Climate Action Plan Listening Session and More
August 2019 -- Our new General Manager and Organization Program & Event Updates!
March 2019 -- Get Excited for the May ESF
February 2019 -- Make Puppets & Plant Trees!
January 2019 -- Spring Events & Camp Fire Recovery
2018
November 2018 -- Volunteers Needed! Neighborhood Tree Planting
October 2018 -- BEC's 43rd Anniversary Gala Saturday, October 20th!
September 2018 -- 31st Annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup
August 2018 -- Purchase Early Bird Tickets Now for the 43rd Anniversary Gala!
July 2018 -- Save the Date! Annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup
April 2018 -- Celebrate Earth Day with Brunch and Butte Environmental Council
2017
September 2017 -- Volunteer at the 30th Annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup
August 2017 -- Wine Tasting, Movie Matinee, and the 30th Annual Bidwell Park Cleanup
June 2017 -- Support BEC TONIGHT at the TBar Takeover!
May 2017 -- 38th Annual Endangered Species Faire
April 2017 -- Happy Earth Week from BEC!
March 2017 -- GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: SPROUT n' SHOUT April 8th
February 2017 -- Share the LOVE, Give BEC
January 2017 -- Committed to the Environment Since 1975
2016
December 2016 -- 'Tis the Season for Sustainability
November 2016 -- Go Green and Give Back with BEC this Holiday Season
October 2016 -- BEC's 41st Anniversary Gala
September 2016 -- #HeronThanks: Partnerships to be Proud of!
August 2016 -- Come have FUN with BEC this month!
July 2016 -- Stop Oil Trains Week of Action Starts Today!
June 2016 -- Summer Heat Launches Start of Weekly Oak Waterings!
May 2016 -- Endangered Species Faire Examines Species "Back from the Brink"
April 2016 -- Chico Scrap Metal Hearing Thursday & More Trees get the Ax
March 2016 -- Local Legends booked for BEC Dinner on April 9
February 2016 -- Will you Speak up for Environmental Justice?
January 2016 -- Big News on the Horizon for BEC & more
2015
December 2015 -- Lindo Channel Creek Cleanup & BEC Holiday Party
November 2015 -- High Noon for the Planet & Help the Oaks
October 2015 -- 40th Anniversary Gala and Local Fracking Achievements
September 2015 -- And The Award Goes To...
August 2015 -- Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Clean-up & BEC's 40th Anniversary Gala
July 2015 -- Important Hearings on Oaks, Pesticides, and Water Transfers
June 2015 -- Move the Junkyard, Energy Conservation Tips, 5K Chico Climate Challenge
May 2015 -- Love Your Mother, Tree Removals, Bill McKibben visits Chico
April 2015 -- Earth Day Opportunities, Record Drought, & Garden Fundraiser
March 2015 -- Hundreds More Tree Removals Proposed
February 2015 -- More Trees Get the Ax & Fracking Ban Next Week
January 2015 -- Stopping the Oroville Chainsaws & Our Year of Climate Action
2014
December 2014-- Giving Tuesday, Ca's New Groundwater Laws & BEC Holiday Party
November 2014-- Humboldt Rd. & Bidwell Park Tree Planting
October 2014 -- BEC Anniversary Gala, The Water Bond Forum, and Chico Tree Advocates
September 2014 -- Community Garden Harvest Festival & Bidwell Park Clean-Up
August 2014 -- "A Crack in the Climate" & Fracking Campaign
July 2014 -- Local Heroes & Oak Way Garden Community Grand Opening
May 2014 -- Water Wise Workshops, RARE in the Classroom, and BEC Wine Tasting
April 2014 -- Groundwater Watch, RARE Team, and Fracking Ban Makes National News
March 2014 -- Rainwater Catchment for Schools & Anti- Fracking Rally in Sacramento
February 2014 -- Environmental Coalition Gathering & Timely and Timeless Water Conservation
January 2014 -- BEC's New Watershed Program & Oak Way Community Garden
2013
November 2013 -- Water Concert, Climate Action Planning, and An Appeal for the Trees
October 2013 -- 38th Anniversary Gala, Whiskerman Concert, and Code Blue Solutions
August 2013 -- Bidwell Park Clean-Up, Bay Delta Public Briefing, and Sustainability Task Force
July 2013 -- Water Transfers Alert, Concow Reservoir, and Dioxin Meeting
June 2013 -- Get the Frack Out of CA, Grassroots Taking Action, and ...Now the Wine
May 2013 -- Til the Wells Run Dry and I Want to Be Elected
April 2013 -- Code Blue Activist Training, Earth Day, and Stream Team Turns 10
March 2013 -- Spring Cleaning, Coalition of the Awesome, and TWFS
February 2013 -- Countdown to Sustainability, Breaking More Bread, and Fracking Nonsense
January 2013 -- BEC's New Website and Water Ethics Forum
2012
December 2012 -- Frack Attack and Here Comes the Snow goose
November 2012 -- Procession of the Species and AquAlliance Conference
October 2012 -- Over Troubled Waters and the Helena Chemical Plant
September 2012 -- Birthday Bash, Community Superstars, and Prop. 37
August 2012 -- Rummage Sale, Wine Tasting, and Friends & Allies
July 2012 -- Fracking Ordinance and Feather River Clean-Up
June 2012 -- Zone of Confusion and Getting Involved with BEC
May 2012 -- Chico Bike Music Festival and Humboldt Gardens
April 2012 -- Earth Day Concert and the Environmental Footprint of War