Monthly News, Events & Environmental Updates
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BEC's mission is to protect and defend the land, air and water of Butte County and the surrounding region through action, advocacy and education. Our monthly newsletter is designed to keep our community informed about local issues that impact our region's environmental quality and to bring you opportunities to become connected with BEC. Thank you for being involved!
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In case you missed it! Other ways to stay involved...
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Our contact list is growing by the day! In case you missed our August Newsletter, click the button here. We also invite you to stay up to date with current events and ways to get involved through our Facebook page and our Instagram account.
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This Saturday from 9 AM - 12:30 PM
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32nd Annual Bidwell Park & Chico Creeks Cleanup
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This Saturday at 9 AM, hundreds of community volunteers and groups will meet at Hooker Oak Recreation Area to start a day of local watershed clean up that will amount to literal TONS of man-made waste being removed from our local creeks and parks. It is crucial that we do our part to help these vulnerable riparian ecosystems. We are looking forward to working alongside you this year!
A special
thank you
to those who have registered as volunteer event staff this year, you all are helping in a huge way to make this possible!
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There is still time to register.
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Please stick around after the event for a volunteer appreciation BBQ hosted by
Madison Bear Garden
from 1 - 3 PM at Hooker Oak
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*Vegan options available.
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Thank you
to our 2019 Cleanup Sponsors! This event would not be possible without their ongoing support. We are proud to serve this community!
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If you are unable to attend this year and still want to support the Cleanup...
please consider becoming a “Friend of the Cleanup.”
In addition to making this annual event possible, your contribution will allow us to continue bringing the community together to protect the land, air, and water of Butte County in many ways.
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In light of Global Climate Action Week
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OM Foods
will be hosting an all-day fundraiser for BEC, next Wednesday, Sept. 25th! A portion of all proceeds during that day will be donated to support our continued environmental work. This is a fantastic opportunity to think global and buy local. Thank you to our amazing friends at OM Foods, we can't think of a more delicious way to involve the greater community with our work.
Come chat with the BEC Team from 2 - 6 PM while you eat!
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Mural Event
with Wyatt Hersey
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Join us at the BEC Office on October 5th from 3-6 PM
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(313 Walnut St., Suite 140)
You are invited for a day of connection, art, music and local food. Wyatt Hersey will interactively paint an original mural in our conference room, and you can help him! Gnarly Deli will have delicious sandwiches for sale and we will have kombucha on draft from Chico Natural Foods Co-op as well as live local music right out of the office by Bryce Goldstein.
This one of a kind BEC event is not to be missed!
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Save the Date
for BEC's Housing & Climate Change Forum!
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On Wednesday, November 6th, we will host our second in a series of community forums dedicated to climate change.
We will be discussing the impacts of housing and development on the land, air, and water of Butte County and explore strategies for reducing the impacts. A panel of local advocates and professionals in the field will be present to inform and advise this discussion. You will be able to find further details on our Facebook page for this event.
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Saturday November 16th 5-9 PM
*Tickets on Sale Now!*
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BEC's 44th Anniversary Gala
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This special occasion presents the opportunity to hear about BEC's accomplishments and positive changes over the past year and the chance to honor others in the room who are doing important local environmental work alongside! The 44th Gala features a silent auction, delicious locally sourced dinner, as well as a no-host bar offering a variety of local beer, wine, and spirits.
We hope you will join us to celebrate 44 years of environmental leadership.
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R.A.R.E. Offers Vermi-Composting
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Since the start of the school year in August, RARE has already been to
21
K-12 classrooms with interactive presentations! Along with the importance of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.. RARE focuses on ROT. We want students to know how our society handles man-made waste, but perhaps more importantly, how nature recycles its own nutrients by composting.
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Did you know you can volunteer to help us water native oak seedlings in Bidwell Park every Sunday?
Meet us at the
North Rim Trail parking lot at 9 AM,
until the first week of October
and learn about our Oak Restoration Program while helping us water. This program is grant funded by the California Wildlife Foundation and has made it possible for us to plant hundreds of oak seedlings in efforts to restore our local oak woodlands. Be sure to bring water and closed toed shoes.
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Our Oakway Community Garden is a thriving and beautiful place this time of year! Folks who are interested in a community garden plot, we currently have spaces available! For more information:
Please contact our Board Chair at
mstemen@csuchico.edu
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Other Important Updates & Events
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Results of the BEC Climate Action Plan Listening Session
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On August 27th, BEC hosted a listening session and greater discussion on the climate emergency at the CARD Community Center. Thank you to the 70 community members in attendance, we are humbled to offer a space for intentional discussion on urgent topics.
If you would like to see the feedback results from this event, click
HERE
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Chico Joins
Global Climate Strike
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On
Friday, September 20th, Chico joins the Global Climate Strike.
The strike will be held from 11 am - 1 pm in the Downtown Chico City Plaza. All allies for climate change resistance efforts welcome. Stand with your community in this movement for global action on climate! BEC will have a table at the strike and we look forward to seeing you there!
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Chico Climate Action Commission Approval
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At the September 3rd meeting, the Chico City
Council will officially voted "
YES"
on the ordinance to establish the Climate Action Commission. Thank you to everyone who attended in support of this issue, this is a big step for the City of Chico!
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Are you interested in joining the BEC Board of Directors?
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BEC is seeking involved and experienced community members to become a part of the team by serving on our Board of Directors. Please consider applying if you have experience in grant writing
, fundraising, donor stewardship, event planning, or other expertise to offer!
Please Click Here for an Application.
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Thank you for your continued support and involvement with BEC!
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General Manager
Butte Environmental Council
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