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Jack London Sq to get developer's makeover
Developers targeted Jack London Square for a $300 million project and the Oakland City Council bought it....
Posted: Thu, Jun 17, 2004 11:42am PDT
Community garden soil phytoremediation
Starting a permaculture community garden on a contaminated landspace involves phytoextraction, using plants like Brassica juncea to remove the heavy metals like lead from the soil.....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 10:52pm PDT
Restoring Eelgrass to the Pacific Bays
Humboldt Bay was previously threatened by Calpine's (ENRON start-up) LNG terminal, now is the chance to save Humboldt Bay's eelgrass ecosystem and also restore edible eelgrass to SF Bay.....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 8:07pm PDT
Save Jack London Sq from the developers!
You can over-develop something to the point where it doesn't have any value any more, and that's what may happen to Jack London Square. The Port of Oakland intends to hand the historic waterfront site over to developers who'll turn it into an ugly shopping mall. This project will come before the Oakland City Council on Tuesday, June 15th. Let's be there and speak up....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 5:57am PDT
June 12- nude bicyclists ride against oil dependency
Nude bicyclists will protest petroleum addiction and celebrate freedom in Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham, WA; Chicago, Vancouver, London, etc., this Saturday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2004 9:42am PDT
IS THERE A DAY AFTER TOMORROW?
Over Memorial Day weekend, with my family elsewhere, I drove to a multiplex to catch Roland Emmerich's global warming disaster flick "The Day After Tomorrow"....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 6:23am PDT
With Nature There Are No Special Effects
Climate change. Suddenly, because of a movie, so many are now talking about the greatest threat the planet has ever faced....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 6:08am PDT
Schwarzenegger Aims to Axe Forest Protections
The Schwarzenegger Administration last week unveiled a proposal to make sweeping
changes in the way forestry is practiced throughout the state, aiming to fast-track
a bill that would strip fish and wildlife protections from California's forests....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 11:02pm PDT
Wildlife Protection Project 6/5!
Help plant and landscape gopher sanctuary 9AM to 12 noon at Great Highway and Wawona Street, San Francisco, CA...
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 6:32pm PDT
Tamera, a Peace Project in Southern Portuagal
Tamera is a peace project in Alentejo, southern Portugal..The project's research work deals with new ways of healing both humans and nature. The aim is to develop a cultural model for a non-violent lifestyle, a healing biotope, an intentional commu-nity....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 10:06am PDT
june 12 day of action
june 12 day of action in solidarity with jeff luers...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 1:00am PDT
Stop draconian logging rider in budget!
California Budget Being Passed Shortly Includes Rider Permitting Almost Indiscriminate Logging In All Watersheds Will override all agency and public involvement and stands In Perpetuity....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 2:25am PDT
Western Shoshone: War is not just in Iraq
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that with regard to the Western Shoshone, the U.S. is currently in violation of rights to property, due process and equality under the law. In the fall of 2003, a federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of Western Shoshone in the U.S. District Court in Washington. (Western Shoshone, et al. v. U.S. Case No. 03-CV-2009). Western Shoshone land encompasses the world’s third largest production of gold, cited in 1999 as the number one investmen...
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 8:33pm PDT
I’d Rather Firebomb An SUV Than Own One!
I understand why people are driven to firebomb new SUV’s on sales lots, I
am not clear why people are driven to buy and drive them though......
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 12:38pm PDT
Mendocino Redwoods Need Your Help!
Mendocino's redwood ecosystem was first attacked by Georgia-Pacific and now another corporation has moved in to take the last few old growth redwoods. The second growth redwoods need to be given a chance to survive and become the old growth of the future.....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 4:43pm PDT
User-friendly transit?
Designers ignore human experience of riding in bus or train....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 2:29pm PDT
Maxxam/PL racks up 325 violations
New Report Details Maxxam/PL's Wholesale Noncompliance with Environmental Protection Standards.
Company Racks Up Over 300 Violations in Five Years...
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 8:48am PDT