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Monthly Meeting of San Francisco Oil Awareness (Peak Oil)
The monthly meeting of San Francisco Oil Awareness....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 7:07pm PST
Toxic School Buses: Stop Your Idling!
Children riding on school buses are exposed to high levels of cancer-causing pollutants, due to the old diesel buses. Many scientific organizations, activists, etc., have joined the push to clean up school buses...The first steps in this cleaner school bus awareness campaign are: 1) Replacement of the oldest fleet buses, 2) Retrofitting of the older models, and 3) Anti-idling policies. These 3 steps can help reduce pollution *while* improving kids' health......
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 5:17pm PST
Tree-Sits at Berkeley Oaks Expand
Late Sunday night, January 7, 2007, native leader and mayoral candidate Zachary Running Wolf once again climbed into the redwood tree he had occupied last month, before being apprehended....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 9:00am PST
Environmental Activist Internship with ForestEthics
The San Francisco office of ForestEthics is looking
for new interns to join the Paper Campaign's efforts to protect
Endangered Forests....
Posted: Sun, Jan 7, 2007 9:50pm PST
1/29: Join Us in Protecting Sacred Sites
protest on 1/29-- action training on 1/28- please see pdf that is attached
(hopefully organizers will post more details to the calendar)...
Posted: Sun, Jan 7, 2007 12:36pm PST
Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret
East Palo Alto residents say their low-income neighborhood is a dumping ground for high-tech's toxic by-products, but an injured worker and a group of youth activists is working to clean up the mess....
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 9:07am PST
SPIRAL DANCE around the Tree-Sits to Save the Oaks in Berkeley
The Spiral Dance, led by the Reclaiming Collective, will start at 2 pm, but you are invited to come earlier, or drop in any time to see the oaks and meet the tree-sitters....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 7:26pm PST
A Pair of Clapper Rails in Front of the Proposed Monster Sports Complex in San Rafael.
The elusive clapper rail sighted again in front of the proposed monster sports complex
on the north fork of Gallinas Creek in San Rafael, CA 10.55 min.
http://GallinasCreek.org
On Jan.1, 2007 we filmed a pair of feeding clapper rails at the development site....
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 11:53pm PST
Critical Mass in Oakland!
Meet outside the 14th & Broadway BART station entry at Frank Ogawa Plaza (City Hall)...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 1, 2007 1:12pm PST
Fresno Mayor Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plant in My Backyard
There is a proposal to build a nuclear power plant in Fresno. The mayor of Fresno suggested that my backyard might be a good location to build this 1,600 megawatt reactor. Read more below....
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2006 7:48pm PST
Tresit-Jess in her tree
Photos of Jess in her treesit to save the oaks....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 6:20pm PST
Oak Grove flora
Flora or plants and such organisms in the Oak grove....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 6:19pm PST
Treesit photos
Save the Oaks treesit is now in its third week....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 5:30pm PST
temporary victory for berkeley oaks
BERKELEY, Temporary Retraining Order good news for Oak tree supporters...
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 3:30pm PST
Earthquake In Berkeley
Approximately 7:15 PM Pacific Time I felt a mild jolt in my apartment in the South of Market area near Third Street and Harrison in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2006 7:21pm PST
The OAKS remain strong! And so do the tree-sitters!
This notice is an update on the status of the campaign to save the oak grove in Berkeley, on the UC Berkeley campus....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2006 7:13pm PST
Walnut Creek Critical Mass Recap
A recap of the critical mass and pictures....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 9:36pm PST
UC-B Police Converged on Grove Wednesday Afternoon
Police Detain Oak Grove Tree-Sitter on UCB campus
Breaking News: Police Converging on Grove Wednesday Afternoon...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 10:40pm PST
Save the Oaks Party
Memorial Grove, East (hilly) side of campus just off of Gayley Road. People can take the AC transit F Bus and get off right across the street. just north of International House...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 16, 2006 10:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 10:24pm PST
The Mystery of the Disappearing Sacramento River Salmon
State and federal scientists, as they finish doing salmon carcass surveys on the Sacramento, American and Feather rivers this fall, will be analyzing why this year's salmon returns were so poor as compared with their pre-season ocean abundance estimates....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 4:49pm PST