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Save Oaks march
Oak grove- Piedmont Ave in Berkeley just by the uphill end of Bancroft Way....
Event Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 2:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 11:33am PST
Tree-sits continue in Berkeley
The tree-sits continue after police raid of ground camp....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 10:18am PST
Tree-Sits in Oak Grove In Berkeley Raided by Campus Police
Tree-Sits in Oak Grove In Berkeley Raided by Campus Police...
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 8:39am PST
Santa Cruz Regional Transporation Commission Votes To Widen Hwy 1, Others Vow To Fight It
Photo: As good as it gets. The view from a highway isn't the best, but this view of Highway 1 from the Capitola Road Bridge captures the beautiful tree line that has defined the community for decades.
Despite a large public outcry against the move, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission voted to pursue funding for three local Highway 1 expansion projects. The three projects were brought to the new SCCRTC on their first meeting, January 11th, 2007....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 2:49am PST
SVEF!er Responds to Arnold's Speech; Water Storage Ideas
Recent speech by Arnold mentions water storage as priority. Article proposes alternative to dam construction and reintroduces wetlands as multipurpose ecosystem for; flood buffer, seasonal storage, aquifer recharge, waterfowl habitat, basketry material.....
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 4:08pm PST
Caltrans Workshops on Proposed Expansion of Highway 50
Let's not let CalTrans expand Highway 50; Show opposition at workshops this week....
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 2:11pm PST
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