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Santa Cruz 10/7: Support the Treesit, Stop UC Expansion!
Oct 7 Tree Sit Gathering - 11 month Anniversary / Back to school 08
Music! Food! Info!
1pm at Red Hill (aka Science Hill)
Music! Food! Info!
1pm at Red Hill (aka Science Hill)
Oct 7 Tree Sit Gathering - 11 month Anniversary / Back to school 08
Music! Food! Info!
1pm at Red Hill (aka Science Hill)
For almost a year now, forest defenders have been occupying trees in the Science Hill Parking Lot in resistance to the UC’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), which would destroy 120 acres of forest in Upper Campus, home to the critically endangered Burrowing Owl and Red-Legged Frog, and an important watershed area. By adding 4500 new students, the LRDP will raise rents, increase traffic and strain the water supply of the Santa Cruz area. New science facilities slated for construction included expanded programs in genetic engineering and animal torture as well as high-tech military research.
Since the settlement of the lawsuit between the city and the UC, grassroots community action is the only obstacle still standing in the way of the LRDP. Please come show your support for the Tree Sit and your opposition to the LRDP! Bring friends, food (especially non perishables), water (in sealed containers), instruments, your voice and your thoughts! With the school year starting up again it’s important not to waste time in developing our resistance. Only by coming together can we make an impact on the choices that will affect all of us living in this landscape.
Music! Food! Info!
1pm at Red Hill (aka Science Hill)
For almost a year now, forest defenders have been occupying trees in the Science Hill Parking Lot in resistance to the UC’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), which would destroy 120 acres of forest in Upper Campus, home to the critically endangered Burrowing Owl and Red-Legged Frog, and an important watershed area. By adding 4500 new students, the LRDP will raise rents, increase traffic and strain the water supply of the Santa Cruz area. New science facilities slated for construction included expanded programs in genetic engineering and animal torture as well as high-tech military research.
Since the settlement of the lawsuit between the city and the UC, grassroots community action is the only obstacle still standing in the way of the LRDP. Please come show your support for the Tree Sit and your opposition to the LRDP! Bring friends, food (especially non perishables), water (in sealed containers), instruments, your voice and your thoughts! With the school year starting up again it’s important not to waste time in developing our resistance. Only by coming together can we make an impact on the choices that will affect all of us living in this landscape.
For more information:
http://stopucsc.org
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"New science facilities slated for construction included expanded programs in genetic engineering and animal torture as well as high-tech military research. "
Sorry, what animal torture and military research are you suggesting? How about some specifics, and some evidence to back up these allegations.
Sorry, what animal torture and military research are you suggesting? How about some specifics, and some evidence to back up these allegations.
Well friend, if you've been following this issue at all, which it appears that you haven't, you would know that there is an ENTIRE FLOOR of the proposed Biomedical Research Facility dedicated to be a rodent vivarium to supply animals for experimentation on the other floors, which are dedicated to genetic modification and nanotechnology.
OK, they are moving and upgrading the animal facility to be compliant with the latest animal welfare standards. If that is what is meant by animal torture, then please be specific.
As for nanotechnology, there is very little of it at UCSC and besides this is a "biomedical building" we are talking about.
"Genetic modification" can mean pretty much anything or nothing. It is however, strictly regulated if it goes beyond the usual, harmless, commonplace expression of recombinant proteins in E coli, yeast and so on. If that is what you are worried about, then you need to start worrying about every single molecular biology and biochemistry lab in the country, including all the ones at UCSC now. The point, however, is that you are making something utterly harmless sound like some sort of plot of nefarious evildoers.
I understand that if you are an absolutist with respect to animal rights, and believe any animal experiment is inherently wrong, then the fact that there will be a new vivarium is problematic. However, if like the vast majority of concerned individuals, you are worried primarily about animal abuse and suffering, then the new vivarium is a good thing because it actually cuts down on the likelihood that an animal will be treated in a substandard manner.
I actually have been following the story, since I work there, and know the individuals who are likely to move into the completed building rather well. They are not involved in covert research or any other bizarre plots that you seem to suggest.
Most of what is slated for the new building is simply basic science, whose funding proposals and resulting publications are all completely open to the public. Calling it "biomedical" unfortunately was an administrative PR move that appears to be backfiring. As for corporate influence, the main problem here has been trying to get biotech interested in what goes on at UCSC. We are hardly their proxies.
As for nanotechnology, there is very little of it at UCSC and besides this is a "biomedical building" we are talking about.
"Genetic modification" can mean pretty much anything or nothing. It is however, strictly regulated if it goes beyond the usual, harmless, commonplace expression of recombinant proteins in E coli, yeast and so on. If that is what you are worried about, then you need to start worrying about every single molecular biology and biochemistry lab in the country, including all the ones at UCSC now. The point, however, is that you are making something utterly harmless sound like some sort of plot of nefarious evildoers.
I understand that if you are an absolutist with respect to animal rights, and believe any animal experiment is inherently wrong, then the fact that there will be a new vivarium is problematic. However, if like the vast majority of concerned individuals, you are worried primarily about animal abuse and suffering, then the new vivarium is a good thing because it actually cuts down on the likelihood that an animal will be treated in a substandard manner.
I actually have been following the story, since I work there, and know the individuals who are likely to move into the completed building rather well. They are not involved in covert research or any other bizarre plots that you seem to suggest.
Most of what is slated for the new building is simply basic science, whose funding proposals and resulting publications are all completely open to the public. Calling it "biomedical" unfortunately was an administrative PR move that appears to be backfiring. As for corporate influence, the main problem here has been trying to get biotech interested in what goes on at UCSC. We are hardly their proxies.
Nanotechnology? Do you even know what that is? I don't think you should protest what you don't understand. Did you know that Nanotechnology can be used to increase the efficiency of photovoltaics (solar panels)? Did you know that Nanotechnology can reduce the cost of disease testing to make it more affordable to 3rd world countries? Did you know that Nanotechnology can be used to filter waste water to make it cleaner, safer and cheaper (again with obvious benefits in the developing world)?
I know you guys have big plans of smashing the corporate elitist state by camping in a tree that overlooks a parking lot of a public University, so I'll stop attempting to add a bit of gray to your black and white worldview.
I know you guys have big plans of smashing the corporate elitist state by camping in a tree that overlooks a parking lot of a public University, so I'll stop attempting to add a bit of gray to your black and white worldview.
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