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Ancient Trees Traded for Sweat Socks

9-9-08

Tree-Sit Standoff in Berkeley Intensifies

Berkeley, California
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the standoff between UC Berkeley and four tree-sitters intensified Monday as work crews prepared to remove the protesters from a stripped-down redwood. Protesters have been living in trees in the grove since late 2006 in an effort to prevent forty-two oaks, redwoods and other trees from being cut down to make room for a $124 million sports training center. Over the weekend, crews cut down forty trees near the redwood where the tree-sitters remain.

… Then… 9-11-08

Berkeley Protesters End Tree-Sitting

Sadly, four people have ended their nearly two-year sit-in atop several redwood trees in Berkeley. The protesters have been living in a grove on the UC Berkeley campus since late 2006 in an effort to save the trees from being cut down to make room for a multi-million-dollar sports facility.
The tree-sitting came to an end after workers and police used scaffolding to arrest the protesters atop the remaining ninety-foot redwood.

The tree was cut down hours later.

R.I.P. dear trees.

Billy

Filed under: Green News on September 17th, 2008