In 2001, Life Lab collaborated with the UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems to create the Garden Classroom, a model educational garden located on the UCSC Farm.
On May 28th, students, staff, workers, and faculty rallied at the base of UC Santa Cruz campus to protest the administration's decision to cut Community Studies
On November 7, 2007, people took to the redwoods at the site of the proposed Biomedical Sciences building to show their opposition to destroying 120 acres of upper campus and having an additional 4,500 students taking from Santa Cruz’s limited resources.
Bay Area youth gathered around the Northern California Headquarters of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in SF to denounce the atrocities committed by ICE against immigrant communities
At the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz, faculty members held a demonstration in support of their colleagues who were targeted with firebombs on August 2nd.