Environment Archive
Local residents demonstrated in front of the Chevron in Santa Cruz to oppose a plan to open the Central Coast to new drilling for the first time in 40 years.
If approved by the legislature, Schwarzenegger's budget will close 220 of 279 State Parks and Beaches, including every State Park and Beach in Santa Cruz Co.
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.
The HidroAysen project involves 3 dams on the Pascua River and 2 dams on the Baker River that would flood globally rare forest ecosystems and some of the most productive agricultural land in the Aysen region.
On February 15th, ten bicyclists participated in the Tour de Everyday ride through Santa Cruz to demonstrate the utility of the bicycle for transportation.
The tree-sit drew to a close that morning when UC police seized control of Science Hill and arrested the last remaining tree-sitter.
A tree cutting company hired by the university cut down a grove of 100-year-old redwood trees to make way for construction of a Biomedical building.
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.
People want to preserve, rather than destroy, the historic landmark built in the 1920s.