Environmental Activists, Sittin' In a Tree...
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...literally sitting in a tree as an act of protest against said tree's imminent destruction. The Berkeley Tree-Sitters, as they've come to be known, have been at it for nearly a year now, sitting in a grove of evergreen coast live oaks that are currently growing on the site of the University's proposed new Athletic Center. The Berkeley tree-sitter's argument is that the proposed athletic center will be environmentally and seismically unsound. Those are both legitimate areas of concern, but c'mon, this is Berkeley, for crying out loud -- do the Berkeley tree-sitters really think that the school's administration, basically a bunch of academicians, haven't already wrenched their souls over these very issues? Proving the seriousness of purpose of the protest, some of the Berkeley tree-sitters have, according to the AP, posed for nude photos while tree-sitting. And one is also tempted to ask the tree-sitters why they've chosen these specific trees to sit in, what with the massive clear-cutting of old growth forests, slash-and-burn agriculture destroying the little remaining rain forest, teak harvesting continuing unabated, etc. While as far as I can tell the Berkeley Tree-Sitters haven't commented on this last question, for my own cynical part I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that those other trees are inconveniently located thousands of miles from major media markets and decent coffee. Just a guess.
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samsamsamuel
(male, late-30s)
(Posted 11/23/07)
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