Who/What: The University of California claimed they would start the building of a 125 million dollar and four story athletic arena and cutting down Trees on campus. Lead by Zachary Runningwolf, he quickly organized the longest tree-sit in protest took place to save the Oak trees and disagree with the multi-million dollar athletic training building. This soon became a popular protest for a variety of people.
Where/When: This TWO year (21 month) protest occurred on University of California campus In Berkeley from December 2nd, 2006 to September 9th, 2008.
Why: When administrating this construction on campus, Environment-loving activists couldn't believe 90 trees were now out risk of being torn down. The city of Berkeley also condoned that it was illegal to cut down mature Oak trees but the University claimed they were not under any legal power of the City therefore the City did not have any authority over whether or not the construction follows through. This caused people to protest to protect the environment by physically living in the Oak trees so they wouldn't be removed.
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