The South Central Farmers: The Dream Reborn (tags)
The fight for the Farm is on again
Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm (tags)
***Breaking News*** Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm Saturday, June 13, 6:00-11:30 p.m. Reunion at the Farm Update to Press Release SAVE THE FARM SAVE THE WORKERS SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOS ANGELES--On Saturday, June 13, Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah, both luminaries in the South Central Farm encampment and environmental activists, will join the South Central Farmers and Farm supporters at a reunion and recommitment to the Farm at 41st and Alameda
Vote Green! Piera-Avila for Council (tags)
For 3 decades, LINDA PIERA-AVILA has been a passionate environmental, social justice, electoral reform and peace activist. Now she is putting herself on the line and running for Santa Monica City Council to put the public back into public service!
Film Night at Flor y Canto: March 2003-September 2005 (Part 1 of 2) (tags)
To mark the five-year anniversary of the Eagle Rock Peace Vigil, here is a list of films shown at Flor y Canto over a two-and-a-half year period. These almost-weekly screenings were an outgrowth of the Eagle Rock Vigil. (A link to the rest of this list can be found below in "comments.")
Important Burma Human Rights Film Screens in LA March 27th (tags)
IMPORTANT FILM ON BURMA---L.A. is lucky to have the film coming to our town! This riveting story of courage and sacrifice chronicles the personal and political journeys of ERI’s groundbreaking lawsuit against Unocal for human rights abuses in Burma . Join the protagonists of the documentary, ERI’s Ka Hsaw Wa and Katie Redford, for an evening of film and conversation in Santa Monica at the Monica Theatre
The Winter Harvest of the South Central Farmers (tags)
The Farmers open a new center and a new farm, ready to bring their organic produce to South Central. The rest of us might get a taste, too.
SCF Farmers Market and Music Extravaganza Sunday (tags)
Julia Butterfly Hill Returns As Farmers and Supporters Maintain Vision For Saving The Farm
S o u t h C e n t r a l F a r m: It takes a community to fight development (tags)
Saturday June 10th, 2006 - 7pm - candlelight vigil - DAY 19 of the encampment to defend the farm: 200 supporters sang, ate, marched, prayed, and stood in unity to resist forced eviction and keep watch against police raids. Located at 41st and Alameda, the 19 block/14-acre of the threatened South Central urban garden farm is under threat by developer Ralph Horowitz. The ransom is 16.5 million to 20 million.
The Developer vs. the Nation's Largest Urban Farm (tags)
The Battle for South Central Farm By RALPH NADER
El Campo Continúa: Visitors and Visitations (tags)
"Negotiations" with the sheriffs, more celebs, and daily life. All to save the South Central Farm.
South Central Farm 6-2-02 (tags)
Friday, June 2, 2006. Julia Butterfly Hill at the South Central Farm.
FRSC: Interview with John Quigley at the South Central Farm (tags)
John Quigley is one of several people working to protect the South Central Farm in Los Angeles by occupying a large old walnut tree in the farm. On Wednesday night, May 31st, John was the guest of Ms M. on her Free Radio Santa Cruz show, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Listen to the interview for background information on the South Central Farm and the latest news in the struggle to save the farm. (22:05 minutes / 10.2 MB)
Encampment at the Farm – Day 8 (tags)
Monday, 5-29-06 - Encampment at the South Central Farm – Day 8
Until the Farm Is Secure (tags)
On living with Julia, John, Joan, and now Daryl
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: Sheriffs expected to attempt evictions tomorrow at daybreak, Sat. morn (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: Sheriffs expected to attempt evictions tomorrow at daybreak, Sat. Morning May 27.
A Short Interview with Daryl Hannah at the South Central Farm (tags)
Encampment at the farm: Day 4
Partial Video from 5/25 Press Conference to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
Partial video of today's press conference to Save the South Central Farm
South Central farmers resist eviction (tags)
Farmers and community activists have established an encampment on the South Central Farm to resist eviction from it’s owner Ralph Horowitz. The South Central farmers were unable to raise 16.35 million to save the farm and face eviction this week. Joan Baez, Darryl Hannah and Julie butterfly hill joined in calling for the mayor’s last minute efforts to save the farm. Christina Aanestad reports.
VIDEO: Julia Butterfly Hill - Tree Sit (tags)
Uploaded is video of Julia Butterfly Hill climbing up ropes to begin a permanent encampment in the trees of the South Central Farm.
AUDIO: Press Conference to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2006 – A press conference was held today at the South Central Farm. Pictured from left to right, Daryl Hannah, John Quigley, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, Byron De Lear and Master of Ceremonies and defender of the farm: Dele
THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS STAND UP TO EVICTION. JOAN BAEZ TREE SITS. (tags)
Tuesday: 2:20pm Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, and John Quickley have climbed into the biggest Walnut tree at the farm and have pledged to hold a sit in the tree and support the farmers against an eviction.
Hope Springs . . . at the South Central Farm (tags)
Last month, the Trust for Public Land negotiated purchase option with developer Ralph Horowitz that depended on the City coming up with a $5M match for $6M raised by the South Central Farm. Five days ago, the City reneged on the deal. Friday, with three days left, the Farmers and their supporters, ever hopeful, demanded that Mayor Villaraigosa step up to support the Farm.
How the Weekly Brews a Tempest in a Teapot (tags)
Let me be clear that I know nothing more about the internal workings of the South Central Farm than the L.A. Weekly reported in its March 15 muckraking article, "Bushel of Complaints" by Daniel Hernandez. So I've borrowed those facts and added a somewhat different spin. Here's my version.
Community pressure moves the Farmers cause forward step by step.
Stanford Students Emerge Victorious After Seven Day Fast (tags)
Major Concessions on Labor Issues Made by University
Julia Butterfly Hill at Worldfest 2002
Midnight decision to deport Julia Butterfly Ecuadorian Government preempts her fair trial in oil protest
HELP SAVE CALIFORNIA'S REMAINING ANCIENT FOREST! (tags)
The Campaign for Old-Growth is working to place an intiative on the november, 2002 statewide ballot calling for the preservation of old-growth trees on non-federally owned forestlands in the State of California.
COALITION SEEKS TO PRESERVE CALIFORNIA'S ANCIENT TREES (tags)
California’s old-growth trees, some over 16 feet in diameter, are still being cut down daily. The Campaign For Old-Growth is sponsoring the Old-Growth Tree Preservation Initiative which will protect our remaining ancient forest ecosystems. We need your help to win. Please call 213-484-4474 to volunteer or to make your tax-deductible donation to the campaign.
Environmentalists and Rock Stars Arrested To Protect Old Growth Forests (tags)
Chicago -More than 20 national environmental and social justice leaders joined with music legends Bonnie Raitt and John Densmore and environmental hero Julia Butterfly Hill to protest Boise Cascade's crusade to silence critics of its old growth logging practices
JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL at San Diego State Univ. FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 2001 @ 7PM (tags)
FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 2001 @ 7PM. SDSU's Montezuma Hall.
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE "LUNA" CUT (tags)
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE LUNA WHERE JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL LIVED FOR OVER TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY CUT AND ENDANGERED
TREE GIRL BOOK REVIEW: The Legacy of Luna