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Category Archives: Forest Defense

News Channel 3 Eureka Interviews Forest Defender

Yesterday I gave an interview to Channel 3 News, Eureka, CA, about my experiences with Mike Jani, Chief Forester of Humboldt Redwood Company and the saving of both tree-sits: Fern Gully and Nanning Creek in Humboldt County, CA.
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Tree-sitting in Keyandoora, Loving It

Hey World,
Firstly, I’d like to thank my good friend Dan Putt for making a donation last week , as well as everyone else who pledged to help in other ways. My heart goes out to all of you — Love you guys!! Thanks so much with all of my heart.
For the past few days [...]

Hello from the Redwoods of California

Hey MindPetalers,
I’ve been out here is Northern California, Humboldt County, for 4 weeks now. As you saw from my video, I came up here to help save and protect our Ancient Forests which are currently threatened by greedy corporations who only speak one language: Money.
It’s been fun. Intense. Rough. Exhilarating. And a an immense learning [...]

Off to Save the Redwoods

Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature.
~Dennis Gabor, Inventing the Future, 1964

And with those words, David is off to California. Is this the end? No more posts from our beloved friend? Simply … no. Stay tuned.

The Last Stand: UC Berkeley Oak Grove Tree-Sit

Last night I called my friend Asa Dodsworth, one of the main organizers of the UC Berkeley Tree-sit, that’s responsible for protecting the grove of Oak trees from being destroyed — unnecessarily and greedily — to build a sports stadium for the school. A stadium that could easily be built somewhere else; somewhere that isn’t [...]