The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969 NATURE / Plants / General This love letter to idiosyncrasy

This love letter to idiosyncrasy champions the revolutionary idea that we can build a vibrant community not by demanding conformity but by celebrating difference

and discover the fascinating and sometimes bizarre mating

in which songs have the power to enchant

In addition to opening our eyes to the beautiful array of wild bees in our midst

Offshore and out of sight to most beachgoers on the North Pacific coast is a wondrous habitat: the bull kelp forest

The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969 NATURE / Plants / General This love letter to idiosyncrasyResplendent. A masterwork of history.Ron Jacobs, CounterpunchIn eyewitness testimonies and hundreds of remarkable photographs, The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969 commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most searing conflicts that closed out the tumultuous 1960s: the Battle for People's Park. In April 1969, a few Berkeley activists planted the first tree on a University of California owned, abandoned city block on Telegraph Avenue.