During 1997-98, the Center's NEW Program (Principal Investigator - CNR Associate Dean Donald Dahlsten), entered its second of three years and undertook the following activities in the two JCD sites of San Pablo Avenue and Fruitvale and in association with the City of Oakland's youth employment program, Team Oakland, other Oakland City departments, UC Cooperative Extension of Alameda, Spanish Speaking Unity Council, and interested private individuals): 

• Gardening curriculum and science project at Golden Gate Elementary School;
• Physical improvements to the Golden Gate Community Garden; 
• Assistance to Fruitvale's Bridge Street Home Alert, including provision of its street trees and advice on creek clean-up and gardening; 
• An ESPM course on urban environmentalism, with student generated curricula for Team Oakland's environmental education module as part of its training program; 
• Incorporation of selected Team Oakland students in the College's summer program for high school and community college students; and 
• Assistance for other environmental projects in the two sites, e.g., purchase of trees for both sites during Earth Day. 

Planned NEW activities for 1998-99, the last year of the program, will be much as they were this year, either at the existing projects or undertaking the same activities at different sites in the two program areas. A no-cost extension looks likely, though efforts will need to begin soon next year to find additional sources of funding, particularly in support of the College's summer program and high school outreach efforts.