Browse new releases, best sellers or classics & find your next favourite book. Low prices on millions of books. Free UK delivery on eligible orders Julia Lorraine Hill (known as Julia Butterfly Hill, born February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known for having lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999.
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Julia Butterfly Dateline 2-14-99. Watch on. The winter of 1997-98 was a particularly brutal one in Northern California due to the powerful El Niño storms that struck the region that season, bringing freezing rains and 40-mile-per-hour winds. "One night I thought I was going to die," Hill wrote in the New York Times. Julia Butterfly Hill, American activist known for having lived in a 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days (December 10, 1997, to December 18, 1999) in an act of civil disobedience to prevent clear-cutting of ecologically significant forests. Learn more about Hill's life and activism. julia_butterfly_hill_official. Brought international attention to the plight of the world's last remaining ancient forests by living 180 ft up in a 1000 yr old redwood for 738 days. My heart, along with people all over the world, is. In my Patreon community we'll be taking a year-lon. Julia Butterfly Hill. 35,074 likes · 1,242 talking about this. The official Facebook page of author activationist julia butterfly hill
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Julia Butterfly Hill, byname of Julia Lorraine Hill, (born February 18, 1974, Mount Vernon, Missouri, U.S.), American activist known for having lived in a tree for 738 days in an act of civil disobedience to prevent clear-cutting of ecologically significant forests. From December 10, 1997, to December 18, 1999, Hill lived in a 1,000-year-old. Julia Butterfly Hill ascended Luna—a giant 1,500-year-old redwood tree near Stafford, California—in December 1997. She lived in Luna for 738 days, until finally descending in December 1999 when an agreement was made with Pacific Lumber Company that protected Luna and a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree. Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life and was the visionary of We The Planet, setting the standards for green festivals, events, and tours in the US. She also acts as a strategic advisor for numerous other organizations. Julia Butterfly Hill speaks regularly on university campuses, has addressed the United Nations, lobbied. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards and distinctive honors, Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism. Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life and was the visionary of We The Planet, setting the standards for green festivals, events, and tours in the US.
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Julia Butterfly Hill. Hill in 2006. Julia Lorraine Hill (better known as Julia "Butterfly" Hill; born in Mount Vernon, Missouri, February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known because of living in a 180-foot tall and fifteen-hundred-year old California redwood tree. Julia Butterfly Hill lived in an ancient redwood tree in northern California for 738 days to protect it. Her bed was a tiny platform. She speaks to Witness about the challenges and the beauty she.
It took one day for Julia Butterfly Hill's life to completely change course. Julia was 22 years old when she got rear-ended by a Ford Bronco that crippled her car and left her brain damaged. The following year of her life was defined by an incessant struggle to regain proper brain functioning and refocus her life on what truly mattered. For. Julia Butterfly Hill explains that when we act from a consciousness of oneness we make mindful decisions that consider the whole rather than just ourselves. Interview. Fear is Simple and Profound. Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill explains that fear and our addiction to comfort are key problems of modern society.
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Julia Butterfly Hill lived on a six-by-eight foot platform roughly 18 stories high for two years, sheltered from the elements in a tent made from tarpaulin. She did this amazing thing to protect a. Julia Butterfly Hill lived in a giant 1500-year-old redwood tree named Luna for 738 consecutive days from December 1997 to December 1999. She ended her revolutionary action after reaching an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree and a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding it. Sanctuary Forest, based in Humboldt County, CA, facilitated a negotiation between Julia, from her perch.