Julia Butterfly Hill lived in a giant 1,500-year-old redwood tree called Luna for 738 consecutive days from December 1997 to December 1999. She ended her revolutionary action after reaching an agreement with the Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree and a 200-meter buffer zone around it.
Hill is now an activist and author. In 2000, she published a memoir, “The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods,” in which she documented her experience of living in a tree.
After surviving a car accident at the age of 20, Hill decided to devote her life to activism
After I was discharged from my last doctor, I went on a trip with friends that took me to California and from there to the Redwoods
One summer night in 1996, Hill was driving a car that was hit from behind by a drunk driver. As a result of the near-fatal accident, she had difficulty speaking and walking for almost an entire year.
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On December 10, 1997, she climbed a 180-foot redwood tree in protest against the Pacific Lumber Company
After connecting with like-minded activists at a protest in Eureka, California, she learned about the opportunity to participate in a tree sitting called “Luna” with two others. After several days of sitting in the tree, Hill became ill and had to come down from the tree. When the two remaining tree keepers left Luna a few weeks later, Hill volunteered to climb the 180-foot tree again.
Where did she get her food? Everyone wonders how the woman survived two years in the tree
Although initially supported by Earth First!, Hill continued her tree-sitting even when they withdrew their resources. The friend began climbing the tree periodically to provide her with food so that she could maintain her activism. She took care of her physiological needs in a bucket, which she then lowered down to be emptied.
tree screenshot from instgaram @flaziken
Source: Gazeta
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