Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Lorraine Hillis an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known for having lived in a 180-foot-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood treefor 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999. Hill lived in the tree, affectionately known as "Luna", to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. She is the author of the book The Legacy of Luna and co-author of One Makes the Difference. She is a vegan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 February 1974
CountryUnited States of America
I think really what needs to happen is the people of the United States need to stand up and say, 'Oil is an energy model from the past. It doesn't work for the planet, it doesn't work for the people, it never has and it never will.'
I don't endorse products, only actions and beliefs.
I'm a poster child for Luddites. It was a challenge for me to open myself up the tech world.
For me, love is not about froufrou New Age-ism. It's about a way of living and honoring the interconnectedness of life and accepting our responsibility and our power to change the world for the better.
I don't really watch movies. I don't own a TV.
We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.
We live in a world that is full of problems, and we are the solutions to those problems.