Julia Butterfly Hill 
Biography
Campaigner, Environmental Activist from United States
Julia Butterfly Hill is an American campaigner and environmental activist.
She is well known for living in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999, in order to prevent loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down.
She is the author of the book “The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods”(2001) and co-author of One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions that Change our World” (2002).
Videos
Julia Butterfly Hill
How can we make sustainability mainstream?
Campaigner and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill reflects on the concept of sustainability and what it will take to make it mainstream. She talks about the power of individual…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
Julia Butterfly Hill
How can we reconnect with nature?
Julia talks about humanity’s disconnect from nature and how we are part of nature’s system, not above or beyond it. She talks about the principals that guide her life…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
Julia Butterfly Hill
What is wrong with our attitude towards indigenous cultures?
Julia Butterfly Hill talks about her work with indigenous groups globally. She describes the charity-based approach many ‘westerners’ take when responding to the plight…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
Julia Butterfly Hill
Why does the media focus on negative news?
Julia looks at how negative news stories in the media fuels consumer activity. She suggests that positive news will never have a place in the mainstream media as long as the corporations…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
Recommended reading
Amazon thinks you may be interested in these books:
