Short Story Of Julia Butterfly Hill: Giant Sequoia Tree
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As a young environmentalist, Julia Butterfly Hill dedicated two years of her life to living one hundred and eighty feet above ground in a Giant Sequoia tree. Within the two years of occupying the tree, Hill summed up her experiences by saying, “There is no average day when you live in a tree.” Julia’s choice to live within this redwood, popularly recognized as “Luna,” may seem like a radical decision though she had justification; Hill was caught in the midst of a conflict with Pacific Lumber Company who had threatened to cut down the beloved Luna for profit. Living within the redwood tree served as Hill’s protest toward the company, that being one she was unwilling to step down from. Residence within a thousand year old, two hundred foot tall