In 1997, Julia Hill started a tree sit in a California redwood to protest logging efforts. For 738 days, Hill lived on two platforms in cramped, windy, and wet conditions. She ultimately reached an ...

WHITETHORN, Calif., Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honoring Luna and a Legacy of Environmentalism. Amidst nearly fatal storms, death threats and impromptu celebrity drum circles, julia butterfly hill's ...

FORESTVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Muralist Amandalynn's canvas is the side of a small business building in Forestville, California. Her subject is an image from photographer Dan Winters: an iconic picture ...

Julia Butterfly Hill is best known as the crazy tree hugger chick who lived up in the branches of a giant redwood tree named Luna for two years. She was protesting the destruction of the old growth ...

Wolens interviews a number of lumber company executives, loggers and members of Earth First!, the local environmental movement that sponsored Hill’s tree-sit, to surface an intriguing story about ...

Environmental activist and writer Hill, whose The Legacy of Luna recorded her attempt to save a redwood forest by living in a tree for two years, now offers practical tips for environmentally sound ...

It was December 1997 when activist Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 1,000-year-old Redwood tree in California’s redwood forest in a protest against the Pacific Lumber Company that was trying to hack ...

On Thursday, May 15 following the 7 pm show, Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, will join Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, Commissioner of the New York State’s Office of Addiction ...

Famous tree-sitter Julia “Butterfly” Hill came down to earth Saturday at an urban garden that is under threat of development. Hill ended 19 days aloft in a walnut tree and also broke a 26-day ...

From December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999, hill lived high in the branches of Luna, a 1,500-year-old tree in Northern California. Her vision and determination led to a landmark conservation easement ...