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Julia Hill Biography

Julia Lorraine Hill (known as Julia "Butterfly" Hill, born February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known for having lived in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California redwood tree for 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 2000 book The Legacy of Luna and co-author of One Makes the Difference. She is a vegan.

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The reality is that in much of industrialized societies, we are completely addicted to comfort. We are a society of addicts.

Addict, Addicted, Comfort, Industrialized, Reality, Society

One day, through my prayers, an overwhelming amount of love started flowing into me, filling up the dark hole that threatened to consume me. I suddenly realized that what I was feeling was the love of the Earth, the love of Creation. Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in its power to give us life anyway. And that's true love.

Anyway, Dark, Life, Prayer, Threatened

True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction and false social realities. We have to retreat into our own cocoons and come face-to-face with who we are. We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar's body begin to spread out and its light, beautiful wings begin to form.

Beautiful, Cocoons, Commercial, Darkness, Reality, Wings

Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our society has failed.

Failure, Protect, See, Society, Tree, Trying

I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today. I believe in what I do beyond a shadow of a doubt. I gave my word to this tree and to all the people that my feet would not touch the ground until I had done everything in my power to make the world aware of this problem and to stop the destruction.

Believe, Feet, Ground, Morning, Stop

It hurts to care; the courage to care is the profoundest courage there is.

Care, Courage, Hurt, It Hurts, Profoundest

Why is everything that's good for our bodies, our communities, our world, and our planet called the 'alternative'? That means everything bad for us is the accepted norm.

Communities, Community, Good, Mean, Our World, Planet

Every moment brings a choice; every choice has an impact.

Choice, Choices, Impact, Moment, Moments

The question is not 'Can you make a difference?' You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make during your life on this planet.

Differences, Inspirational, Life, Planet, Question

For millennia the two-million acre redwood ecosystem thrived and sheltered myriad species of life. In the last 150 years, 97 percent of the original redwood forests have been destroyed by timber corporations. . . . Big business cut-and-run logging operations have instilled a false dichotomy: jobs versus the environment.

150, Business, Cutting, Jobs, Running, Species

Time, money, etc. . . are human-made constructs. They are not real. They are completely made up.

Completely, Etc, Made, Money, Real

I also became a vegetarian when I was 14 because I realized eating animals was cruel.

Animal, Became, Eating, Realized, Vegetarian

I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today.

Asking, Earth Day, Morning, Today, Wake Up

You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that's how we're going to protect the Earth.

Accountable, Action, Actions, Earth, Environmental, Protect

To me, love, spirituality and life are all the same thing. To me they're all about honoring the circle, and they're just different ways of defining the same understanding. Our society as a whole, because we have placed our love for money above our love for life, has devalued the sacred and devalued love.

Circles, Different, God, Love, Whole

Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in its power to give us life anyway. And that's true love.

Ability, Creation, Giving, Love, Power

As one of us transforms we activate transformational energies in others, which enables them to more readily reconnect with the wisdom of their innate creative source.

Activate, Creative, Energy, Source, Transformation, Transformational

Those things of real worth in life are worth going to any length in love and respect to safeguard.

Beauty, Length, Peace, Real, Worth