Posted on 04/16/2009 3:49:05 PM PDT by KingofZion
Julia Butterfly Hill climbed down from the tree she named Luna 10 years ago this December. After 738 days, and surviving an El Niño winter on the tip of a redwood, her protest turned Hill into an international symbol for environmental activism.
Since then, she's become an inspirational speaker (some 250 events a year), a best-selling author and the co-founder of the Engage Network, a nonprofit that trains small groups of civic leaders to work toward social change.
Now the 35-year-old, based in the East Bay for seven years, is taking a step out of the public eye and moving to Playa Viva, a beachfront sustainable resort in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. ***
The downtime will be a welcome comfort. A biopic of Hill's life is in development, and if all goes well, it will yet again cast an intense spotlight in her direction. *** "I'm an introvert by nature, which is part of the reason I climbed a tree," she joked. "But when you climb a tree, you don't expect the world to arrive at your platform."
Q: If you had one minute to bend President Obama's ear:
A: I'd ask him to seek out and support local everything.
Q: If you had one minute to bend former President George W. Bush's ear:
A: (Long pause) I don't think I would say anything. I would just sit there and hold space. One of the great lessons I learned in the tree-sit is that it's important to know your truth and speak your truth. But it's also important to know when not to speak. There's a time to listen and be silent.
Q: If it's 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, we'll find Julia:
A: Either doing yoga or having a cup of tea.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Thank goodness for disposable trash can liners.
"At least one tree sitter on Tuesday began throwing bags of human waste on the approaching arborists."
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/news/print.asp?id=25637
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BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS) -- One woman was arrested Tuesday as authorities removed some of the structures that have housed tree sitting protesters in an oak grove UC Berkeley wants to cut down to make way for a $125 million athletic facility.
The protester was taken into custody after she reportedly bit one of the workers removing her supplies, according to police. Officers cordoned off part of Piedmont Avenue near Memorial Grove and brought in arborists to remove the platforms and gear the tree sitters have used to maintain their perches since December 2006. A university official had earlier said the tree sitters themselves would not be removed yet.
“One of the things we’re most concerned about is safety and security, of our police officers and the people in the trees. That’s the reason we’re not forcibly removing people from the trees today,” said Dan Mogulof, a spokesman for UC Berkeley.
Tuesday was not the first time the university has removed scaffolding built by the protesters, but removing the people has proven more difficult. One witness told KCBS reporter Tim Ryan at the scene that some of the tree sitters threw urine they had collected in buckets at the police and arborists to discourage them from climbing.
http://www.kcbs.com/In-Berkeley--Down-from-the-Trees/2427277
what a moroness....
that was 10 years ago?? I feel old.
Q: You bring your own plates and kitchenware to restaurants. Ever been kicked out or refused service?
A: Sometimes they’ll say it’s against the health code, and we’ll just leave. ... A stewardess on a flight once offered me a napkin and I said, “No thank you, I don’t need it.” She insisted I take it, and after I said, “No really, I don’t need it,” she got so mad she shoved it into my thigh.
what a wonderful life
“Julia Butterfly Hill”, sounds like a flake from flakes.
cordless phone? I could understand a cell phone but...
Now the 35-year-old, based in the East Bay for seven years, is taking a step out of the public eye and moving to Playa Viva, a beachfront sustainable resort in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
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Just goes to show ya that she had ‘lectricity and Verizon service up in that there tree.
All the comforts of home.
Spinster-in-training. Probably forgoes basic female hygiene.<P.
Somehow, I’m not ‘inspired’ by this daffy Daughter of Gaia.
“I learned in the tree-sit is that it’s important to know your truth”
I know your truth, sweety. It’s a lie.
I guarantee you this skank and all her friends are on government dole.
ya but she turned a stupid stunt into a long and lucrative career.
A little “littery license” on the cover. No way, that’s thesame person as the one with the cordless. Unless, airbrushing, Photoshop and tons of ecologically harmful makeup makes THAT much of a difference.
Oh Lord! Hippieee Scummmmm!
Beware of anyone who puts a possessive pronoun before the word “truth.”
Those were their bird imitations.
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