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Julia Butterfly Hill Research Paper

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Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmentalist and stands up for what she believes is right. Hill is most commonly known for her 738 day tree sit in Luna. By living in a tree for over 2 years hill protested against the clear cutting of the redwood forest. Butterfly, a name given to her from the earth first! Group, sought to prevent deforestation, show the media the PL’s disregard for the environment and educate the public about the role forests play in landslides. She became the founder of the organization The circle of life.
The Redwoods forest is home of one the tallest and oldest trees. Some redwoods can live to be 2,000 years old and can grow over 200 feet tall and 16 to 20 feet in diameter. 96 percent of the old growth forest has been logged …show more content…

Hills civil disobedience. She showed strength and willpower standing up for what she believes is right. Hill saved hundreds for ancient trees from going extinct when a logging company threatened to cut them down. “ We live in a world that is full of problems, and we are the solutions to those problems”. She believed it was her destiny to save the forest. She truly is an inspiration and continues to motivate till today to help better our world. Although she succeeded in saving the trees i feel that the measures she took were a little extreme. She almost ran out of food and water due to the logging company installing guards to cut off her supply and faced lots of extreme weather conditions. Even Though i don't agree with the way she protested i believe it was most definitely worth it. She might have done something too drastic for me but that's what caught the media's attention. By tree sitting she wasn't only saving a few trees she was also focusing the media's attention on the reason she was doing this. She brought the problem to the public's eyes hoping that by doing so they would help her stop deforestation and prevent landslides. As if saving the redwood forest was enough she also protested against San Francisco to help shut their financial district before the invasion of Iraq in

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