1 Authored by Julia Butterfly Hill Books

Prepared 2/6/07 Circle of Life

Contents: Books and Journal/Newspaper Articles Page 1 Articles and Books About Julia Butterfly Hill Page 3 Biographical Information (from Contemporary Authors and such) Page 8 Web Sites Page 10

AUTHORED BY JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL

BOOKS The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods. 2000, San Francisco: Harper, 256 p. Reprinted: 2001, San Francisco: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-251659-6 Pages: 288 ISBN: 0062516582 (cloth); 0062516590 (pbk.) Abstract: On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousand year-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "tree- sit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive process of clear-cutting the ancient redwood and the trees around it. The area immediately next to Luna had already been stripped and, because, as many believed, nothing was left to hold the soil to the mountain, a huge part of the hill had slid into the town of Stafford, wiping out many homes. Over the course of what turned into an historic civil action, Hill endured El Nino storms, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards, and the tremendous sorrow brought about by an old-growth forest's destruction. This story--written while she lived on a tiny platform eighteen stories off the ground--is one that only she can tell. Twenty-five-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill never planned to become what some have called her--the Rosa Parks of the environmental movement. Shenever expected to be honored as one of Good Housekeeping's "Most Admired Women of 1998" and George magazine's "20 Most Interesting Women in Politics," to be featured in People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of the Year" issue, or to receive hundreds of letters weekly from young people around the world. Indeed, when she first climbed into Luna, she had no way of knowing the harrowing weather conditions and the attacks on her and her cause. She had no idea of the loneliness she would face or that her feet wouldn't touch ground for more than two years. She couldn't predict the pain of being an eyewitness to the attempted destruction of one of the last ancient redwood forests in the world, nor could she anticipate the immeasurable strength she would gain or the life lessons she would learn from Luna. Although her brave vigil and indomitable spirit have made her a heroine in the eyes of many, Julia's story is a simple, heartening tale of love, conviction, and the profound courage she has summoned to fight for our earth's legacy. On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousand year-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "tree-sit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive process of clear-cutting the ancient redwood and the trees around it. The area immediately next to Luna had already been stripped and, because, as many believed, nothing was left to hold the soil to the mountain, a huge part of the hill had slid into the town of Stafford, wiping out many homes. Over the course of what turned into an historic civil action, Hill endured El Nino storms, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards, and the tremendous sorrow brought about by an old-growth forest's destruction. This story--written while she lived on a tiny platform eighteen stories off the ground-- is one that only she can tell. Twenty-five-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill never planned to become what some have called her- -the Rosa Parks of the environmental movement. Shenever expected to be honored as one of Good Housekeeping's "Most Admired Women of 1998" and George magazine's "20 Most Interesting Women in Politics," to be featured in People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of the Year" issue, or to receive hundreds of letters weekly from young people around the world. Indeed, when she first climbed into Luna, she had no way of knowing the harrowing weather ….. TWU Main Library SD129.H53 A3 2000 UNT SCI/TECH LIBRARY SD129.H53 A3 2000 DPL Fowler Popular Books - Nonfiction 333.75 HIL DPL North Popular Books - Nonfiction 333.75 HIL Review: Amicus Journal v. 22 no. 2 (Summ 2000). P. 39 Naar, John Review: Choice v. 38 no. 5 (Jan. 2001). Hollenhorst, S. 1 Review: Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) v. 92 no. 133 (June 1 2000). Slambrouck, Paul Van [with excerpt] Review: Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2000 pp. 227, 228. Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 6 (Apr. 1 2000), pg. 126, 1 pgs. Moeckel, Nancy J. [with excerpt] Review: Los Angeles Times Mar 26, 2000 Review: Los Angeles Times Jul 02, 2000 Geoffrey OBrien Review: Peacework 29, no. 327 (Jul, 2002): 10-11 Jamie Lederer UNT Willis Lower Level Periodical JX Review: Publishers Weekly v. 247 no. 10 (March 6 2000) p. 27, Review: Publishers Weekly, March 13, 2000 p. 73. Review: San Francisco Chronicle Apr 02, 2000 Tom Turner Review: School Library Journal, Aug 2003, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p. 118, 1/9 p, 1c. Kathy Piehl. Review: Toronto Globe & Mail Apr 01, 2000 Elizabeth Nickson Review: Whole Earth, Spring 2001, Issue 104, p. 15, 1 p, 2 bw. Review: Women & Environments International Magazine no. 52/53 (Fall 2001), p. 45. Vanderford, Audrey.

One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions That Change Our World. Authored with Jessica Hurley. 2002, San Francisco: HarperCollins. 208 pages. ISBN: 978-0-06-251756-2 Abstract: The bestselling author of The Legacy of Luna shows how we all can help improve our environment. After her record-breaking two year tree sit, Julia Butterfly Hill has ceaselessly continued her efforts to promote sustainability and ecologically-minded ways to save the old-growth redwoods she acted so valiantly to protect. Here she provides her many young fans with what they yearn for most -- her advice on how to promote change and improve the health of the planet, distilled into an essential handbook. This book will be accessible to school-aged children, while accommodating the audience of parents and teachers who look to Julia as an example of how one person can "change the world." Packed with a variety of charts, diagrams, and interesting factoids, the book will be broken down into a series of steps and easy-to-follow lessons. It will be written broadly so as to accommodate all kinds of activism, though its core focus will be on environmental issues. Reviews: Booklist, 4/1/2002, Vol. 98 Issue 15, p. 1286. Carol Haggas. Reviews: Library Journal March 15, 2002, Vol.127, Iss. 5; pg. 105, 1 pgs. Nancy Moeckel Reviews: USA Today Apr 08, 2002 Whitney Matheson. Review: Whole Earth, spring, 2001 p. 15; spring, 2002 p. 88 Cherine Badawi

Lyons, Dana. The Tree. 2002, Bellevue, WA : Illumination Arts Pub., Contributor: David Danioth (Illustrator); Julia Butterfly Hill (Foreword by); Pete Seeger (Foreword by). Pages: 32 Abstract: This powerful song of an ancient Douglas fir celebrates the age-old cycle of life in the Pacific Rain Forest, revealing the interconnectedness of all things. From the gentle whisper of owls' wings to the haunting echo of a lone wolf's cry, each scene resonates with the beauty and sacredness of nature. But when bulldozers invade the forest, the tree senses its impending destruction and asks, Who will house the owl? And who will hold that river's shore? And who will take refuge in my shadow, if my shadow falls no more? A stunningly illustrated book, The Tree sounds an urgent call to preserve our fragile environment, reminding each of us that hope for a brighter future lies in our own hands. Review: School Library Journal, Oct2002, Vol. 48 Issue 10, p118, 2p

JOURNAL/NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Hill, Julia. On My Mind: Why I've Live in a Tree for Two Years; Julia Hill on life without running water, dates, and the ground beneath her feet. Cosmopolitan. 227, no. 6, (December 01, 1999): 68. TWU Full Text MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level): 01/01/1996 to present MasterFILE Premier: 01/01/1996 to present UNT Full Text MAS Ultra - School Edition: 01/01/1996 to present MasterFILE Premier: 01/01/1996 to present ProQuest Research Library: 10/01/1996 to present

Hill, Julia Butterfly. `There Is No Average Day When You Live In a Tree.' New York Times Magazine, 12/12/99, Vol. 149 Issue 51734, p128, 1p, 1c; Abstract: Profiles Julia Butterfly Hill, an environmentalist who has spent two years living in a redwood tree in Northern California. How Hill decided to start living in a tree; Arrangement of her living space into two platforms; Hill's endurance during a severe storm. TWU Full Text Business & Company Resource Center: 07/01/1995 to present InfoTrac Newspapers: 07/01/1995 to present UNT Full Text Access World News: 01/02/2000 to present InfoTrac Custom Newspapers: 07/01/1995 to present ProQuest Research Library: 01/05/1997 to present 2 Hill, Julia. Why I've Lived in a Tree for Two Years. Cosmopolitan, Dec99, Vol. 227 Issue 6, p68, 1p, 1bw; Abstract: Relates the story of environmental activist Julia Hill who lived in a tree for two years. TWU Full Text MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level): 01/01/1996 to present MasterFILE Premier: 01/01/1996 to present UNT Full Text MAS Ultra - School Edition: 01/01/1996 to present MasterFILE Premier: 01/01/1996 to present ProQuest Research Library: 10/01/1996 to present

ARTICLES AND BOOKS ABOUT JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL

All About . . . The Lady in the Tree. World Almanac for Kids, 2002, p77, 1/2p; Abstract: On December 10, 1997, Julia 'Butterfly' Hill climbed 180 feet up a 1,000-year-old redwood tree in northern California. She called the tree Luna. Julia stayed in the tree for two years to bring attention to America's ancient redwood forests. Many environmentalists believe these trees are being cut down by logging companies faster than new ones can grow. Julia finally climbed down after a big logging company, the Maxxan Corporation, promised to leave Luna and the three acres of surrounding forest alone. TWU Children's Collection - Juvenile Reference AG5 .W67 1995 TWU Full Text MasterFILE Premier Primary Search UNT Full Text Full text available from MasterFILE Premier Full text available from Primary Search

American Environmental Leaders. From colonial times to the present. Two volumes. By Anne Becher. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Biography contains portrait. UNT Willis 1FL Gen Reference GE55 .B43 2000 v.1-2

Awehali, Brian. Interview with Julia Butterfly Hill. Tikkun, Mar/Apr2005, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p29-31, 3p, 1bw; Abstract: Interviews Julia Butterfly Hill, author and founder of nonprofit organization Circle of Life, regarding activism. Importance of unifying spirituality and political activism; Way to reach people in faith-based and spiritual communities; Relationship between an inward-turning spirituality and an outward-pointing activism. TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier Literature Resource Center LexisNexis Academic (selected Full Text only) Religion & Philosophy Collection UNT Full Text Academic Search Premier ProQuest Research Library Literature Resource Center Religion & Philosophy Collection

Bried, Erin. Tree-Saver. Glamour, May2000, Vol. 98 Issue 5, p180, 2/3p, 1c; Abstract: Interviews environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill, who climbed a 1,000-year-old tree to block the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting the tree. What inspired her to climb the tree; Description of her typical day; Suggestions on how to save trees; Brief information on her book `The Legacy of Luna.' TWU Womans Collection - Journals - 2nd Floor MFICHE UNT Willis Lower Level

Brief history of the womanly art of eco-activism. Herizons. Winnipeg: Spring 2001.Vol.14, Iss. 4; pg. 24, 2 pages. Abstract PETRA KELLY One of the founders of Germany's Green Party; JULIA HILL A protestor with Earth First!; ROSALIE BERTELL World expert on environmental epidemiology. JULIA HILL A protestor with Earth First! in 1997, Hill limbed a 1000-year-old redwood tree in California. Two years later, after living the equivalent of 18 stories in the air, Hill drew international attention to the issue of clear-cutting, in particular the practices of Pacific Lumber. Celebrities from around the world visited. Bonnie Rait and Joan Baez held a benefit concert. Rolling Stone dubbed her "the Joan of Arc of the redwoods." Last year, following her descent from 'LUNA' as the tree was dubbed, the Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corporation agreed to permanently protect the tree and a 200-ft. radius buffer zone from logging. TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier Gender Watch MasterFILE Premier UNT Full Text Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier MAS Ultra - School Edition Canfield, Jack; Hendricks, Gay; Kline, Carol. You've got to read this book!: 55 people tell the story of the book that changed their life. 2006, New York: Collins, 286 p. Contents: Includes many people, including a chapter by Gary Erickson: The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods / Julia Hill. Denton Public Library Fowler Adult Nonfiction 028.8 YOU

3 Cutting Luna. New York Times, Dec 9, 2000 pA20(N) A22(L) col1 (10 col in) Abstract: Vandalism of 300-foot, 1,300-year-old redwood in Northern California. TWU Main Library - Reference MFILM TWU Full Text InfoTrac Newspapers LexisNexis UNT Microfilm Willis LL Microforms UNT Full Text Access World News InfoTrac Custom Newspapers America's Newspapers LexisNexis Academic

Deitch, Rohrer, Trish. Out on a limb. Elle, Mar2000, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p260, 7p, 5c; Abstract: Features environmental activist, Julia Butterfly Hill. Decision to live on top of an ancient redwood tree in California; Efforts to save the tree from the chain saw of tree company, Pacific Lumber Co.; Part of an action started by the radical environmental group Earth First!; Pacific Lumber's efforts to scare her out of the tree.

Detweiler, Rachelle. The Butterfly Has Landed. Animals' Agenda, Mar/Apr2000, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p12, 2p, 2bw; Abstract: Reports that tree-sitter Julia `Butterfly' Hill has climbed down a thousand year old redwood tree in which she lived for two years as a protest to logging of old-growth protests. Settlement between Hill and Pacific Lumber Company in a forest preservation dispute; Plans of the company for its harvesting system; Damages caused by the logging activities of the company to residents surrounding Pacific Lumber property. TWU Main Library - Journals - 3rd Floor UNT Willis Lower Level UNT Full Text ProQuest Research Library

Down a Tree. Contact Kids, Apr2000 Issue 206, p4, 1/5p, 2c; Abstract: Reports that activist Julia Hill came down in December 1999 after two years of sitting in a tree to protest logging in Northern California. How Hill slept at the tree; How she took baths; Her means of communication to the outside world. Denton Public Library North Youth Magazines

Emanoil, Pamela. The Hardest Part: Other Titles: Interview with J. B. Hill, C. Pirello and J. Pizzorno. Delicious Living v. 22 no. 3 (March 2006) p. 36-8, 40. Abstract: The article presents interviews with natural lifestyle experts Joseph Pizzorno, Christina Pirello, and Julia Butterfly Hill on how they struggle with less-than-ideal habits. Hill believes that whenever challenges come in, she treats it as an opportunity to be a better person. Pirello stresses that balancing one's life could sometimes overcome one's challenges. Finally, Pizzorno emphasizes that stress is a challenge for him to maintain physically active. TWU Full Text Business Source Complete UNT Full Text Business Source Complete

Fortgang, Erika. The girl in the tree. Rolling Stone, 07/08/99-07/22/99 Issue 816/817, p66, 2p, 1c; Abstract: Features former model Julia Butterfly Hill and her efforts to save redwood trees in Humboldt County, California. Residence in a treehouse for more than one year; Opposition to destruction of old-growth forests by Pacific Lumber; Media coverage of Hill's protest; Pacific Lumber's efforts to oust Hill; Maxxam Corp. as parent company of Pacific Lumber. TWU Main Library - Reserve (Circulation Desk) 1978- TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level) Vocational & Career Collection UNT Willis LL Microforms 1967-current Microfilm UNT Full Text Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier MAS Ultra - School Edition Vocational & Career Collection Denton Public Library North Adult Reference

Gold, Todd. Julia Butterfly Hill. US Weekly, 04/10/2000 Issue 269, p23, 1p, 1c; Abstract: Features environmentalist and author Julia Butterfly Hill. Career background of Hill; Written works of Hill; Tree living experience of Hill. UNT Full Text ProQuest Research Library

Hill, Julia. {Biography} Current Biography Yearbook. 2000 edition. New York: H. W. Wilson, 2000. Pages: 293-6. UNT Willis 1FL Gen Reference:1955-current Denton Public Library North Adult Reference R 920.03 CUR 2000

4 Hornblower, Margot. Five months at 180 ft. Time, 05/11/98, Vol. 151 Issue 18, p4, 1p, 1c; Abstract: Focuses on the efforts of an environmental activist, Julia Hill, who is attempting to protect trees in a California forest. Damages caused by the Pacific Lumber Co., that was clear-cutting in the area; Hill's multi-day tree-sit, and involvement with the group Earth First; News coverage of Hill's tree-sitting. Julia Hill is a 24-year-old ecowarrior who goes by the nom de guerre Butterfly, and she now holds the US record for the longest, highest tree-sit. Hill has camped out on a 180-ft-high plywood platform high over the winding Eel River in Stafford CA, where she has been camped out since Dec 10. TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier Middle Search Plus Book Review Digest Plus MAS Ultra: School Edition Business & Company Resource Center Military & Government Collection Business Source Complete Nursing Journals (Proquest Nursing Journals) MasterFILE Premier UNT Full Text ABI/INFORM Global Middle Search Plus Academic Search Premier Military & Government Collection Business Source Complete ProQuest Research Library MAS Ultra - School Edition Vocational & Career Collection MasterFILE Premier UNT Willis Library v.125(1985:Jan)-current UNT Microfiche Willis LL Microforms v.95(1970)-v.166(2005-2006) Denton Public Library North Adult Reference R Microfiche 1998

Linnett, Richard. Adages. Advertising Age, 10/28/2002, Vol. 73 Issue 43, p48-48, 2/3p, 4c; Abstract: The article focuses on issues related to the advertising industry in the United States as of October 28, 2002. A lawsuit was filed by Julia Butterfly Hill, the woman who lived in the branches of a California redwood for two years, against advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day for using her character in an advertising campaign. An advertising campaign was launched for the New Jersey Devils hockey team. TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier LexisNexis Business & Company Resource Center MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level) Business Source Complete MasterFILE Premier UNT Full Text ABI/INFORM Global MAS Ultra - School Edition Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier Business Source Complete ProQuest Research Library Communication & Mass Media Complete Vocational & Career Collection LexisNexis Academic

Martin, Sam. Talking to the trees: an interview with Julia "Butterfly" Hill. Mother Earth News no. 184 (February/March 2001) p. 16-18, 101, 107, TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level) Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) UNT Williw Lower Level Periodical AP UNT Full Text Academic Search Premier Middle Search Plus MAS Ultra - School Edition ProQuest Research Library MasterFILE Premier Denton Public Library North Adult Reference Periodicals

McCann, Sharon. Root Cause. Ms., Apr/May2000, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p36, 4p, 2c; Abstract: Focuses on the success of the tree-conservation efforts of environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill in California. Settlement with the Pacific Lumber Co.; Accounts on living atop a tree named Luna; Impact on the spiritual life of Hill. TWU Main Library - Journals - 3rd Floor Keep paper copies for six months until microfiche is received. TWU Womans Collection - Reference MFICHE UNT Full Text ProQuest Research Library UNT Willis Library Lower LevelPeriodical HQ Denton Public Library North Adult Reference R Microfiche

Q&A. Time for Kids, 04/21/2000, Vol. 5 Issue 24, p8, 1/2p; Abstract: Shares the story of environmentalist and author Julia Hill about her fight to save the redwoods. TWU Full Text MasterFILE Premier Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search UNT Full Text MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search MasterFILE Premier ProQuest Research Library Middle Search Plus 5 Rayne, Blake. Sufficient Grounds. Artforum International, Oct2006, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p226-231, 6p; Abstract: This article discusses the popular culture and recognizable motifs depicted in the artwork of female artist Blake Rayne. The article presents photographs of several untitled oil on canvas paintings by Rayne. Other individuals discussed in the article include activists Julia Butterfly Hill and dual activist and accomplished musician Joan Baez. The article also discusses modern art in photography and Rosalind Kraus, a professor of art history, discusses her views on the world of contemporary abstract art. TWU Location: Main Library - Journals - 3rd Floor UNT Full Text ProQuest Research Library

Redwood Rescue. Time for Kids, 12/08/2000, Vol. 6 Issue 11, p2, 3/4p, 2c; Abstract: Focuses on the commitment of environmentalist Julia Hill in saving the redwood tree in Northern California she named Luna. TWU Full Text MasterFILE Premier Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search UNT Full Text ProQuest Research Library Middle Search Plus MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search MasterFILE Premier

Rescuing the Redwoods. Time for Kids, 03/12/99, Vol. 4 Issue 20, p3, 1/3p, 1c; Abstract: Focuses on the protest of Julia Hill, an environmentalist, on the logging of redwood trees in the California forest where she lives. Comments from US President Bill Clinton on the redwoods. TWU Full Text MasterFILE Premier Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search UNT Full Text MAS Ultra - School Edition Primary Search MasterFILE Premier ProQuest Research Library Middle Search Plus

Rohrer, Trish Deitch. Out on a Limb: Why would anyone in their right mind sit up in a tree for two years? Meet Julia Butterfly Hill, perhaps the last American heroine. Elle. 15, no. 7, (March 01, 2000): 260.

Schickel, Katie. The Butterfly Has Landed. Outside, Mar2000, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p36, 3/4p, 1c; Abstract: Deals with the protests of former barmaid Julia Hill against the plan of the Pacific Lumber Co. to convert the redwood called Luna into a patio furniture. Estimated value of the planned patio furniture; Agreement between Hill and the Pacific Lumber; Information on the book `The Legacy of Luna,' by Hill.;

Schoefer-Wulf, Maxine; Schoefer-Wulf, Ella; Dvorak, Lazhi; Francis, Chandrika. Bird's-Eye View. New Moon Network, Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 8 Issue 1, Special Section p34, 2p, 2bw; Abstract: Interviews Julia Butterfly Hill, an environmental activist and author of the book `The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods.'; TWU Full Text Education Research Complete MasterFILE Premier Gender Watch Professional Development Collection UNT Full Text MasterFILE Premier

She Went out on a Limb. Time Europe, Apr/May2000 Special Edition, Vol. 155 Issue 16A, p87, 2p, 1c; Abstract: Presents an interview with Julia Hill who spent 738 days living in a giant redwood tree to protest the destruction of ancient forests by loggers. How she felt when she came out of the tree after more than two years; How she was able to survive so long in the tree; Advice she has for kids who want to make a difference. TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection MasterFILE Premier UNT Full Text Academic Search Premier Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection MasterFILE Premier

Tree house. Contact Kids, Oct98 Issue 191, p2, 1/2p, 1c; Abstract: Reports on the efforts of Julia Hill to save a redwood tree in California's Headwaters Forest named Luna. Inconveniences of living in a tree; Record for tree-sit broken by Hill. Denton Public Library North Youth Magazines

6 To the Top - Outraged that a lumber company planned to cut down giant redwood trees, Julia Hill went out on a limb--180 feet up--and she's still there. People weekly. (April 06, 1998): 128 (2 pages). TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier LexisNexis Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level) UNT Full Text Access World News LexisNexis Academic InfoTrac Custom Newspapers Denton Public Library North Adult Reference

To the Top - Outraged that a lumber company planned to cut down giant redwood trees, Julia Hill went out on a limb--180 feet up--and she's still there. People weekly. (April 06, 1998): 128 (2 pages). TWU Full Text Academic Search Premier LexisNexis MAS Ultra: School Edition (High School Level) MasterFILE Premier Middle Search Plus (Middle/Junior High School Level) UNT Full Text InfoTrac Custom Newspapers LexisNexis Academic Denton Public Library North Adult Reference

Wagner, Todd; Gutierrez, Shirley; Phelan-Johnson, Holiday; Orth-Pallavicini, Terri. Last stand: ancient redwoods and the bottom line. 2000: Berkeley, CA :; University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1 videocassette (57 min.); sd., col.; 1/2 in. Abstract: Explores the dramatic history of the 15-year battle to save the ancient coastal redwoods of the Headwaters Forest, examining the interrelated questions of global economics and bio-diversity, of private property rights and the public good, of species extinction and resource management. Includes commentary by David Brower, Fritjof Capra, David Harris, Daryll Cherney, and Julia Butterfly Hill.

What's up. Teen Magazine, Jul98, Vol. 42 Issue 7, p84, 2/3p, 1c; Abstract: Looks at the efforts of Julia Hill, a member of the Northwest Earth First activist group, to save a 1,000-year-old redwood tree from being chopped for wood, in Stafford, California. Financial worth of the tree; Comments from Hill; Length of time Hill has lived in the tree.

Wockner, Gary. Get on the Bus. Orion v. 23 no. 1 (January/February 2004) p. 64-9 UNT SCI/TECH LIBRARY SCI/TECH BASEMENT UNT Full Text ABI/INFORM Global LexisNexis Academic

Woman Strikes Deal With Lumber Company to Leave Redwood Home. New York Times, 12/19/99, Vol. 149 Issue 51741, p39, 0p, 1bw; Abstract: States that Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in the towering tree she called Luna, has reached an agreement with the Pacific Lumber Company and promised to climb down from her perch. Remarks from Hill on the matter; What the agreement includes; Details on the tree. TWU Main Library - Reference MFILM TWU Full Text InfoTrac Newspapers LexisNexis UNT Microfilm Willis LL Microforms UNT Full Text InfoTrac Custom Newspapers LexisNexis Academic

Ziemian, Joelle. For the Love of Trees. Appleseeds, Oct2003, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p10-11, 2p, 4c; Abstract: Some of California's redwoods are more than 2,000 years old. Tall, leafy canopies shadow the still, soft forest floor. Today, almost all redwood forests are protected. But in a few places, during logging season, giant trees are cut down. In 1997, Julia Hill decided to do something about destroyed forests. With a sleeping bag on her back, she climbed 180 feet up a redwood tree people called Luna. She promised she wouldn't touch the ground until the lumber company stopped cutting the trees down. The lumber company tried to scare Julia down. Supporters brought Julia food and clean clothes. With mountaintops and the Pacific Ocean in the distance, Julia spent hours talking on her cell phone. Finally, in 1999, the lumber company gave up. The owners agreed to preserve Luna and three acres of trees.

7 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

From the publisher’s site HarperCollins: Julia Butterfly Hill, twenty-six, is a writer, a poet, and an activist. She helped found the Circle of Life Foundation to promote the sustainability, restoration, and preservation of life. The foundation is sponsored by the nonprofit Trees Foundation, which works toward the conservation and preservation of forest ecosystems. Hill has been the recipient of many honors and awards, and is a frequent speaker for environmental conferences around the world.

From Contemporary Authors: Julia Butterfly Hill Nationality: American Birth Date: February 18, 1974 Place of Birth: Mt. Vernon, Missouri, United States; raised in Arkansas; daughter of an evangelical minister. Addresses: Office: Circle of Life Foundation, P.O. Box 3764, Oakland, CA 94609. Career: Environmental activist. Founder of the Circle of Life Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

Beginning on December 10, 1997, Julia "Butterfly" Hill lived in the canopy of an ancient redwood tree for 738 days. The platform upon which she sat was approximately six by eight feet and nearly 200 feet above the ground. Hill kept her vigil to save the tree and the Headwaters Forest that stretches 400 miles from southern Oregon to the Big Sur coast, south of Monterey Bay, California.

After Julia Hill recovering from an automobile accident that nearly ended her young life, she decided to travel. Her plan was to search for enlightenment in Asia, but when she reached the West Coast, she discovered her cause. Wrapping up her affairs in Arkansas, she returned to join a group of young activists from Earth First! who were attempting to save the great redwoods of northern California. When she arrived in November, just as the cold rains were beginning to fall, she was told that the camp was closing and she was not needed. A few days later, a call went out for people to sit in a 200- foot redwood the activists had named Luna, and Hill volunteered.

After learning to climb using rock-climbing gear, Hill spent one week in Luna, then came down to clean up. She was recovering from a two-week illness when word came that loggers would soon be cutting in the area. When she went back up, Hill thought she might be in the tree for as long as a month, but the time stretched on. Her tree-sit gained attention when she exceeded the previous record of forty-two straight days, and by the time she had been there for one hundred days, the world knew that Hill was not merely sitting in the tree; she was living there to protect Luna and its forest from destruction.

While in Luna, Hill was visited by other environmentalists, including celebrities like actor Woody Harrelson, singers Joan Baez and Bonnie Raitt, and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, and she spoke to politicians and others on her cell phone. The media made camp at the base of the tree to document Hill's progress.

Hill cooked, ate, slept, and wrote poetry and journal entries. She wore layers of clothing in cold and wet weather and exercised by doing sit-ups and push-ups when she was not climbing. She read and listened to a hand-cranked radio. Hill suffered the smoke of burning napalm, a ten-day siege by company security, helicopter attacks, verbal abuse by critics and loggers, rain, frostbite, and loneliness. During one two-and-a-half-week period, she endured storms that never let up, and on the worst night, tornadoes came in off the ocean to wreak havoc in the forest.

When Hill was six months into her vigil, Nicholas Wilson wrote in an article for the Albion Monitor Online that Luna "grows on land now owned by Pacific Lumber Company, in turn owned by Texas corporate raider Charles Hurwitz and his Maxxam Corporation. Since the 1985 hostile takeover financed by a dubious junk bond deal, Pacific Lumber has nearly tripled the rate of cut on its 200,000 acres, including the 60,000-acre Headwaters Forest, the largest remaining unprotected old-growth redwood forest left on earth." Wilson noted that irresponsible logging caused the "Stafford slide" on January 1, 1997, an avalanche of mud, stumps, and debris that slid down the mountain, breaking off trees and destroying the tiny community at its base.

Hill came down on December 18, 1999 after striking a deal with Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corporation. When she touched ground, she fell down to weep among the roots of the giant tree. On that day, she said, "I understand to some people, I'm just a dirty, tree-hugging hippie. But I can't imagine being able to take a chain saw to something like this."

The company agreed to spare Luna and create a three-mile buffer zone for the sum of fifty thousand dollars, which had been collected through donations, the sale of T-shirts, and book royalties. The money was given to Humboldt State University for forest research.

8 Sadly, a year later, Luna was cut nearly halfway through with a chainsaw by persons unknown. Hill's devotion to the symbolic tree had inspired others, however, including employees of Pacific Lumber who fabricated steel braces to stabilize the tree. The rescue of Luna brought together arborists and foresters from around the world who have worked together to ensure that Luna continues to live. Cables were connected to Luna and attached to nearby trees that act as anchors and support.

Hill founded the Circle of Life Foundation in 1999, "to inspire, support, and network individuals, organizations, and communities, so together we can create environmental and social solutions that are rooted deeply in love and respect for the interconnectedness of all life." While living in Luna, she also began her memoir, The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods.

Hill tells of her time in Luna, how she developed cracks in her skin and muscle on the outsides of her feet from gripping branches as she climbed about in the tree. Her fingers became stained the color of Luna's bark, and bits of tree bark were ground beneath Hill's fingernails. A Whole Earth reviewer called the book "poignant, sad, [and] invigorating."

Jon Naar reviewed the book in the Amicus Journal, saying that Hill's actions make clear "the urgent need to protect forests and other ecosystems by every means possible, including nonviolent direct action where necessary." Naar called The Legacy of Luna "a timely and important contribution to the glorious history of civil disobedience." Paul Van Slambrouck wrote in the Christian Science Monitor Online that "readers unconvinced that trespassing on private property is the right way to fight logging probably won't be changed by Hill's story, though the Pacific Lumber Company, which had its chainsaws aimed at Luna, hardly looks like a responsible community member as depicted here. But as an unexpected and unplanned journey from point A to point B, Hill's story is compelling and has the ring of truth." A Kirkus Reviews critic called the memoir "a charged first-person account," adding that "it is not necessary to be an environmental activist to find this a compelling portrait of a young woman of remarkable fortitude and dedication."

Hill's story was made into a documentary film by Doug Wolens. Butterfly was shown at film festivals around the country and, in a slightly different version, for the Public Broadcasting Service's P.O.V. program. Wolens interviewed Hill over the two years and spent six nights with her in Luna.

Hill wrote her second book, One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions That Change Our World, in response to the many fans and admirers who asked her what they can do. Hill uses anecdotes and tips in showing how one person can make a difference and covers topics that include air pollution, waste reduction, environmental justice, land use, and recycling. She notes that recycling one aluminum can saves the energy it takes to power a television for three hours and advocates the purchase of energy-efficient appliances and locally grown produce. She also provides a crash course in nonviolent protesting and other forms of political action. Library Journal critic Nancy Moeckel noted that, although Hill has no formal environmental training, she "has earned the right to her title."

Hill's activism has extended beyond the borders of the United States. On July 16, 2002, she was arrested and jailed in Equador with seven other demonstrators outside the offices of United States oil company Occidental Petroleum for protesting a proposed oil pipeline that would penetrate a virgin forest teeming with rare birds. The activist also joined with other environmentalists through her Circle of Life Foundation for the "We the Planet" symposium held in Rapid City, South Dakota on September 17 and 18, 2003. Speakers included Honor the Earth founder and former Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona La Duke and filmmaker Toby McLeod. They joined the members of the Defenders of the Black Hills and the National Forest Protection Alliance to oppose plans to build a shooting range near Bear Butte, a sacred land to many Plains tribes, and to open up the Black Hills to logging. Hill continues to lend her time, voice, and spirit to environmental causes in the United States and around the world.

From: Cutting Luna. New York Times, Dec 9, 2000 pA20(N) pA22(L) col 1 (10 col in) Sometime late last month, someone with a chain saw hiked into a small private redwood preserve in Northern California and made a 19-foot gash in the tree that the conservationist Julia Hill, known as Butterfly, had lived in for two years. It is a 300-foot, 1,300-year-old redwood that Ms. Hill calls Luna. The wound is not likely to kill the tree, but arborists have bridged the cut with metal tensioning rods mounted in heavy steel brackets to keep Luna from being felled by high winds.

This is the sometimes inherent cruelty of symbolic politics. Ms. Hill descended from the redwood last year after working out an agreement with the Pacific Lumber Company to protect Luna in perpetuity and create a three-acre buffer zone around it. But a tree protected in perpetuity -- by a commitment on the part of the logging company and by the will of a woman who has become an emblem of anti-logging activism -- made Luna too inviting a target to stand undamaged. Given the tensions in the forest recesses of Humboldt County, where loggers and environmentalists have been at war for decades, a lone tree, especially one that is an emblem of environmentalism, cannot be protected by covenants, only by perpetual guard. The same is true of the remaining groves themselves. 9

Ms. Hill's two years of tree-sitting personalized the tree and made it a celebrity, but it takes no personalizing for the destruction of old-growth redwoods to seem indecent. Their great age, their great mass, the fragility of their habitat, the declivity of the soils they anchor, the biological delicacy of the streams they overshadow -- all these things make their cutting indecent. The tendency is to sacralize the few remaining stands of old-growth redwoods, to think of them as cathedrals. In fact, the oldest of them are older than the great cathedrals of Europe. The person who took a chain saw to Luna made it all the easier to picture the desecration inherent in cutting 1,000-year-old trees for our short-lived, shortsighted uses.

In 1999 Maxxam Inc., the Houston holding company that owns Pacific Lumber, sold the state and federal governments 10,000 acres of old-growth redwood for $480 million in what was called the Headwaters deal, a land swap that required Pacific to log under tighter environmental restrictions. Unfortunately, the Headwaters deal left about 16 percent of the old- growth stands in Pacific's possession unprotected. Even now local residents and environmentalists are trying to stymie loggers who are cutting old-growth Douglas Fir. But it would probably take a townful of tree-sitters to keep them from being cut down.

Web Sites: Activism is Patriotism (A campaign of Circle of Life) http://activismispatriotism.org Activism is Patriotism (article about Hill by Julia Scott) http://www.collagefoundation.org/people/people-butterfly.html Activist announces “the single largest war tax resistance in US history” http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=15Oct03 Ask Julia http://www.circleoflife.zooleo.com/ Big Picture TV – 5 free video clips of Julia Butterfly Hill, each about 3-5 minutes, April 2005 http://www.big-picture.tv/index.php?id=56&cat=&a=126 Butterfly (documentary film), Public Broadcasting Service, 2000 http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2000/butterfly/ Circle of Life http://www.circleoflife.org/ "Dancing in the Treetop" Albion Monitor Online, (July 1, 1998), Nicholas Wilson. http://www.albionmonitor.com/9807a/butterflyprofile.html Hill is the author of the book The Legacy of Luna and co-author of One Makes the Difference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill "I Feel So Blessed to Be Here." Albion Monitor Online, (July 1, 1998), Nicholas Wilson. http://www.albionmonitor.com/9807a/butterflyinterview.html Julia’s Tree is Cut http://forestry.about.com/library/weekly/aa120300.htm My Hero.com http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=j_hill Out of her tree: Julia Butterfly Hill sat in a giant redwood for two years, then kicked the big boys' butts. Now her book's a bestseller and she's talking about a movie deal by Stephen Lemons. http://dir.salon.com/story/people/feature/2000/06/01/butterflyhill/index.html Pacific Lumber Company http://www.palco.com/ PBS TeachSource: Sciences: Earth http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/science_tech/lk_earth.shtm Thoughts from Julia http://www.circleoflife.org/weblog/julia_blog/index.html Tree-Sitter Recounts Life In the Clouds http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/20/MN52491.DTL Wikipedia article on Julia Butterfly Hill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill