Julia Butterfly Hill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Julia Butterfly Hill
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1974(1974-02-18)
Age	50
Birthplace	Mount Vernon
Country	United States
Birth City	Missouri
Horoscope	Aquarius

Julia Butterfly Hill Biography

Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on February 18, 1974 in Mount Vernon, Missouri, United States. Environmental activist known for her pro-environmental and anti-tax activities. She spent more than one year under a massive redwood tree. She also wrote books such as The Legacy of Luna and One Makes the Difference.

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Hill was born in February 18, 1974 in the United States. She grew up in a small town in Arkansas and was homeschooled by her parents. She became interested in environmentalism at a young age and joined the Earth First! movement in her twenties. In 1997, she climbed a Redwood tree in Humboldt County, California to protest against logging. She lived in the tree, which she named Luna, for 738 days. Her actions helped save the tree and brought attention to the issue of deforestation.

After she descended from Luna, Hill wrote a book about her experience called The Legacy of Luna. She has also worked on environmental campaigns to protect old-growth forests and to stop the use of pesticides. In recent years, she has focused on climate change activism.

Her two brothers and she have lived in various locations; their father was a travelling minister.

Julia Butterfly Hill Net Worth

Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Julia Butterfly Hill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of a young woman she had to be involved in a fatal automobile accident, which required her to learn to walk and talk.

When she hid in the tree for a while to protest against Pacific Lumber Company’s practices, she became a motivational spokesman as well as co-founder of the Circle of Life Foundation.

Julia Butterfly Hill is an American environmental activist and author. She is best known for having lived in a California Redwood tree for 738 days from December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999. Her actions helped save the tree, which was threatened by logging.

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Vandals later cut the tree with a chainsaw. A gash in the 200-foot (61 m)-tall redwood was discovered in November 2000 by one of Hill’s supporters. Observers at the scene said the cut measured 32 inches (810 mm) deep and 19 feet (5.8 m) around the base, somewhat less than half the circumference of the tree. The gash was treated with a herbal remedy, and the tree was stabilized with steel cables. As of spring 2007, the tree was doing well with new growth each year. Caretakers routinely climb the tree to check its condition and to maintain the steel guywires.

Facts & Trivia

Julia Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Julia Butterfly Hill celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.

In 2003, Hill became a proponent of tax redirection, resisting payment of about $150,000 in federal taxes, donating that money to after-school programs, arts and cultural programs, community gardens, programs for Native Americans, alternatives to incarceration, and environmental protection programs. She said:

Top Facts about Julia Butterfly Hill

1. Julia Butterfly Hill is an American environmental activist born in 1974.
2. She lived in a redwood tree for 738 days to protest logging.
3. The tree she lived in was named “Luna.”
4. Her protest led to the preservation of Luna and surrounding trees.
5. Hill co-founded the Circle of Life Foundation to promote sustainability.
6. She has authored several books on environmentalism and activism.
7. Hill has received numerous awards for her activism, including the International Earth Day Award.
8. She is a sought-after speaker on topics related to sustainability and social justice.
9. Hill continues to advocate for environmental protection and conservation efforts worldwide.
10. Her story inspired the documentary film “Luna: Spirit of the Whale.”

How did Julia Butterfly Hill impact the world?

Julia Butterfly Hill, byname of Julia Lorraine Hill, (born February 18, 1974, Mount Vernon, Missouri, U.S.), American activist known for having lived in a tree for 738 days in an act of civil disobedience to prevent clear-cutting of ecologically significant forests.

How old was Julia Butterfly Hill when she lived in a tree?

Julia Butterfly Hill had ascended the giant redwood as a 23 year old who agreed to participate in a ‘tree sit’ action while attending an environmentally inspired festival.

Is Luna the tree still alive?

On Thanksgiving weekend it was discovered that a critical cut had been made into Luna by a large chainsaw. The perpetrator made one deep and precise cut that went through a significant portion of the tree. While the tree is still alive and standing , Luna is extremelyvulnerable to a windstorm.

What is Julia Butterfly Hill doing now?

For the past year, Hill, 43, has been living quietly in the Sierra Nevada foothills , where she’s trying to regroup and reorder her life for the second time since the year before she climbed into “Luna,” the roughly 1,500 -year-old Humboldt County redwood that is now part of a small forest preserve set aside under a deal …

Who cut the Luna tree?

Julia Butterfly Hill
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