A true pioneer and as Nassim Taleb would say optiotnality and another definition that eludes me as I’m typing this note up now. None the less she spent two years from 1997 to 1999 living in a Redwood tree in Humboldt County California.
As an environmental activist who stayed up there during a seige of 40 mph winds, freezing rain, and loggers who were not so happy with her tree sit in. She ended up coming down as they agreed to not tear down any trees within 200 feet(or maybe it was yards) of “Luna” that was the trees name.
After this sit in she gained a lot of notriety and thus the ordeal of living in a tree for two years gave her greater purpose and a role as an activist for the environment. She was even mentioned in Athony Keideses Can’t Stop where the Red Hot Chili Peppers singer says J Hill sitting in the tree top.
High risk has high rewards and a tree sit in was the case for Julia Butterfly Hill (she got the name from a butterfly that stayed on her hand during an entire hike).
Today we haven’t heard from from Hill with all the doom and gloom surrounding global warming. I wonder why that is and where she is in the fight to save mother nature?
For more information on Julia you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill
Thank you and have a happy 2022.
-Richart Ruddie