San Francisco, CA, USA. Julia Butterfly, 24, has GONE OUT ON A LIMB for her beliefs. She has SPENT TWO YEARS living in a giant redwood tree in Northern California, 180 feet above the ground. “I’m trying to save this tree,” she says.
Butterfly is a member of Earth First!, an environmental protection group. She and her group are GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH a lumber company, which owns the forest. The company wants to chop down the 1000-year old trees and sell the wood. To protect the tree, Butterfly stays in it AROUND THE CLOCK. Only 3% of redwood forests remain, ACCORDING TO Butterfly. “The world needs to know that the magnificent redwood forests are almost gone. I’m TAKING A STAND for life
in its beautiful form.”
Butterfly PUTS UP WITH horrible weather. Powerful storms often hit her tree house. She pulls up all her food with a rope. She cannot bathe. Her only convenience is a cell phone to KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER FAMILY.
Butterfly plans to stay in the tree as long as she can. What does she LOOK FORWARD TO back in civilization? “I’d like to TAKE A HOT SHOWER,” she says.
