A Life of Activism
Luna was nearly killed by a chainsaw attack in 2000 but survived. Julia wrote "The Legacy of Luna", co-founded campaigns and foundations, and spent the following decades as a speaker and activist for the environment and social justice.
Part of Julia Butterfly Hill
9 moments in this segment.
- — Luna survives a chainsaw attack (2000). In late 2000 a vandal cuts more than halfway through Luna’s trunk with a chainsaw. Arborists and steel bracing save the tree; it still stands today.
- — The movement carries on. Tree-sitters mark an anniversary — Julia’s 738 days became a template for forest defence across the West.
- — The tree-sit movement lives on. Julia’s 738-day sit inspired a generation of tree-sitters defending forests across California and beyond.
- — Sentinels — the tree-sitters. A portrait of the tree-sitting activists who, like Julia, put their bodies between the chainsaws and the forest.
- — "The Legacy of Luna" (2000). Julia tells the full story in her best-selling book "The Legacy of Luna", and follows it with "One Makes the Difference" — turning her experience into a message for others. The subject dates from 2000; this photograph was taken in 2009.
- — Decades of activism & speaking. Julia co-founds campaigns and foundations and spends the following decades as a sought-after speaker and activist for the environment, sustainability and social justice.
- — Visiting Julia in her treehouse. Years later, a visit with Julia Butterfly Hill at home — still living close to the trees.
- — Julia’s reflections — "Where have all the humans gone?". Julia reflects, in her own words, on connection, the planet and what her time in Luna taught her.
- — Still in the trees. Decades on, Julia Butterfly Hill remains an advocate — for forests, for treehouses and living lightly, and for the idea that one person’s stubborn love can change the world.
