by Julia Butterfly Hill | Aug 13, 2019 | Quotes
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Going through the worst winter in California history, 18 stories above the ground on a tiny little platform in the sky, of course, every edge that I have is challenged: my desire to be warm and dry, my fear of...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Aug 6, 2019 | Quotes
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Using your feet and your hands with ropes that hold you on to a climbing rope, you inch your way up the tree. At 75 feet up the tree for the first time, I made the mistake of looking down. I thought, Oh My God! –...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 29, 2019 | Quotes
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “How can we think that we’ll ever stop the clear cuts in the forest if we’re so effective at clear cutting one another?… When we are disconnected from the earth, we make choices that harm it and...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 22, 2019 | Quotes
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Coming to California, when I entered the redwood forest for the first time, I was so deeply moved, just in awe, I fell to my knees and began to cry. I have been a lover of nature all my life. Nature has always...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 15, 2019 | Quotes
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Sometimes love is not a fluffy thing. It’s got edges and teeth. Love refuses to play small or to sell out…. I’ve never taken on a challenge as big as when I made a commitment to live my life as...
