by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 15, 2021 | Quotes
Sometimes, the line between incredible passion and fundamentalism is really close. Fundamentalism is a stagnant knowing. And yet, nothing in the natural world tells us that stagnation is healthy. Everything in the natural world in which we are a part tells us and...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 11, 2021 | Quotes
Can consciousness change the world? My sense is that consciousness alone cannot. Consciousness with action can. Consciousness alone, for me, is a manifestation of privilege. There are some people who don’t have the privilege to sit and meditate in a day —...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 4, 2021 | Quotes
For years, I’ve wanted to change “We The People” to be “We The Planet.” Change begins to happen when we feel ourselves as deeply interconnected and interwoven with all living things – with the rocks, the trees, the sky, the stars, the animals, and each other....
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jul 1, 2021 | Quotes
In Luna, it really taught me to live simply – and, I know, that’s an understatement! But through living simply, it taught me the joy of living simply. I really believe that society has told us to believe that our joy in life has to come from how much things we...
by Julia Butterfly Hill | Jun 27, 2021 | Quotes
When speaking to power, we have to step back and look at individuals as human beings. As human beings, we have the power to do the greatest good and the greatest bad, each and every one of us. We look at people like Charles Hurwitz (CEO of Maxxam Inc., the company...
