Friends of the Earth: A History of American Environmentalism with 21 Activities

Friends of the Earth: A History of American Environmentalism with 21 Activities — page 5
INTRODUCTION SAVING LUNA LIFE IN A GIANT REDWOOD or 18 hours the winds howled and the rain pelted down Julia Butterfly Hill held onto her tree for dear life Ninety mile per hour winds tipped the six by eight foot wooden platform on which she lived in the giant red wood tree One gust actually blew her three feet off the platform She managed to grab branches and hold on until she could make her way back Julia said she learned from this storm that in order to survive you have to quit fighting bend with the wind and go with the flow You're probably wondering why Hill was living in a tree A year earlier she had been