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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill
TIL : Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500 year old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 mm) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.
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How in *the fuck* do we have the arrogance to see something that’s 1500 years old and say “yeah that’s gotta come down”? I fucking hate us.
55mm? What is this, a tree for ants?
mm is milimeters. It is 1/1000 of a meter.
55 mm is a bit more than 2 inches.
I remember when she did this. I later had a pleasure of meeting her. She was my generation’s Greta Thunburg.