Tree-Sitters
The tactic and the people who used it. Earth First! and the tree-sit as protest, the ground crews and the supply runs, the other sits, and the activists who followed her up.
Part of Julia Butterfly Hill
6 moments in this segment.
- - Judi Bari & Redwood Summer. Earth First! organiser Judi Bari, nearly killed by a car bomb in 1990, led the redwood-defence movement Julia joined.
- - The Headwaters protests. Throughout the 1990s, Earth First! and other activists staged rallies, blockades and tree-sits to defend the Headwaters redwoods, the movement Julia joined.
- - 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.
- - 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.
