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Legacy of Luna review
 In the Beginning
Saving
all the earth starts with one place, one time, one tree... one person. In The
Legacy of Luna, Julia Butterfly Hill recounts the touching, harrowing
and ultimately fulfilling story of her quest to stop the destruction of
one tree, one very special and ancient tree. Luna, a 1000 year old Redwood,
towering over the last remains of a once proud forest, witness to generations
of human carnage, had her own story to tell. Julia came to the forest to
listen and ended up telling the story to the whole world...
 Photo by
Greg King The Force of Nature
The
overwhelming power of nature, manifested in Luna's brilliant life force,
cast a profound spell on Julia when she visited the forest. She was a
traveler, on what she believed would be a brief visit, looking for adventure.
She couldn't explain why she was so drawn to the tree, to the cause of
stopping the desecration of the ancient forest, other than to know in
her deepest heart that it was the right thing to do, perhaps the only
thing to do. As Julia concludes in her book, "Tree sitting is a last resort.
When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know
that every level of our society has failed."
 The
Real Danger
Climb a tree, sit until the lumber company gives in, climb down
and mark the victory.
It sounded simple enough. From the very first day, it became much more
complicated, and much more dangerous. Julia's climb to the upper reaches
of Luna's sprawling
majesty evolved into a two year struggle to preserve not only the tree
and the Headwaters Forest, but the Earth at large. She learned to stand
strong
as helicopters buzzed the tree, as loggers harassed
her, as corporate might was marshaled against her and Luna. In the rain,
in the dark, in the cold, in the wind, Julia wielded a cell phone more powerful
than any machinery the lumber giants could throw at her and she stood tall,
hand to branch with Luna, while the world took notice...
 Photo
by Zeppo, with direction by Kim Komenich San Francisco Examiner Love is the Answer
As
Julia and Luna weathered one threat after another, she called upon the
Universal Spirits to give her the strength to carry on, to find a way
to change the hardened hearts and minds of those who could threaten
a being as pure and powerful as an ancient tree. As she recounts, "One
day, through my prayers, an overwhelming amount of love started flowing
into me, filling up the dark hole that threatened to consume me. I suddenly
realized that what I was feeling was the love of the Earth, the love
of Creation. Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's
ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything
in its power to give us life anyway. And that's true love."
The Struggle Continues
 Photo by Eric Slomanson/Zuma  Photo
by Daniel Dancer Although
Julia's determination and vision resulted in the crafting of
a preservation agreement for Luna with Pacific Lumber Company, and
she finally descended from the tree after more than two years,
the work of saving the rest of the forest, and the whole Earth,
continues today. Once you read The Legacy
of Luna you will find it difficult not to join the
struggle. The Circle of Life Foundation strives to inspire, support
and network with individuals, organizations and communities,
working together to create environmental and social solutions
to the problems
facing humanity and the planet. Julia's message is simply that,
as planetary citizens, we need to become informed about local
and global issues, and then do our part to make a better world...
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Us
Join
the Circle of Life Foundation and start saving the Earth today! Join us
in protecting ancient forests and ecosystems worldwide! Subscribe to our
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appeals. If
you'd like to receive email updates about Julia Butterfly Hill's activities
since she came down from Luna, send an email to listproc@envirolink.org with
the message: subscribe LUNA me@myaddress.com Jane Doe (replace me@myaddress.com
with your email address and "Jane Doe" with your name as you want it
to appear on the emails we send you.)
Our general
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Purchase
the Book
The
Legacy of Luna is available from the Circle of Life Foundation. You
can purchase it from our COL
Store, or send $29 in a check or money order with a request, if
you like, for an autographed edition of Julia's book.
Mail it to:
Circle
of Life Foundation
PO
Box 3764
Oakland, CA 94609
or
call (510) 601-9790
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