The woman described above is Julia Butterfly Hill, a determined twenty-three-year-old preacher’s daughter from Arkansas who in December of 1997 climbed one-hundred and eighty feet into a thousand-year-old redwood tree named Luna in Humboldt County of California. She promised not to leave the top of that tree until Luna was guaranteed permanent protection from Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corporation’s clear cutting policies; which she saw as destructive. Hill stuck to her promise and lived on a small platform built on that redwood tree for more than two years, bringing international attention to the destruction of the redwoods. As a result of her efforts, more people than ever before have become aware of controversial clear cutting practices. While an agreement allowed Hill to descend from her perch and Luna to escape destruction, most of the surrounding old-growth forest in the region
Now she is here at Madison College for her first year where she is taking courses for nursing. After learning about where Jenna is from and where she attended school we began to talk about our hobbies and interest more, where we again found some common ground. When I asked her if she considered herself and outdoors person, she did. During the summer of 2007 Jenna and a group of her friends went backpacking for a week through the mountains in Philmont, New Mexico
The Death of an Icon Shareen E Williams COM/156 Diane Moore The Death of an Icon On August 9, 1963 in East Orange New Jersey, Whitney Elizabeth Houston also known as Nippy to her family and close friends was the second child born to Cissy Houston who would write these words in her daughters obituary "I never told you that when you were born, the Holy Spirit told me that you would not be with me long," Cissy Houston wrote in the program. "And I thank God for the beautiful flower he allowed me to raise and cherish for 48 years." BOYD, H. (2012, February 23). RIP Whitney. (Cover story).
Sita’s characteristics makes her a great example for women in India. Sita and Rama had been together for a very long time and she loved Rama with all her heart and couldn’t imagine her life without him. When Rama was exiled to live a life of hardship in the Dandaka forest for 14 years, instead of Sita staying in the city of Ayodhya and enjoying her life, she left everything behind to be with her husband. “With you it will be more than heaven to me. It will not be the least hardship to me; without you, even heaven is hell” (Lawall, 901).
Victoria Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull was born on September 23, 1838 in Homer, Ohio. She was born as Victoria Claflin and was said to have inherited a lot of her mother’s fiery personality and was imitating preachers when she was young. Victoria spent much of her childhood traveling with her family because when she was ten years old, Victoria and her sister, Tennessee, had visions and their father took this as an opportunity and took them on the road as psychic healers. When Victoria was fifteen years old she married Dr. Canning Woodhull who was a Cincinnati doctor and a patent medicine salesman. They had two children together.
Would you live in a California Redwood for 738 days to advocate for a tree's life? How far would you go to make your opinion known? In 1997, Julia did just that. Julia Butterfly Hill is an American activist and environmentalist. She is best known for living in a 180 foot tall tree named Luna.
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Postsdam, New York. She was born Laurie Beth Halse. As a child, and even now, she loved to read, and write, but struggled with math, which is highly reflected in Melinda, the main character in her National Book Award Finalist book. She was a well behaved child, and at the age of 16, she had left her parents house and wound up living on a pig farm. The pig farm was located in Denmark, where she stayed for 13 months as a foreign exchange student.
I grew up in Nepal with greenery. The tree is the best friend of earth. I use tree respectfully and economically. I try my best to be paperless in my daily life. When I was young, I had planted many of kind of tree in my garden.
Daniela Arcos a young lady from Ecuador saw the Mamba Mutu face to face and she is alive to tell us all the details about her confrontation. Daniela is 15 years old and is an adventurous girl, last Monday she was at the Cuyabeno Reserve with all her family and she decided to go for a walk by herself in the open jungle. All the guides had warned her that is was dangerous for her to go on her own but she said she was going to be alright. The Cuyabeno Reserve, located in the province of Sucumbios, is known for the variety it possesses in both plant and animal life. The climate of the Cuyabeno Reserve is characteristic of those of the tropical jungle, with lots of rain during, almost, all year long.
Later on, he was again brought to America when he was fourteen. Mortenson was a mountain climber. He used to work in US army as a nurse. His sister Christa was developmentally disabled and died the previous year. In a loving memory of his sister, he wanted to put her necklace on the top of K2.Therefore; he attempted to climb K2 and failed.