American girl "Julia Hill" activist in the field of the environment spent more than two years old hanging between heaven and earth ,in an attempt to protect a giant tree from cutting, at the hands of greedy timber traders according to Odety site which it reported her story
At the age of twenty-two she witnessed a car accident and that made her unable to speak for a whole year , and then began a journey to explore the world in 1997, to meet a group of activists who organized events protest against the destruction of the redwood forests in Northern California , and decided to join them.
Since that time, she began her journey in the defense of natural life , and chose the highest tree which has a length of 60 meters, and it back to about 1500 years , and began to climb it , and spend several days at a time hanging over that tree .
Julia tried to stay as long as possible on the branches of the tree, to draw people's attention to the importance of saving the forest, and that's what happened , when she got media interviews after 100 days of Sit over the tree .
Over time,the interest increased in her case , and continues with a group of celebrities and politicians who have shown their support in the face of powerful "Maxam company" , which won the rights to investment in that forest , and take advantage of the timber .
And Julia had to withstand different weather conditions of a hot and cold , rain and wind, as well as harassment by the company 's workers who used pepper spray against the protesters , but Julia were able to hold up throughout the 738 days spent in the defense of the forest.
The crisis ended finally ,when Julia got a settlement of an amount of 50 thousand dollars donated to the research for the benefit of the environment , and turned into a symbol of sacrifice who inspire many young people to preserve the natural environment.
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