Julia Butterfly Hill became a global icon of environmentalism in the 1990s, when she spent two years on a platform 180 feet up in an ancient California redwood tree, braving high winds, frostbite and helicopter harassment to stop indiscriminate logging practices.
But saving old-growth forests was only part of her message to UIndy students and faculty Wednesday night, when she urged the audience to look within and find their own cause worth fighting for.
“I’m not saying that you should care about the same things that I care about,” she said during her appearance in Schwitzer Student Center. “I’m hoping that, when the conversation is over tonight, you’ll think about the things that you care about.”
Now a published author living in Belize and active on many public issues, Hill is passing through Indianapolis on a North American speaking tour. (Read more about her work here.) Her public discussion at UIndy was part of this year’s University Series of lectures and events.
