Hello , everyone ~ I ' m Veronica : DBefore moving to main part , I want to introduce one girl protesting against a lumber company . Julia Butterfly , 24 , has gone out on a limb for her beliefs . She has spent two years living in a giant redwood tree in Northern California , 180 feet above the ground . “ I try to save this tree ! ” she says . Butterfly is a member of Earth First , an environmental protection group . She and her group are going head to head with a lumber company , which owns the forest . The company wants to cop down the 1000 - year - old tree and sell the wood . To protect the tree , she stays in it around the clock . Only 3 % of redwood forest remains , according to Butterfly . “ World needs to know that the magnificent redwood forest are almost gone . I ’ m taking stand for life in its beautiful form . ” Butterfly puts up with horrible weather . Powerful storm often hit her tree house . She pulls up all her food with a rope . She cannot bathe . Her only convenience is a cell phone to keep in touch with her family . Butterfly plans on living in a tree as long as she can . < object id =' PTVcUvG 4 MXg $' type =' application / x - shockwave - flash ' width =' 502 px ' height =' 405 px ' classid =' clsid : d 27 cdb 6 e - ae 6 d - 11 cf - 96 b 8 - 444553540000 ' codebase =' http : / / fpdownload . macromedia . com / pub / shockwave / cabs / flash / swflash . cab # version = 9 , 0 , 28 , 0 '> Keep Coooool XD