Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.
I've got two bikes that get me everywhere I need to go. And public transportation.
We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.
I'm so drastically independent; I don't tend to flourish in relationships.
For me, love is not about froufrou New Age-ism. It's about a way of living and honoring the interconnectedness of life and accepting our responsibility and our power to change the world for the better.
I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not into promoting me. I'm into talking about why I've done what I've done, why I continue to do this work and why other people should care.
It became clear to me that our value as people is not in our stock portfolios and bank accounts but in the legacies we leave behind.
I'm a poster child for Luddites. It was a challenge for me to open myself up the tech world.
I didn't climb into that tree expecting to become a spokesperson.
I see how these beautiful forests are now open to destruction because of technology. Companies are able to get into more and more remote places that weren't economically viable before.
Even though I didn't realize that I was about to launch into a two-year struggle, a deep and compelling sense told me that I had to walk the path I'd chosen - or rather, the path that seemed to have chosen me.
