poem "Luna" via telephone while the Mickey Hart Band was performing "The Dancing Sorcerer". The character Sierra Tierwater in the 2000 novel A Friend of the Earth by T. Coraghessan Boyle was partially inspired by Hill. Hill was the subject of the documentary Butterfly (2000) broadcast on PBS POV. She is also featured in the documentary film Tree-Sit: The Art of Resistance. Both films document her time in the redwood tree. The 2000 twelfth-season episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Tree Hugger" was conceived when writer Matt Selman heard a news story about Hill. In Penn & Teller's 2003 first season of their documentary television show, Bullshit, Hill appeared as a Special Guest Expert on the episode "Environmental Hysteria". A film adaptation of The Legacy of Luna, to be directed by Laurie Collyer and star Rachel Weisz, became stuck in development hell, although Weisz actively worked towards getting the project off the ground. Hill and the events were featured in the 2010 Michael P. Henning documentary film Hempsters: Plant the Seed. The main character of the 2017 Swedish children's book Julia räddar skogen (Julia saves the forest) by Niklas Hill and Anna Palmqvist is named after Hill. The book is about a child who occupies a tree in order to hinder the construction of a new highway. Music Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall wrote a song called "Kissed by Mist" about Hill. In 2002 Los Suaves made a song in honor of Hill called "Julia Hill" on the Un paso atrás album in which the singer is "Luna". The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 song "Can't Stop" contains the line "J. Butterfly is in the treetop". Neil Young made a reference to Hill in the 2003 song "Sun Green" on the Greendale album in which the title character: "Still wants to meet Julia Butterfly". Casey Desmond wrote a song called "Julia Butterfly Hill" which appeared on her 2006 album No Disguise. In 2009, Idina Menzel wrote a song entitled "Butterfly" referring to Hill's concern for the environment. References Further reading Ficklin, James and Penelope Andrews LUNA The Stafford Giant Tree Sit External links Sacred Awakening Series seminar with Julia Documentary Film Butterfly website - Documentary Film Butterfly website P.O.V. Butterfly - PBS's site dedicated to the film 1974 births Living people American bloggers American environmentalists American women environmentalists American motivational speakers Women motivational speakers American motivational writers Women motivational