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I missed that we were doing #FridayNightShare again! For yesterday‘s #SpringNonFiction prompt, I‘m choosing the book. I think of spring as a time to clean & freshen up. I have had this book on my shelves for ages & still use many of her green cleaning tips & recipes including her Lavender-Lemon Disinfecting Spirits Spray & her essential oil combo list. 💚🌱🪻🍋💛

Amazing story of a young woman and a tree. Julia Butterfly spent more than 700 days in Luna to save it from the logging industry. She peacefully fought big business and violent loggers at times. Over her time in Luna, she had visits from celebrities building publicity to the tree. Some of her colleagues in protest lost their lives, while Julia stayed in the tree as long as it took, until it was guaranteed it would not be cut.

#HumbleHarvest Day 3: Not just a #Farm but an entire forest. Based on the life of Jadav “Molai” Payeng, who managed to grow an entire forest, named Molai Forest (after him), that is over 1300 acres huge in the northeastern part of India. Check out my full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pOA

Birds and windmills (Continued).

Birds and windmills (1 of 2)

This is a great story. A young man is hunting rare birds and I think he's stuffing them? Or studying them somehow? He offers a young girl $10, which would be a lot for her and her grandma, asking her for help tracking down a rare white heron. She knows where the bird is, but does she tell him? Do we make a personal sacrifice for the greater good?

I have had this book in my collection for ages and in my recent reading slump something drew me to it. This memoir by an environmental activist was a perfect slump buster, the fascinating story and conversational tone kept me invested. Hill lived on a small platform 200ft up in an ancient redwood for 2 years to protest deforestation. Full of hope and compassion even as she is met with greed, cruelty, ignorance, and indifference. An inspiring read.