Can you really go live in a redwood?

Question

Is there any organization that actually gets people together to go live in redwoods in an effort to save them? In essence, to help people literally become tree huggers?

I'm really intrested but dont know where to begin to look for anything like that.

Answer 1

Sure, but it's not a pleasant existence. I mean, it sucks.

You'll have lumbermen trying to forcibly drag you out of the tree.  You'll get harassed by loudspeakers and helicopters.  You'll get threatened with arrest.  You'll get sued into bankruptcy if you have any money. You'll freeze your butt off. Your world will be a 6 foot square platform in the high cold winds.   You only hope your affinity group can keep the supplies coming.

You better love trees ;)

Anyway where to look. I'd start asking in environmental centers in

Berkeley http://www.ecologycenter.org

Mendocino http://www.mecgrassroots.org/

Answer 2

No, there isn't an organization because what the treesitters are doing is actually illegal, whether you agree with the sitters or not.  It's trespassing - someone else owns those trees and wants to cut them down.

If there were an organization the tree owners would sue it, and go after the officers of the organization.  So it's all completely informal.

Answer 3

There are several National Parks in CA set up just to protect the giant redwood trees - Yosemite and Sequoia NP, and possibly others as well.  So there's really no need to "live" in one of those trees to protect them, they're already protected.  Besides, have you ever seen a picture of one of these things???    They are so tall, there's no way you could climb up that thing unless you had a helicopter lift you up there!