Circle of Life was founded in 1999 by Julia Butterfly Hill and a group of forest activists in Humboldt County, California. For its first 10 years, Circle of Life operated and produced cutting-edge speaking tours, eco friendly events, classroom visits, workshops, training programs and much more, all with the goal of teaching people how to live more compassionately and with a lighter footprint on the earth.
OUR PROJECTS
Starting in the late 2000s, Circle of Life began supporting and incubating grassroots projects, some of which remain fiscally-sponsored projects of Circle of Life, and some of which have since spun off into their own successful organizations.
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