Editing Tree house (section)

==Protest communities==
The tree house has been central to various environmental protest communities around the world, in a technique, popularized, known as [[tree sitting]]. This method may be used in protests against proposed road building or [[old growth|old-growth]] forestry operations. Tree houses are used as a method of defence from which it is difficult and costly to safely evict the protesters and begin work. [[Julia Butterfly Hill]] is a particularly well known tree sitter who occupied a [[Sequoia sempervirens|Californian redwood]] for 738 days (from December 1997 to December 1999), saving the tree and others in the immediate area. Her accommodation consisted of two {{convert|3|m2|sqft}} platforms {{convert|60|m|ft}} above the ground.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Henderson |first=Paula |title=Treehouses |last2=Adam Mornement |publisher=Frances Lincoln Ltd |year=2005 |isbn=0-7112-2437-4 |location=London, UK |pages=65}}</ref>