The Legacy of Luna is a book written by Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill is an American activist and environmentalist. Hill is best known for living in a -tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999...

 about her experiences while protecting a tree named "Luna

Luna (Redwood Tree)

Luna is the American name given to a coast redwood tree in October 1997. This tree has also been referred to as the 'Stafford Giant.' The tree is between 600 and 1000 years old and lives in an old growth forest--Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California near the small community of...

." It is based on a true story, written like a diary of two years spent in an ancient redwood.

The book was published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. in 2000.

Film adaptation

A film adaptation of The Legacy of Luna called Luna is scheduled to be released in 2010, directed by Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta, LLD is a Genie Award-winning Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire , Earth , and Water , among which Earth was submitted by Indian government for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...

. Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...

is set to star as Hill and has actively worked towards getting the project off the ground.