Video - An environmental activist caught taking her cause 80 feet in the air

You’ve probably heard the term tree hugger before, but what do you call someone who loves a tree so much they make it their home? “They call me Echo,” said 19-year-old tree sitter Echo Glynn atop an 80-foot Douglas fir on Monday, “It’s because I can be really, really loud when I want to.” Glynn said she will stay in the tree for one week in solidarity with the local Occupy Trees movement in Eugene. Glynn is one of a handful of activists with another group called Cascadia Forest Defenders who want to send a message about a pending timber sale near McKenzie Bridge...more