We in the stands at Humboldt State University Lumberjack football games yelled, “Dig in Green Chain, dig in” whenever the ‘Jacks were on defense. At least that’s what we did during the ’70s, when I majored in Forest Management at HSU. Besides being the rallying cry for defense, the green chain referred to the lumberContinue reading “The Green Chain movie”
Daily Archives: March 17, 2009
The Green Chain
We in the stands at Humboldt State University Lumberjack football games yelled, “Dig in Green Chain, dig in” whenever the ‘Jacks were on defense. At least that’s what we did during the ’70s, when I majored in Forest Management at HSU. Besides being the rallying cry for defense, the green chain referred to the lumberContinue reading “The Green Chain”
Toilet Paper, Hummers, and Global Warming, oh my!
Peg Fong from the EcoGeek blog asks “Which is worse? Hummers or toilet paper?” She cites a February 25, 2009 New York Times article, Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests. According to the Times’ article, “[F]luffiness comes at a price: millions of trees harvested in North America and in Latin AmericanContinue reading “Toilet Paper, Hummers, and Global Warming, oh my!”
Wood Energy?
Interesting 60-Second Science about how the “Old Energy Source Wood Be New Alternative.” The money quote: “If chopping down forests for fuel doesn’t sound like the greenest solution to our energy needs, the scientists note that we’d have to figure out how to manage our woodsheds sustainably, to avoid slashing and burning our way toContinue reading “Wood Energy?”
Nullius in Verba 