Tag Archives: Green Chain

Green Games

  Here is today’s Green Chain column for the Lake County Record-Bee. “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” – John Maynard Keynes. It appears we are witnessing the crumbling of the green movement, as we know it. Dr. James Lovelock, who postulated the ‘Gaia hypothesis’ of earth operatingContinue reading “Green Games”

‘Twas the Night Before Deadline

I write a column called the Green Chain for the Lake County Record-Bee‘s environmental page, the Green Scene. The Record-Bee printed this yesterday. ‘Twas the night before the Record-Bee’s Green Chain deadline. I had writer’s block, and not for the first time. When up in the sky, riding the clouds like a boat, I spottedContinue reading “‘Twas the Night Before Deadline”

Santa’s been naughty, just look at those carbon footprints!

Author, director, playwright, interviewer, from the Great White North, Mark Leiren-Young has created a great little video for us. Mark is the director of the movie, Green Chain and author of a book of the same name and also Never Shoot a Stampede Queen. You may agree or disagree with Mark’s environmental stance, but he’sContinue reading “Santa’s been naughty, just look at those carbon footprints!”

The Green Chain movie

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”

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”

Timber's term of the Week: Green Chain

Green Chain n The assembly line where (primarily) men pull green lumber off the conveyor and stack into piles for drying. Each puller will have a given size and quality assigned to him for removal from the green chain. The work is physically demanding because green lumber weighs much more than the dried version. AccordingContinue reading “Timber's term of the Week: Green Chain”

Timber’s term of the Week: Green Chain

Green Chain n The assembly line where (primarily) men pull green lumber off the conveyor and stack into piles for drying. Each puller will have a given size and quality assigned to him for removal from the green chain. The work is physically demanding because green lumber weighs much more than the dried version. AccordingContinue reading “Timber’s term of the Week: Green Chain”