Philosophy
This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the world. Regulation of rare and valuable timber is lax. I remember many years ago when I was building furniture there was a lumber yard in my city [Paxton Lumber Company] that catered to fine woods from every area of the world. Even if I didn't purchase one board foot of lumber, it was always interesting to see rare woods and talk to the sales people. I was talking to one clerk about the high prices of black ebony and he informed me that only one tree may be cut a year and bids were taken on that tree. Now that is forest management.
- Counter Culture Icon Moves To Waldon Pond--henry David Thoreau
The Writer's Almanac... Today is the day, in 1845, that Henry David Thoreau moved to a cabin on Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson owned some land near Concord, Massachusetts, and let Thoreau build a cabin there. He stayed for two years, two months,...
- Juglans Nigra...the Highly Prized Black Walnut Tree
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS Fall is a great time to enjoy this wonderful tree that provides excellent shade, edible fruit, and lumber. The fruit is supreme in baked goods or to eat roasted with a sprinkle of salt. But it isn't easy...
- Blog
Sort of like..."If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does it still make a sound?" "Blogs" might fall into that too...like this one....
- "the Lost Ladybug Project"...something To Do This Summer
The children don't have far to travel for this adventure--a backyard will do fine. Cornell University is asking for help in understanding more about "ladybugs". It's good science. "Over the past twenty years several native ladybug species that...
- The Falling Tree And Knowledge
VALIDATION OF EVENTS AND A CHANGE IN EPISTEMOLOGY "To sense or not to sense/to exist or not to exist"--It is just the way we observe and analyze the universe in that we conceptualize and formulate laws that explain things whether we are there are not....
Philosophy
Rare woods
International Year of Biodiversity
This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the world. Regulation of rare and valuable timber is lax. I remember many years ago when I was building furniture there was a lumber yard in my city [Paxton Lumber Company] that catered to fine woods from every area of the world. Even if I didn't purchase one board foot of lumber, it was always interesting to see rare woods and talk to the sales people. I was talking to one clerk about the high prices of black ebony and he informed me that only one tree may be cut a year and bids were taken on that tree. Now that is forest management.
- Counter Culture Icon Moves To Waldon Pond--henry David Thoreau
The Writer's Almanac... Today is the day, in 1845, that Henry David Thoreau moved to a cabin on Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson owned some land near Concord, Massachusetts, and let Thoreau build a cabin there. He stayed for two years, two months,...
- Juglans Nigra...the Highly Prized Black Walnut Tree
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS Fall is a great time to enjoy this wonderful tree that provides excellent shade, edible fruit, and lumber. The fruit is supreme in baked goods or to eat roasted with a sprinkle of salt. But it isn't easy...
- Blog
Sort of like..."If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does it still make a sound?" "Blogs" might fall into that too...like this one....
- "the Lost Ladybug Project"...something To Do This Summer
The children don't have far to travel for this adventure--a backyard will do fine. Cornell University is asking for help in understanding more about "ladybugs". It's good science. "Over the past twenty years several native ladybug species that...
- The Falling Tree And Knowledge
VALIDATION OF EVENTS AND A CHANGE IN EPISTEMOLOGY "To sense or not to sense/to exist or not to exist"--It is just the way we observe and analyze the universe in that we conceptualize and formulate laws that explain things whether we are there are not....