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Sustainable Forestry, Bioenergy, and the Carbon Cycle - Misunderstood and Misrepresented
February 16, 2012
Earlier this week I received an email from a colleague directing me to the following video, a product of the Natural Resources Defense Council. On a web page entitled "Our Forests Aren't Fuel" the video and its accompanying text decry the use of forest harvesting for biomass energy, although they admit that "Biomass can be harvested and utilized in ways that reduce pollution and protect forest
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Wood Science 101(3) - Lignin
February 9, 2012
http://shakib-biology.blogfa.com/8708.aspx
You'd be hard pressed to find a material more universally researched right now than lignin. Let's talk about it a little today. It's the second most abundant organic polymer on earth, behind cellulose. It's what makes trees stand upright, what makes wood hold its shape, and what makes furniture support your weight when you sit on it. It's been called
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Great Designs in Wood (20) - The UK Wood Awards
January 24, 2012
"The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier architecture and furniture competition celebrating excellence in design in the world’s most sustainable material. Now in its ninth year, the Wood Awards is the most respected award for building and design in wood."
Far Moor Bridge, North Yorkshire, UK. Built of Scottish larch. Photo by Peter Lambert.
The 2011 winning entries were impressive, I thought, by
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Great Designs in Wood (19) - Classic Woodies
January 11, 2012
Go Wooder Jeff Wartluft, who also happens to be a classic car buff, sent these great photos of classic "woodie" automobiles along. Since the beginning of the year is also a great time to look back in order to think forward, they are a timely topic of interest.
This 1948 Chevy convertible is a classy-looking thing, isn't it? Usually we think of a woodie being a boxy wagon, but this one proves
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Going Wood in 2012
January 5, 2012
Now that you've made all those New Year's resolutions about weight, money, and love that you're going to break this year, how about making one or two that you can keep? :-)
If you feel the need to slow down a little, enjoy life a little more, reconnect with traditional values, and use your hands again, why not try one of these in 2012?
Plant a witness tree. Back in the old days, farmers used to
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