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[lou gold]

Welcome to you Larry.

Good to have testimony and heart felt witness from a tree hugger who falls
trees.

Someone once said, "it's not what you do as much as how you do it." It's
really
about relationship, reciprocity and respect. The main problem with big
technologies and industrial systems is that they often ignore the three 'R's
in the name of efficiency and profitability. That's when the mischief
begins.

(tree) hugs,

lou


On Dec 6, 2007 7:13 AM, Larry Williams <lwilliams at nas.com> wrote:

> Michael-------With due respect to others that believe differently than you
> it seems, who appreciate the strength, wisdom and knowledge that trees
> contain, I wish to think that you have an open mind to new ideas. Your
> comment about "Tree Huggers" seems to lack an appreciative understand of the
> connection others may have of trees. I being one, of them tree huggers.
>
> Just a note:
> Last week I dropped a 120 foot Douglas Fir. In sizing up the tree I gave
> it a hug in all of the quadrants of the compass. Some time was spent to
> assess her needs.
>
> There was one point where I realized that great care and attention was of
> immediate need for it was standing while resting on two steel wedges and a
> hinge. As I looked up to the top of the tree, I noticed that air was still
> in it's branches and in the branches of the adjacent trees. In a moment it
> was obvious that haste was important less she decide to act.
>
> The chain saw was put into the cut, then several teeth sparked as they
> touched the beveled tip of a wedge. With some fine sawdust mixed with full
> curled pieces of the hinge and a couple more taps on the wedges she started
> to fall. A hundred feet above me her branches lightly brushed a neighbor and
> with finesse of a dancer rolled off the stump to land two feet off the
> intended fall line. Her upper body landed, spot on the mark, missing a
> rhododendron as planned. Yes, with some luck.
>
> When I drove by, on leaving, I had a tinge of regret of dropping
> her. Would it have meaning to say that she had strength and it showed as she
> laid on the ground.
>
> This tree was not an enemy to slay. My ego is not proud for having dropped
> it. Some lessons in humility were learn which I am thankful for. From my
> perspective I did take a being to be used for a home construction project.
> Of course, that's part of my family history in a small lumber mill as a
> child (first a cedar shake mill then a stud mill, 2"X4"X 8') supplying the
> housing market of the 50' and 60's.
>
> I like to think that I bring to this list some of the emotions of my
> connection to plants and their associates and a practical sense of creating
> a useful product. Now, those experiences can be applied to the process that
> created Terra Preta.
>
> Thanks Michael for this opportunity for me to express my thoughts and I
> thank all on this list for sharing. We are only going to leave this life
> with the experiences we had and nary a dime-------Larry
>
> P.S. Let's see life cycle analysis of the carbon in a forest and not just
> of a tree.
>
>
> -----------------------
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:20 PM, Michael Bailes wrote:
>
> Thanks
> An interesting article.
>
> The usefulness of planting trees in Temperate Climates to sequester carbon
> has not been scientifically established
> SEE
>
> http://forums.hypography.com/earth-science/9998-planting-trees-good-thing-bad-thing.html
>
> Yet "Tree Huggers" continue to promote the myth? PLEASE DONATE HERE AND WE
> WILL PLANT A TREE FOR YOU" ! ??
>
> Trees do help in the Tropics but that is the area that most deforestation
> is occurring (+Queensland)
> Look at the rape of Papua by Indonesian Government
> MA
>
> On 04/12/2007, code suidae <codesuidae at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't recall seeing this go by on the list, and thought it would be
> > of interest:
> >
> > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071129/cm_csm/yapfelbaum_1 >
> >
> > It doesn't mention TP, but makes some other suggestions that seem
> > pretty sound to me.
> >
> > Dave K
> > --
> > "Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know." -
> > M. King Hubbert
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > T
>
>
> --
> Michael the Archangel
>
> "You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
> Most people don't know that"
> FROM
> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
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