Re: [ecopath] Tree Huggers

2002-04-18 Thread jeff
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 07:04 am, Bob Ewing Jocelyn Paquette wrote: Greetings, I would have to call myself a tree hugger and be proud of the label. Trees are essential if we want to maintain a sustainable , healthy ecosystem. This summer/fall I am working with a few others to restore a

Re: [ecopath] Tree Huggers

2002-04-18 Thread Bob Ewing Jocelyn Paquette
Greetings, I am looking forward to this project. It is a real challenge and a learning curve. We'll mostly plant pines, a few burr oak and spruce. there are young children currently living, with their parents, on this land and they will one day be building homes of their own on it, so the trees

Re: [ecopath] Tree Huggers

2002-04-18 Thread Harvey Tjader
Jeff, I was a bit surprised to learn you are a forester. I am also a member of both the forester and the tree hugger camp. I think back to the first Earth Day when assessing my decision to become a forester. I thought then that society has an increasing need for renewable natural

[ecopath] The Ideal Homesite

2002-04-18 Thread jeff
Can we design a perfect home site? Currently a Permaculture discussion list is exploring the concept of designing a low maintenance homestead and deciding this is basically a myth. We are part of any design and once we walk away things tend to deteriorate quickly. In other words, we are part

Re: [ecopath] A Quote

2002-04-18 Thread Gene GeRue
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. ---Simone Weil Both are great quotes with a similar theme but different intent. I suspect the NWEI quote was aimed directly at world events in the middle east and elsewhere. I thought it a good