Archive for November, 2008
BlueSkin Days – Historical notes on forests, roads, and water supplies affecting Harmony Forest
These notes are from BlueSkin Days. [Bracketed notes made by myself that are not derived from reading secions of the book]
The Book
Blueskin days is a history of Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington and surrounding districts by Ian Church, with Stuart and Jean Strachan. Published in 2007 it is the first major history of the Blueskin area since [...]
Fear of the unknown could destroy the environment before it’s safe to study it
Fearing that which we do not know we destroy that which we would seek to understand.
Ready enough to understand that we want to understand our environment, but not yet ready to save much of it for study. We believe all we need to know something is to have specimens. But a million oil and waste [...]
People Talk – Tree Talk
People Talk
Lets meet to save the forests. Lets walk and save on burning fuels made from dead old trees and deforested fields of bio-fuel.
No lets bike in tandem; our bodies will convert least of carbon fuels we call food to carbon gas and methane.
Let’s meet in the central hall to minimise our travel.
No lets meet [...]
