Posts Tagged ‘timber’

3, 2, 1, Timber

SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL [The following is a chapter from Dr. Julie Ponesse’s book, Our Last Innocent Moment.] Nobody sees it happening, but the architecture of our timeIs becoming the architecture of the next time….Time slips by; our sorrows do not turn into poems,And what is invisible stays that way. Desire has fled,Leaving only […]

Norse Greenlanders Traveled to North America and Europe for Timber for Five Centuries

When Norse colonists arrived on Greenland in the 10th century, they needed a lot of wood to build houses, storage buildings and ships. While most households relied on wood from trees that grew locally and on driftwood, which was plentifully available, Norse elites had their own ideas. They instead relied on high-quality timber imported from […]

Portugal’s Wildfires A Result Of Timber Industry

Above photo: By Orin Langelle. Wildfires in Portugal have been called “the worst such disaster in recent history.” Dozens of people burnt to death in their cars while trying to escape the inferno. But this horrific tragedy was human-made. One-quarter of Portugal’s forested landscape (more than 812,000 hectares or 2 million acres) has been replaced […]

Russian aircraft carrier to take part in Syria operation by October – source

The news agency stressed that there has been no official confirmation of this information so far. The heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser will reportedly have 15 Sukhoi Su-33 all-weather air superiority fighters and Mikoyan MiG-29K/KUB multirole fighters onboard, as well as more than 10 Kamov Ka-52K, Ka-27, and Ka-31 helicopters. “The Joint Staff has developed a program […]

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