Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in a day
You may have seen it reported that Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day as part of their “green legacy” initiative. You might […]
Thoughts
Timber2019
The 3rd in my treelogy of talks entirely based on pun titles – the most egregious one of all.“Grading and abetting – does timber strength […]
Grading of home grown timber (summary)
Yesterday I spoke at the “Green Drinks” organised by SEDA and AECB. (The other main speaker was Nick Marshall, coordinator of the Association of Scottish […]
Forestry Commission v2019
The Forestry Commission was established as part of the Forestry Act 1919 – and is therefore celebrating its centenary this year. A lot has changed […]
Something different – tree art
Following an exchange of ideas on Twitter involving the artist Richard G Evans – who specialises in wonderful tree portraiture linked to GPS locations encouraging […]
Who looks like a forester? (#IWD2019)
For international women’s day, foresters, arboriculturists and the other diverse professionals working with trees took to social media with the hashtag #ILookLikeAForester. Not only was […]
How lovely are thy branches?
The modern timber industry is very dependent on a small number of commercial species, yet according to the GlobalTreeSearch there are more than 60,000 different […]
Wood in fireworks
About this time of year (for some reason) we tend to see some articles about the science of fireworks. These cover the chemistry and physics […]
Wood is not what you think it is
This is the transcript of what I said in the initial statements, prior to audience discussion, at the Confor organised seminar “Forestry and The Bioeconomy”, […]
Combustible materials on high-rise buildings
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government recently published a consultation document on their proposal to ban the use of combustible materials in the […]