‘Wood’ You Believe? “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”
cries Chicken Little in the ever-popular folk tale where an
acorn hits Chicken Little on the head. She instills her fear in
the minds of her friends as they race to tell the king. Most
versions of this tale end with the worried fowl running straight
into Foxy Loxy’s den, never to emerge. How often have you heard
"reducing paper and lumber use will save forests”? Obviously, if
we use less paper and lumber, fewer trees will fall. But,
despite what the flock may think, that is not the best plan! Nor
is it the approach sustainable forest managers use. Continued...
(This video is a great illustration of the problem and solution)
Indeed, Greenpeace co-founder and forest ecologist, Patrick
Moore, Ph.D. says, “The claim that using wood somehow leads to
forest loss is backwards and silly. Every time we use wood—every
time we buy a 2x4 at a lumberyard or a ream of paper at an
office supply store—we are in fact ordering up new trees for
planting in forests. I