continuation of thread from SFimc Central Valley page about the destruction of the Sierra Nevada forests by corporate timber;
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/10/1773786.php
Many of the recent species extinction occurred post colonialism in north and south america. That indicates that the indigenous people of turtle island (the americas) were able to live in harmony with their ecosystem. The provisions needed for housing, clothes food, tools, etc were all gained from the surrounding ecosystem. Everything was taken in balance, and overharvesting was discouraged by the council of elders. One of the reason that the early European settlers massacred large amounts of bison and left them in a huge burial heap, since the native peoples of the Great Plains depended on bison for food, clothing, shelter, etc. by decimating the bison the European colonialists found it easier to wage war agaisnt the midwestern people. Looking at the rainforests in south america and temperate rain forests of north america, we see a similar pattern practived by timber corporations like Weyerhauser. The indigenous tribes of Minnesota were severely effected by the replacement of a healthy divers forest with plantation forestry by Weyerhauser. Follow the same pattern with Maxxam/PL, Sierra Pacific Industries, Roseburg, Plum (scum) Creek, etc..
Winona LaDuke talks about traditional ecological knowledge and the Menominees certified Green Cross forestry operation in Minnesota. Very different from the clear cutting and plantation forestry practiced by short tern financial fixated corporate timber barons like Weyerhaeuser, Maxxam/PL, etc..
http://redwebz.org/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=630
"There's another example of indigenous thinking tied into a broader context, which is the Menominees in Wisconsin. They have a reservation. If you look at a map of northern Wisconsin you'll see farmlands and then an area that's just trees. That's Menominee. They have the same amount of trees standing and the same age span and the same diversity as they had a hundred years ago. They have a full-scale forest in operation. They only do selective cutting. They're very careful. The interesting thing is, I don't know very much about international certifications, but they are the only Green Cross certified forest in North America. I think there's something to be learned from that.
Perhaps the best knowledge about forests is, I heard a story about the Haidas in Alaska. The Haidas used to make plank houses. They still know how to cut a plank off the side of the tree and leave the tree standing. I figured that if Weyerhaeuser could do that I might listen to them. That is traditional ecological knowledge."
Not sure how the topic of Israel entered this thread, but since someone brought it up..
The manifest destiny dogma of European Christian colonialism has extended itself into the Arab world via Israel. The so-called Zionist State of Israel represents a Eurocentric colonial outpost designed to wage war on Islam and the Arab diaspora. The Jewish people are being forced onto the frontlines in Israel by the Christian Zionists like GW Bush and his financeers (Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, etc.) The religious dogma is then escalated by fundamentalist Wahhabist sects in Islam, and many of the world's nations are drawn into this global conflict. Control of the remaining world's petroleum (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc.) then becomes a secondary issue as people fight for their respective religious convictions..
To return to the topic of forests, just look at the Israeli treatment of Palestinian's olive tree groves. Many of these olive tree groves were tended by Palestinian families for several generations. Then the IDF comes in with Caterpillar bulldozers and demolishes their trees, citing "terrorism" as their motivation. This effects the economy and health of the Palestinian people, similar to the US government encouraging mass slaughter of bison to engage in genocide against indigenous north americans (Lakota, etc.). Imperialism kills, maims and destroys with no regard to life. Under capitalism and colonialism we are encouraged to think of this as reasonable behavior, while the future world for the children becomes a trash heap of death and destruction. All under the guise of supporting the profits of billionaires like GW Bush, Rockefeller, DuPont, Hurwitz, etc and their corporate minions..
Volunteers can help Palestinians remain safe as an international observer for the 2005 (Oct 15 - Nov 15) olive harvest in occupied Palestine;
http://www.palsolidarity.org/
Forests everywhere are under continuous attack. The heavily logged tropical rainforest in Africa is continuously logged by French multinational logging corporations, continuing colonialist patterns in Africa. Ironically the French and the US imperialists forgot their bickering about Iraq to join forces in oppressing their former colony of Haiti, another sensitive habitat suffering from deforestation. The US tire corporations (Firestone, Bridgestone, etc.) thought Haiti's steep slopes would be good rubber plantation habitat, though the results were soil erosion and no mas trees. After the invention of petroleum based synthetic rubber, the plantations were abondoned and the soil never replaced..
We will defeat the death cult of US imperialism. Biodiversity is a stronger and healthier energy than monoculture and consumerism. The US economy is a sand castle on the beach and the tide is coming in. We will celebrate and dance on the ruins of multinational corporations!!
luna moth
Many of the recent species extinction occurred post colonialism in north and south america. That indicates that the indigenous people of turtle island (the americas) were able to live in harmony with their ecosystem. The provisions needed for housing, clothes food, tools, etc were all gained from the surrounding ecosystem. Everything was taken in balance, and overharvesting was discouraged by the council of elders. One of the reason that the early European settlers massacred large amounts of bison and left them in a huge burial heap, since the native peoples of the Great Plains depended on bison for food, clothing, shelter, etc. by decimating the bison the European colonialists found it easier to wage war against the midwestern people. Looking at the rainforests in south america and temperate rain forests of north america, we see a similar pattern practiced by timber corporations like Weyerhauser. The indigenous tribes of Minnesota were severely effected by the replacement of a healthy diverse forest with plantation forestry by Weyerhauser. Follow the same pattern with Maxxam/PL, Sierra Pacific Industries, Roseburg, Plum (scum) Creek, etc..
Winona LaDuke talks about traditional ecological knowledge and the Menominees certified Green Cross forestry operation in Wisconsin. Very different from the clear cutting and plantation forestry practiced by short tern financial fixated corporate timber barons like Weyerhaeuser, Maxxam/PL, etc..
http://redwebz.org/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=630
"There's another example of indigenous thinking tied into a broader context, which is the Menominees in Wisconsin. They have a reservation. If you look at a map of northern Wisconsin you'll see farmlands and then an area that's just trees. That's Menominee. They have the same amount of trees standing and the same age span and the same diversity as they had a hundred years ago. They have a full-scale forest in operation. They only do selective cutting. They're very careful. The interesting thing is, I don't know very much about international certifications, but they are the only Green Cross certified forest in North America. I think there's something to be learned from that.
Perhaps the best knowledge about forests is, I heard a story about the Haidas in Alaska. The Haidas used to make plank houses. They still know how to cut a plank off the side of the tree and leave the tree standing. I figured that if Weyerhaeuser could do that I might listen to them. That is traditional ecological knowledge."
Xaaydaa Hlk'iiyan K'aaws Kyaang.aay Laa
(People who look after the Forest)
http://www.haidanation.ca/
Not sure how the topic of Israel entered this thread, but since someone brought it up..
The manifest destiny dogma of European Christian colonialism has extended itself into the Arab world via Israel. The so-called Zionist State of Israel represents a Eurocentric colonial outpost designed to wage war on Islam and the Arab diaspora. The Jewish people are being forced onto the frontlines in Zionist Israel by the Christian Zionists like GW Bush and his financeers (Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, etc.) The Zionist's goal is creating a man-made Armageddon battle where all non-Christians are converted to Christianity by a force called "Rapture". The religious dogma is then escalated by fundamentalist Wahhabist sects in Islam, and many of the world's nations are drawn into this global conflict. Control of the remaining world's petroleum (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc.) then becomes a secondary issue as people fight for their respective religious convictions..
To return to the topic of forests, just look at the Israeli treatment of Palestinian's olive tree groves. Many of these drought tolerant olive tree groves were tended by Palestinian families for several generations. Then the IDF comes in with Caterpillar bulldozers and demolishes their trees, citing "terrorism" as their motivation. This effects the economy and health of the Palestinian people, similar to the US government encouraging mass slaughter of bison to engage in genocide against indigenous north americans (Lakota, etc.). Imperialism kills, maims and destroys with no regard to life. Under capitalism and colonialism we are encouraged to think of this as reasonable behavior, while the future world for the children becomes a trash heap of death and destruction. All under the guise of supporting the profits of billionaires like GW Bush, Rockefeller, DuPont, Hurwitz, etc and their corporate minions..
Volunteers can help Palestinians remain safe as an international observer for the 2005 (Oct 15 - Nov 15) olive harvest in occupied Palestine;
http://www.palsolidarity.org/
Forests everywhere are under continuous attack. The heavily logged tropical rainforest in Africa is continuously logged by French multinational logging corporations, continuing colonialist patterns in Africa. Ironically the French and the US imperialists forgot their bickering about Iraq to join forces in oppressing their former colony of Haiti, another sensitive habitat suffering from deforestation. The US tire corporations (Firestone, Bridgestone, etc.) thought Haiti's steep slopes would be good rubber plantation habitat, though the results were soil erosion and no mas trees. After the invention of petroleum based synthetic rubber, the plantations were abondoned and the soil never replaced..
We will defeat the death cult of US imperialism. Biodiversity is a stronger and healthier energy than monoculture and consumerism. The US economy is a sand castle on the beach and the tide is coming in. We will celebrate and dance on the ruins of multinational corporations!!
luna moth
