Forest Ecology

Humanity often travels faster than its ability or desire to restore its campsites, often last nights haven is left as a ruined and dangerous place. This is something to bear in mind when selecting your place to relocate, stay or live. Increasingly populations are inadvertently relocating into zones of extreme potential peril. I have cited many along the way, the most recent has come to light, not because of high ethical investigation, but because of the focus on the "in motion" Gulf oil...Read Full Story

47 Bond Street ( Noho ) (212)-533-1932 www.ilbuco.com The Gotham Palate salutes Il Buco for supporting the Amazon Rainforest  with its second annual Earth Day Fund-Raiser.    Photo from http://www.earthday.net/ To honor Earth Day (April 22),  il Buco will reduce its customers total LUNCH bill by 15% for one week.  In turn, il Buco will donate, out of its pocket, the 15% saved by its guests. All proceeds will go to protecting the Amazon Rainforest through the International...Read Full Story

“Going Green” has turned into big business for many.  With the world consciousness becoming more aware of our destructive direction as a society, more businesses are turning to eco-friendly solutions to not only help the world, but also to help their reputation. Many have gone so far as to use green incentives to enhance their product offerings.  Regardless of the motive, the result is definitely something desired by more and more people every day.  We, as consumers, will buy products because...Read Full Story

Earth Day, April 22, 2009 and the top 10 Earth day Songs. Earth Day was founded back in 1970 and falls on April 22nd in America each year . The holiday has grown in popularity over the decades and continues to do so with hightened attention on global climate change. Earth Day is now even celebrated by "light green" environmentalists who may not wear patchouli and attend protests, but do volunteer for clean ups, donate to environmental causes and make renewed pledges to live more gently. Since...Read Full Story

It was the day before Halloween but it seems that representatives of the forest industry in Quebec did a little trick or treating on Thursday at the parliamentary commission studying the health and future of the province’s forests. As usual, Louis-Gilles Francoeur of Le Devoir had the story first, reporting yesterday that what forest companies want is to cut trees and do little else—not replant the forest, or maintain roads or fight fires or any of the things they’ve been supposed to do in...Read Full Story

     Have you ever felt paper?  I mean really felt it?  The tactile feel of paper adds an interesting element to every printed job.  You can think of it as an easy way to boost the response to every job.  A two color newsletter for instance, printed on a pastel colored paper, gives the impression of three or more colors of print.  Going from white to colored paper is not a very big jump in cost, yet adds enough of perceived benefit that I think it is worthwhile.  Some of the off-white colors...Read Full Story

     Just like most   koala bears, I am looking forward to some eucalyptus tomorrow.   As a printer, one sheet I always love to work with is a sheet made from eucalyptus tree fibers.   We buy a brand made in Portugal where they are producing a great sheet of paper from these little bush sized trees.  Instead of raising pine trees for seven to fifteen years to make paper, eucalyptus is ready in five years.   It also is a very long fiber, which makes for great printing and folding.  I...Read Full Story

Have you seen the new Elephant Poop paper yet?   It weighs about twenty pounds a page!   Just kidding.   There is a team of people in India that are making paper from yesterdays hay.   Just click here if you don't believe me! The recycling program in the United States is getting behind. Since your average elephant drops about 500 pounds a day of what we will call, paper starter, you can see that this paper is 100% recycled and sustainable. If, however, you don't live near the zoo or a circus...Read Full Story

   Ok, It's Arbor day in good 'ol U.S.A.  This is a day we celebrate the humble tree .   Never mind the Royal wedding going on across the pond, this is important!      Some boring scientists like to ramble on about how trees can lift 100 gallons of water a day into the leaves, or how they clean the air we breathe, but I would like to just simply say...lets celebrate their beauty.    I would have a hard time choosing a favorite type of tree from the more than 23,000 kinds that there are.  Some...Read Full Story

   Ok, It's Arbor day in good 'ol U.S.A.  This is a day we celebrate the humble tree .   Never mind the Royal wedding going on across the pond, this is important!      Some boring scientists like to ramble on about how trees can lift 100 gallons of water a day into the leaves, or how they clean the air we breathe, but I would like to just simply say...lets celebrate their beauty.    I would have a hard time choosing a favorite type of tree from the more than 23,000 kinds that there are.  Some...Read Full Story