I was on a walk the other day and came across a pile of #timber. I also happened to have my #camera with me and I liked the #GeometricPatterns and #Colours I saw.
The #Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge #Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.
As the cost of fighting #wildfires increases, state Sen. Elizabeth Steiner has proposed a bill — developed in consultation with the #logging industry — that would shift millions in expenses away from the biggest landowners and onto taxpayers.
I just love the mish mash of #materials and #building styles that the multi-period #historic towns of provincial #England serve up. There’s joy to be found in the chaos everywhere you look! I’m all for freedom of expression and variety. Although I do draw the line at the crapola allowed by #urban planners in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. #Vernacular#Architecture#Stone#Brick#Timber
Another thing I love about the Fediverse: I feel it’s a safe space to share a nice bit of brickwork. A place where nobody will think it’s weird that I took a photo of a bit of a wall just because I liked the look of the brick and timber. I’m going to tag this #Brick. And #Timber.
Indonesia: NO to the wholesale deforestation of the Mentawai islands!
Indonesia has granted a permit to a company for large-scale logging on Sipora in the Mentawai islands. Over the next 30 years, it will be allowed to clear 20,706 hectares of forests and Indigenous lands. This will make locals more vulnerable to floods, water shortages and impacts of climate change. Help us get the permit canceled!
How could land the #IndonesianGovernment classifies as “state forests” be chosen for a logging permit? Indonesia has ambitious climate commitments pertaining to #deforestation, so why permit the clearing of a small island that is vulnerable to erosion, climate change impacts and floods?
Indigenous communities, NGOs and local authorities have spoken out against this man-made disaster-in-the-making.