Paper and Pulp industry leaves Sweden blaming energy prices

Sweden, although at the forefront of the drive to oil independence, sits powerless when industry finds national energy prices a little too high. The Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reports on Thursday the 31 August 2006 that Rottneros, one of the world’s five largest makers of paper pulp, is closing its plant in Utansjö, in Northern Read more about Paper and Pulp industry leaves Sweden blaming energy prices[…]

Hats of f to Dave Pollard’s work on cultures

Dave Pollard has ploughed thorugh anthropologist Hugh Brody’s far-reaching and scholarly personal memoir based on extensive study of indigenous cultures, The Other Side of Eden, written six years ago. Dave has crystallised out the essentials of a culture that is in harmony with the environment around it. These essentials are what we need to aim Read more about Hats of f to Dave Pollard’s work on cultures[…]