Posts Tagged ‘Wood’
Oregon Women in Timber ~ Melissa Fullerton ~ Episode 56
This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women, this is 2 out of 4 episodes and will be published each Monday in each week of October 2020 for National Forest Products week. Melissa and I chatted about working in business in the forest sector. She enjoys OWIT so much! My name is…
Read MoreOregon Women in Timber ~ Amanda Astor ~ Episode 55
This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women and will be published each Monday in each week of October 2020 for National Forest Products week. Amanda Astor and I recorded this episode before the devastating fires in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. We chatted about forest fires and what Oregon Women in…
Read MoreTreetop Walkway on largest island in Germany, Rügen
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Baumwipfelpfad Naturerbe Zentrum Ruegen on the island of Rügen was a spiral wooden walk worth taking for the views from the bottom of the forest floor to the tree canopy to the views of the water at the top of the tower. What is the best part? Rügen is…
Read MoreForestry Men Who Rock – Brink Group of Companies Owner – John Brink – Episode 52
“John A. Brink came to Canada from Holland in 1965 with $25.47 in his pocket, a suitcase full of books, and a dream to build his own sawmill.” Interviewing him was such a treat and we learned so much about lumber, forests and wood from him in our recorded video on YouTube and in this…
Read MoreFree Range Forestry LLC – Anna Yarbrough – Episode 49
Anna and I talked about being young women business owners with forestry backgrounds. She worked in the industry as an employee before breaking out on her own and creating Free Range Forestry LLC so she could have a flexible work schedule with her son. We talk about local forestry and what it is like to…
Read MoreWomen in Wood Science Who Rock – Pipiet Larasatie – Episode 45
Talking Forests recorded this as a live video (https://youtu.be/pK4H72XWVow) from Yosemite National Park at the Society of Wood Science and Technology Conference Oct 20-25th. (www.swst.org or @societywood on social media). We do not own the rights to the “Most Girls” Hailee Steinfeld Song used in the video or podcast audio. Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pipiet/ “Originally from…
Read MoreForest Men Who Rock – Andy Heald – Episode 44
We interview Andrew Heald, Technical Director, Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor), UK Twitter: www.twitter.com/andyheald Andrew is the Technical Director for Confor. He has over 20 years’ experience in forest and plantation management, and has worked in the UK, Finland, Uruguay and Ghana. Confor is a trade body representing 1,500 numbers across the UK forestry and…
Read MoreForest Men Who Rock – Luke Hemmings – Episode 43
Luke Hemmings is working with the UK Forestry Commission and I met him at the Institute for Chartered Foresters (https://www.charteredforesters.org/) National Conference this April. He is great to connect with! @lwhemmings on Instagram and Twitter His blog: https://thebeardedforester.wordpress.com/author/thebeardedforester/ “I am truly passionate about and fully committed to multi-purpose Forestry and upholding the highest standards of…
Read MoreAustrian Wooden Wonder Treetop Walk Salzkammergut
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Austrian Wooden Wonder Treetop Walk Salzkammergut Our Austrian adventure was amazing with wood as the theme all week. The main event was when we visited Baumwipfelpfad Salzkammergut which translates to Treetop Walk Salzkammergut, truly an Austrian Wooden Wonder. The start of our trip was in a wooden hut…
Read MoreThe Wooden Punch Buggy Beetle
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Talking Forests visited Wolfsburg, Germany to tour the Volkswagen museums. We were surprised to see a VW Beetle made of wood at the Stiftung AutoMuseum (https://www.automuseum-volkswagen.de/en.html)! The first car we owned was a 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg edition so naturally going to the museums was a great idea. …
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