The petition
Save our Bunya plantations!
Our government is considering ripping out Bunya plantations...
Bunya is a timber we have used since the outset of Cole Clark, and one that provides the incredible soundboards on Cole Clark Guitars.The current government is relatively insensitive to many of the points noted below, let alone Bunya's acoustic qualities... and so please consider assisting so that we may get a lot more trees planted... not just Bunya.
* Timber is still the most environmentally friendly building material, and it is arguably the most aesthetic. It requires the least energy to produce and of course – trees absorb carbon. By contrast it takes huge amounts of energy to create steel and bricks!
* If we burned what we grew, we would be 'in balance', as opposed to burning massive amounts of stored biomass.
* We, in Australia, and in many parts of our world, have removed 70+% of our forest cover in less than 200 years! We need to put it back! And we have burned shit loads of stored biomass.
* Basically we are lacking awareness, irresponsible, indulgent bastards. Apparently we wanted Australia to look like Europe... that was sensible!
* Our 'government' is considering ripping out Bunya plantations! The same ones that we recover soundboards from... But of course!
* Bunya puts on a good amount of biomass each year, is relatively quick growing... good for absorbing carbon.
* Bunya also bears edible fruit!
* It has strong links to our indigenous people. See: 'the Bunya feasts' (Google Link)
* Trees improve soil, reducing water and wind erosion: Therefore improving water quality: We like to breath, drink and eat. If you have kids or family... this maybe of importance.
* They also reduce ground temperature.
* They provide habitat: We are apparently not the only bastards on the planet.
* Trees in general ultimately effect climate.
* And unlike humans, they don't talk shit... they share this virtue with fish heads.
* Bunya looks good and makes nice instruments!
* The greatest threat to forests is irresponsible farming and not plantations for building... so eat a little less beef... let us face it, we are going to have to change many habits.
* We have demonstrated that to be great, a guitar does not need to be comprised of 'old growth' timber.
* The longest journey starts with a single step: The first is awareness, then will.
* Many Cole Clark users are getting off their arses adding some fury to this cause.
A few words, a link, on your respective sites... Thanks in anticipation.
* It is a damn good cause... and we are in the position of enhancing awareness.
Many Thanks for your support,
Bradley Clark.
" its nice to see nowadays more businesses going out of their way to do the right thing.
Cole Clark guitars are one of the many companies taking a lead in doing just that. Their investment into bunya pine, an indigenous sustainably grown and harvested tree for guitar timber , is setting a great example that the guitar making industry does not have to be part of the unprecedented savage attack on the environment.
Many guitar timbers are still being sourced from the worlds very valuable and quickly disappearing rainforest. Its great to know there's another sustainable and great sounding alternative. Bunya pine ."
John Butler
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