Sentences with phrase «for firewood»

Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).

I knew when I stumbled upon it that I could figure out some cool use for that firewood storage orb!

The deterioration of land in Third World countries often starts with growing demand for firewood.

An award - winning system installed in Rwandan prisons reduced the need for firewood by half.

2/3 of the rest of the world is out looking for firewood as I write this comment.

It was once abundant throughout Central America but is now highly threatened and even extinct in parts of its range due to cutting for firewood and to plant corn.

The two billion people on the planet who lack a light bulb or scrabble for firewood for cooking or heat (sometimes getting into knife fights in the process) need affordable, convenient energy sources now — whether from a solar panel or biogas, or from a conventional power plant or propane tank.

Experiencing poverty after the end of her marriage in 1941, Nevelson foraged for firewood in New York, often taking home what she found and spray - painting the pieces before incorporating them into her work.

Hunched over the soil, Malagasy villagers work feverishly — deft fingers planting stalks of mangrove to replace the swathes destroyed for firewood and building material.

There is a large, glass sliding door gives access to the workspace via the veranda, which also provides space for firewood storage.

You can cut up branches for firewood, pound tent stakes into the ground, or easily cut rope or fishing line.

My solution — plant more trees in this area, and stop the locals cutting them down for firewood by giving them something else to burn...

When the villages were still occupied, «people were using every stick of wood for firewood,» Swetnam says, so forest fires didn't have much fuel to work with.

You may have to forage for firewood to solve a puzzle.

«It hurts when I see farmers pulling down a tree [for firewood] that could help their crops.

Invest in a few choice year - round double - duty accessories that serve different functions winter and summer, such as a large good - quality basket for firewood in winter that holds your entire stack of must - read books in the summer.

He is softened by his clothes, too: a literal lack of armor, no sword at his side, his only steel an axe for firewood.

Also a contender for the best chainsaw for firewood, the Snapper 82V Electric Chainsaw is a great choice for those looking for an electric chainsaw that packs an extra punch.

One chilly fall day in 2001 my brother and I were chain - sawing fallen trees for firewood when the saw kicked on a knot and shot out of my brother's hands and into his groin.

As her works hint, the reality was often less dream and more nightmarish; though with some brilliant «tell the grandkids» type anecdotes: Tillman recalls pilfering beetroot and potatoes from fields, and scavenging for firewood on the beach.

His financial situation was slippery: one cold winter, he was forced to use a sculpture Carl Andre had abandoned at his house for firewood.

Witness to a parliamentary debate in 1842 that resulted in a ban on gathering fallen twigs for firewood in public forests in Germany's Rhineland, until then a common practice among the poor, Marx imagined, «In the stomach of the predators, nature has provided the battlefield of union, the crucible of closest fusion, the organ connecting the various animal species.»

Many Nicaraguans eat turtle eggs (they're even sold as snacks at sporting events), chop down the mangrove swamps for firewood, and pollute the water with illegal shrimp farms.

Part of the problem is visible around refugee camps in this West Darfur city or particularly around the Kalma camp near Nyala in South Darfur, where a forest of baobab, acacia, palm and other trees has been largely decimated by the displaced, who scrounge for firewood or logs to sell.

Many trees along Himalayan trails in Nepal are stripped of branches as families compete for firewood.

Curly explains that most of the logs they purchase would have rotted anyway — presumably meaning they are either cast - offs from forestry or windfall from storms — and that they use spent mushroom logs for firewood afterwards.

They were asking for firewood, they need clean drinking water, they needed food, they needed income because they were poor.

And some wood is used for firewood almost immediately.

Success in this area, therefore, will necessarily have to include alternative biomass feed - stock for firewood and charcoal production.

Hmmm... perhaps the trees cut down for firewood at the Almagre «DeadCar» site could be useful here.

An EROEI for firewood of between 14:1 and 40:1 is only meaningful when compared to the net energy achieved with other sources.

People are out scouring for firewood, for example.

When these trees mature they will begin to be sustainably harvested for firewood.

«Otherwise CDM would just result in either [carbon] leakage [e.g. through unplanned use of forestry for firewood]... or have negative welfare implications for the poor» (p. 329).

First, there's paying for firewood, as many urban and suburban dwellers do.

Architect James Carter added another whimsical gesture — a closet in the chimney for firewood and outdoor furniture — to enhance the illusion that this newly constructed house is an antique.

The table runner and woven basket for the firewood help to bring a casual, not so formal approach to the design.

Amanda refinished a hand - me - down pine table in grey paint and repurposed it as an easy - to - access storage unit for firewood.

The bench, which provides the perfect storage space below for firewood, wraps around to the wall behind the fireplace, creating a comfy seating nook.

Plus, by centering the fireplace between a brick opening and the exterior living room wall, it provides a handy nook for firewood.

The perch has also increased local demand for firewood, because their higher fat content drives people to smoke them rather than dry them.

A 30 - year study revealed that the American beech, a large tree often used for firewood, is dominating the woodlands.

Would also eliminate the third world's chief cause of deforestation — the need for firewood.

And the arduous work of excavating and plastering the fossil was not the end of the saga, Martill recalls: «Building plaster's got clay in it and takes ages to dry, so we looked for firewood — which is not easy to find in a desert — dug a trench on either side of the bone and lit fires to encourage it to dry.»

We use the bio-gas for cooking, so there is minimal need to cut trees for firewood.