-- A New Concept for Forests --

It has been said that:

    * OUR FORESTS ARE PROTECTED: "Environmentalists" have captured our hearts and minds, how our water ways are cleaner now because of their work, how the Northern Spotted Owl and "ancient forests" are "safe" because we are not using old growth forests as timber any more.
    * OUR CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED: Our youth is increasingly under the control of gangs, that the "war on drugs" is an impossible battle to stifle demand, that this information age is also an age of production being automated or out-sourced to foreign providers, and that our use of fossil fuels from foreign sources continues to escalate.
    * OUR ECONOMIC HERITAGE IS PROTECTED: In this growing economy it is good that there is now low unemployment, low inflation and slow wage growth, none of these economic "dragons" are likely to rear their heads as problems any time soon,  individual productivity increases from the increased use of fossil energy to multiply the work of humans, this trend should be continued at all costs, and the gap between the wealthy and others widens proving that America is the land of opportunity.

Is it possible that the normal way forest land is treated today relates to any of these connections?
Is it possible that the condition and functions of working forests are important to the health of our communities, families, children, and the forest that is now held as preserves?

        marketing products better,
        training crews, or
        getting deals on products needed to run a business.

Forests and forest use are the single most sustainable facet of our society (if handled correctly):
Forests are real, long term, renewable community assets both while growing and after harvest.  It is unlikely that the product value of any tree of significant worth will accrue during the tenure of one owner.  Trees generally are the product of the efforts and restraint of many people over an extended period of time.  The forest accumulates its growth for many years before a harvest is needed.  Thus the comparison of forest use and agriculture for similar commodities weighs heavily on the forest side if roads and stream crossings are well maintained.

Without strong leaders, communities, families, and motivated workers who understand the forests they reside within, we will continue to see the growth of problems that characterize this era.
Symptoms of major problems that face us include:
    * fragmentation of forest holdings (most forests under 1000A are speculative assets),
    * displacement of people from traditional jobs by technology and oil,
    * inability of working forests to compete for capital to maintain tree quality and productivity,
    * replacement of products made from wood by non-renewable energy dependent substitutes,
    * decline of the ability of parents to provide a stable home for children who are loved and safe.

We believe these issues need:

first, to be understood by those who would leave something different for their grandchildren, and
second, the establishment of a set of solutions that start from where we are, and include the possibility that the "basic" sustainable functions (those that must be done in the right sequence, with the right raw materials, at the right time, and in the right way) will be done as a matter of course, rather than being avoided or out-competed by unsustainable systems at every opportunity.

We hope that Green Diamond Systems can offer owners the opportunity to understand the issues listed below, and provide an effective platform to act on opportunities that they care about:

    * Why it is important to thin forests when they need to be thinned?  (Then to act to get them thinned regularly)
    * Why it is important to build value on trees (grow them in diameter, height, and quality) at rates that significantly exceed those possible in unmanaged situations?  (Believe it or not, most don't, managed forests are the only manageable, terrestrial, long term carbon (as carbon dioxide) uptake mechanism we have, and can be good financial assets as well.)
    * Why trees grow wood?  (Use this information to structure forests to really work!)
    * Why children must experience a range of sustainable activities while still young?
    * Why some children do not necessarily belong in school?  (How to help us all accept the realities of life.)
    * Why every business must find ways to integrate some significant number of apprentices?
    * Why strong families and communities are hurt by cheap energy?  (Build sane energy budgets and sources for 2000+.)
    * Why the global economy and immediate gratification are dangerous social and ecological experiments?
    * Why governments depend on cheap energy, and what this means for renewable energy sources such as forests and those who would be responsible in their management of them?
    * Why we must slow the growth of CO2 and methane in the atmosphere, and what the current trend  means to long term activities like forest culture?
    * Why we must reward everyone in the chain of value development for success in maintaining healthy forests and recapturing markets lost to nonrenewable energy dependent substitutes?
    * Why unstable communities result from wide use of materials and commodities whose price does not include costs of all factors of production, and what happens to families and children in unstable communities?
    * Why pollution is a non-renewable energy consumption related problem?
    * Why "preserves" are not really the safe places for trees that the "preservationists" would have us believe?
    * Why trees must not be damaged by thinning, weather, or insect/disease if they are to have high value?
    * Why long term assets ought to be treated as a sustainable community's asset, rather than just a possession?

We believe that with your help Green Diamond Systems can do first things first - stay out of the way of those who are doing necessary things well already!.  We know that there is plenty of interest and money for groups who will think about problems and use it well.

We need landowners and assistants who WILL:

Green Diamond Systems was formed to meet specific objectives by:

We hope Green Diamond Systems will be: