Articles by 'John Dupra'

By John Dupra, Posted in Responsibility

“I treat my body like a temple, you treat yours like a tent.” – Jimmy Buffet, Fruitcakes Is there anything a person gets more passionate about than a diet? Religion and politics come close, but ask yourself if you would rather be told where you’re going to spend eternity, or that you should stop eating that thing you love. It might seem counter-intuitive, but if you’re honest with yourself, you probably get more upset when people tell you what to eat than when any&nb... read more.

• June 07, 2018

By John Dupra, Posted in Tips

I have two small children. That means sleep is not a common thing in my house.  If we do manage to get a quiet moment by getting both kids to sleep, that’s only the first part of the challenge. The next part is actually getting past them to get downstairs without waking them up. You see, we live in a two story colonial built in the 1960s. It’s a great house, with all hardwood floors (like I’d have it any other way), but the flooring used when the house was built was 1″ wid... read more.

• June 07, 2018

By John Dupra, Posted in Responsibility

It’s one of those phrases that most of us grew up with. We have been taught that there are no good ways to manage a forest, and cutting a single tree down will get you a nasty visit from Captain Planet. This thinking isn’t completely without merit. It really wasn’t until the later part of the 20th century that governments, business, and consumers really started putting responsible forestry practices into place. Saving the planet one glorious mullet at a time! Now we know not only is it o... read more.

• June 07, 2018

By John Dupra, Posted in Responsibility

How to not end up like the villain in a children’s story There are many children’s stories, like The Lorax, Fern Gully, and Captain Planet that could give you the impression that any form of resource harvesting is evil. However, like many global, economic, and scientific issues, forestry resource management is fairly complex. When done right, it can improve the health of the forest and prevent mass destruction like disease and wildfire. When done incorrectly well… Captain Planet might pr... read more.

• June 07, 2018

By John Dupra, Posted in Tips

Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Have you ever had this client/customer (or have you even been this yourself)? One that claims to know more about what you do than you? I had a summer job as a kid where I worked as a low level associate at a large electronics/office supply chain (It was the worst job I ever had, and no I don’t want to talk about it) and we used to call them... read more.

• June 07, 2018