chine to a maker and the pat- ent was issued in both their names. He never received any royalties though some German papermakers and later a group of countries did eventually give him enough mon- ey for a comfortable retirement. Wood is still the main ingre- dient in as well as card- board and office paper which go Which country invented modern through a chemical process instead woodpulp paper? If you said Canada July 2015 of the mechanical one. Though then well done, have a timbit, if you much these days comes from recy- said Germany then hang on we’ll cled paper. Some paper is still made get there in a bit. It was invented by with cotton, most often a fellow called Charles Fenerty from and high quality that peo- Nova Scotia, who started work on Yes to YES ple want to last for a long time. it in 1838. Paper used to be made from pulped rags made from hemp, linen or cotton, the earliest form of The Yukon’s Energy Solutions recycled paper. It took a lot of exper- project has been launched by imenting but by 1844 Fenerty had our friends at the Yukon Con- made bleached paper from wood. servation Society. As they point He wrote a letter to Halifax news- out, energy covers much more paper the Acadian Recorder on a than just electricity. Whilst most sample of his new paper in October of our electricity comes from re- 1844 to show the quality that could newable sources, most of the be produced. There was little inter- energy we use for heating and est at the time and Fenerty never transport comes from fossil fuels. continued with the idea, though he As they say “We must break our ad- did see a wood pulp built diction to fossil fuels and advance near his hometown in his later years. sustainable conservation and re- Fenerty never patented his pro- newable alternatives to meet our cess but a patent was taken out in If you haven’t registered for the re- energy needs”. So YES is about mov- Germany (see, we did get here) in cycling club yet then you’ll have to ing closer to a sustainable energy 1845 by Friedrich Gottlob Keller. He go online to do so. Only a limited Yukon. There are sustainable alter- worked completely independently number of books were printed and natives to fossil fuels around and of Fenerty and developed his own we have no more at Raven. You YES is interested in the people using wood-cut machine and process. By can’t collect points until you have sustainable energy and the proj- coincidence Keller also sent a sam- a number, so be sure to sign up ects which are developing ideas. ple out in 1844, in his case to the before you bring in the recycling. German Government. Again there was no interest. Keller sold his ma-