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Clear cutting isn't nearly as common anymore and most times when clera cutting is done there is a whole new forest replanted in it's place. Many of the items listed above (btw - phtographic film is listed twice) are items that can be made from recycled paper, ex. toilet paper, papertowels, grocery bags, etc. I don't see any problem in harvesting trees. I do think that any harvesting should be followed by replacement. I don't know where I heard it but I once heard that the Native Americans (Don't know where or what tribe) used to believe that you shouldn't take anything at all from nature without putting something back. Even if that wasn't true that I'd heard that it is still a good policy. Even those people who are "Christian" should remember that we were told to be good stewards of the earth. We need to use things that we find on the earth for our survival but we also need to do all we can to replace that or to encourage the continued growth. I have given many public speaches on conservation in Wisconsin with the DNR. I would not call myself a tree hugger though. I go hunting and fishing and it doesn't bother me to see logging being done. I hate poaching for the sake of chopping off the antlers just to show off. I hunt (with a license) and we use all of the meat, sometimes the legs, and the hide as well. Very little goes to waste and we only take what we need. It's all a matter of being responsible with what we have and do.
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"Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama
My Karma just ran over your Dogma. 
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