We are trying to build a myth. Bill Rutland was from the American south, hated northern lumber companies devastating 'his' forests, ran from home in 1916 aged 16. His sister who went to war as an army nurse gave him a green scarf because of his love of the canopy.

The lithe blond Rutland whose hair stuck up on end also tried to join the army and was clearly to young. So he walked across the south of the USA and kept on walking. The first green scarf wore out and he had another.

He began writing for conservation bodies and local papers, then Green Scarf stories began, telling the good side of science and progress. And the bad. More on Rutland >>>>