By:David Venables in Environment
This weekend I had to return my daughter’s new bright pink designer style desk lamp to Ikea. She had only had it for a few weeks and the bulb had gone - embarrassingly I couldn’t work out how to change it!
By:Rupert Oliver in Environment
One of the most startling observations in the newly published UNECE/FAO annual review of international wood markets is that "North American sawn hardwood production fell from a peak of 31.0 million m3 in 2000 to 23.2 million...
By:Rupert Oliver in Environment
Just taken a look at “Smart Solutions to Climate Change”, a comprehensive new analysis of the economic costs and benefits of different approaches to climate change edited by Bjorn Lomborg (the so-called “sceptical...
in Environment, Technical Information
The short answer is "Environmental Product Declarations". The longer version is that they are emerging as potentially the best opportunity the international wood sector has to prove its true environmental credentials and level...
By:David Venables in Environment
Last year I was fortunate enough to introduce the award winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at an event for the Hay literary and Arts Festival in the historic Spanish city of Segovia. During his interview with the...