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  • 9th November 2010

    Should the word “disposable” be consigned to the bin!

    tarafından: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!

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  • 28th October 2010

    American hardwood forests under-utilised

    tarafından: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...

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  • 22nd October 2010

    Forests could save 50% of world carbon abatement costs

    tarafından: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...

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  • 16th October 2010

    What are EPD's?

    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...

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  • 30th September 2010

    Star architect votes for wood

    tarafından: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...

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