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GREEN WAVE
STATE LAUNCHES “MADE WITH
JERSEY GROWN WOOD” STAMP
The state of New Jersey has launched a new campaign in an effort to
attract people to locally harvested wood products. The “Made with
Jersey Grown Wood” stamp will first be emblazoned on birdhouses
and birdfeeders. The goal is to promote the state’s dwindling sawmills
as well as the practice of sustainable tree harvesting through an easily
identifiable logo.
The state Audubon Society drove the creation of the “Jersey Grown”
label. The birdhouse project is an extension of the society’s product
line called S.A.V.E. – Support Agricultural Viability and the
Environment.
According to Paul Schairer, co-owner of Schairer Brothers Sawmill,
“these last few years have been brutal.” He hopes the new “Jersey
Grown” label will do something to change that.
“We’re putting this on everything,” he said of the new stamp.
AUSTRALIAN WOOD INDUSTRY AND
NGO TEAM UP TO PROMOTE WOOD
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA), the industry body
behind the Wood Naturally Better program and Planet Ark are
joining forces to encourage the use of sustainably-sourced wood.
Planet Ark is interested in helping house builders, developers,
architects, the general public and school children recognize the
environmental benefits of using sustainable timber over other,
more polluting alternatives.
Over the coming months, Planet Ark will develop educational
materials, an interactive website and deliver an extensive media
campaign to raise awareness.
“Sustainable timber use is an important step in the transition to a
low carbon economy,” says Paul Klymenko, CEO of Planet Ark.
IPAD CASES MADE OF SUSTAINABLE WOOD STYLISH
Oregon based Substrata makes specialty wood products like cutting boards and cabinets but they
also offer a line of cases for iPhones, Macbook Air computers and iPads. To follow up on the
release of the new iPad 2, the company has created a new line of cases to suit the revamped iPad.
Three models of cases are available for purchase now with an expected ship date sometime in
May. The “Tabletop” case is made from solid birch plywood and leather that is reclaimed from
local scrap. The “Open” case acts as an iPad frame, is made of solid hardwood and allows access
to all buttons and jacks on the iPad. The “Artisan” model can be ordered to include one, two or
three different wood types, has a lid with wooden hinge that turns the iPad screen on and off
as it is opened and closed and functions as a stand for the iPad in both horizontal and vertical
orientations. www.substrata.net
UNIVERSITY SUSPENDS GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM
Vancouver Island University’s green building and renewable energy
technician program has been suspended just three years after it
started. The green building program teaches students how to
make buildings more energy efficient and about renewable energy
applications in buildings. It prepares students to provide technical
communication, design, assessment and evaluation services to
professionals working on green building or renewable energy projects.
“The university is reviewing the program because it is new and
because there are only 10 people graduating this year,” said VIU
spokeswoman. “Results of the review should be available in the
next few months and we expect it will include recommendations on
way s to improve the program, not a recommendation to cancel it
altogether.”
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