The Wood User's Guide to Green Building - California Redwood ...

Conclusion — Sustainability Reigns SupremeWorldwide, there is a growingawareness that without carefulstewardship, the natural resourceswe depend on may be squandered.In California, sustainability is more than anabstract concept – it is an approach to conservingnatural resources and beautiful landscapes forgenerations. Increasingly, private forestland ownersare demonstrating how forest management canprovide green building materials, clean water,abundant wildlife habitat and safer forests. Managedforestlands may be the most effective scrubbers ofgreenhouse gases on the planet and can be a criticaltool in addressing global warming.Unlike other building materials, wood is renewable.Growth exceeds harvest across California and thereis roughly the same amount of forestland in theUnited States today as there was 100 years ago.34