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Community Grants CONTENT
SFI Community Grants are awarded for collaborative community-based projects, activities or events that support SFI’s efforts to connect communities to forests. Projects supported have included providing educators with tools to showcase green career pathways […]
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SFI Collaborating with Women Changing the Face of Forestland Ownership
The Clemson Cooperative Extension is collaborating with other agencies, organizations, and female‑owned natural resource management companies to host workshops to provide information to South […]
Featured Stories
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Nadine […]
The revolutionary promise of mass timber
Even as the challenges of climate change continue to dominate the news, a set of technological revolutions in design and materials science offers renewed hope. While the transportation sector is a major source of carbon emissions, tackling climate change also means re-examining how buildings are designed, built and operated. That’s because the construction industry produces roughly 40 percent of global carbon emissions – more than even the transportation sector.
SFI Articles CONTENT
The forest hugger: A conversation Kathy Abusow
Resource Works – March 21, 2022
In episode six of ForestWorks’ second season, Kathy Abusow joins Stewart for a […]
Structurlam is First Canadian Cross-Laminated Timber Manufacturer to Earn SFI Chain-Of-Custody Certification
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced today that Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the SFI 2015-2021 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Structurlam blends the expertise of wood science with the ingenuity of European fabrication to produce mass timber products including CLT, the next-generation of engineered wood products. Structurlam has manufactured CLT for six years and supplied the product to over 350 projects in North America. Extensively tested, the product has vast applications for construction.
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Grant – Mississippi Forestry Foundation
MISSISSIPPI FOREST FOUNDATION
Mississippi State University Architecture Students Gain Valuable Mass Timber Knowledge
Mass Timber Technology Studio
Why this project matters
The Mass Timber Technology Studio is a fourth-year architecture class […]
Grant – University of Idaho
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Demonstrating Benefits of SFI-Certified Wood in a Mass Timber Arena
The University of Idaho’s new mass timber sports arena offers opportunity to showcase the benefits of sourcing […]
Grant – University of Miami School of Architecture Into the Woods: A Carbon Story
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Into the Woods: A Carbon Story
Helping architecture students understand the climate-related benefits of choosing building materials from sustainably managed forests.
Why this Project […]
Conference Videos
GENERAL INFO
2021 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE & VIDEOS
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Nadine Block
Senior VP, Community and Government Relations
Tel: 202-596-3456
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