SFI BLOG
YAKAMA NATION TRIBAL FORESTRY YOUTH CAMP 2025
For the last two summers, the Yakama Nation has hosted a Youth Forestry Camp on the Yakama Reservation. As a financial supporter of the event, SFI was graciously invited to join the two-day gathering, and I was honored to attend on behalf of the team.
The Artist Behind the 2021 Virtual SFI Annual Conference Speaker Gifts
Fourteen-year-old Mahatta Price loves spending time in the forest.
Celebrate Free Comic Day with SFI
After being canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Free Comic Book Day will make an exciting nationwide return this Saturday, August 14.
SFI Annual Conference Features Leading Voices on Critical Global Issues
More than 600 people joined the 2021 Virtual SFI Annual Conference, May 12-14, to learn from a diverse and dynamic group of speakers.
Collaboration for Conservation in the Southern Blue Ridge
SFI and the Forest Stewards Guild have brought together partners who live and work in the Southern Blue Ridge, to collaborate on forest conservation approaches.
SFI Celebrates the International Day of Forests
SFI celebrates forests every day, but every year on March 21 we join so many others to formally recognize the United Nations International Day of Forests.
SFI Celebrates Women Leaders on International Women’s Day #iwd2021 #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day takes on even greater meaning in the middle of a global pandemic.
Getting ready for 2021
I hope everyone had a nice holiday season. I wanted to start the year with some lessons from 2020 that can inform our work going forward. I am proud of what we achieved together last year during such unique times and appreciative of how we adapted.
SFI E-Summit: Sustainably Managed Forests Deliver Shared Sustainability Goals
More than 330 virtual attendees from across the U.S. and Canada joined the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s E-Summit.
Working Forests at Work for Birds
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A bird watcher, a lumber manufacturer, and a wildlife biologist walk into a bar…Or was it a forest?
Sometimes It Takes a Bigger Perspective to Truly See the Forest
Not long ago, I was in northwestern Ontario sailing high above the blanket of boreal forests stretching as far as the eye could see.
Shaping the SFI Standards – SFI Completes Second Comment Period
SFI’s standards, when leveraged with our three other pillars of work, provide practical, scalable solutions for markets and communities committed to a sustainable planet.
Indigenous Perspectives Inform SFI Standards and So Much More
SFI has a proud history of forest-focused collaboration with Indigenous Peoples. Every day, we strive to co-create meaningful change, while also listening, learning, and growing as an organization to become the best possible partner we can be.
Millennials are Poised to Make Long-lasting Changes to Sustainable Packaging
Millennials are changing the way we look at the world in many ways—including how we package the food and beverages we eat and drink every day.
SFI Celebrates Endangered Species Day on May 15
SFI works to support the conservation of species at risk today and every day. SFI‑certified forests provide healthy habitat for a wide variety of species, including species at risk.
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.
