Indigenous Peoples across North America Welcome the Green Building Community with LEED Recognition of SFI
The SFI Forest Management Standard is used by dozens of Indigenous communities in Canada and the US to manage millions of acres of forest land.
The SFI Forest Management Standard is used by dozens of Indigenous communities in Canada and the US to manage millions of acres of forest land.
When it comes to the health of our nation’s forests and the communities that depend on them, we occupy common ground.
Creating a new pathway for family forest owners to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points is some of the best news for forests that I’ve heard in a long, long time.
At Ducks Unlimited Canada, our goal is to ensure abundant wetlands, waterfowl, and associated wildlife for generations to come while also improving Canadian lives.
The U.S. Green Building Council’s decision to recognize the SFI Standards is good news for forests and great news for green building.
I have been a rank and file International Woodworkers of America woodworker and now Steelworkers member since the age of 18 when I was hired at a lumber and planer mill in British Columbia.
The USGBC has created a pathway for forests certified to SFI to earn LEED credits through a new pilot Alternative Compliance Path (ACP) credit.
When I was a kid tromping through the Pennsylvania woods with my uncles, I knew instinctively when I was in a forest.
Most people understand that the widespread use of fossil fuels contributes to the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
I can’t clearly remember what I was doing 20 years ago. I’d like to think that I was exploring the local forest, as eight-year-old boys do.