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 Stories About: Forest Stewardship Council
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America's Top Sheaf
On recycled vs. certified paper |
Umbra Fisk |
03 Sep 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Our office is trying to develop an environmental paper procurement policy, and we were wondering which component is most critical -- certification by the Forest Stewardship Council, or recycled content? If you could help us understand which is best to support, we would greatly appreciate it. Dan S. Denver, Colo. Dearest Dan, We need to pause and celebrate: 15 years ago, was it even possible for this questi ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, green products, recycling (all these topics) |
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Wood You Believe It
Forest Stewardship Council will overhaul too-lax rules |
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30 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:19 PM on 30 Oct 2007 Ooh, bummer: The Forest Stewardship Council, trusted certifier of sustainably sourced wood and paper, plans to overhaul its standards after acknowledging that some companies using its label are logging destructively. source: The Wall Street Journal From the Archives Candid Campus. Sierra magazine names top 10 green colleges. Nuke Rebuke. Research panel discourag ... |
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| Topics: business, Forest Stewardship Council, logging, news (all these topics) |
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Hogwarts and All
The seventh -- and, alas, final -- Harry Potter book goes green |
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22 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Hogwarts and All The seventh -- and, alas, final -- Harry Potter book goes green Is Draco Malfoy green with envy, or is it just the paper he's printed on? With only 121 days until the last Harry Potter book hits the shelves (not that we're counting), U.S. publisher Scholastic has partnered with the Rainforest Alliance to green up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The 784-page book will have a firs ... |
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| Topics: books, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Power in Lumbers
Small tree-harvesting operations gang up to get certified |
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12 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Power in Lumbers Small tree-harvesting operations gang up to get certified Many small to mid-sized forestry operations are run by folks who value the health of their trees and try their best to be good stewards of the land they own. However, getting official recognition of this fact -- in the form of being certified green by the Forest Stewardship Council, a Germany-based coalition wi ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, Forest Stewardship Council, logging, United States (all these topics) |
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Certifiably Insane?
Wood-labeling program less green than it appears |
Jeff Shaw |
23 Feb 2004 |
Main Dish |
| If you've got plans to undertake a woodworking project -- building a deck, say, or a fancy new china cabinet -- you're probably not going to figure a plane ticket to Burma or Humboldt County, Calif., into the budget, even if you'd like to be sure that the wood you'll use has been harvested sustainably. Hence, the rise of green labeling: a convenient way for consumers to put their money where their value ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, logging, wilderness (all these topics) |
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