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Naturally Rot-Resistant Woods Though sometimes hard to come by, they are nature's answer to the problem of decay |
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Rainforest Rescue Can sustainable logging succeed? A group experiment in Indonesia could show Big Timber the way. |
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This Old House
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All About Engineered Wood Floors It's a dead ringer for solid wood, faster to install, and less prone to moisture damage. Experts help you decide which high-tech, low-fuss boards are best for your application and style. |
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False Forests What's green, full of trees, and worse than a clearcut? Vast pine farms, which are rapidly replacing the woods with a new kind of Southern plantation. |
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Boise Challenges Suppliers While supply-chain optimization hasn't generally focused on environmental responsibility, it does at paper, office supply and construction materials manufacturer Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Idaho. |
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International Paper Turns Over a Greener Leaf? The paper giant aims to increase profitability and do more to protect the environment. Investors, sound crazy? |
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How to Build a Hardwood Floor This Weekend Step-by-step instructions for installing a DIY-friendly floating floor. |
IDB America
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Could Environmentalists Learn to Love This Road? An asphalt strip through Brazil's Amazon rainforest is intended to anchor an economy based on a newer, gentler way to use the rain forest. |
IDB America
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Machines in the Garden A state in Brazil's Amazon enlists laboratories and industrial parks to help protect its forests. |
This Old House
Mark Feirer |
The Language of Lumber The words used in the industry to describe wood can be conflicting and confusing. Here's a crib sheet to help you understand just what the pros are talking about. |
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Cutting a forest to save it A pioneering experiment in community forestry management in Peten, Guatemala. |
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Pet-Friendly Flooring Man's best friend can be flooring's worst foe. These flooring options can help. |
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Sometimes You Need a Pro Investors who don't have the skills, time, or confidence to manage their finances on their own would do well to seek a financial advisor. |
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We're Toast Last summer, U.S. wildfires cost $1.6 billion to stop and claimed the lives of 23 firefighters. The expense and sacrifice did nothing to solve the problems of overgrown forests, misguided policies, and misspent resources. We need to get serious about rethinking the role of flame in the woods. |
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Growing Up Fast From flooring to furnishings to T-shirts, bamboo products are catching on. |
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A Win/Win Proposition The Blandin Foundation championed inclusivity across sectors to promote healthy forests and communities -- and along the way won the 2006 Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement. |
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Altruistic or Opportunistic? Commercial real estate professionals used to perceive "green" buildings as high-cost projects reserved only for altruistic tree huggers. Today, green buildings are sprouting up across the country, leaving hard-core investors asking, "How do green buildings really pencil out?" |
The Motley Fool
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A Tale of Timber and Love Recent earnings at Plum Creek Timber, a Seattle-based real estate investment trust, have been pretty spectacular, as demand for timber from homebuilders and other construction remains high. |
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A Tree Grows in Grand Rapids A strong construction market keeps Universal Forest Products looking green. Investors can enjoy this stock. |
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A New Gateway for Development On the shores of the Uruguay River, a specialized port anticipates the growth of a renewable and sustainable forest industry. |
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Thomas Baker |
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BusinessWeek
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Next Life: Scouring the Forest for the Trees Private equity player Harald Orneberg sold his fund, then headed for Brazil to form The Forest Co. and grow (money on) trees. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Recycling Fireplace Ash Should you scatter wood ashes over your garden? |
Mother Jones
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July/August Backtalk Prison Profiteering... Sterile Forests... Gentle Persuasion... Sponsoring the Chair... |
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January 2006 |
We Are Trying to Make Dreams Happen The governor of Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre is a passionate advocate of the rain forest and his people's economic future. Here's an interview with Jorge Viana on his government's innovative approach to preserving the rain forest. |
The Motley Fool
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Jim Royal |
Roundtable: Is It Time to Buy Lumber Liquidators? Shares just went on sale last week. |
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Eric Dutram |
What's Driving the Timber ETFs? Have the natural disasters in Japan been sending these ETFs up? |
