Congrats to April Canada the grand prize winner of our photo contest! Dogwood Alliance collaborated with Our State Magazine to create a photo contest in which contestants submitted their best North Carolina Coastal photo.
US Green Building Council Needs to Maintain the Gold Standard in Forest Certification
In April 2016 the US Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a new pilot credit that rewards the use of wood certified under the timber industry-backed Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).
Crosspost: Will Europe Stop Trashing US Forests in the Name of Bioenergy?
The European Union finally recognises that burning trees from US forests is not carbon-neutral, but how will they amend European renewables policy in response?
For the Next Seven Generations
We came from all across the region to peacefully gather in Romare-Bearden park to physically and symbolically stand tall to protect Southern forests, public health and Southern communities. The world’s largest biomass conference, The International Biomass Conference and Expo, was gathered just down the street, scheming new ways to turn our precious wetland forests into pellets and ship them across the ocean to be burned for fuel in Europe.
Southerners are Tired of Clearcuts
Have you ever been to a clearcut? Nothing is left but stumps and silence. Have you ever been to a clearcut BEFORE it was a clearcut? When it was a lively natural forest? With habitat for woodpeckers, bears, cypress trees, salamanders and flowers?