This blog was co-authored with Nataly Perez Manrique. Climate change is one of the most important and pressing issues facing humanity around the globe. No matter where you live, you’ll […]
The Keep America Beautiful Campaign and Greenwashing
Guest post by Michelle Thompson Today, it’s hard to imagine a world without single-use packaging. But before the 1950s, we reused a lot of packaging. For example, people would buy […]
New Name, Same Old Forest Industry: Why SFI Is Greenwashing
Dogwood Alliance has transformed the paper industry around the world. Our demands are always simple: protect endangered forests stop turning natural forests into tree plantations end destructive practices like clearcutting […]
As The Netherlands Takes Steps to Protect Forests, The UK Moves Further into The Biomass Fire
The Netherlands was one of the first European countries to fall for the myth of biomass as clean and green renewable energy. One of a handful of European countries that […]
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).