BLOGGING THE CONSERVATION ECONOMY
March 23, 2012Reflections on the BC Log Home, Timber Frame, and Country Living Show
Log and timber frame homes are some of the nicest forest products made in British Columbia.
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IMFN 20th AnniversaryThe year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the International Model Forest Network (IMFN).
November 09, 2011
Orrin (far right) at work with the folk from FSCCongratulations to Orrin Quinn, Ecotrust Canada’s FSC Program Manager, on being voted onto the Forest Stewardship Council® Canada Board of Directors.
- September 30, 2011
With the Forest Stewardship Council® celebrating FSC Friday today, there has never been a better time to investigate whether the wood and paper products you are buying have come from responsibly managed forests.
September 13, 2011
Neil Hughes receiving donation from RBC reps, l-r: Sylvia Kerfoot, Community Marketing Advisor and Olympian, RBC; Heather Beresford, Manager, Environmental Stewardship, Resort Municipality of Whistler; Neil; Scott Riley, Branch Manager, RBC WhistlerRoommates Jenny Lehmann and Zach Garland, first place finishers in the women’s and men’s categories of the 2011 RBC GranFondo Whistler cycle race respectively, weren’t the only winners on Saturday September 10.
July 26, 2011
Monkey puzzle tree (Photo by Grace Fell)While it takes some stretch of the imagination to picture Chile’s native, uniquely-shaped Monkey Puzzle tree converted from tree to home, an hour spent answering Chile Model Forest Network representatives’ questions proved that the Qwii-qwiq-sap ‘Standing Tree to Standing Home’ project being piloted in Clayoquot Sound has much to offer the world.
July 07, 2011By the time the FSC General Assembly wrapped up in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, this past week, 27 motions had been passed and 11 failed amidst intense debate.
- June 30, 2011
Reporting live from the FSC General Assembly in Malaysia, our FSC certification program manager, Orrin Quinn, shares guest speaker Ian Redmond’s views on the role FSC cert
- June 28, 2011
Orrin Quinn, manager of our FSC certification program, is checking in daily with news and views from the FSC General Assembly currently being held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
- June 23, 2011
When the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) begins its sixth General Assembly (GA) this weekend, Ecotrust Canada will be uniquely positioned to have a voice in all three of the GA chambers: social, environmental and economic.
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