standing tree to standing homeproject_name:standing tree to standing homeAs a result of a visioning exercise in 2008 organized by Ecotrust Canada, five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have agreed on one common need across Clayoquot Sound: improved housing.
We extend our gratitude to the following partners and sponsors without whom the "Learning From Our Past" Symposium could not have happened.
ECOSYSTEM BASED MANAGEMENT
project name:ECOSYSTEM BASED MANAGEMENTThe Cheakamus Community Forest will be one of the first forestry operations on the BC coast to use a new, ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach.
AHOUSAHT SAWMILL
AHOUSAHT'S "CIRCLE OF WEALTH"
A new eight-unit housing complex: part of Ahousaht's plan to improve housingproject name:AHOUSAHT'S "CIRCLE OF WEALTH"In 2008, the Ahousaht First Nation approached the Clayoquot Forest Communities Program about a plan to create more employment opportunities in the forest sector and contribute to solving the housing crisis in their community.
FSC CERTIFICATIONproject name:FSC CERTIFICATIONvideo:An Abbotsford company has manufactured one of the first Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified log homes in Canada.
Feasibility Study
The new Hesquiaht School in Hot Springs Cove, opened in August 2008, is constructed of timber harvested and processed in Hesquiaht traditional territory.project name:Feasibility StudyA new value-added forestry study lays out a long-term, phased approach to growing a more robust, value-added industry in Clayoquot Sound.
Iisaak Forest Resourcesproject name:Iisaak Forest Resourcesvideo:Ecotrust Canada successfully completed a management contract designed to improve the triple-bottom line of this FSC-certified company.
Woodland Flooring Co.project name:Woodland Flooring Co.video:Steve and Teresa Roscoe have positioned their wood-flooring company at the cutting edge of the market supplying the emerging green building movement in North America.
TF Sawmillproject name:TF SawmillAlfred Butterfield and Dali Lin are going against the grain in the BC forest industry.
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