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Source: Greater Good Berkeley By Kristophe Green, Dacher Keltner The Benefits of Reconnecting with.Nature Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild, to modern East Asian cultures taking “forest baths,” many have looked to nature as a place […]
Source: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Study: How the Pine Beetle Epidemic Effects Montana’s Elk Wildlife researchers want to know how some of Montana’s prized elk are doing after a pine beetle epidemic killed millions of trees across Western Montana. “In this part of the state, it’s a pretty big impact, landscape-scale impact on elk habitat. And so, […]
Source: Two Sides In countries such as Canada and the U.S., continually improving sustainable forest management practices will play a key role in mitigating climate change and ensuring a long-term wood supply. Climate change, caused by increasing levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere is a key challenge due to changes in global temperatures […]
Source: GQ By: Louise Hart When you think of wooden buildings, you likely think of log cabins or New England clapboard cottages. But thanks to new technologies like treatments for bamboo or cross-laminated “engineered” timber, wood is stronger, lighter, fireproof, and more practical than ever before—an alternative to environmentally problematic materials like steel and concrete. […]
Source: The Nature Conservancy By: Justin Adams Humankind has always had a tricky relationship with forests. We depend on them to regulate the climate and rainfall, clean our air and water, sustain myriad species of plants and animals, and support the livelihoods of over a billion people. Yet we continue to destroy them, to the […]