Wood Pallets Help Kids at Refugee Camps According to the UNHCR, developing countries host 86% of the world’s refugees and about 51% of all refugees are children. To be clear, a refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. With so many children at […]
Forest Health Benefits from Genomics In addition to sustainably managing North American forests, foresters are working hard to ensure that the trees planted today will survive for the next generation. Canadian scientists working in field called genomics are identifying the trees that natural selection seems to favor and using those saplings to plant the next […]
4 Ways to Prevent Bluestain Bluestain is the most common type of fungi found in wood products that is commonly confused with mold. Unlike mold fungi, bluestain is not linked to human health issues. Bluestain is not airborne. Also, because the bluestain fungi do not digest the wood cell wall, they have minimal impact on […]
Is it really mold? For many companies, discovering black discoloration on your wood packaging products can be troublesome. At first glance it might look like mold fungi, which are a great cause of concern regarding human health, but it might be something else entirely. There are types of fungi that grow on lumber called bluestain […]
Forest Health and Fungi Fungi are all around us. It’s estimated that there are at least 5.1 million different species of fungi in the world. One of the reasons why trees grow to be so large is that certain types of fungi pass vital nutrients to them underground that they might not otherwise have access […]
Sustainable Fireplace Technology Burning a fire during the winter months is a time honored tradition yet antiquated structural designs resulted in too many pollutants and unsafe particulates being released in the air. In recent years, stricter government regulations set forth by the Canadian and US governments insist that fireplaces and wood stoves be redesigned so […]
Estufas de leña en América del Norte Al igual que una chimenea, un sistema de calefacción popular para casas o edificios es una estufa de leña. Mucha gente compra trozos de madera de los patios de paletas para quemarlos en estas unidades. Al igual que una chimenea tradicional, el uso de una estufa de leña para calentar una casa o un edificio de oficinas ha sido una tradición consagrada durante décadas. […]
6 formas de mejorar su chimenea La madera es un recurso renovable y quemarla para calentar su hogar en el invierno es una tradición consagrada que se ha practicado durante siglos. El ambiente relajante creado por una chimenea durante los meses más fríos es algo que la gente parece disfrutar de forma innata. Sin embargo, los sistemas de calefacción anticuados utilizados […]
La demanda de pellets de madera crea empleos para energía limpia A diferencia de los combustibles fósiles como el carbón y el petróleo, la madera es ampliamente aceptada como combustible renovable porque una vez que se corta un árbol, se puede plantar otro inmediatamente en su lugar. Cuando los árboles se talan de los bosques, las trozas se envían a los aserraderos para su procesamiento y se conocen los recortes […]
8 formas de reducir el consumo de energía en invierno Los inviernos de América del Norte suelen ser la época en la que muchas personas gastan dinero en calentar cómodamente sus hogares. Las facturas y los gastos de servicios públicos a menudo aumentan durante el invierno, pero hay varias cosas que se pueden hacer para mitigar esos gastos. Algunas formas de reducir el costo de la factura de servicios públicos […]
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