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JUNE 2019: SFI IN BRIEF Recent Highlights VIBRANT TIMBER CITIES Cities are trying to address population growth and urban expansion, while at the same time reducing their carbon footprint. Annie Perkins, SFI’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, appears in a video from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) about how bringing wood and nature into vibrant timber cities is a powerful way to reduce the carbon footprint of cities. Vibrant timber cities also help support sustainable rural economies that harvest timber from well-managed forests. The video is part of USGBC’s Living Standard campaign , which focuses on the power of storytelling to encourage sustainable actions. EARNING LEED POINTS WITH CERTIFIED WOOD SFI shares tips on how to how to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points with certified wood in this U.S. Green Building Council article by Annie Perkins, SFI’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships. Perkins outlines how an Alternative Compliance Path (ACP) allows LEED projects to achieve an existing green building credit. THE GREEN RIDE FOR GREEN JOBS CYCLES ACROSS ALBERTA AND INTO SASKATCHEWAN Since leaving Victoria, BC on May 13, Zac Wagman, PLT Canada’s Green Jobs Manager, has cycled more than 3,000 km/1,800 miles, on a wooden bicycle from Montreal’s Picolo Vélo. It’s part of his 8,750 km/5,400 milefour-month ride to St. John’s, Newfoundland. Along the way, Zac is visiting 50 PLT Canada Green Jobs employers. He is also profiling youth working in green jobs and sharing their experiences on social media to highlight the types of careers that exist in the forest, conservation and parks sectors. (Instagram and Twitter ) Edmonton welcomed Zac as he rolled across Alberta.A midday event at the Alberta Legislature featured 20 youth, program partners, drop-in visits from members of the public and two bike enthusiasts with the Edmonton Police Service. (Read stories from CTV and the St. Albert Gazette .) The Green Ride took a detour to Whitecourt Alberta. Zacmet post-secondary students working for the summer in Millar Western’s woodlands, pulp and lumber operations. Zac also visited the Huestis Demonstration Forest, met over lunch with community leaders, school officials and Millar Western staff, then toured the company’s pulp mill and sawmill. The Green Ride made headlines in Prince George, BC. Check out the media response to Zac’sMay 31 barbecue event: · Cross-Canada bike trip celebrating greener youth makes Prince George stop · Wooden bike takes Wagman across Canada, brings Green Jobs into the open · Project Learning Tree Canada pedals into Prince George SFI CONSERVATION IMPACT WEBINAR: LINKING SFI CERTIFICATION AND CLIMATE SMART FORESTRY Join us June 27, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT for a webinar exploring a qualitative assessment that links certification to SFI with carbon management and climate benefits. The project is being led by Michigan State University's Forest Carbon and Climate Program (MSU FCCP) in partnership with the Michigan SFI Implementation Committee. MSU FCCP research has established direct links between SFI standards and "Climate Smart Forestry" —practices that help mitigate the impacts of climate change, both through carbon sequestration and forest health. This project is supported by an SFI Conservation Grant and is part of SFI's Conservation Impact initiative, which measures and communicates conservation outcomes relative to biodiversity, carbon and climate resiliency, and water across the SFI footprint. UPCOMING REVISION TO SFI STANDARDS In September 2019, SFI will be sending out a request for SFI Standard Revision Task Group nominations. Each task group will focus on the revision of the SFI Forest Management, SFI Fiber Sourcing or SFI Chain-of-Custody and Labeling Standards. Interested in participating? Contact Gregor MacIntosh , SFI’s Senior Director of Standards. REGISTER FOR THE 2019 SFI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OCT. 21-25, 2019, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Forests of Opportunity: Come learn how by working together we can create opportunities that benefit forests and the people that depend on them. The SFI Annual Conference brings together thought leaders and influencers to learn about the opportunities that forests provide—from helping consumers identify sustainably sourced products, to conservation benefits on certified lands, to economic opportunities for local communities, to how students can become forest stewards. The diverse range of attendees includes conservation and community partners, Indigenous leaders, environmental educators, and engaged forest product customers across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more . CANADIAN SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEES WEBINAR Please join SFI staff for a webinar June 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT to update Canadian SFI Program Participants and SFI Implementation Committee members on: · SFI news · SFI Implementation Committee strategic session · Project Learning Tree Canada Green Jobs · Habitat for Humanity Canada · Outland Youth Employment Program · Q&A Dial in: 1-866-740-1260 / access code 5963451 Web login: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/su64pc3ue7ma&eom DOING RESEARCH THAT MATTERS FOR CARIBOU At SFI, conservation is an integral aspect of our work, and we strive every day to make the research we support relevant —to give it positive impact. We believe that good research should contribute to the diverse work that we do including to provide supply chain assurances, deliver conservation leadership, and support environmental education and community engagement. Read a blog about caribou research by Darren Sleep, Senior Director of Conservation Strategies at SFI. SFI AND PLT WILL BE AT THE WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE SFI and Project Learning Tree (PLT) will be at the 24th World Scout Jamboree July 22 – August 2 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. PLT is an initiative of SFI. In 2016, about 13,000 acres of forest at the Summit were certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. Overall, more than 100,000 acres/40,000 hectares of Boy Scouts of America land is certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. Tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, ages 14 to 17, will attend the jamboree and SFI and PLT will be there to run environmental education activities each day. PLT activities are linked to eight Cub Scout Adventures and six Scout merit badges. 1306 Wellington Street West, Suite 400 | Ottawa, ON K1Y 3B2 SFI Inc. | 2121 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20037
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JUNE 2019: SFI IN BRIEFRecent Highlights
VIBRANT TIMBER CITIES Cities are trying to address population growthand urban expansion, while at the same timereducing their carbon footprint. Annie Perkins,SFI’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships,appears in a video from the U.S. GreenBuilding Council (USGBC) about how bringingwood and nature into vibrant timber cities is apowerful way to reduce the carbon footprint of cities. Vibrant timber cities also helpsupport sustainable rural economies that harvest timber from well-managed forests. Thevideo is part of USGBC’s Living Standard campaign, which focuses on the power ofstorytelling to encourage sustainable actions.
EARNING LEED POINTS WITH CERTIFIEDWOOD SFI shares tips on how to how to earn Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) points with certified wood inthis U.S. Green Building Council article by Annie Perkins, SFI’sSenior Director of Strategic Partnerships. Perkins outlines how anAlternative Compliance Path (ACP) allows LEED projects toachieve an existing green building credit.
THE GREEN RIDE FOR GREEN JOBS CYCLES ACROSSALBERTA AND INTO SASKATCHEWAN Since leaving Victoria, BC on May 13, Zac Wagman, PLT Canada’s Green Jobs Manager,has cycled more than 3,000 km/1,800 miles, on a wooden bicycle from Montreal’s PicoloVélo. It’s part of his 8,750 km/5,400 milefour-month ride to St. John’s, Newfoundland.Along the way, Zac is visiting 50 PLT Canada Green Jobs employers. He is also profilingyouth working in green jobs and sharing their experiences on social media to highlight thetypes of careers that exist in the forest, conservation and parks sectors. (Instagramand Twitter)
Edmonton welcomed Zac as he rolled across Alberta.A midday event at the AlbertaLegislature featured 20 youth, program partners, drop-in visits from members of the publicand two bike enthusiasts with the Edmonton Police Service. (Read stories from CTV andthe St. Albert Gazette.) The Green Ride took a detour to Whitecourt Alberta. Zacmet post-secondary studentsworking for the summer in Millar Western’s woodlands, pulp and lumber operations. Zacalso visited the Huestis Demonstration Forest, met over lunch with community leaders,school officials and Millar Western staff, then toured the company’s pulp mill and sawmill. The Green Ride made headlines in Prince George, BC. Check out the media responseto Zac’sMay 31 barbecue event:
· Cross-Canada bike trip celebrating greener youth makes Prince George stop· Wooden bike takes Wagman across Canada, brings Green Jobs into the open· Project Learning Tree Canada pedals into Prince George
SFI CONSERVATION IMPACT WEBINAR: LINKING SFICERTIFICATION AND CLIMATE SMART FORESTRY Join us June 27, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT for a webinar exploring a qualitative assessmentthat links certification to SFI with carbon management and climate benefits. The project isbeing led by Michigan State University's Forest Carbon and Climate Program (MSUFCCP) in partnership with the Michigan SFI Implementation Committee. MSU FCCPresearch has established direct links between SFI standards and "Climate SmartForestry" —practices that help mitigate the impacts of climate change, both throughcarbon sequestration and forest health. This project is supported by an SFI ConservationGrant and is part of SFI's Conservation Impact initiative, which measures andcommunicates conservation outcomes relative to biodiversity, carbon and climateresiliency, and water across the SFI footprint.
UPCOMING REVISION TO SFI STANDARDS In September 2019, SFI will be sending out a request for SFI Standard Revision TaskGroup nominations. Each task group will focus on the revision of the SFI ForestManagement, SFI Fiber Sourcing or SFI Chain-of-Custody and Labeling Standards.Interested in participating? Contact Gregor MacIntosh, SFI’s Senior Director ofStandards.
REGISTER FOR THE 2019 SFI ANNUAL CONFERENCEOCT. 21-25, 2019, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Forests of Opportunity: Come learn how by working together we can create opportunitiesthat benefit forests and the people that depend on them. The SFI Annual Conferencebrings together thought leaders and influencers to learn about the opportunities thatforests provide—from helping consumers identify sustainably sourced products, toconservation benefits on certified lands, to economic opportunities for local communities,to how students can become forest stewards. The diverse range of attendees includesconservation and community partners, Indigenous leaders, environmental educators, andengaged forest product customers across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more.
CANADIAN SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEESWEBINAR Please join SFI staff for a webinar June 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT to update CanadianSFI Program Participants and SFI Implementation Committee members on:
· SFI news· SFI Implementation Committee strategic session· Project Learning Tree Canada Green Jobs · Habitat for Humanity Canada · Outland Youth Employment Program · Q&A
Dial in: 1-866-740-1260 / access code 5963451Web login: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/su64pc3ue7ma&eom
DOING RESEARCH THAT MATTERSFOR CARIBOU At SFI, conservation is an integral aspect of our work, andwe strive every day to make the research we supportrelevant —to give it positive impact. We believe that goodresearch should contribute to the diverse work that we doincluding to provide supply chain assurances, deliverconservation leadership, and support environmentaleducation and community engagement. Read a blogabout caribou research by Darren Sleep, Senior Director of Conservation Strategies atSFI.
SFI AND PLT WILL BE AT THEWORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE SFI and Project Learning Tree (PLT) will be at the 24thWorld Scout Jamboree July 22 – August 2 at theSummit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. PLT is aninitiative of SFI. In 2016, about 13,000 acres of forestat the Summit were certified to the SFI ForestManagement Standard. Overall, more than 100,000acres/40,000 hectares of Boy Scouts of America landis certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard.Tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world,ages 14 to 17, will attend the jamboree and SFI andPLT will be there to run environmental educationactivities each day. PLT activities are linked to eightCub Scout Adventures and six Scout merit badges.
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