CRITERIA
®
Blue Sky walks his stacks of black locust logs, Massachusetts, 2018. Photo © Earthbilt
Guidelines for a sustainable silviconomy…
within Slow Wood®, the following area are
considered for the use of wood or wood products.
Descriptions of each of these broad categories and in-depth criteria can be found in this linked document.
Taking (extraction, including hunting, killing and forest
activity.
Production (processing in the forest and at the mill).
Transport (moving all tree parts from forest to mill, mill
to fabricator, etc.).
Use (what is the end-material and
end-use of the wood?What uses
of wood are not Slow Wood®?).
Click here or the image to the right
for the full Slow Wood® Criteria.
Monoculture plantations are not forests. Oil palm expansion in Cameroon, 2016. Photo © Earthbilt
Moving reclaimed nogal (tropical walnut) logs with oxen, Nicaragua, 2011. Photo © Earthbilt
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Reclaiming sections of the Coney Island Boardwalk, 2014. Photo © Earthbilt
