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- A blooming Poinciana tree in Dave Hickson\u2019s waterside garden at Ocean Shores (NSW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- The prominent sustainable wood sign in the IKEA store at Logan (QLD), sighted when purchasing a bed base and outdoor furniture \u2013 all wood of course \u2013 for a new home at Wynnum (QLD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- At the World Architecture Festival in Singapore, wood featured prominently in presentations, displays and awards, notably in this one on a remarkable bamboo structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Wooden furniture incorporating recycled plastic in this display by Semula in Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- When packing up in Singapore to move to Brisbane, we had to make sure the movers, like Willie here, did a good job to protect our 50 year-old Heart Rimu bed, made to order by a master wood craftsman in Christchurch, New Zealand. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- A rather severely trimmed tree spotted at Manly (QLD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Wood features in all its natural glory in the outdoor lounge of the very trendy Quincy Hotel, Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nWhat more can I say or show except express firmly that wood is \u201cin my heart and in my soul\u201d to adapt one of my favourite Rod Stewart songs from the 1970s. \u00a0Like songs like that, wood is here to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s an extract from Ken\u2019s 2009 book \u201cThe ABC of Carbon”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wood<\/strong>. If one cannot see the wood for the trees, it best illustrates the most important role that trees, timber and wood play in the total carbon and climate conundrum. Wood, after all, is central to carbon. The word carbon, from the Greek carbo, literally means burnt wood. See the Age of Carbon and carbon. From wood comes charcoal \u2013 also designed to burn \u2013 and if we go even further back in time, we see that wood gave us coal. If it was left where it was found \u2013 underground and unburnt \u2013 we would obviously not have what the world is getting too much of \u2013 emissions from coal-fired power stations. Getting rid of wood, by way of chopping down trees and burning them \u2013 as with deforestration and forest fires \u2013 is a major contributor of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is a double whammy. The act of burning puts out an overload of greenhouse gases. Once the trees have gone, there\u2019s nothing to act as a sink \u2013 to naturally absorb CO2. See burning and firing carbon. Planting trees is seen as welcome contribution to mitigation efforts \u2013 to help put things back where they belong \u2013 and as a carbon offset plan for individuals, organizations and companies. Sustainable forestry \u2013 growing and harvesting timber \u2013 can be economically and environmentally beneficial. Making the best use of wood this way \u2013 and not burning it in situ \u2013 can be a carbon positive. We hear from IPCC, UNFCCC and NAFI that wood \u2013 which used correctly in buildings and products \u2013 can continue to store carbon. See also ITC forestry, native forests, Tasmania, Treehugger,\u00a0 tropical deforestation, wood products and wood to good use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Wood features in all its natural glory in the outdoor lounge of the very trendy Quincy Hotel, Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- A rather severely trimmed tree spotted at Manly (QLD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- When packing up in Singapore to move to Brisbane, we had to make sure the movers, like Willie here, did a good job to protect our 50 year-old Heart Rimu bed, made to order by a master wood craftsman in Christchurch, New Zealand. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- Wooden furniture incorporating recycled plastic in this display by Semula in Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- At the World Architecture Festival in Singapore, wood featured prominently in presentations, displays and awards, notably in this one on a remarkable bamboo structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- The prominent sustainable wood sign in the IKEA store at Logan (QLD), sighted when purchasing a bed base and outdoor furniture \u2013 all wood of course \u2013 for a new home at Wynnum (QLD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n