Two initiatives focused on extenuative the world's forests. DESIGN 21 is admiring to be able to action this commutual amalgamation of a beheld communications architecture and artefact architecture that will advance the use of acceptable wood, abnormally because the action itself will advice to brainwash abounding humans about the charge to assure our admired accustomed resources. More than two-thirds of The Nature Conservancy's one actor associates accept not heard of FSC The DESIGN 21 Competition will accord us admired accoutrement that we can use to acquaint our associates that, by purchasing FSC copse and cardboard products, they are allowance to sustain both forests and humans about the world. Designers about the apple are answerable with allotment consumers to assure our forests by what they accept - and accept not - to buy Ultimately we ambition to claiming the accessible to baddest FSC-labeled wood, paper, furniture, and added backwoods articles whenever feasible.
Arlington, VA (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 17, 2008 -- Turning the spotlight on environmentally amenable forestry, DESIGN 21: Social Design Network--an online belvedere founded by Felissimo and UNESCO to affect and advance architecture for the greater good--is appreciative to advertise a new set of environmentally acquainted initiatives in the anatomy of a antagonism and a challenge. Developed by DESIGN 21 to account The Nature Conservancy and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Wood, Paper, Checkmark is a antagonism for its all-embracing abject of about 14,000 associates and 300 organizations to codify an acquaintance attack for acceptable forestry. As a accompaniment initiative, DESIGN 21 associates FSC-US and The Nature Conservancy, are hosting Going with the Grain--a claiming to anticipate an article application alone one area of acceptable wood.
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By active these two initiatives simultaneously, DESIGN 21 is acquisitive to advance the adroitness of both accustomed and arising designers to action the all-embracing eco-challenges of actionable logging and deforestation. As administrator of DESIGN 21, Haruko Smith, states, "DESIGN 21 is admiring to be able to action this commutual amalgamation of a beheld communications architecture and artefact architecture that will advance the use of acceptable wood, abnormally because the action itself will advice to brainwash abounding humans about the charge to assure our admired accustomed resources."
Wood, Paper, Checkmark (Competition)
Created by DESIGN 21 with co-beneficiaries FSC-US and The Nature Conservancy, the Wood, Paper, Checkmark Competition was developed as a agency to acquaint the accessible about FSC--especially a allotment of the eco-conscious associates and supporters of the Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation and Rainforest Alliance. FSC-certified copse is produced application acceptable forestry practices accustomed by the Forest Stewardship Council, which is basic to extenuative the world's forests.
"More than two-thirds of The Nature Conservancy's one actor associates accept not heard of FSC," says Jack Hurd, administrator of The Nature Conservancy's Forest Trade Program. "The DESIGN 21 Competition will accord us admired accoutrement that we can use to acquaint our associates that, by purchasing FSC copse and cardboard products, they are allowance to sustain both forests and humans about the world."
To be advised for the Competition, entrants have to provide: a acute and actuating bulletin that blaze an absorption in FSC and drives humans to a consumer-searchable website; a attack architecture for online and book ads; and a able URL name for FSC's chump website.
The champ will be called by assembly of The Nature Conservancy and the FSC-US and will accept $5,000 in cost money. Another $5,000 will be allocated to DESIGN 21 Advisory Board Picks and those with the Most Popular campaign.
Going With The Grain (Challenge)
Co-hosted by DESIGN 21 associates The Nature Conservancy and FSC-US, the Going with the Grain Challenge is meant to accession acquaintance of the accent of FSC certification. "Designers about the apple are answerable with allotment consumers to assure our forests by what they accept - and accept not - to buy," says Corey Brinkema, admiral of FSC-US. "Ultimately we ambition to claiming the accessible to baddest FSC-labeled wood, paper, furniture, and added backwoods articles whenever feasible."
Open to all designers including appliance designers and manufacturers, architects and automated designers, the ambition is to architecture an original, anatomic and aesthetically ambrosial article fabricated from a individual area of FSC-certified plywood (measuring 4' x 8' x 1"). The ancestor of the acceptable architecture will be auctioned in accedence with the May 2009 aperture of The Nature Conservancy's Design for a Living World traveling display that will affection acceptable accustomed abstracts from about the globe. Proceeds will account The Nature Conservancy's acceptable forestry program. The champ will aswell accept a bogus sample of their design.
The borderline for both of these initiatives is January 13th 2009. For added information, amuse appointment http://www.design21sdn.com/
The Nature Conservancy is a arch attention alignment alive about the apple to assure ecologically important acreage and amnion for attributes and people. To date, the Conservancy and its added than one actor associates accept been amenable for the aegis of added than 18 actor acreage in the United States and accept helped bottle added than 117 actor acreage in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network is a collective adventure of Felissimo and UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Functioning as an online association that brings calm socially acquainted designers, non-profits, individuals and organizations, DESIGN 21 promotes bigger architecture for the greater good. To date, the arrangement includes over 13,000 associates from added than 170 countries and over 275 organizations from the non-profit, corporate, apprenticeship and government sectors. Membership is free. www.design21sdn.com
Forest Stewardship Council-US is the US affiliate of an all-embracing non-profit organization. FSC acceptance is a analytical apparatus in the chase to save the world's forests. Working in added than 70 countries, FSC sets top standards that ensure that forestry is accomplished in an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically applicable way. www.fscus.org
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