The USGBC finally agreed to recognize the other certification standards for our wood products. It has been a long and draining road to get here but I am relieved that we can finally move forward. Keep an eye on how they implement this over the next few months to ensure …
May 9, 2010
Final supporters
The undersigned urge the U.S. Green Building Council to open the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to wood and paper products certified to independent, respected and credible standards, including the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), American Tree Farm System (ATFS), Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). We join with forestry and sustainability experts across North America and the world that recognize these standards and their crucial role in promoting responsible forestry.
More than three-quarters of North American certified forests are certified to SFI, ATFS or CSA, while Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forests account for less than one quarter. The majority of FSC’s global supply comes from outside the U.S. and Canada. An unintended consequence of the USGBC’s current FSC-only policy is that builders, architects and designers seeking the forest certification credit may source FSC-certified products from offshore instead of domestic products certified to SFI, ATFS and CSA.
For the sake of our forests, our communities, the tens of thousands of family foresters who make their livelihoods from forestry and the future of green building across North America and globally, it is time for USGBC to do the right thing and recognize all credible forest certification standards: SFI, ATFS, CSA, FSC, and PEFC.
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Updates
April 7, 2010
We hit five thousand signatures today. It has been a long road and the opposition remains firm but this milestone proves that people are starting to pay attention to these outdated standards.
Reached 5,000 supporters
April 5, 2010
April 3, 2010
The grind is heavy and the progress feels slow lately. We are nearing five thousand names and I need everyone to push this out to their networks one last time so we can finally force them to pay attention.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 17, 2010
Reached 100 supporters
March 16, 2010
6 Comments
I live in Georgia and our State just opted out of LEED for government buildings because our timber is not FSC certified. Nearly all is SFI or American Tree Farm certified, however. LEED, by its inaction, is perversely causing Georgia and others to reject sustainable building standards.
Governments should not pick a winner in a certification standard. It should promote certification and allow the producer and consumer choose which certification body to use.
I HAVE THOUGHTTHIS SHOULD HAPPEN FOR YEARS. WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE PROTECTING THEIR OWN INTERESTS INSTEAD OF THE FORESTS. IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO PUTUP OR JOIN THE OTHERS IN HELPING OUR PLANET
A design for peace and a green industry is underway from Europe. Ask about black certificates and new bills and titles to congress for solar, clean air and food. Albertine.Harris @rashidaahmatull
Why are we shipping wood from across the planet when we have perfectly good certified timber right here at home? This monopoly needs to end now.
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The USGBC finally agreed to recognize the other certification standards for our wood products. It has been a long and draining road to get here but I am relieved that we can finally move forward. Keep an eye on how they implement this over the next few months to ensure …
May 9, 2010
Final supporters
The undersigned urge the U.S. Green Building Council to open the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to wood and paper products certified to independent, respected and credible standards, including the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), American Tree Farm System (ATFS), Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). We join with forestry and sustainability experts across North America and the world that recognize these standards and their crucial role in promoting responsible forestry.
More than three-quarters of North American certified forests are certified to SFI, ATFS or CSA, while Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forests account for less than one quarter. The majority of FSC’s global supply comes from outside the U.S. and Canada. An unintended consequence of the USGBC’s current FSC-only policy is that builders, architects and designers seeking the forest certification credit may source FSC-certified products from offshore instead of domestic products certified to SFI, ATFS and CSA.
For the sake of our forests, our communities, the tens of thousands of family foresters who make their livelihoods from forestry and the future of green building across North America and globally, it is time for USGBC to do the right thing and recognize all credible forest certification standards: SFI, ATFS, CSA, FSC, and PEFC.
(NOTE: A DONATION PAGE POPS UP AFTER YOU SIGN, PLEASE DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO CONTRIBUTE TO IPETITIONS, CLOSE THE PAGE, YOUR SIGNATURE HAS BEEN RECORDED)
Updates
April 7, 2010
We hit five thousand signatures today. It has been a long road and the opposition remains firm but this milestone proves that people are starting to pay attention to these outdated standards.
Reached 5,000 supporters
April 5, 2010
April 3, 2010
The grind is heavy and the progress feels slow lately. We are nearing five thousand names and I need everyone to push this out to their networks one last time so we can finally force them to pay attention.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 17, 2010
Reached 100 supporters
March 16, 2010
6 Comments
I live in Georgia and our State just opted out of LEED for government buildings because our timber is not FSC certified. Nearly all is SFI or American Tree Farm certified, however. LEED, by its inaction, is perversely causing Georgia and others to reject sustainable building standards.
I live in Georgia and our State just opted out of LEED for government buildings because our timber is not FSC certified. Nearly all is SFI or American Tree Farm certified, however. LEED, by its inaction, is perversely causing Georgia and others to reject sustainable building standards.
Governments should not pick a winner in a certification standard. It should promote certification and allow the producer and consumer choose which certification body to use.
I HAVE THOUGHTTHIS SHOULD HAPPEN FOR YEARS. WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE PROTECTING THEIR OWN INTERESTS INSTEAD OF THE FORESTS. IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO PUTUP OR JOIN THE OTHERS IN HELPING OUR PLANET
A design for peace and a green industry is underway from Europe. Ask about black certificates and new bills and titles to congress for solar, clean air and food. Albertine.Harris @rashidaahmatull
Why are we shipping wood from across the planet when we have perfectly good certified timber right here at home? This monopoly needs to end now.
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I live in Georgia and our State just opted out of LEED for government buildings because our timber is not FSC certified. Nearly all is SFI or American Tree Farm certified, however. LEED, by its inaction, is perversely causing Georgia and others to reject sustainable building standards.