As sustainable design and the environmental impact of our industry continues to gain attention and evolve, we will update this library of resources and encourage conversation around it.
WEBSITES:
Suzanne Simard has been conducting groundbreaking research on the cooperative relationships between trees and how they are connected to each other through vast underground fungal networks - where resources and messages travel in every direction. While this understanding is new to us today, it has been known to indigeonous people for millennia, This new understanding has the potential to help us restore our forests more effectively. https://mothertreeproject.org/
A staggering and broad-ranging book about the many ways fungi have created and impacted all life on the planet, since the beginning of time. Beautifully written, this book can help us open our hearts and minds towards the natural world. https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/
Indigeonous forest wisdom in action: “The Menominee Forest has been sustainably managed by the Menominee Tribe for more than 150 years, and is a premier example of forest management in the world. The sustainable management of the forest allows us to experience a traditional quality of life from an intact, diverse, productive, and healthy forest ecosystem on the reservation.” https://www.mtewood.com/SustainableForestry
The Canadian government is cutting down old growth boreal rainforests in Canada, for short term financial gain. “The Fairy Creek watershed is one of Vancouver Island's last remaining unprotected old-growth stands of coastal temperate rainforest. Some of the massive trees in the area — like yellow cedars and Douglas firs — are up to 2,000 years old, support a great variety of ecological diversity and store a lot of carbon.” https://ancientforestalliance.org/photos/fairy-creek-headwaters/