Dogwood Blog
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Eva Hernandez of Dogwood Alliance speaks with CloudCult's frontman and
head of the non-profit label group, Earthology about how to balance
business with activism.
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GRN is a great organization working to protect the Gulf. Read about the campaign to Save our Cypress forests...
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Elementary School kids make cards out of packaging to send to the 11 Fast Food Junkies!
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The Fare Thee Well Foundation is proud to announce the Second Annual The Day Celebration May 8-10, 2008
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More Bowater land protected on Cumberland Plateau |
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On July 31, 2007 Bowater Incorporated, the largest paper
maker operating on the Cumberland Plateau, announced the official transfer of
nearly 3,500 acres of the company’s forested lands to state ownership.
This action builds off of Bowater's commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Dogwood Alliance
and NRDC in 2005 which has resulted in a phase out of the conversion of natural
forests to pine plantations, more responsible chemical use and improved forest
practices on the ground. See our report for more information on Bowater's progress on their
commitments.
According to Bowater, this transfer "marks the end of a
process that ... has resulted in permanent preservation of nearly 24,000 acres
of pristine forests on the Cumberland Plateau, and the study of the ecological
and archaeological value of thousands of acres of the company’s coves and
gulfs."
At first analysis, including this transaction the total
Bowater land transferred to the State of Tennessee is abut 24,000 acres or
nearly 10% of the total of Bowater’s ownership on the Cumberland Plateau.
To put this in perspective, it can be compared with the results of the 2006
International Paper land divestiture where less than ½ a percent of
International Paper's lands ended up in limted “conservation” subject to continued commercial logging.
Congratulations to the people of Tennessee and to Bowater!
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Newsflash
Ad in USA Today Gives The Green Skinny On Office Supply Companies...
These days when every major corporation claims to be environmentally responsible, with office supply companies we can tell you who’s really green and who is just greenwashing.
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