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Greenbuild Carbon Offset Donation Highlights Importance of Forest Sequestration
Leonardo Academy's Cleaner and Greener Program announced last week that the international textile and chemical manufacturer Milliken & Company, a founding member of U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is donating more than 25 million pounds of carbon dioxide credits (11,364 metric tons) to offset all the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with the annual Greenbuild conference November 6-9 in Chicago. This donation is equivalent to offsetting the annual carbon dioxide emissions of more than 27 million miles of passenger car driving.The non-profit Leonardo Academy's Cleaner and Greener® program calculates all types of emissions caused by energy use for Greenbuild including participant travel to and from the event, hotel rooms and meal...

Will ABC See the Forest for the 'Trees'? Fans Plant 7,000 Food Trees to Seed the Way for 'Men in Trees' Renewal
With the fate of ABC's primetime show 'Men in Trees' wavering on the chopping block, fans show support by planting 7,000 food trees in impoverished countries.

Banding Machines and Systems For Forest Products, Lumber, Brick and Paving Stone Manufacturers
Banding and strapping a finished load of industrial product is one of the most critical factors when it comes to several industries, including those specializing in forest products, lumber, and brick and paving stone. It is in the area of packaging/strapping that the largest bottlenecks can occur, which can be frustrating as a company?s main objective is to get the completed packages of material out of the door as quickly as possible. The high price of labour often means that industries lose quite a bit of man hours at a strapping station. Many are turning to automated systems both to save time and to reduce costs both man hours and worker risk.

Powerful Partnership to Preserve State Forest
South East Queensland electricity distributor, ENERGEX, has donated nearly $10,000 to help combat weed infestations in the Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo areas.

Drafting of the Arson Watch Plan for USDA Forest Service
About six years ago my company got a call from the USDA Forest Service Research and Development Center in San Dimas, CA about bidding on a contract to build specialized sprayers. Since we were in the Mobile Car Wash Franchising Industry they thought we might be able to help out and put together a few small units, which would be on every vehicle.