Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Burning wood is worse than burning coal, in fact, 30-40% more C02 goes into the air, as Chad Hanson, co-founder of the John Muir Project, explains. Yet wood pellets are being labeled as a green solution! Unless we stop turning #forests into #woodpellets and lumber products, and transporting them overseas, we will lose critical drawdown capacity, desperately needed in this decade. Tree plantations which are monocultures, decrease #biodiversity.
Importing live trees also has hazards, as Nick Phillips of the Woodland Trust explains. In the UK, 80% of the native ash trees are dying due to imported diseases, while grazing animals prevent the return of native woodlands. Some farmers are integrating crops and trees, allowing for cooling, which will become more critical as the climate warms.
The biggest trees sequester the most carbon by far. They need to be protected. Non-wood alternatives like hemp (hempcrete) and recycled steel could be used instead for building.
Is the forest fuel or is it habitat? Wood products or living ecosystems? Life on Earth depends on how we answer these questions.
for more information:
johnmuirproject.org
woodlandtrust.org.uk
For more information on the state of our planet visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
Burning wood is worse than burning coal, in fact, 30-40% more C02 goes into the air, as Chad Hanson, co-founder of the John Muir Project, explains. Yet wood pellets are being labeled as a green solution! Unless we stop turning #forests into #woodpellets and lumber products, and transporting them overseas, we will lose critical drawdown capacity, desperately needed in this decade. Tree plantations which are monocultures, decrease #biodiversity.
Importing live trees also has hazards, as Nick Phillips of the Woodland Trust explains. In the UK, 80% of the native ash trees are dying due to imported diseases, while grazing animals prevent the return of native woodlands. Some farmers are integrating crops and trees, allowing for cooling, which will become more critical as the climate warms.
The biggest trees sequester the most carbon by far. They need to be protected. Non-wood alternatives like hemp (hempcrete) and recycled steel could be used instead for building.
Is the forest fuel or is it habitat? Wood products or living ecosystems? Life on Earth depends on how we answer these questions.
for more information:
johnmuirproject.org
woodlandtrust.org.uk
For more information on the state of our planet visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
