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The Board | The Furniture Society
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The Board – The Furniture Society. A nonprofit, educational organization founded in 1996. Jobs, Fellowships, Internships & more. How to Commission Furniture. THE FURNITURE SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Officers of the board are elected by the full board and include President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. These officeholders form the Executive Committee. Retiring Presidents are invited to serve one additional active year on the board in the position of Past President. Indianapolis, IN (2012).
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Teaching - Fedarko Furniture & Design
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Fedarko Furniture and Design owner Aaron Fedarko is a faculty member at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. In Rockport, Maine. He teaches beginning-, intermediate- and advanced-level furniture-making classes several times per year. Classes normally consist of 12 students. Skills taught include: furniture design and modeling, drafting, CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawing, joinery techniques, traditional hand tool skills, machine tool skills, finishing and professional practices. Follow us on Facebook.
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Taylor Guitars: Spearheading Sustainability
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Health & Wellness. HEALTH & WELLNESS. Taylor Guitars: Trailblazing the Sustainability Trifecta. Taylor Guitars: Trailblazing the Sustainability Trifecta. On March 24, 2015. It can easily be argued that the man is a visionary. He has already hand-picked and hired his successor, master luthier Andy Powers, in efforts to ensure that Taylor continues to thrive for the next 40 years. And in the Winter, 2015 issue of Wood and Steel. Taylor Guitar’s Passion for Sustainability. With worldwide forest acreage dwin...
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Elsewhere
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Sunday, 21 August 2016. Written by Hugh Spencer on. Page 1 of 3. Craft Courses across the UK. Set up in early 2012, www.craftcourses.com. Is a comprehensive and free directory of craft courses across the UK. Their mission is to encourage and promote practical craft learning and their ambition is to become the UK’s national resource for craft courses across the UK. Craft Courses offer FREE web pages to every craft course tutor in the UK. Hilton Handcraft of the Ozarks. Is a family run and operated busines...
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Curtis - Curtis Buchanan, Chairmaker
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In 1983, I was fortunate to meet Windsor chairmaker Dave Sawyer. Dave is well-known for sharing his knowledge of chair making and because of his generosity, I was able to start making chairs full-time in 1984. A year later, my wife Marilyn, our two daughters and I moved to Jonesborough TN. I am co-founder of GreenWood. A sustainable forestry project in Latin America and co-founder of Jonesborough Locally Grown. A local food initiative that includes the Jonesborough Farmers Market. Photo by Karen Childress.
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Deforestation | Networked Nature
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Technology. Conservation. Transformation. Five Technologies That Help Thwart Illegal Logging. June 1, 2016. Via the World Resources Institute, a report. On new technology that can be used to help preserve forests:. The illegal timber trade creates problems for everyone. Governments lose valuable revenue and natural resources. Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission reported. To illegal timber supplies sold at lower prices. WRI, Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB). Of Guatemala and IUCN Mesoamerica.
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Restoring the Americas: February 2009
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A journey into the world of ecological restoration and sustainable forestry. Ustainable forestry doesn't have to be all about high tech science, carbon credits or certified forests. Sometimes, all it takes to use a forest sustainably is the ability to make a really awesome, valuable product out of a small amount of wood. Today, I visited a man who knows how to get the most value out of the little material he uses. His name is Curtis Buchanan. Glen Ayre Tree Farm (here's another article with a picture.
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