Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sustainability
Sustainability means a lot of things to so many people in regards to forestry. Logging large settings 20,000 plus metres or hundreds of thousands of board feet at one time, replanting the area and having it regenerate to a partial forest 30-50 years or more from now is not exactly the kind of sustainability we had in mind. Corkboot's idea of sustainability is working an area, selecting the right tree(s) whether healthy, over mature, or diseased, then working the logs into the appropriate project and allowing the rest of the forest to develop and mature properly. Some may argue that a substantial living can't be obtained with this kind of philosophy and this is where Corkboot will help with the help of others. Together we all can educate each other. Not one person knows everything and I know I don't, but when you put hardworking forestry, wood product and wood working professionals together with the help and expertise of some of the environmental groups magic can happen. When you allow yourself to explore new opportunities, markets that were not there previous can suddenly appear. Times are changing, we all have to be receptive to change or change will leave us behind. Remember take a tree not a forest.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Custom milling options
This is a clip from some of our up coming educational videos that we will be posting on our site
Remember take a tree not a forest
Remember take a tree not a forest
Monday, July 21, 2008
Take a tree not a forest
Corkboot is being created to help re educate the small to medium sized forestry, wood product, wood working professional, as well the public on how we utilize trees for business and personal use.
Most wood products purchased for our traditional buying needs are purchased from large stores and manufacturing dealers who in turn have usually purchase most of if not all of their wood from forestry giants. Purchasing a wood product should be as simple as going to a wood lot, picking a tree or part of, having it delivered to a sawyer to mill, having the wood delivered to a wood working professional to create the product. Sounds complicated but its not. The difference between shopping at a retail store and a small wood product dealer is time. If you know you need cabinets, flooring, decking, lumber etc. all you do is contact the small operator 1-2 weeks a head of time and the process would take care of its self, to make the process even simpler put a wood product needed add on the market place at corkboot.com for free then wait for a response, believe me it will not take long.
The beautiful thing is the cost will probably be 15-20% cheaper than dealing with a large store. Everything can be checked IE: contractor references, better business bureau to alevate concerns one might have.
In United states, Canada, and Europe wood lot and private land owners control 10-20% of the forest resource if not more, it is more than sufficient to cover the needs of most home owners, home renovators, builders and wood product professionals.
By re directing product buying power to the small to medium sized industry where the effects on the environment are considerably less we help change the environment that much quicker.
Remember when you need a wood product "take a tree not a forest".
Most wood products purchased for our traditional buying needs are purchased from large stores and manufacturing dealers who in turn have usually purchase most of if not all of their wood from forestry giants. Purchasing a wood product should be as simple as going to a wood lot, picking a tree or part of, having it delivered to a sawyer to mill, having the wood delivered to a wood working professional to create the product. Sounds complicated but its not. The difference between shopping at a retail store and a small wood product dealer is time. If you know you need cabinets, flooring, decking, lumber etc. all you do is contact the small operator 1-2 weeks a head of time and the process would take care of its self, to make the process even simpler put a wood product needed add on the market place at corkboot.com for free then wait for a response, believe me it will not take long.
The beautiful thing is the cost will probably be 15-20% cheaper than dealing with a large store. Everything can be checked IE: contractor references, better business bureau to alevate concerns one might have.
In United states, Canada, and Europe wood lot and private land owners control 10-20% of the forest resource if not more, it is more than sufficient to cover the needs of most home owners, home renovators, builders and wood product professionals.
By re directing product buying power to the small to medium sized industry where the effects on the environment are considerably less we help change the environment that much quicker.
Remember when you need a wood product "take a tree not a forest".
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