Turning the tables on unsustainable furniture

In the Brisbane suburb of Yeerongpilly flat-pack furniture is being re-imagined.  Here, joiner Ben McGreevy recently launched furniture company Oak and Hide, using Australian Hoop Pine to craft furniture that will be ingeniously flat-packed for delivery but guaranteed to out-live its cheaper flat-packed rivals by decades. McGreevy has abolished the need for allan keys, dowels, fasteners and bolts (which are…

Responsible Wood features at Forest Learning Virtual Reality (VR) Workshop

“We are developing teaching tools that will engage technology savvy learners in schools today, aiming to provide greater visibility of our ultimate renewable forest and wood industry in classrooms” According to ForestLearning Program Manager Beth Welden, the answer increasingly lies in the realms of ‘virtual reality.’ Presenting to delegates at the Australian Forest Education Alliance in Canberra, Beth Welden briefed…