Articles

Here you will find the latest news, updates and links to online resources from The Ultimate Renewable™, Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA), WoodSolutions and Planet Ark’s ‘Make it Wood’ program.

Our aim is to help everyone understand the natural benefits of wood as a sustainable, affordable, beautiful and, most importantly, renewable material that helps reduce the effects of climate change!

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2021-03-15 New ways to understand and promote sustainability credentials

2021-03-15 Approach to timber = improve profitability and environmental credentials

2021-03-15 Sustainable community spaces

2021-03-15 Increase to grower levy gains industry approval

2020-11-28 Better the devil

2020-10-22 Douglas fir growth rates boosted by fungi

Videos

See a selection of invaluable tutorials, educational videos, webinars and presentations by The Ultimate Renewable™, as well as sourced content from Forest and Wood Product Australia’s (FWPA) ForestLearning program, WoodSolutions and Plant Ark’s ‘Make it Wood’ program.

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2021-04-14 The Right Wood Helps Tackle Climate Change

2020-11-19 Pathway to net zero carbon

2020-10-22 Timber: The building material for a sustainable future

2020-08-25 Tye Farrow | Elements of Enriched Environments

2020-08-01 InFocus | The Art and Science of Wood

2020-06-02 Explaining EPDs

Podcasts

Wood is a natural part of our environment, sustainably sourced wood is our only practical, renewable material that also provides wide-ranging benefits – from habitat, employment, and recreational activities to carbon storage.

Listen in to podcasts WoodChat, by Forest and Wood Products Australia and Timber Talks, by WoodSolutions to find out more about the timber industry in Australia and our commitment to a sustainable future.

Recent

2021-03-25 Ep 20 - A digital forest? The future is coming!

2021-01-01 Ep 19 - Ensuring forestry continues to work with threatened species

2020-12-16 Ep 18 - Supporting Indigenous communities

2020-10-01 Create a sustainable forestry industry

2020-06-01 Getting on course for carbon neutrality

2020-01-01 Aussie researchers on the global stage

Social Media

The Ultimate RenewableTM is committed to helping everyone understand the natural benefits of wood as a sustainable and beautiful material that helps reduce the effects of climate change. Through imagery, the versatility, aesthetic qualities, and potential uses of timber can be truly celebrated! Follow us here @theultimaterenewable.

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2021-03-13 WOOD is the Growing answer to climate change

2021-03-07 International Women's Day

2021-02-10 Wood helps reduce the effects of climate change

2021-01-12 Forester Time: Sarah Maddison from HVP Plantations

2020-08-28 David Rowlinson talks passionately about #biophilia

2020-08-17 Benefits of becoming an Ultimate Renewable Program Partner

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Carbon & Environment

Carbon & Environment

Choose sustainably sourced wood, our renewable building material that contributes to the environment by having low embodied energy and storing carbon for life.

News & Events

News & Events

Read about the Wood. The Ultimate Renewable™ and related news and events here, Something to add? Please Contact Us.

Working with Wood

Working with Wood

From carpenters to cabinetmakers, boat builders to musical instrument makers, sculptors to carvers - people love working with wood.

Build or rebuild with wood in bushfire prone areas?

Build or rebuild with wood in bushfire prone areas?

You can still enjoy the many advantages of wood if your site is subject to a BAL rating. Click to discover how and watch the videos from the 2020 Resilience, Recovery and Rebuilding Bushfire workshops.

Design & Build

Design & Build

If you’re a design and construction professional, or a skilled DYI, WoodSolutions is your one stop source of case studies, technical design guides, software, CAD details, CPD presentations and more.

Videos

Videos

Come and see some fascinating glimpses of the people, places and technology that helps Australia’s forest and wood resources industry create renewable timber products.

The Ultimate Renewable™ Partner Program

The Ultimate Renewable™ Partner Program

If you work with wood and wood products join the Partner Program to use The Ultimate Renewable™ logo and access merchandise – it’s FREE.

The Ultimate Renewable™ Online Store

The Ultimate Renewable™ Online Store

Click here for branded materials, promotional items and more, available free or for purchase to our Program Partners.

About Us

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Make It Wood

Make It Wood - Do Your World Some Good is Planet Ark’s campaign to encourage the increased use of responsibly sourced wood as a building material. When sourced responsibly, wood can play a big part in helping tackle climate change. Make It Wood details the benefits of wood and provides examples of how responsibly sourced wood has been used across the world as a building material and for everyday items.

www.makeitwood.org

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Wood: The Ultimate Renewable™

The Ultimate Renewable™ website has been created to give you information about Australia's forest and wood products sector. Our aim is to help everyone understand the natural advantages of wood in the built environment, its workability, affordability, renewability and positive contribution to reducing the effects of climate change.

www.theultimaterenewable.com.au

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Forest and Wood Products Australia

The Ultimate Renewable™ is resourced by Forest and Wood Products Australia Pty Ltd (FWPA) and is a collaborative effort between FWPA members and levy payers; it is supported by industry peak bodies, technical associations and companies and organisations throughout the forestry and wood products supply chain.

www.fwpa.com.au