Important Innovations

3D Printed Wood - Alternative to Forrest Based Products Green Packaging, Green Furniture, Green Paper Products This new 3D printing technology from Sweden could revolutionize the manufacturing of green, forest based products.  It's breakthrough, 3D printing technology that uses wood ink to create a substance that mimics the cellular architecture of wood.  For a great news blog on this new technology, go to Important Innovations Collection: 3D Printed Alternative to Forrest Based Products : 3D Printing Wood Source:  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Revolutionizing the Manufacture of Green Products A breakthroug...

Utah's Pando Forest at 80,000 Years Old is Dying Source:  Utah Pando Aspen Forest Scientific Warning Utah's Pando Aspen tree forest is ancient and considered to be the largest living thing in our world.  New scientific research says it's dying. Unique and Beautiful The Pando aspens are majestic.  They are an expanse of 40,000 trees dating back 80,000 years. The aspen trees are clones identical in composition.  They cover 106 acres in Utah's Fish Lake National Forest.  Scientists believe they have one root system and they are all dying. Causes Ecologists from Utah State University say the reasons are drought, fire, climate change, human development and animal encroachments.  The good news is the scientists believe  the decline is reversible if there is a will to do it. They believe reversal is realizable.