Happy #WorldHabitatDay! The global theme this year is housing and shelter. When it comes to homes with the smallest environmental footprint, the woods in our lives play a BIG part!

1. CLIMATE FRIENDLY - from the growing seedling to finished wooden house - absorbing CO2 while growing and storing greenhouse gases for hundreds of years. Did you know the carbon stored in an average wooden single-family house equals the amount of carbon that the average family produces by driving a car for 10 years.

2. HOMES for WILDLIFE & PEOPLE - wood is the only natural, renewable material that provides diverse homes for both wildlife and people.

3. LOW ENERGY USE - Sunlight is what it takes to make wood, making it the lowest energy building product - significantly less fossil fuels to produce than concrete, steel and plastics

4. CALMING - the positive effects of the forests in our lives also extends to the use of wood in homes, offices and classrooms.

5. RENEWABLE, RECYCLABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE - we’re using 100% of every harvested tree is used – for the products we use every day and for green energy

6. JOBS - For our team wood is good for over 4800 direct jobs in Canada and the US.

7. NET CARBON SINK – Our wood is environmentally certified and comes from a net carbon sink – storing more than we emit by growing more than we harvest every year.

8. NATURAL INSULATION – wood is a natural insulator – better than steel - and can help reduce fossil fuel energy consumption

9. TREEMENDOUS FOR RECREATION – from the forest trail to home – wood sustains many pastimes that make home special.

10. BUILDS COMMUNITY – The woods in our lives connect us with great community organizations like Habitat for Humanity – building new futures for deserving families from wood.