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The Outlook
June 2005

Welcome  

Assuming we're all in a similar boat and booked-up with June weddings and anniversaries and all the other standard summer fare, we're taking it easy this month. However, we would like your help.

This month we are:
- introducing our redesigned web site;
- taking a moment to flashback on the work we've covered in the first 6-months of 2005,
- and, offering you a preview of what's on deck for the rest of the year.

So, what do we need your help with? We'd like to invite your feedback on our new website, let us know what works and what doesn't. Also, please let us know what topics you'd like to see us cover and what questions you'd like our help finding answers to as we plan our future reports. We've been getting great feedback and hearing about how our reports are being put to use in classrooms, boardrooms, and other organizations. That is great news! Let us know what else we can do to serve you better.

-Jeff          



In This Issue:

Redesigned Dovetail Website: Check out the Search Engine!
Where we've been - Dovetail Reports To-Date
Where we're going - Dovetail Reports On-Deck
Feedback, Feedback, Feedback



Dovetail Website

We've redone it all - from home page to index page - it's restructured, revamped, and reinforced! We've added new information about our programs and projects and listings of resources we've found both useful and interesting.

To visit our website: http://www.dovetailinc.org


Dovetail Reports
All reports are available online at: http://www.dovetailinc.org/publications.html

Where we've been - Jan. to June 2005 - Dovetail Reports To-Date

Dovetail Commentaries:
Making Sure LEED Leads
When 1 + 1 = 3!
Adding Value & Getting Your Coconuts
What Green Building has to do with Ants at a Picnic and a Billion Chinese
I'm Feeling Guilty - And I'm Not Catholic

Dovetail Reports:
Bamboo Flooring: Environmental Silver Bullet or Faux Savior?

Paper Recycling in the United States: How Are We Doing Compared to Other Nations?
Life Cycle Analysis: A Key to Better Environmental Decisions
Why Not in My Back Yard?
Chain-of-Custody Certification: What is It, Why do It, and How?
Beginner's Guide to Third-Party Forest Certification: Shining a Light on the Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
Beginner's Guide to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO): Fitting ISO with Forest Certification
A Beginner's Guide to Green Building: What the Forest Sector Needs to Know about USGBC & LEED
Global Competition: An Opportunity for Our Domestic Wood Products Industry
Bio-Energy: Momentum is Building for Large Scale Development

To view any of our publications, please visit:
http://www.dovetailinc.org/publications.html


Where we're going - July to Dec. 2005 - Dovetail Reports On-Deck

Topics we plan to address in future Dovetail Reports and Commentaries:

The North American Pulp and Paper Industry and the Bio-Revolution
Reduced Impact Logging in Tropical Forests
Research in Wood Science and Technology
Population Growth, Changing Forests, and the Pursuit of Sustainability
Forest Plantations
Impacts from Markets for Certified Paper
Agricultural Sustainability and Future Prospects for the World's Forests
Commoditization
Affordable Housing to Build Local Capacity
Responsible Building Materials
Wood Alternatives and Plastic Lumber
The Changing Structure of the Forest Industry: evolution vs revolution
DT 3-part planning series:
    a) Clear Visions, Great Plans: planning processes that work
    b) Finding New Markets for Forest Products
    c) New Product Development for the Forest Industry
Empowering Employees: organizational structures and incentive systems that encourage creativity
Market Positioning as a Strategy in the Forest Products Industry


To let us know your feedback, feedback, feedback, please contact us.




“The Outlook” is the monthly e-newsletter of Dovetail Partners Inc , a 501c3 non profit corporation.

Dovetail Partners is a highly skilled team that collaborates to develop unique concepts, systems, programs and models to foster sustainable forestry and catalyze responsible trade and consumption.



 

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