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Conversations about climate change : David Hopkins

David Hopkins, CEO of the Timber Trade Federation – the UK’s main trade body for timber importers, distributors, and merchants across the country, divulges into the TTF and Building Centre’s ‘Conversations about Climate Change’. “We are running an exhibition in…

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Entering conversations about climate change : David Hopkins

David Hopkins, CEO of the Timber Trade Federation and creator of the ‘Conversations about Climate Change’ timber design competition, in collaboration with the Building Centre shares his ideas for entry as we count down into the last 10 days to…

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Alison Crowther : Optimism and responsible sourcing

“Keen to learn about safe timbers and to help communicate this to other designers and craftspeople” – Alison Crowther shares her views on responsible timber sourcing, designs for our Climate Competition and working with purpleheart. With a month to go…

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Meet our Climate Conversations judges

With just over five weeks to go until our Conversations about Climate Change competition closes (24th August), we announce our exciting, expert judging panel carefully selected with the Building Centre.  Conversations about Climate Change, a collaboration between the Timber Trade…

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Join the Climate Conversation

“The climate emergency remains one of the biggest threats we face”. Essential, sustainable change and mitigation requires a global conversations and effort. Today (1st July), marks the start of London Climate Action Week (LCAW), ‘harnessing the power of London for global…

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UK TTF gets creative in FLEGT communication

The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has launched a competition for designers, architects and craftspeople to create furniture, sculptures, interior design and other functional products using exclusively tropical timber from FLEGT VPA partner countries. The design contest, being run in…

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FLEGT: More than a trading license

FLEGT is more than a trading license. It reflects a country-wide process committed to sustainably managing forests and the timber they produce, closing the door on illegal logging and its devastating impacts. “FLEGT licence is much more than just a piece…

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Timber Trade Federation launches ‘Conversations About Climate Change’

The UK Timber Trade Federation announce the start of their ‘Conversations about Climate Change’ Design Competition, in collaboration with the Building Centre.  Conversations about Climate Change is a specially commissioned design competition, exhibition, and events series providing a platform for urgent…

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The positive social and environmental impact of material specification

The role of material specification in helping designers achieve a positive social and environmental impact is something most are now beginning to understand.  This is good news. Timber already has the lowest carbon footprint of any mainstream building material, and…

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Students invited to enter TRADA University Challenge 2019 to design student accommodation predominantly from timber  

Students from the disciplines of engineering, architecture, architectural technology, quantity surveying and landscape architecture are being invited to enter the TRADA University Challenge 2019.

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