Building Steps: Make Your House a Climate Tool

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Ease: Medium
Impact Rating (1-5): 4
Influence Beyond You: 1
Types of Impacts: Biodiversity, Protects Ecosystems, System change

Does it help with making your community resilient to disasters and emergencies? No

Tags: Rainforests, certified, Carbon sequestration

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Tips:

• Certain types of wood, known as softwoods, are faster growing than others known as hardwoods. This makes them better choices for certain building materials as their stocks can be more quickly replenished. Pine, fir and cedar are all examples of softwoods. Mahogany, oak and maple are examples of hardwoods and should be avoided unless their properties are specifically required. Teak and mahogany are hardwoods from tropical forests and especially should be avoided whenever possible.

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