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Rainforests need to be shown that they are worth more alive, than dead.

In 1950 the forest cover of Indonesia was about 160 million hectares; today less than 48 million hectares are left. www.greenthefilm.com/Info

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DEFORESTATION OF INDONESIA IS MADE POSSIBLE BY :

THE COMPANIES BEHIND THE WOOD INDUSTRY AND OUR PASSIVITY

If we don’t buy the products, those companies can’t sell the products.

The consequences of our purchase from palm oil products (biofuel, toothpaste, biscuits, etc) to garden furniture, to plywood, to paper, all decide if species are exterminated or will survive.

See this extensive list of companies to question on there sourcing of products.

DEFORESTATION OF INDONESIA IS MADE POSSIBLE BY :

THE COMPANIES BEHIND THE WOOD INDUSTRY
Sinar Mas Group – Indonesia
Salim Group – Indonesia
Barito Pacific Group – Indonesia
Bakrie & Brothers Group – Indonesia
Tanjung Lingga – Indonesia
Astra International  – Indonesia
Djajanti Group – Indonesia
Kalimanis Group – Indonesia
Kayu Lapis Group – Indonesia
Korindo Group – Indonesia
Gudang Garam – Indonesia
Raja Garuda Mas Group – Indonesia
PT Uniseraya Group – Indonesia
PT Diamond Raya – Indonesia
Mitra Usaha Sejati Abadi (MUSA) – Indonesia
Surya Dumai – Indonesia
Sumalindo Lestari Jaya Group – Indonesia
PT Inhutani – Indonesia
Benua Indah Group – Indonesia
Lyman Group  – Indonesia
Alas Kusuma Group – Indonesia
Sumber Mas Group Samarinda – Indonesia
Hasko Group – Indonesia
Central Cipta Murdaya Group – Indonesia
PT Tanjung Kreasi – Indonesia
Rimbunan Hijau – Malaysia WTK Group –  Malaysia
Samling Global Limited – Malaysia
Kerwara Limited –  Malaysia

THE COMPANIES BEHIND PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY
Sinar Mas Group- Indonesia Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) – Indonesia
Indah Kiat – Indonesia
Kertas Nusantura – Indonesia
Kalimanis Group – Indonesia
Raja Garuda Mas – Indonesia
Kiani Kertas – Indonesia
Raja Garuda Mas International – Indonesia
Asia Pacific Ressources International
Holdings  (APRIL) – Indonesia
PT Inti Indorayon Utama – Indonesia
PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper – Indonesia
PT Tanjung Enim Lestari Pulp and Paper (TEL) – Indonesia
PT Musi Hutan Persada Pacific Timber – Indonesia
PT Arara Abadi – Indonesia
United Fiber System Limited (Unifiber) – Singapore
Jaakko Pöyry – Finland

THE COMPANIES BEHIND THE PALM OIL PRODUCTION
Sinar Mas Group – Indonesia
Astra Agro Lestari – Indonesia
Raja Garuda Mas International – Indonesia
Asian Agri – Indonesia Salim Group – Indonesia
Inti Indosawit Subur – Indonesia
Musim Mas Group – Indonesia
Duta Palma –  Indonesia
Inexco – Indonesia
Indofood Sukses Makmur – Indonesia
Makin Group – Indonesia
London Sumatra – Indonesia
Bakrie and Brothers – Indonesia
Anglo Eastern Plantations Plc – Indonesia
First Resources Limited – Indonesia
Agro Group – Indonesia
Austindo Nusantara Jaya – Indonesia
Surya Dumai Group – Indonesia
Sime Darby Group – Malaysia
IOI Group – Malaysia
JC Chang Group – Malaysia
Guthrie – Malaysia
Golden Hope – Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Kepong – Malaysia
Asiatic Development – Malaysia
Boustead Holdings – Malaysia
United Plantations – Malaysia
IJM Plantations – Malaysia
Tradewinds Plantation – Malaysia
Golden Agri – Singapore
CTP Holdings Pte Ltd – Singapore
Wilmar / Kuok / ADM – USA
Cargill – USA
MP Evans Group – United Kingdom
Socfindo – Belgium

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTING IN THE ABOVE INDUSTRIES
World Bank
International Monetary Fund  (IMF)
International Finance Corporation  (IFC)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
COFACE – France
Export Credits Guarentee Department (ECGD) – United Kingdom
Export Import Bank (EX-IM) – USA
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund – Japan
Finnvera – Finland
Export Development Canada – Canada
Export Credit Guarantee Board – Sweden
CellMark – Sweden Gerling-NCM – Germany
National Machinery Equipment Import Export Corporation (CMEC) – China
China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation – China
Sinar Mas Bank – Indonesia
ABN  Amro Bank – Indonesia
Bank Central Asia – Indonesia
Bank Mandiri – Indonesia
Babobank Duta – Indonesia
Bank DBS – Indonesia
Bank Panin – Indonesia
Bank Resona Perdania – Indonesia
Danareksa Securities – Indonesia
OCBC Bank – Singapore
DBS Bank – Singapore
AFC Merchant Bank – Singapore
CIBM Group – Malaysia
Malayan Banking – Malaysia
SOCFIN – Belgium Sipet – Belgium
Bank Brussels Lambert – Belgium
Raifeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG – Austria
Andritz – Austria Rabobank – Netherlands
ING Bank- Netherlands Fortis Bank –  Netherlands
German Development Bank  (DEG) – Germany
Deutsche Bank – Germany
Commerzbank – Germany
HSH Nordbank AG – Germany
HSBC – United Kingdom
Legal & General – United Kingdom
Barclays – United Kingdom
Standard Chartered Bank -  United Kingdom
Royal Bank of Scotland – United Kingdom
Edinburgh Java Trust – United Kingdom
Collins Stewart – United Kingdom
Lloyds Bank – United Kingdom
Numis Corporation – United Kingdom
Astra Zeneca – Sweden / United Kingdom
UBS – Switzerland
Credit Suisse – Switzerland
Goldman Sachs – Switzerland
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (UFJ) – Japan
Mizuho Bank – Japan
Vivendi Water – France
Natixis – France
BNP Paribas – France
Credit Agricole – France
AXA – France
Société Générale – France
Citibank –  USA
Cornell Capital Partners – USA
Merrill Lynch – USA
Morgan Stanley – USA
JP Morgan Chase – USA
Lehman Brothers – USA
Amroc – USA
Blackrock – USA

THE COMPANIES TRADING OR BUYING WOOD PRODUCTS FROM INDONESIA
CSH Industrial Group – Singapore
Aeonic International Trade – Singapore
Wajilam Exports – Singapore
Jason Parquet – Singapore
Neeshai Trading – Singapore
Nature Wood – SIngapore
Chippel Overseas Supplies – Singapore
Tong Hin Timber Group – Singapore
Sitra Holdings – Singapore
Chiang Leng Hup Plywood – Singapore
Pargan – Singapore
Sunlight Mercantile – Singapore
Sunrise Doors International – Singapore
Wason Industries – Singapore
Dowlet Trading Enterprises – Singapore
Pan Majestic Holdings – Malaysia
Acmeco Ventures – Malaysia
Flooring Box – Malaysia
Hok Lai Timber – Malaysia
Kim Teck Lee Timber Flooring – Malaysia
McCorry Group – Malaysia
Sumec International Technology Trade – China
Jiangsu Kuaile Wood Industry Group – China
Xiamen Xinda Import Export Trading Company – China
Sino Forest Corporation – China
Celandine Co. – China
Montague Meyer – United Kingdom
Wolseley Group – United Kingdom
Homebase –  United Kingdom
Habitat – United Kingdom
International Plywood – United Kingdom
Premier Forest Products – United Kingdom
Kingfisher Group (B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôts, Hornbach) – United Kingdom John Lewis – United Kingdom
Travis Perkins – United Kingdom
Kiani – United Kingdom
Wolseley Group – United Kingdom
Maison du Monde – United Kingdom
Jewson – United Kingdom
Allied Carpets – United Kingdom
Caledonian Plywood – United Kingdom
Cipta – United Kingdom
Wood International Agency – United Kingdom
Armstrong World Industries – USA
Lowe’s -  USA
Koch Industries Inc. – USA
Chesapeake Hardwoods – USA
Plywood Tropics – USA
Geogia Pacific – USA
Taraca Pacific – USA
North Pacific Lumber – USA
Far East American – USA
IHLO sales & Imports – USA
The Home Depot – USA
Les Mousquetaires (Bricomarché) – France
Leroy Merlin – France
Saint Gobain Group (Point P / Lapeyre / Jewson / Raab Karcher / Dahl) -  France
Maison Coloniale – France
Pier Import – France
Pont Meyer – Netherlands
Hoek Lopik – Netherlands
Oldeboom – Netherlands
Tarkett – Germany
Possling – Germany
Roggemenn – Germany
Daiken – Japan
Seihuko – Japan
Nippindo – Japan
Kahrs – Sweden
IKEA – Sweden
DLH Group – Denmark
Junckers – Denmark
Finnforest – Finland
FEPCO – Belgium
Glencore International – Switzerland
Goodfellow – Canada

THE COMPANIES TRADING PULP AND PAPER FROM INDONESIA
United Fiber System Limited (Unifiber) – Singapore
PaperlinX Asia – Singapore
International Paper Company – USA
Weyerhaeuser Company – USA
Kimberly-Clark  – USA
MeadWestvaco Corporation – USA
Procter & Gamble  – USA
Koch Industries – USA
OJI Paper – Japan
Nippon Paper Group – Japan
Sumitomo Forestry Co – Japan
Marubeni Corporation -  Japan
Itochu -Japan Marubeni – Japan
Sojitz – Japan
Stora Enso Oyj – Finland
UPM-Kymmene Corporation – Finland
Metsälliitto – Finland
Cellmark – Sweden
Bomo-Cypap Pulp and Paper– Cyprus

THE COMPANIES TRADING OR BUYING PALM OIL FROM INDONESIA
Sinar Mas Group – Indonesia
Permata Hijau Sawit – Indonesia
Golden Agri – Indonesia
Indofood Sukses Makmur – Indonesia
Arnott Indonesia – Indonesia
Wilmar Group – Singapore
Charleston Holdings (Tropical Oil Products) – Singapore
Pacific Rim Plantations Services – Singapore
Olam International – Singapore
Intercontinental Oils and Fats – Singapore
Lam Soon – Singapore
Kuok Group – Malaysia
Sime Darby – Malaysia
Giant – Malaysia
Mitsui & Co – Malaysia
Yee Lee Corporation – Malaysia
Intercontinental Specialty Fats – Malaysia
SSD Oils Mills Co – India
Nirma – India
Hindustan Lever – India
Godrej Industries – India
China Grains & Oils Group Corporation – China
China National Vegetable Oil Corporation – China
Beijing Orient-Huaken Cereal & Oil – China
Beijing Heyirong Cereals & Oils – China
Cargill  – USA
Bunge – USA
Archer Daniels Midland  (ADM)  -  USA
Kentuky Fried Chicken (KFC) – USA
Kraft  – USA
ConAgra Trade Group Inc. – USA
Reckitt Benckiser -  USA
Procter & Gamble  – USA
Johnson & Johnson – USA
Wal-Mart  – USA
Hershey – USA
Kroger Co  – USA
Shaw’s – USA
Safeway Inc – USA
Costco Wholesale Corporation – USA
Kroger Co – USA
Pepsi Co Inc. – USA
Krafts Food Inc. – USA
SYSCO – USA
Pizza Hut -USA
Mc Cain – USA
Burger King – USA
Mc Donalds – USA
US Foodservice – USA
Aramark – USA
Estée Lauder – USA
McKee Foods Corporation – USA
Kellogg’s  – USA
Starbuck – USA
Colgate Palmolive – USA
Safeway – USA
Shaw’s – USA
Albertson’s – USA
Ahold  – USA
Sara Lee Corporation – USA
Unilever – Netherlands / United Kingdom
HJ Heinz – United Kingdom
Cadbury Schweppes – United Kingdom
Body Shop International – United Kingdom
Tesco – United Kingdom
Sainsbury’s – United Kingdom
Boots – United Kingdom
Marks and Spencer – United Kingdom
Macphilips Foods – United Kingdom
Compas Group – United Kingdom
Associated British Foods – United Kingdom
Tate & Lyle – United Kingdom
Musgrave – United Kingdom
John Lewis Partnership – United Kingdom
Co-operative Group – United Kingdom
ASDA – United Kingdom
Britannia Food Ingredients – United Kingdom
United Biscuits – United Kingdom
Aarhus – United Kingdom
Northern Foods plc – United Kingdom
Burton’s Foods Ltd – United Kingdom
Croda – United Kingdom
Whitbread Group – United Kingdom
ICI – United Kingdom
ASDA – United Kingdom
Waitrose – United Kingdom
Morrisons – United Kingdom
Carrefour – France
Edouard Leclerc – France
Auchan – France
Pinault Printemps Redoute – France
Danone – France Gillette – France
SAS Devineau – France
L’Oréal – France
Henkel  – Germany
Cognis – Germany
Alfred C Toepfer International – Germany
Metro Group – Germany
Aldi Group – Germany
Schwarz Group – Germany
Rewe – Germany
Cognis – Germany
Cremer Oleo – Germany
Walter Rau – Germany
ALDI Group – Germany
Goodman Fielder  – Australia
Gardner Smith – Australia
Coles Group – Australia
Australian Food – Australia
Woolworths Limited – Australia
Arnott’s – Australia
Foodstuffs – New Zealand
Progressive Enterprises – New Zealand
Ahold NV – Nertherlands
CSM –  Netherlands
Cefetra – Netherlands
Glencore Grain – Netherlands
Nidera – Netherlands
Akzo Nobel – Netherlands
Nestlé  – Switzerland
Barry Callebaut – Switzerland
Glencore International – Switzerland
Lindt – Switzerland
Florin – Switzerland
Nutriswiss – Switzerland
Coop – Switzerland
Migros – Switzerland
DaiEi – Japan
Kao Corporation – Japan
Saraya Co Ltd – Japan
Fuji Oil Group – Japan
Mitsubishi Corporation – Japan
Myojo Foods – Japan
Rainbow Energy Corporation – Japan
Arthur Goethels – Belgium
Delhalze Group – Belgium
FEDIOL – Belgium
Danisco – Denmark
Dragsbaek – Denmark
Goteborts Kex – Sweden
Cloetta Fazer – Sweden
Mills DA – Norway
Orkla Group – Norway
Saetre Kjeks – Norway
Kantolan Keksi – Finland
Musgrave Budgens Longis – Ireland
Savola – Saudi Arabia
Thai President Foods – Thailand

THE COMPANIES INVESTING IN BIO DIESEL MADE FROM PALM OIL
Wilmar Group -  Singapore
Continental BioEnergy – Singapore
Carotino Sdn Bhd – Malaysia Zurex Corporation – Malaysia
SPC Biodiesel – Malaysia
DXN Oleochemicals  – Malaysia
PT Vision Renewable fuels – Malaysia
Natural Fuel – Australia PME Biofuels – Australia
Mission NewEnergy Limited – Australia
Sterling Bioduels – Australia
Biofuels Corporation – United Kingdom
Greenergy – United Kingdom
BP International – United Kingdom
D1 Oils –United Kingdom
EDF Energy – United Kingdom
WHEB Biofuels – United Kingdom
Cargill – USA
BioFuel Merchants (BFM) – USA
BioX Group – Netherlands
Costal Energy limited – India
ED&F Man Biofuels – France
BioDiesel Oils – New Zealand
Neste Oil – Finland
OKQ8 – Sweden
ECO Solutions Co – South Korea
Rainbow Energy Corporation – Japan
Biopetrol Industries – Switzerland

AND OUR PASSIVITY !!!!!

Directed by: Patrick Rouxel
Sound design and mix: Simon Apostolou
Music: Frédéric Sanchez del Rio
Foleys: Xavier Drouault
Colour grading: Cendrine Vincent
Technical supervision: Yoann Copinet
Graphic artist: Lise Fischer
Saxophone: Xavier Trombini
Voices: Eugénie Selin, Vanessa Cadasse, Sandra Gengoul

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Simon Dale Low impact Home www.simondale.net

This beautiful rustic home is a masterpiece from Simon Dale. Often referred to as a hobbit house, which is understandable if your imagination is allowed to enjoy its magic.

This style of housing allows people to build homes which blend in with the environment, rather than fighting against it. Being imbedded into the earth and the large thermal mass helps to keep temperatures stable. Warm in the winter and cool in the summer.  They have a low detrimental impact on the environment, in fact enhance it. Because more common sense is used, the cost is kept low and the result is affordable housing!

Whist the internal natural style offers food for the soul of any nature lover. The result also has the benefits of being low cost and low impact.

The style of Simon’s roof is a reciprocal frame as described by Graham Brown of Findhorn “The Reciprocal Frame is a timeless piece of nature’s wisdom that has a great resonance for our time.”This style of roof is similar to one which Tony Wrench has used in his inspirational low impact roundhouse in Pembrokeshire, famous by being put through a mammoth planning adventure.  Tony has compiled a good article also published in the Permaculture magazine, which describes how to construct a Reciprocal Frame Roof. Read how to build your own here.

Simon Dale Low impact house www.simondale.net

Simon built the house with £3000 and about 1500 man hours, showing  how environmentally friendly and cost effective a home can be. Whilst its rustic charm will not appeal to everyone, it highlights how easy it is for people to build their own home.

To learn more about Simon’s home visit his web site here.

To learn more about Simon’s new adventure at the Lammas project visit his web page at Lammas

A low-impact settlement

Lammas in Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, Wales obtained planning permission to create an eco-village using green technology and Permaculture principles.

Their style of Eco village, truly is ‘eco’. It offers a model for low impact living that can be replicated allowing eco housing co operatives to create sustainable homes

undercurrents.org who offer inspirational news have produced 24 episodes all about Ecovillage Pioneers which can be viewed here

To view the Lammas web site, have a look here.

The 1st episode is below; Introducing Lammas

There are many other examples of Sustainable housing, some of which are listed below.

BedZED Zero Energy Development Biorgional Solutions for Sustainability

BedZED Zero Energy Development

A good example of a sustainable community housing project in suburbia is Beddington Zero Energy Development or BedZED in Wallington, south London. Embracing renewable energy, co operative housing, carbon emissions, sustainable food, and sustainable transport.

Read all about it on the BedZED website

In the process BedZED together with the WWF created the One planet living principles, which have famously highlighted the danger of using resources as if there is no tomorrow! When obviously we only have the one.

One planet Living

woodhouse wood

Woodhouse wood in Carmarthenshire

Woodhouse wood in Carmarthenshire shows how to live as part of nature rather than outside it.

Read more on the woodhouse wood web site.

The Gatehouse hobbit house

The gatehouse green roof house

Another beautiful low cost, low impact sustainable home is the gatehouse green roof house, created in east Ayrshire, Scotland, by software engineer Steve James. He managed this with just over £4000 together with his labour.

Have a look at this great web site showing a beautiful picturesque tour of how and why he did it, together with optional musical accompaniment.

Low cost wood store

Another beautiful picturesque tour show plans how to build your own combined wood store and tool shed. This example is set in an old walled garden in Dumfriesshire.

Take the tour.

Steward community woodland

Steward community woodland in Moretonhampstead Devon UK, have been pioneers (since 2000) in showing how woodland can be used sustainably, offering shelter and livelihoods, whilst keeping the forest alive.

Read more about their adventure here

The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture

The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture Cal-Earth, founded by Nader Khalili shows how easy it is to build low cost shelters using materials local to your home. The founding philosophy is the equilibrium of the natural elements of earth, water, air, and fire.

This particular building process can be more specifically described as sustainable architecture using the superadobe method created by Nader Khalili

See the Cal-Earth web site to read more about these low cost shelters

Low impact living initiative LILI

The Low impact living initiative

The Low impact living initiative otherwise know as LILI have a huge resource of relevant information on many types of shelters, all of which offer an approach which can be low cost, and low impact to the environment.

LILI website

Earthship homes

Earthship

The famous Earthship designs are being used much more as truly sustainable buildings. Incorporating many recycled products and using natural sources of energy for the home

These are 6 principles which an Earthship incorporates

Thermal/Solar Heating & Cooling

Solar & Wind Electricity

Contained Sewage Treatment

Building with Natural & Recycled Materials

Water Harvesting

Food Production

More about the US site can be found here.

More about the Brighton Earthship can be found here.

The Global Ecovillage Network GEN

To find out more about living sustainably around the globe The Global Ecovillage Network GEN is a good source showing ecovillage’s around the world.

Low impact development book

Low Impact Development

For a free PDF(6 MB) copy of the excellent Low Impact Development edited by Jenny Pickerill and Larch Maxey download a copy here.

Although free its production relies on donations, so please be generous and donate here!

To find out more about the book have a look at the Low impact Development web site.

Diggers and dreamers

Diggers and dreamers are the people to talk with if you want to learn more about communal living in the UK. From learning how to form your own community to just helping out with one of the many already in existence. Visit the Diggers and dreamers web site here.

Chapter 7

If you are looking for help with planning procedures for low impact, sustainable housing, you will find it useful speaking with chapter 7 They have named their organisation after chapter 7 of agenda 21 that came out of the earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which was aimed at addressing our Earths environmental challenges. Visit the web site here

Radical routes

Radical routes as it suggests has a radical view on changing our outlook on housing by looking at it more co operatively.  Sensible stuff, for those prepared to live more cooperatively. Visit Radical routes to find out more.

Passive house  or Passivhaus

Passive house (Passivhaus) is the penultimate in sustainable design for homes. The principles encourage a clever approach to insulation, position, heating and energy needs of a home. Essentially The house heats and cools itself, hence the name “passive”.

Wolfgang Feist and Professors Bo Adamson developed the concept and its is widely used as a benchmark to aim for in the sustainable building market. Visit the Scottish passivhaus centre web site here.

The Code For Sustainable Homes

The Code for Sustainable Homes

The Code for Sustainable Homes is the uk national code being used to encourage house builders and developers to construct more efficient buildings.  More about the code here.

Green Building

The green building bibles and the green building quarterly magazines by the green building press are an amazing resource for products, ideas and contacts for anyone wanting to retrofit or new build. They show a huge range of renewable energy technologies, together with where to buy them.

The quarterly Green Building magazines can be purchased here.

The latest green building bibles can be puchased here.

Help ‘The Kaieteur Tree Planting Fund’ to continue planting trees by donating here.

Please feel free to add any updates, amendments, suggestions or comments to the post below.

Posted by Michael Horsnell