Wood

**How does wood help to mitigate climate change?**
Using more wood is a natural and easy way to make a difference. A healthy, sustainable forest can do both. Trees absorb carbon dioxide. Wood products continue to store carbon and the new forest once again begins absorbing carbon dioxide. A typical wood framed home stores the equivalent to driving the family car for five years. A growing tree removes more carbon in the atmosphere than the amount emitted during the entire process of making a wood product and shipping it to the construction site. Using wood from well manage forest can achieve significant results.