Western Log Cabins take enviromental matters extremely seriously.

As a responsible company that takes environmental matters extremely seriously Western Log Group only uses timber that has been sourced from sustainable and well managed forests. All of the timber used in the manufacture of our cabins is slow growing and is not harvested until in excess of 100 years old.

Sustainable Sources

Western Log Group is concerned with the issues addressed by the use of sustainable sources. One of the key issues tackled is "Environmental Degradation".

The following extract from the Wikipedia explains the need for Sustainable Development:

Sustainable development is a process of developing (land, cities, business, communities, etc) that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" according to the Brundtland Report, a 1987 report from the United Nations. One of the factors which it must overcome is environmental degradation but it must do so while not forgoing the needs of economic development as well as social equity and justice.

Environmental degradation, according to Ivan Rizki Tjahya (2006) refers to the diminishment of a local ecosystem or the biosphere as a whole due to human activity. Environmental degradation occurs when nature's resources (such as trees, habitat, earth, water, air) are being consumed faster than nature can replenish them. An unsustainable situation occurs when natural capital (the sum total of nature's resources), is used up faster than it can be replenished. Sustainability requires that human activity, at a minimum, only uses nature's resources to the point where they can be replenished naturally:

Consumption of renewable resources	State of environment	Sustainability
More than nature's ability to replenish	Environmental degradation	Not sustainable
Equal to nature's ability to replenish	Environmental equilibrium	Sustainable growth
Less than nature's ability to replenish	Environmental renewal	Sustainable growth

Managed Forrestry

Sustainable forest management is a sub-set of sustainable development. It has been described as management "based on considering social, economic and environmental values when planning and implementing forest management activities and providing people with jobs, recreational opportunities and a healthy, sustainable forest, now and in the future" (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources).

Slow Growing Timber

All of our cabins are built from slow growing, high quality spruce.