This Green House

Living on Earth

Because our new homes are so much bigger, we need more wood to build them, and that is wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. Bruce Gellerman talks to Dan Imhoff, author of “Building With Vision,” about the new home-building products available so we know when it’s necessary to use wood and when it’s better not to.

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