My Green Future
All kinds of people work in the forest—from foresters, to loggers, to scientists. Everyone depends on properly managed forests for recreation, essential products, wildlife and biodiversity, clean water and air.
Forestry Practices
Every Tree for Itself
This fun and active modeling simulation reviews the conditions that trees need to live and grow, while also demonstrating that trees must compete to meet their needs.
We All Need Trees
Students are often surprised to learn how many different products we get from trees. Use this activity to help students learn just how much we depend on trees in our daily lives.
Learn About Forests: Nature’s Skyscrapers
This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Using simple tools, learners calculate the height of a tree and find out why foresters measure trees.
Learn About Forests: Who Works In This Forest?
This Learn About Forest activity is perfect for forest sector professionals leading educational events, career days, or field visits with youth. Learners discover a range of forest-related careers that help to maintain forest ecosystems.
If You Were the Boss
Acting as foresters, learners grapple with decisions about how to manage a forest sustainably while serving different needs.
Seeking Sustainability: A Global Response
Students consider indicators that a forest is sustainable, and learn about one international initiative for monitoring forest sustainability. They also find out what is being done locally and in other countries to determine sustainability.
Understanding the Effects of Forest Uses
In this activity, students analyze the effects of different ways that people use the world’s forests and determine which effects may be sustainable according to one definition.
