HAND in HAND is an online marketplace that sells only domestic thinned wood and wood products using environmentally friendly wood. Part of the sales of the purchased products will be donated to forest conservation activities in Japan and around the world.
On this page, I will explain a little about the reason why HAND in HAND sticks only to products using domestic thinned wood.
Thinned wood is "thinned wood"
Thinning is the thinning of trees for the growth of forests and trees. As you know, trees use carbon dioxide as a material for photosynthesis and convert it into oxygen to clean the air.
However, photosynthesis does not work well in places where trees are densely packed, and shrubs are not exposed to sunlight. Therefore, thinning is indispensable for growing forests and forests. Trees cut by thinning are thinned wood. Thinned wood is simply a definition of what was cut when growing trees and forests, not an expression of quality.
Deforestation in the world, untouched forest in Japan
Japan is the world's third largest forest power with a large proportion of forests in the land. In the background, a large amount of cedar and hinoki cypress, which is a high-class material, were planted by the national policy after the war. However, cheap imported timber, which was lifted from around 1960 , did not utilize much of our environmentally friendly domestic timber with high quality, resulting in abandoned forests 6 <. It is more than t2>%. On the other hand, especially in Central Asia, Africa and South America, forests are rapidly decreasing due to illegal logging and fires.
Use good things and contribute to the environment
Thinned wood does not mean the quality by itself. Therefore, it does not mean that the quality of wood is poor because it is thinned wood. I would like you to pick up Japanese products that have excellent woodworking technology even from a global perspective, and take good ones as good ones, rather than feeling that "the quality is poor but it is for the environment".
Using products made from Japanese timber instead of overseas timber products, which are feared to decrease rapidly, directly leads to forest conservation in Japan and around the world.
Furthermore, HAND in HAND donates a part of the profits to people who are engaged in forest conservation activities both in Japan and overseas.
One warm spoon and one bowl carefully made using Japanese thinned wood. The "favorite" of HAND in HAND users contributes to the conservation of forests around the world. Our goal is to create such a wonderful cycle.
