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Title: Rainforest Alliance Smart House
Description of Resource: Interactive website that promotes the production and use of certified forest products, including non-timber products such as coffee and chocolate. Different "rooms" of the smart house showcase various certified goods, why they're environmentally friendly and how they're produced.
Author/Producer: Rainforest Alliance
Topic Areas Covered: Certified forest products, sustainable management techniques, certification of non-timber products, certified farms
Type of Resource: Interactive website with learning games
For Grade Levels: 7-9, highschool, college and adult learning
Publication Dates: 1996
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Cost: Free
Is It Available for Loan: No
Is Training Necessary: No
Language: English
Educational or Informational: Educational
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F.R.E.E. Network's Evaluation Criteria: A B C
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URL: www.rainforest-alliance.org/smarthouse/intro.html

Our Message and Evaluation Criteria:

A

Everything is made from natural resources and natural resources must come from somewhere.

B

The gathering and processing of all natural resources have environmental impacts.

C

Responsible production and use of wood - a renewable resource - is environmentally sound.