Categories
- Sustainable Building: sustainable tonewoods, alternative building materials, eco-friendly guitar finishes
- Sustainable Luthiers: Pioneers in environmental sustainability in the field of guitar-making
- Sustainable Workshop: How to create a more eco-friendly workspace
- Tonewood Suppliers: Companies that supply tonewood that has been sourced responsibly and in a sustainable manner
- "A Luthier's Impact": Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, Wisdom Tree Institute "Sustainable Lutherie" presentation
- CITES How-To Guide: a guide to the CITES Treaty for luthiers and musicians
- Sustainable Music: eco-friendly music
Wisdom Tree Institute aims to collect and make available a variety of resources relating to trees, humankind's relationship with trees, the benefits of trees, and sustainable lutherie (making and repairing stringed instruments in an environmentally-conscious way) for anyone interested in trees and sustainability as it relates to the art of lutherie.
Trees are integral to our lives in many facets: they provide us with important resources such as paper, furniture, and building supplies; they give us the ability to express ourselves artistically through the music of wood instruments; and they benefit our very existence through their respiration cycle, their cooling shade, their ability to combat climate change and to provide food, and their prevention of water pollution and soil erosion. Human beings have a rich history with trees and have shared a deep connection with them since our appearance on earth. There exists tree mythos in every culture around the world describing the importance of and even the worship of trees.
With this growing collection of resources, we hope to provide you with information about our impact on the environment (especially as luthiers, woodworkers, and artisans), the trees that sustain our very livelihood and our creative expression through musical instruments, and local and global reforestation and tree planting efforts being made to preserve trees and forests for future generations.
Trees are integral to our lives in many facets: they provide us with important resources such as paper, furniture, and building supplies; they give us the ability to express ourselves artistically through the music of wood instruments; and they benefit our very existence through their respiration cycle, their cooling shade, their ability to combat climate change and to provide food, and their prevention of water pollution and soil erosion. Human beings have a rich history with trees and have shared a deep connection with them since our appearance on earth. There exists tree mythos in every culture around the world describing the importance of and even the worship of trees.
With this growing collection of resources, we hope to provide you with information about our impact on the environment (especially as luthiers, woodworkers, and artisans), the trees that sustain our very livelihood and our creative expression through musical instruments, and local and global reforestation and tree planting efforts being made to preserve trees and forests for future generations.
Resources (website links, book titles, articles, blog posts, YouTube videos, etc.) are kept as up to date as possible and listed in alphabetical order within each category. The Wisdom Tree Institute website is a collective of resources listed for educational and informative purposes only and does not own or claim to own rights to the links provided. Any information listed or documented on this website is accompanied by the appropriate citations and a hyperlink to the original source. Please also consider that this is by no means an exhaustive or complete list and that additions and updates are made often. If you feel that we have neglected to mention an important, relevant resource, kindly let us know using the Contact page so that we can make appropriate additions.
To read more about the Wisdom Tree Institute and our mission, visit our About page.
To view notable leaders in sustainable lutherie and environmental research, visit our Acknowledgements page.
To read original content about sustainability, lutherie, and trees, check out our Blog. (coming soon)
To view notable leaders in sustainable lutherie and environmental research, visit our Acknowledgements page.
To read original content about sustainability, lutherie, and trees, check out our Blog. (coming soon)
