Africa’s first mass timber stadium. Image courtesy Forest Stewardship Council Africa’s first stadium constructed with sustainably sourced timber opened on May 12 in Maseru, Lesotho’s capital city. The stadium, called the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Stadium of Life, uses 8,584 treated Eucalyptus poles to reduce embodied carbon. The poles were ethically sourced from plantations in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Rise International led the design an…
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