The 2014 World Wood Day held a regional event in Italy. After the event, we had a tour around the town Val Gardena, where more than 50% of the population work as woodcarvers. These well-developed traditional skills can be traced back to 500 years ago in this area. Nowadays, you can find carvers in this region create through different process from handmade to computer numerical control, which fits themselves to the fast changing world.
World Wood Day is a cultural event celebrated annually during the week of March 21st to highlight wood as an eco-friendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise awareness on the key role wood plays in a sustainable world. Starting from 2013, WWD celebrations were held in Tanzania and China respectively, involving participants from over 100 countries and regions.