Simon Malvaux is 25 years old. After a cycling trip to Latin America, he set himself a crazy mission: to make bicycles using wood from the Soignes forest. A few months ago, thanks to the support of the Foundation for Future Generations, he achieved his goal. Visit\u00a0ZAFI bicycles<\/a>named after a Madagascan people who specialised in woodworking. Flanked by his lumberjack shirt, he explains the advantages of riding a bike with an ash frame: \"\u00a0Unlike a conventional bike, which will transmit the vibrations of the road through the frame, here the wood will absorb the vibrations. It gives a real feeling of comfort.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\"As well as being comfortable, ZAFI bikes are also aesthetically pleasing and durable. A single tree trunk can be used to make 50 bicycles. The ZAFI team uses ash as well as walnut, depending on the customer's choice, who can personalise their bike when they place the order. For\u00a0get one<\/a>But you'll still have to pay between \u20ac4,500 and \u20ac5,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be able to use wood from the For\u00eat de Soignes to build its bicycles, ZAFI has teamed up with the\u00a0Sonian Wood Coop<\/a> (We interviewed the Soignes Forest wood cooperative for Silva Belgica n\u00b05 | 2022)<\/em>. The aim of this cooperative is to increase the local use of wood from Brussels. Most of the wood produced in the For\u00eat de Soignes is currently exported to Asia, which has a negative environmental impact. To remedy this situation, Stephan Kampelmann and his team are transforming this wood locally into made-to-measure furniture<\/a>\u00a0(tables, chairs, benches, etc.)\".\u00a0From felling to final delivery of the furniture, we carry out every stage with a team of seven people. But even though we're a very small team, our desires are boundless.<\/em>. \" Their plans for the future are therefore ambitious, and are being followed up in high places. King Philippe visited the Sonian Wood Coop workshops last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sonian Wood Coop still has plenty of work ahead of it. It will be furnishing a new food court soon to open in a landmark location in the capital, and is also looking after the future Belgian pavilion at the Venice Biennale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article written by\u00a0Alexandre Noppe | RTBF<\/a> Bien connue des Bruxellois comme endroit de balade, la for\u00eat de Soignes est \u00e9galement une for\u00eat productive. Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 10.000 m\u00e8tres cube de bois sortent chaque ann\u00e9e de la for\u00eat. Focus sur deux initiatives locales, qui mettent en valeur ce bois bien de chez nous. Simon Malvaux a 25 ans. Apr\u00e8s un voyage \u00e0 v\u00e9lo en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":25,"footnotes":""},"post_tag":[78,239,333,222,657,253],"keywords":[],"class_list":["post-27719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-demain","tag-forest-friends","tag-foret","tag-futur","tag-guide","tag-volontaires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=27719"},{"taxonomy":"keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.srfb.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keywords?post=27719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sustainable use of local wood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Book on\u00a0the flora and fauna of the For\u00eat de Soignes<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"