UNEP launched a mission to plant billion tree in 2006, latest report says that four billion plant has been planted till date. In this mission of planting tree India stood 9th with 96 million trees."India has been ranked ninth in the tree planting roll of honour in a campaign...
While driving along the Lochsa River with her husband, Daniel Childers, Michelle Childers was impaled by a tree limb. They were taking a recreational drive when a spruce tree crashed into the passenger side window...
Spotted today was a nice front garden, where unexpectadly a couple of banana trees were thriving in the sunshine of Cardiff. Needless to say, Wales is a country in the northerne hemisfere where usually...
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" BHUBANESWAR: Five more persons died on Sunday in the torrential rains in Orissa taking the toll to 33, even as heavy downpour due to a fresh low pressure over the sea triggered floods in many parts of the state. While two persons were swept away in Rana river in...
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 148 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
" It has been 14 years since her last major apparition in Ireland but the Virgin Mary is back and this time in the lowly form of a tree stump in Limerick. To the dismay of local Catholic church leaders, the...
Today in the United States, it's Arbor Day! It's a day to celebrate all things 'tree' related, it's a day to plant trees, and to give thanks for the amazing varieties of trees that habitate our planet and clean...
created by Amy Judd | 32 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago 219 views | 34 recommendations | 3 comments
By, Uwe Paschen.The Baobab Tree and fruits are famous in West Africa and known to be highly nutritious as well. Usually though they are feed to life stock, mainly because they are rather hard and do not taste...
created by Paschen | 1 year ago | updated 32 wks ago 1085 views | 68 recommendations | 41 comments
Disney's new film 'Earth' opens April 22nd, Earth Day, and already it has sold over 500,000 advanced tickets. Disney has pledged to plant a tree for every ticket sold during the film's opening week, so this...
created by Amy Judd | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 807 views | 6 recommendations | 5 comments
The fruit of the highly revered African baobab tree is being seen as a great new opportunity for the poor, after a recent decision by the European Commission to allow its importation. According to one study,...
"The secret, unlike ordinary gums Chicza is made from the sap of chicozapote tree which is found mainly in Mexican forests. That alone guarantees consumers that it’s environmental-friendly. It is also the only gum that when dried, it will be non-adhesive and after six...
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Botanists have found a new species of tree growing by the side of a road in North Devon, and have named it after a 'No Parking sign' that was nailed to it; it is officially called the 'No Parking Whitebeam'. ...
created by Amy Judd | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 139 views | 20 recommendations | 3 comments
"The city could take a leaf out of this parting gift by a 90-year-old. She is marrying off a banyan and a peepal tree that she planted four years ago, hoping that the union lasts happily ever after. The unique wedlock will take place on Monday on a playground in...
The forests in the western United States and Canada are dying at an alarming rate, according to a study published today, and this is a trend that they are linking directly to global warming. The study says that...
created by Amy Judd | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago 318 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. Christmas Eve in Niger. I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our whole family...
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