Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Councilor pushes for backyard fruit-tree planting ALMOST empty of trees, the now thickly populated Quirino Hill -- Carabao Mountain to Baguio boys who used to explore the same -- may yet restore part of its greenery through self-help and support from the city. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Councilor pushes for backyard fruit-tree planting ALMOST empty of trees, the now thickly populated Quirino Hill -- Carabao Mountain to Baguio boys who used to explore the same -- may yet...

The designer and engineer Tom Chudleigh masterminded the smooth joins and curves of the bauble-like spherical tree house in a forest on Vancouver Island, Canada, wanting to show ways to inhabit but preserve the forest, which is badly affected by logging. You can see architects most experimental and interesting ideas in small-scale projects, as they don t have huge budgets stressing them out, says Phyllis Richardson. Paul Priestman is a prime example: he creates lavish interiors for private...

After close to a year of protest and little headway in negotiations, there were a few employees on site listening to NDP provincial leader Howard Hampton and MPP Gilles Bisson (NDP - Timmins-James Bay) rage against the way the McGuinty-led government handles the forest industry. After close to a year of protest and little headway in negotiations, there were a few employees on site listening to NDP provincial leader Howard Hampton and MPP Gilles Bisson (NDP - Timmins-James Bay) rage against...

Most of the mature trees you see near highways, especially pine trees, they were planted during her era, he said. Lady Bird that year went on a beautification tour, planting flowers and trees along highways. The prairie grass and wildflowers growing along Interstate 29 in northern Platte County were planted years ago to restore some native landscape, Billings said. Congress approved the Highway Beautification Act in 1965 to promote natural beauty and to regulate junk and billboards along...

Her father was a locomotive engineer for the lumber mills, bringing the loads of logs into the village. Everyone was so darn poor back then, she said, recalling the homegrown vegetables that helped many families supplement the ration books they were given. That was back when Pellston was booming, the center of several logging operations. Following the fires, Anderson said she remembers attending school at a local church while the new school buildings were constructed. After the mills...