Jul 11 2010

Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time Ever

goat-horn-tree.jpg Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it's never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it's attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there's only one more like it in the whole country....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Jul 11 2010

Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time Ever

goat-horn-tree.jpg Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it's never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it's attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there's only one more like it in the whole country....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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May 3 2010

Ireland Hosts 3rd Ethical Fashion Week with Katharine Hamnett (Dublin Event)

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Katharine Hamnett slogan t-shirt. Credit: Katharine Hamnett Re-Dress, a Dublin-based organization campaigning for ethical fashion, has announced the 3rd annual Ethical Fashion Week in Ireland, Fashion Evolution 2010 slated for May 26 (rescheduled from May 4). The event will serve as a platform for educating the fashion industry on more sustainable options in clothing manufacturing. Events range from a free screening of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Read the full story on TreeHugger

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May 3 2010

Ireland Hosts 3rd Ethical Fashion Week with Katharine Hamnett (Dublin Event)

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Katharine Hamnett slogan t-shirt. Credit: Katharine Hamnett Re-Dress, a Dublin-based organization campaigning for ethical fashion, has announced the 3rd annual Ethical Fashion Week in Ireland, Fashion Evolution 2010 slated for May 26 (rescheduled from May 4). The event will serve as a platform for educating the fashion industry on more sustainable options in clothing manufacturing. Events range from a free screening of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mar 31 2010

Smart Cities Getting Big-Picture Treatment for Energy, Water in Ireland and Germany

crane gears photo Photo by tallkev Looking at a city from a big-picture perspective is important for making them smarter. It's one thing to incorporate a smart grid into a city. But realistically, we need to be looking at smart energy, smart water, smart transportation and so on so that urban areas are as efficient as possible, reducing carbon emissions, waste, pollution and congestion and making the inhabitants just flat out happier. That's why it's exciting news to see more cities already g...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mar 10 2010

There Could Be Libraries For Everything

trinity-college.jpg Trinity College, Dublin TreeHugger loves Product Service Systems, where you borrow and share instead of own. They are also called libraries, and Kris De Decker of No-Tech Magazine points us to a lovely post by Brian Kaller, a former newspaper reporter now living in rural Ireland. He loves his local library, but more importantly, writes about the principle beh...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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