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… McGowan herself is a third positive case in point. “When I first arrived people called me a tree hugger and ‘that nun in City Hall.’” But hearts and attitudes can change. Last winter, the …

… changed all around it, the giant’s garden remained in winter. Birds did not care to sing; the trees forgot to blossom. Only the north wind came to roar about the garden, as hail rattled the …

… insignificant, but if you plant it and let it grow, it becomes large, the largest of all the trees. The Reign of God is dynamic. It grows. The Reign of God, Jesus says, is like a little bit …

… place that at once made people aware of their solitude and of their home in an “environment of trees and rocks and soil, brother to the other animals, part of the natural world and competent …

… is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic.” This year Terrence Malick’s film, “The Tree of Life,” brought that thought adroitly to the cinematic screen. If the movie’s …

… a mould submerged in a water vat. “Magically a sheet of paper is formed without cutting any trees or adding harmful chemicals like some big paper mills do.” A screw press takes the water … coexistence between people and elephants, a thriving environmental sustainability for the trees that remain -- this is what Ellie Pooh’s creators, Thusitha Ranasinghe, a Sri Lankhan paper …

… Reyes, 45, a bricklayer from Honduras, as he sat with his brother, Marco Antonio, 50, under a tree outside the parish church in Palenque, a sleepy, dusty town in Chiapas. Adán Reyes was …

… The oceans, rivers and rain cycles serve as a circulatory system. The bacteria, algae and trees provide the planet with lungs, constantly regenerating the entire atmosphere. Each species …

… make more use of recycled paper contract and source sustainable wood only for any virgin tree fiber it uses. Their decision follows a massive letter writing campaign spearheaded by … to escape his painful trap, bulldozers were busy at work a short distance away felling trees. The tiger died on the scene, despite Greenpeace’s rescue efforts. There are only 400 of …

… were once common in such fields, are wiped out. On their winter ground, in central Mexico the trees on which they perch in great clusters are being cut down. “It’s clear we’ve lost an awful …

… that he is so buried in the idea of fighting a culture war, he has missed the forest for the trees on this one. …

… like. The mustard seed -- very, very tiny, you can hardly see it, but then it becomes a huge tree -- everybody will notice it. Jesus is saying, my community, if we live according to the …

… radiant child and she loved to sing and dance. Her squirrel friend watched her from a nearby tree. Her favorite thing was walking along the seashore gathering shells, feathers, and stones. … Bay Area. Concert proceeds have benefitted “Katrina Tree Recovery,” which provides seedling trees for neighborhoods ruined by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and St. Mary’s Center, an …

… these blazing hot summer days, you can enter a green lawn under an enclosure of towering oak trees and feel ten degrees cooler. The oaks surround an ancient spring-fed pond, which has been … tubular plastic slides along a straight cement wall at the deep end. Despite the cement, the tree canopy and the pond’s rounded dark shape provide the impression that you are at a serene, … 1995, I have raised my children on the partially shaded beach side of the pool. Under the trees, parents park their strollers and let infants and toddlers sleep. Mothers, protected by a …

… they are unable to recognize that the little faith of the mustard seed can grow into a great tree, that the leaven will affect many loaves. It is my sincere hope that having achieved his new …

… quite low in the sky, so it’s tough to see through the lingering twilight. Any buildings or trees along the horizon will block it from view. The tiny constellation Corona Borealis, the …

… they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid.” (For a complete list of the co-signers, see: …

… services around the environment. In our religious education programs, this is the Year of the Tree. So we do scriptural reenactments once a month, centered on tree themes from the Old and New Testament – the Tree of Good and Evil, the Tree of Calvary. We …

… several towhee birds, while two or three indigo buntings sang brightly in the nearby pine trees. Last night my wife Linda made a cobbler and eight pints of jelly out of the harvest of …

… the rise of a “reductionist and analytical biology,” which too often misses the forest for the trees. This tacit worldview, Sloan says, has displaced a “richer” view of human life that once …