http://hdlns.com/g1268 http://hdlns.com/rss_g1268.xml Science and Technology -> Environment -> Forests and Rainforests en-us Aggregation copyright hdlns (dot com), articles copyright original authors. http://hdlns.com/g1268/Forests+and+Rainforests+-+Forest+and+Rainforest+News+Articles+Blogs+and+Resources HDLNS.com is the easiest to use aggregated content RSS Reader on the net. No need to sign up, nothing to remember. Just browse and read. http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za44826058/March+2010+Foliage+Follow-Up Yes, I've shown this kalanchoe beharensis before.  And I can tell you right now that I will probably show it again. I'm completely fascinated by its leaves, which look like velvet silver:evar gaJsHost = (('https:' == document.location.protocol) http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za43368231/EARTH+MEANDERS%3A+The+Rainforest+Movement+Is+Dead%C2%85+Long+Live+the+Old+Forest By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk Old forests including tropical rainforests [search] are the ultimate expression of life, evolution and ecology. Here untold co-evolved species and gen http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za44799591/RELEASE%3A+French+President+Sarkozy%C2%27s+Dangerous+Deforestation+Doublespeak Pledges to work to end deforestation as French company prepares to ship illegal logs from Madagascar From Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet (EI) You can still TAKE ACTION on this matter at: http://www.rainforestportal http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za44799590/ALERT%21+Let+Rainforest+Action+Network+Know+Global+Ecological+Sustainability TAKE ACTION! Rainforest Action Network [search] is a key supporter of failed Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) [search] efforts to “sustainably” log tens of millions of hectares of primary and old-growth forests for lawn furniture, toil http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za44759997/Garden+Bloggers+Bloom+Day+-+March+2010 It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day... and while there's nothing yet worth showing out in the garden, I have quite a few things that are still in bloom in the house:  The passalong abutilon from Kylee, abutilon megapotanicum and dragonwing begonia ( http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za44697420/When++Late+Winter+Feels+Like+Early+Spring+%28and+other+Seasonal+Wackiness%29 It's been one of those weeks when the calendar says it's late winter, but your nose can smell an early spring.  The quick snow melt over the past few days revealed a  lot of interesting things in my neighborhood, like crocuses, matted grass http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za44282474/Call+for+submissions%3A+Festival+46%2C+humorous+trees Host: Vanessa’s Trees and Shrubs Blog on About.com Deadline: March 29 Email to: treesandshrubs.guide [at] about.com ' or use the contact form Optional theme: Humorous trees (in honor of April Fools) Important! Put “Festival of the Trees&# http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za44242385/On+%27Black%27+Plants In art classes, I was always taught that 'true black' does not actually exist in nature.  Anything that the eye reads as black is really the darkest shade of blue, red, brown, green... and in general, I think that's probably true.Take this begon http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za43886828/Festival+45%3A+Voice Festival of the Trees 45 is up at The Voltage Gate. For this edition, Heather and Jeremy have chosen to highlight choice quotes from a very varied collection of blog posts. Newcomers join long-time contribuors for the usual eclectic mix of science, a http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za43744498/In+Praise+of+Winter%3A+Snowy+Evergreen+Sunrises+Introduction Spring feels near in the Pacific Northwest, so today in celebration of The Festival of the Trees 45, I'd like to look back at snowy December 2008 as a final farewell to this year's mild winter. (I admit to a mild jealousy of my friends enjoying Penns http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za43744502/In+Praise+of+Winter%3A+Snowy+Evergreen+Sunrises+Part+4 If you're just joining me, I invite you to go back and read the introduction.Enjoy Part 4, the final segment of our snowy excursion, which begins on an extra-snowy morning and concludes our journey with late afternoon sun:Wander the woods of a winter http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za43744501/In+Praise+of+Winter%3A+Snowy+Evergreen+Sunrises+Part+3 If you're just joining me, I invite you to go back and read the introduction.Enjoy Part 3 of our snowy excursion, which begins in a waist-high snow drift: Wander the woods of a winter past (to be posted throughout the day today):In Praise of Winter: http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za43744500/In+Praise+of+Winter%3A+Snowy+Evergreen+Sunrises+Part+2 If you're just joining me, I invite you to go back and read the introduction.Enjoy Part 2 of our snowy excursion, which begins with dark evergreens at first light: Wander the woods of a winter past (to be posted throughout the day today):In Praise of http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za43744499/In+Praise+of+Winter%3A+Snowy+Evergreen+Sunrises+Part+1 If you're just joining me, I invite you to go back and read the introduction.Enjoy Part 1 of our snowy excursion, which begins with the waning moon among the alder branches: Wander the woods of a winter past (to be posted throughout the day today): I http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za43583523/Two+more+days+to+submit%2C+and+a+new+email+subscription+method Wow, did this month go by quickly! Well, of course it is the shortest month — that doesn’t help. But if you (like me) haven’t gotten around to blogging anything about trees yet, you have just two more days to do so: the deadline for http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za43214451/cringe+worthy+mandarin it has been a super duper long while!! goodness gracious me!*flicks the cobwebs away, wiping off all that were left over from last year's christmas party, the new year party, and on-going chinese lunar new year celebrations*!!!!!!!!i have totally los http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za43010705/February+Foliage+Follow-Up I am admittedly a foliage girl--and by that, I mean a foliage addict.  If a plant has unusual variegation, dark color, or a twist... I drool.  And then scheme on how to add that plant to my collection.  So I simultaneously adored Pam's http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za42981105/A+Surprising+Garden+Bloggers%27+Bloom+Day+February+2010 I didn't really expect to have a lot to post this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.  As you can see above, my houseplant areas are mostly a sea of green.  (Okay, and silver, and chartreuse, and purple... details on that will have to wait for Foli http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za42624462/RELEASE%3A+Global+Campaign+to+Protect+and+Restore+Old+Forests+Gaining+Tractio Campaigns to end industrial primary rainforest logging in Papua New Guinea and Madagascar based upon ecological science, and meant to end corruption and ecological harm By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet (EI) CONTACT: http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za42624461/Action+Alert%3A+PAPUA+NEW+GUINEA%3A+Logging+Violence+and+Corruption+Flare+in+Ra http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za42443946/Call+for+Submissions%3A+Festival+45+returns+to+The+Voltage+Gate Host: The Voltage Gate Deadline: February 26, 2010 Email to: thevoltagegate[at]gmail[dot]com - or use the contact form Important! Put “Festival of the Trees” in the subject line of your email The March 1 edition of the Festival of the Tre http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za42350912/The+Great+Houseplant+Census+%28Geographically+Divided%29 First off, I need to put out this general disclaimer:  I am NOT a houseplant person.  Really.  It's not about having houseplants, it's more about taking in strays for the winter.  Like the exotic hoya above that clearly deserved a http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za42185220/Festival+of+the+Trees+44+Now+Online+at+Treeblog The Festival of the Trees 44 is now up at treeblog, compliments of our UK host Ash. He's discovered new paths for us to explore and provides a personal tour through the woods! Try not to get lost.... you may want to pack a pocketful of breadcrumbs!O http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za42128257/Festival+44%3A+A+stroll+with+a+treeblogger Ash at treeblog is our genial guide on a ramble through a forest of truly astonishing diversity in Festival 44. We meet everything from bonsai to a 13,000-year-old scrub oak to a monument to mark the site of an oak that helped kill a king of England. http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za42109619/ALERT%21+Protest+Madagascar%27s+Legalization+of+Rosewood+Log+Export+from+Protec http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za42057938/January+Birth+Notice+%28Meyer+Lemon%21%29 Okay, this is technically a multiple birth notice, since I have more than one baby lemon... but they all seem to be on different branches, so I can only take a photo of one at a time.  But I'm very excited about ALL of my new babies.On the downs http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za41685570/Festival+of+the+Trees+Interview+at+The+Nature+Blog+Network Join us at The Nature Blog Network for an interview discussing The Festival of the Trees blog carnival with Pablo, Dave Bonta, and Jade Blackwater, illustrated with tree photos by Jade and Dave. Learn about how The Festival of the Trees got its start http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za41648074/Festival+of+the+Trees+Interview+at+The+Nature+Blog+Network Stop by The Nature Blog Network for an interview discussing The Festival of the Trees blog carnival with Pablo, Dave Bonta, and me. Learn about how The Festival of the Trees got its start, and how you can participate in future issues.Many thanks to o http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za41553809/Winter+in+Madagascar%3A+Darwin+Orchids%2C+Voodoo+Lilies%2C+and+%27Crack+Plants%27   It hasn't just been my own garden (and housecleaning!) that have fallen by the wayside this year.  I haven't been able to spend near as much time volunteering at the Botanical Garden as I would have liked.  So on Thursday, during a r http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za41492176/Waking+Up+with+the+Trees+at+Goleta+Beach In 2008 I spent several months in Santa Barbara, California during which time I made new friends, discovered new flora, and learned what it's like to live within walking distance of a warm, sandy beach.I'm a forest-dweller at heart, so learning to li http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za41290661/EARTH+MEANDERS%3A+Ode+to+Madang By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk Yet another paradise lost? http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za41265609/It%27s+Never+Too+Early+for+a+Forest+Sunrise If you're feeling blue, perhaps you just need a little more indigo.I love the cold, dark days of the autumn and winter seasons. But if you're feeling sunshine-starved I encourage you to wake up extra early and watch the sunrise before you do anything http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za35558594/Autumn+Sunset+Greetings © 2005 - 2010 J. L. Blackwater http://arboreality.blogspot.com http://www.jadeleoneblackwater.com http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za37693822/A+Break+in+the+Storm © 2005 - 2010 J. L. Blackwater http://arboreality.blogspot.com http://www.jadeleoneblackwater.com http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10546za41228576/No+Title I have gone to the Forest Since March 2009, I left IIFM the second best place I ever lived in, after my home. As all other IIFMights believed, it was the time a new journey began. As the focus point changed, in came a new camera position, http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za41223303/Foliage+Follow-Up+-+January+2010 Outside, there are still a few areas of interesting foliage to showcase for Foliage Follow-Up, like the pink hues of 'The Blues' little bluestem shown below.  In the front yard, the oakleaf hydrangea's leaves are dry and curled but still look in http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za41223302/Garden+Boggers%27+Bloom+Day%3A++January+2010 Here is the only 'new' bloom for January 2010... a delicate, beautiful, passalong abutilon from Kylee at Our Little Acre, which she graciously shared with me when I was lucky enough to visit her this summer:There are a few other blooms gracing my hou http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za40608466/Call+for+Submissions%3A+Festival+44+Returns+to+the+treeblog Host: treeblog Deadline: January 30, 2010 Email to: mail[at]treeblog[dot]co[dot]uk – or use the contact form Important! Put 'Festival of the Trees' in the subject line of your email The February Festival #44 takes us back once again to the fore http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10546za40566897/Two+plus+two+years+later.... Last week when i was going through the pile of snaps on my hard disk, i found the ones taken a month into IIFM, with the batch mates still trying to know each other and adjust to each other. The first two months are a good enough measure of what life http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za40435208/EARTH+MEANDERS%3A+Resisting+Global+Ecological+Change By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk Shared survival requires powering down, going back to the land, and ecological resistance. The human family faces imminent and (Copenhagen would sugges http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za40409707/Festival+of+the+Trees+43+Now+Online+at+Xenogere Welcome the New Year with a stroll through the Celebration Tree Grove!The Festival of the Trees 43: The Celebration Tree Grove is now online at Xenogere, courtesy of our January 2010 host Jason Hogle.Forests are made for wandering! Take plenty of tim http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za40286899/Festival+43%3A+The+Celebration+Tree+Grove Join us on a New Year’s walk through the Celebration Tree Grove. The Dallas landmark magically expands to include trees and forests from around the globe, as Jason at Xenogere somehow manages to mix a potpourri of links on science, poetry, art, http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za40190077/A+Christmas+Tree+Story+for+Tu+B%27Shevat In celebration of this month's Winter Solstice and tomorrow's Full Moon, and in honor of Tu B'Shevat (the New Year for Trees) and the 43rd issue of The Festival of the Trees, I'd like to share this year's Christmas tree from my home. Many of you kno http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za40160286/Feature+Interview%3A+Ben+Cohoon+of+The+Arbor+Day+Foundation As a follow up to our Book Review of What Tree Is That? by the Arbor Day Foundation, I have invited Ben Cohoon, Manager of the What Tree Is That? project, to join us for a brief interview.JB: Greetings and thank you for joining us for an interview at http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za40076684/Book+Review%3A+What+Tree+Is+That%3F+By+The+Arbor+Day+Foundation What Tree Is That?: A guide to the more common trees found in North America By The Arbor Day FoundationThe book for today's review was provided by: GreenLeaf Book Group LLCHave you ever visited a new place to find that the trees seem to be one namele http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za40036225/Submissions+to+the+New+Years%27+edition+due+by+Wednesday We know many of you are probably still in holiday relaxation mode, but we wanted to remind you that if you haven’t blogged about trees or forests yet this month, you have just three more days to post something and email the link to Jason: jason http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za39785183/Ecological+Internet+Needs+You Now more than ever -- given Copenhagen�'s failure and looming ecosystem collapse -- pursuit of global ecological sustainability depends upon ecological science based, global citizen advocacy. With your support, together we will continue http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za39719219/hungry+monster+pouch+copycat yet another one.... i don't usually do this, can't be bothered to, nor have the time to do this, but my assistant, mabel, was already halfway done with the photoshop image, so! might as well! ;D having assistants rock! http://www.flickr.com/search/?w http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za39719218/happy+holidays%21%21%21 don't drink too much or overeat, people! ;DMERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!woot!XOXOXO!psssttt!don't forget our NO SHIPPING dates!22 DEC - 28 DEC ;30 DEC - 4 JAN 2010 http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za39682491/PAPUA+NEW+GUINEA+RAINFOREST%3A+Madang+Police+Issue+Violent+Warning+to+Logging By Earth's Newsdesk and Asples PNG, projects of Ecological Internet http://www.ecoearth.info/newsdesk/ CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org With logging stopped by court order, violence breaks out in Ramu loggin http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za39682490/ALERT%21+More+Old+Forests%2C+Less+Industrial+Agriculture%2C+Key+to+Climate%2C+Food By Ecological Internet's Climate Ark Climate Change Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Securing world food security while maintaining operable forests, global climate, water, ocean and terrestrial ecosystems – and human rights, justice and http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za39682492/ALERT%21+Protest+French+Company+Shipping+Madagascar%C2%27s+Illegally+Logged+Rosew http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za39454863/Garden+Bloggers+Bloom+Day+-+December+2009 Work has been more than a little crazy lately.  In fact, I've worked 48 hours in the past 4 days alone!  I'm not whining, just explaining why I feel as worn out and pale as my beloved evergreen honeysuckle vine, shown above. And also why I' http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za39119707/we+love+being+in+videos%21 i love seeing littleoddforest goods in videos! and in this one here, littleoddforest bags were a part in a cool video of our Belgium stockist, Rose Rouge { www.rose-rouge.be } :D woot!i will try my best to give ya all at least 1 decent post before th http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za38879630/ALERT%21+PAPUA+NEW+GUINEA%3A+Grand+Chief+%27Carbon+Cowboy%27+Off+Soon+in+New+Privat By Ecological Internet's Rainforest Portal and ClimateArk TAKE ACTION! Sir Michael Somare -- Papua New Guinea�'s (PNG) Prime Minister -- jets soon to Copenhagen pledging to protect the country�'s rainforests in exchange for REDD carbon http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za38844408/Call+for+submissions%3A+Festival+43%2C+the+New+Year%27s+edition In the Jewish calendar there’s a holiday called Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees, and it usually falls in late January or early February. But here at the Festival of the Trees, since we have a new edition on the first of every month, Janua http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10546za38776634/A+walk+in+the+Niligiri Standing over the high ridge of the Nilgiri Tahr Mukurthi National Park, I realised that walking across an area of 5,520 sq km was not going to be easy. But in the light of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve representing a microcosm of the diverse forests http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za38589328/Festival+42%3A+seven+billion+new+trees%21 The 42nd edition of the Festival of the Trees is now live at Via Negativa. The title refers to a new initiative by Nobel laureate and tree-planting guru Wangari Maathai, and tree-planting forms the leitmotif for this month’s festival. I was gra http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za38485869/WORLDWIDE+FREE+SHIPPING+until+26+DEC%21 WORLDWIDE FREE SHIPPING.... STARTS TODAY!Until WED 16 DEC.Enter Code : fs09hol*to be entered whilst in Shopping Bag pageIt's an annual ritual for us already!just like i promised! ENJOY!!ATTN. VIFF Customers :Please use your VIFF code for your usual 1 http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za38485870/LOF+%40+Isetan+Scotts%21 LOF has once again been invited to Isetan Scotts!So it's time for us to come out and play again, a special 2 weeks only outing for us!We have a date with YOU, our dearest Singapore friends!Head on down to our little corner of LOF goodness!We will be http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za38302290/RELEASE%3A+Key+Indian+Elephant+Corridor+and+Habitat+Successfully+Protected Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network again demonstrates its ability to successfully internationalize strong, local environmental sustainability protest -- please support EI's continued success now during crucial fund-raiser Afte http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za38244553/Submission+deadline+approaching Just a quick reminder that less than a week remains in which to post something about trees or forests and send the link to me (bontasaurus [at] yahoo [dot] com) for inclusion in the December 1 edition of the Festival of the Trees. The deadline is Nov http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za38067005/we+are+hiring%21 littleoddforest is looking to hire aFULL-TIME SALES ASST.from 4 DEC - 17 DECfor our promotion counter over at Isetan Scotts!Must be able to work until 9.30 PM /10 PM EVERYDAYfrom FRIDAY 4 DEC - THURS 17 DEC.Full-Shift : 9.45 AM - 9.30 PMLet me know http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za37962202/Feeling+A+Little+Dirty... The Meyer lemon is about halfway to full bloom now, and it smells heavenly in my dining room. Its wonderful lemony perfume that wafts through the house, especially when the heater kicks on and swirls the scent around. And the pristine white (whi http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za37908988/Helping+Old+Forests+Stabilize+Climate+2009%3A+Ecological+Internet+%2475%2C000+Yea Please support EI's proven Internet-based global advocacy to achieve ecological science-based ecosystem protection and restoration - http://www.climateark.org/shared/donate/ Dear Earth colleagues, I have just come from the rainfore http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za37908987/RELEASE%3A+WWF+Confronted+for+Rainforest+%27Greenwashing%27+of+%27Sustainable%27+Palm By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet http://www.ecoearth.info/newsdesk/ CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org An Open Letter signed by more than 80 organizations from 31 countries was delivered y http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za37121134/ALERT%21+No+to+Copenhagen+%27Carbon+Logging%27%3A+GOOD+REDD+Fully+Protects+and+Rest By Ecological Internet's Climate Ark Climate Change Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Copenhagen climate talks [search] must not provide Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) carbon market funds for old, natural fores http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za37672404/Garden+Bloggers%27+Bloom+Day+-+November+2009  What a beautiful weekend!  As I was out taking photo after photo for November's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day (hosted each month by the lovely and funny Carol of May Dreams Gardens) on Saturday, I kept thinking, 'Wow, and there are flowers on http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za37593068/Black+Cottonwood+in+Autumn+Gold It's taken me a few years to identify the Black cottonwood tree (Populus balsamifera spp. trichocarpa), also known as the Balsam poplar or Tacamahacca.Shown here in its autumn glory of brilliant yellow, the Black cottonwood bears dark, green, glossy http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za37517957/Festival+of+the+Trees+Returns+to+Via+Negativa I'm pleased to share that I have been invited to join Paul and Dave as a coordinator for The Festival of the Trees.Most of you know how much I love this project, and I am excited to have the opportunity to contribute even more - all for the love of t http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za37451475/Jade+Blackwater+joins+Festival+of+the+Trees+team Today we are pleased to welcome Jade L. Blackwater as the third official organizer/coordinator of the Festival of the Trees. Jade is a writer, artist, and naturalist living in the evergreen forests of western Washington, and most Festival supporters http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za37369005/Any+Given+Sunday The sun shone brightly all weekend... as if it somehow KNEW that there was no way Cleveland residents were going to be subjected to yet another Browns loss, and it wanted to celebrate with us. (Maybe Ma Nature has NFL bye weeks marked on her calendar http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za37276523/We%27re+now+on+Twitter+%28and+Identica%29 If you’re on Twitter — and a lot of writers and nature bloggers are these days — you can now follow the Festival of the Trees there @treebloggers. (Thanks to Georgia of Local Ecologist blog, @localecologist, for the suggestion.) We http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za37243708/Pear+Pie%2C+Lemon+Buds+and+Fried+Green+Tomatoes Seriously, is this not one of the weirdest blog post titles you have ever seen?  It's definitely been a strange stretch of days, both garden- and cooking-wise, though, so the title 'fits' my week pretty well!The weirdness started on Sunday night http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za37199403/Call+for+submissions%3A+Festival+42%2C+the+Once-ler+edition Host: Via Negativa Deadline: November 29 (bribes accepted to include late entries) Email to: bontasaurus(at)yahoo(dot)com – or use the Contact form Important! Put “Festival of the Trees” in the subject line of your email You rememb http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za36648697/ALERT%21+Madagascar%27s+Protected+Rainforest+Hardwoods+Continue+to+be+Selective http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za36945956/Festival+%2341%3A+Para+ver+as+%C3%A1rvores Festival 41 is up at Blog do Árvores Vivas/Living Trees Blog. A fully bilingual edition (except of course for the entries themselves), it includes essays, poems, artwork and more from Brazil, India, and the United States. The theme this time was &#8 http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za36885620/My+Favorite+Holiday+Arrives%21 Wishing everyone an Enchanted, Enchanting, Haunted, and Hauntingly Happy Halloween!Always remember to carry your shield, Perseus... or you, too, may become one of Medusa's victims!  (Yes, those are plastic snakes braided into my hair. It took ab http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za36917378/The+Year+of+Should%27ve%3A+A+Hike+to+Brandywine+Falls I'm noticing a trend here lately in my blog posts.  They all start off with, 'What I should have been doing was A,' and proceed to talk about how I spent my free time frolicking and following Plan B instead.  This theme continued throughout http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za36794623/Late+October+Color I've had this week off of work, but it's been a really busy one.  (Still neglecting my garden, unfortunately--although I should be able to rectify that oversight some tomorrow!)  No time for details, but I do want to show off some of the co http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10540za36720823/Forest+Song Forest SongLean back easy to the soillet your elbows rootwatch the clouds go byfor a few weeks.Curl, wrap around a stumpreach your fingers to the skywhen it rains you canopen your eyes.Stay, wait until it's cold,blossom underneath the waningmoonlight http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za36641658/Happy+5th+to+www.forestprints.com%21+%3AD http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za36332670/Garden+Bloggers%27+%28Belated%29+Bloom+Day+-+October+2009 Garden mum 'Hannah' (small, new quart-sized pot that needs to be planted) temporarily sited between golden oregano and Spanish foxglove foliage. Can we file this one under 'Better late than never?'  I missed last week's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Da http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za35868222/The+Backyard%2C+October+10 Today had all the makings of a gorgeous fall day:  Sunshine.  Crisp, clear air.  The crunch of fall leaves underfoot.  That level of cool where you're comfy enough in a fleece but going inside every now and then feels good--and ge http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za35637578/Call+for+submissions%3A+%27If+I+were+a+tree%27 The November Festival, #41, travels to Brazil and the Blog do Arvores Vivas. The theme is “If I were a tree” and submissions are due to arvoresvivas (at) gmail (dot) com by October 29, 2009. (Submissions that don’t fit the theme ma http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za35572950/Washed-Out+Weekend So here's a quick list of what I SHOULD have been doing this past weekend:Cleaning up the gardenPainting my 'plant table' so it had a few days to dry before tender plants had to come inside and spend the winter therePrimping and painting/sealing the http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za35489516/Festival+%2340%2C+%27benefits+of+trees%27 Local ecologist is hosting a milestone edition of the Festival of the Trees: the big 4-0. Submissions were down this time — we’re hoping that’s just because it was the start of the school year — but bloggers from as far afield http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10546za35514619/IIFM+All+India+Alumni+Meet+on+1st+November%2C+2009 Greetings from IIFM !!!It's our pleasure to inform you that the IIFM All India Alumni meet'Reminiscence' will be held on the 1st of November 2009.It is one of those eagerly awaited moments when the whole IIFM family comes together under one roof to i http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35327872/Eco-Forestry+Forum+Calls+for+Protection+from+Continuing+Papua+New+Guinea+Ra Eco-Forestry Forum, a leading Papua New Guinea (PNG) NGO, makes major new charges of continued corruption in the establishment of carbon projects and markets in PNG in their newspaper advertisement (pdf, text below). Reduced Emissions from D http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35327871/New+York+City+Activists+Unfurl+35-foot+Banner+on+High+Line+to+Protest+Park%27 From Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet (EI) Contact: Tim Doody: rainforestsny@gmail.com Simon Counsell: info@fsc-watch.org Dr. Glen Barry: glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF BANNER: http://RFNY.o http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35327873/RELEASE%3A+deRANged+II+The+Sequel++--+Rainforest+Action+Network+Endangers+Wor By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet http://www.ecoearth.info/newsdesk/ CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org (EARTH) -- Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has unexpectedly pulled out of nearly complete http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za35295470/Random+Cuttings Lately, I keep finding myself with random little snippets of posts, and no good way to tie them all together into a coherent bundle. Weeks later, I log into Blogger and find draft after draft cluttering up my account... so I end up just deleting the http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10543za35294860/Deadline+for+FOTT+%2340+extended+until+9+28 Georgia has asked us to extend the deadline for the next edition of the Festival of the Trees until Monday the 28th in hopes of garnering some more submissions. So if you have yet to post something about trees this month, you have all weekend to wor http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35188629/ALERT%21+Copenhagen+%28and+You%29+Must+Cut+Carbon+Emissions+by+at+Least+10%25+Durin By Ecological Internet's Climate Ark Climate Change Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! Urge all Earth's citizens and tribes to pursue a 10:10 pledge, protect and restore all old forests, and pursue other ambitious, short-term actions -- bot http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35159561/EARTH+MEANDERS%3A+Ecological+Overshoot%3A+Climate%2C+Inequity+and+Corruption By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk A call for reluctant Earth revolutionaries to unite and slay the economic growth machine consuming ecological being. A disease is ravaging Earth as e http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10544za35159560/ALERT%21+Questioning+World+Bank+Palm+Oil+Funding+and+Forest+Carbon+Finance+in By Rainforest Rescue with Ecological Internet's Rainforest Portal with TAKE ACTION! Ombudsman report on 20 years of corrupt IFC, World Bank Group lending to the Indonesian oil palm industry casts doubt on Bank's fitness to manage inte http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za34889270/wrap+and+snuggle+up%21 ADD ON:receive a number of request for additional embroidery of names, so yes, we sure can do that! for everyone else we hadn't thought about that ;Demail us for details!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za35023427/7+Things%2C+Plus+One+Box+of+Possibilities A while back, Carol from May Dreams Gardens tagged me for a meme. I know that I've done this 'Seven Things About Me' meme before, and frankly I'm not a very exciting (drama-finding, larger-than-life) person, so coming up with seven interesting things http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10548za34853125/we+miss+the+cold. launching very soon.... our brand new winter accessories!below are some sneak peeks for you!{ woody }soft. thick. super comfortable. fleece scarf{ the clouds are following me }soft. thick. super comfortable. fleece scarfthe last time i made scarves f http://hdlns.com/g1268zf10539za34799241/Garden+Bloggers+Bloom+Day+-+September+2009 I'm out of town this week for a work-related seminar, but I took a few photos before I left so that I could put up a quick GBBD post.  So here, without further ado, are a few snapshots of what's blooming in my garden--including a BIG Septem