There’s no question that technology has eroded our patience. Can you imagine waiting a full minute for your dial-up modem to connect to the Internet today? In architecture terms, that’s like waiting 60 years for a project to be ...READ»
Want to know how many Guadalupe palm trees are in San Francisco or how much CO2 is saved by Monterey cypress trees in the city? A new wiki-like website might soon have all the answers. The Urban Forest Map, launched this week, ...READ»
Keeping track of illegally logged trees is a lot easier when you know how many trees there are. At least that's the hope of Helveta, a British company that hammers plastic barcodes into trees.
The company, which is tracking a ...READ»
It's unlikely that the printed word is going anywhere--even with the rise of Kindle-like devices, there's still nothing like reading an actual book made with (gasp) tree-killing paper. So it's still important for the publishing ...READ»
