At the same time, community plantations with fast-growing tree species for use as fuelwood are being introduced, as well as 10 000 efficient wood-burning stoves.

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The latest model to join the growing line of tree-friendly, paperless eWriters will be available for purchase on Amazon.com and from select retailers in September.

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The timbila are finely manufactured and tuned wooden instruments made from the highly resonant wood of the slow-growing mwenje (sneezewort) tree.

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Tobacco was also growing, and a big military-chestnut tree stood farther away.

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When Amazon.com introduced the Kindle Fire in 2011, it was a budget-friendly game-changer for the growing tablet market that certainly shook the Apple tree.

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Owners, Britta and Kent Lindvall invited designers and architects to create a series of unique tree houses that reflect -- in some cases literally -- the growing popularity of ecologically-themed holidays.

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