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Unchopping a Tree

by Dan
Art & Photography + Environment / January 12, 2010

Lewis Blackwell's beautiful book The Life and Love of Trees has been receiving a lot of media attention recently, not least from Ellen Degeneres. But if you need reminding why trees are important, take a couple of minutes to watch this stunning film by artist and architect Maya Lin for the What Is Missing Foundation:

Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.

(via Kottke)

Talking about The Life and Love of Trees with Ellen

by Siobhan
Animals & Nature + Art & Photography + Environment + Excerpts / January 05, 2010

In case you missed it over the holidays, here's Lewis Blackwell's interview with Ellen about two of his passions - trees and photography - which he has married in his truly gorgeous book, The Life and Love of Trees.

The book really is stunning - everyone who picks it up seems to have the same reaction as Ellen.

If you haven't seen it yet, have a look at's an  are few images from the book posted on the this slideshow of images from the book posted on the website for O, The Oprah Magazine.

Green Christmas

by Dan
Environment / December 03, 2009

Reduce your carbon footprint and save money this season (without sacrificing style or tradition!) with green living expert Anna Getty's new book I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas!

Anna advises how to best choose a tree (real or fake?), mitigate the negative effects of necessary travel, recycle post-holiday, and more.

She also shares her favorite holiday recipes and homemade craft ideas:

Organic appetizer anyone?