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… Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” One of the major actors in that fictional dream is the willow tree. In the first act, the tree is barren. In the second, the willow tree has sprouted four or five leaves. Most people who really see the play are astonished at the …

… her family, which works in the copra industry, because Haiyan knocked down most of the coconut trees they were depending on. "I suggested they try some temporary livelihood activity, like …

… of St. Sebastian. Their view of the Vatican was obscured by the rows of towering cypress trees that lined both sides of the road. "I haven't been here in years," said Cardinal Bergano. …

… “Go for a walk in the woods and see the wonder that is outside of the stores. Plant a tree, pick up trash on the beach, make a commitment to no longer use plastic bottles, screw in a … toxic waste dumps; partnering with a parish from the developing world by planting carbon sink trees to absorb carbon dioxide growing organic gardens on church grounds banning plastic cups …

… is natural is not 'of God' in the same way the supernatural is." … 'Breaking twigs off of the tree of life' … Unfortunately, God's great work in creation now finds itself radically challenged … and currently, 350 species are going extinct every day. "We are breaking twigs off of the tree of life," she says. "We are cutting off the promise that they hold within themselves that …

… D'Arienzo … Jan. 17 dawned dull and gray. Strewn at curbside were the last of Christmas trees destined to be mulched; the cheerful lights they used to wear were packed away and the …

… that Donabel Castillon could recognize of the land she farms with her family. The coconut trees were tall matchsticks with few, if any, branches left. Her small vegetable and rice fields … that CRS pays each farmer about $80 to prepare the same fields they lease where their coconut trees grow to produce other vegetables for up to 10 years. That's long enough for new trees to mature and begin producing the high-quality crop demanded by processors of …

… journey, with only two llamas for company, Illyn “witnessed hillsides shorn of their trees and logging towns fighting for permission to remove the last stands of old-growth forest -- …

… of Pope Paul VI's trip there and his seminal meeting with Patriarch Athenagoras. Among the trees that have grown from the seeds sown that day is Notre Dame's Tantur Ecumenical Institute, …

… speech was filled with "old chestnuts," the GOP responses were a forest of chestnut trees. President Obama may still inspire the Democratic base. He did nothing to really persuade …