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FEB 16/17 Wight's Home and Garden: 5026 196th St. S.W. Lynnwood. 425-775-3636; wights.com. Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m., Feb. 17, 11 a.m. -- Plants with Winter Interest: Learn how to add color and fragrance to your winter garden through plants with colored bark, variegated foliage and evergreen perennials. Free. SAT Windmill Gardens: 5823 160th Ave. E., Sumner. Register: 253-863-5843; windmillgarden.com. 10 a.m. -- Basic Landscaping Part 1: Miki Wade, landscape designer from Olympic Landscape, teaches how to choose plants well adapted to each garden situation, to save time and money, reduce maintenance and help prevent pests and diseases. Free. 11 a.m. -- Kids Thyme, Plant an Ivy Heart Topiary in a Red Bucket: Plant an Heart Shaped Ivy Topiary for someone special for Valentine's Day.
The United States and the Environment: Laggard or Leader?
If there is one country that bears the most responsibility for the lack of progress on international environmental issues, it is the United States.
--Gus Speth, Red Sky at Dawn[1] Sadly, our nation is also at present the biggest engine of ecological destruction on Earth, the chief (but by no means only) force keeping humanity on collision course with the natural world.
--Paul and Anne Ehrlich, One with Nineveh[2] U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment
--New York Times headline, January 23, 2008 To borrow the blunt language of Generation X and the "Millennials," does the United States suck when it comes to the environment? Contrary to the perception expressed in the epigraphs above, the answer turns out to be a resounding No; the United States remains the world's environmental leader and is likely to continue as such.
Lancaster Hotels Announce Launch Date for Philippine Condotel ...
The Lancaster Suites located in Shaw Boulevard, Metro Manila, Philippines, a Brand Name Condotel Investment of Pacific Concord Properties Inc, will soon be ready to accept guests on short and long term leases in the Condo Hotel. Under the management of Lancaster Hotels, Land and Properties, Inc. [LHLPI], rental operations will be soft launched from December 2007 .
Moro buys N.Y. HVAC company
Moro Corp. said Monday that it bought J&J Heating and Cooling. Moro of Wayne, Pa., said Vestal, N.Y.-based J&J operates in the Binghamton, N.Y., area., serving homes and commercial buildings. In addition to heating, ventilating and air conditioning work, Moro makes concrete reinforcing steel and sheet metal and distributes steel and construction accessories. .
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