Passion for nature: two nature lovers made a business out of what they enjoy doing. Bee Choo and Morten run an outlet selling books, gifts, and souvenirs. They have gone into nature publishing as well.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NESTLING next to the gushing waterfalls and foliage of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre is a shop specialising in nature books and merchandise. The shop is owned and managed by a husband and wife team, Morten Strange and Ng Bee Choo. As...

RBC announces 2008 Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients.
12 North American organizations to share more than $1.7 million TORONTO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RBC today announced its latest round of RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Twelve organizations, selected from 206 applicants from across North America, will share more than $1.7 million in grants...

Everywhere a sign: express yourself for a living as American Sign Language interpreter.
Overhead sprinklers are shooting cold mist at everyone, yet the tour group stays attentive to its spirited guide--and to the woman making gestures beside her. As the guide comments on plants in the conservatory, Ruth Murphy interprets the spoken words in American Sign Language (ASL). Murphy is good at...

The sweet smell of success: IFF's Botanical Garden.
* On June 5, International Flavors & Fragrances' perfumers, evaluators and executives met at its Botanical Gardens in Union Beach, NJ for a day of inspiration, collaboration and innovation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IFF provided a press tour of the facility and a special presentation on nature-inspired...

Global warming and the King's Arms pub: environmentalists may be missing out a vital part of the argument, suggests Horatio Morpurgo.
On a brilliant April afternoon clouds of stoneflies, just hatched out of the river which runs through Downton, England, are winging to and fro along its main street. Rather weak flyers, they prefer crawling feverishly about on any vegetation they happen to collide with in their aerial wanderings. Stone-flies...

OBITUARIES.
Byline: The Register-Guard William Addison BELLEVUE, Wash. - William M. "Bill" Addison of Bellevue, Wash., formerly of Eugene, died July 5 of prostate cancer at age 80. He was born Feb. 9, 1928, in Independence to Elmer and Hazel Porterfield Addison. He married...

The Chelsea School of Chiropody: part 2 of the history of the Chelsea School of Chiropody.
The Chelsea Association In 1926 it was decided to form The Chelsea Association as a professional body, which became incorporated in 1936. This initiative was unique, being the brainchild of the school, whereas all the other professional organisations were responsible for setting up the schools around the...

Earth verse: eco-hip hop from the fruit tree tour.
By the time you read this, thousands of fruit trees will bare been planted on California public school campuses from Sacramento to San Diego. A progressive tribe of modern-day Johnny Appleseeds have traveled the coast for the 5th year planting on-campus orchards in inner-city schools that include apple, asian...

Smith/Stewart: Enter Love and Enter Death.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Smith/Stewart: Enter Love and Enter Death Inverleith House Edinburgh November 2 to January 20 The manipulative precision of Enter Love and Enter Death, stringently installed within the elegance of Inverleith House and the Botanical Gardens, presents Smith/Stewart's work at its strongest, contextualising the...

Garden festival from January 25.
PUNE: One of the largest and unique flower show, organised by the agri-horticultural society of western India, will roll out the red carpet for flower lovers in the city from January 25 to 27. The show, to be held at the empress botanical gardens, will be inaugurated...