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Cleaner Air - What can forests do?
Written by Brian Tobin and Maarten Nieuwenhuis   
Tuesday, 30 November 2004
Small scale tree planting can do tremendous good for the environment

Many people have a natural predilection that forests in general are good for the environment, being nature’s set of lungs for the planet. They take in quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release precious oxygen in return, and in the meantime create a store of carbon away from the atmosphere where it could contribute to global warming.
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Coillte's Bright New Headquarters
Written by Catherine Rountree   
Tuesday, 30 November 2004
Coillte’s new Headquarters at Newtownmountkennedy is a credit to all concerned. Designed by Duncan Stewart and assoc. and built using timber as the primary construction material, they are functional and very, very beautiful. There is a lightness both in the structure and in the natural light filtering through the building. In fact light is a key concept throughout this design. Offices are bright and airy, meeting rooms have glass doors opening out into the corridors. There is a new aura of transparency creeping through the corridors.
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