NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Although I haven't seen a paulownia for years, I vividly remember one that bordered a path along which I used to jog when I lived further south, in Maryland. The tree caught my ...

Practice sustainable lumber production with a beneficial but risky resource, paulownia trees, as a viable solution for reforestation. The Paulownia tree also offers a host of benefits that should not ...

Surfboards are usually made from toxic, non-biodegradable petrochemical products Wooden surfboards are making a resurgence as a sustainable alternative "Green" surfboards need the support of ...

One of the trees that brings me questions every year is one that has some extremely positive and extremely negative points. It's the royal paulownia, also known as the empress tree. The royal ...

HIROSHIMA--When Tomoni Shintaku first heard the sounds of a harmonica coming from an old paulownia wood chest of drawers, he thought that it must have been a joke his late grandfather left behind.

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Although I haven’t seen a paulownia for years, I vividly remember one that bordered a path along which I used to jog when I lived farther south, in Maryland. The tree caught my ...