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Monday April 30, 2018. Protestors from Global Justice Now demonstrate outside the Home Office in London demanding an end to the Hostile Environment policy, ahead of parliamentary debate on the Windrush scandal. Photo: David Mirzoeff/Global Justice Now
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Aerial View, Boylston Street, Massachusetts Avenue, Back Bay, Part of Mary Baker Eddy Library, Charles River with Boats, Cambridge and MIT in Distance
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researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
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creation date: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M., May 4, 1957
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Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 40.07
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Modern
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gelatin silver prints
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documentary photography
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Forested mountains are seen from the Blue Suck Falls Trail at Douthat State Park in Alleghany County, Va., on May 12, 2018. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Restoring the Ecosystem of Lake Prespa is the latest project to support the sustainable development of this vulnerable region. It is implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Municipality of Resen, with funding provided by the Swiss Development Cooperation. It is expected that this project will bring many benefits in the next six years for the local people and environment. And by reducing the pressures on the ecosystem, it will significantly improve the health and resilience of the lake.
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(Staff Photos by Rob Mattson/Amherst College, Office of Communications) The first-ever "Trash to Fashion Show" brings together creative thought, ingenuity, scraps, students, models and a fearless ability to walk a runway, all in an effort to creatively bring rubbish out of the scrap piles and into the world of recycle couture, at the Powerhouse, on the Amherst College campus in Amherst, Mass., Thursday night, April 23, 2015.
Prior to the event, students were encouraged to collect trash and recyclable items, and design an outfit to model. Charged with designing textiles made primarily from post-consumer materials, which had to have been used, diverted and/or recovered, students and teams scoured campus and local businesses to put their ideas into practice. These ideas were judged on and awarded prizes for best overall design, presentation and use of materials, with additional awards given for most creative use of materials, the crowd favorite, and best teamwork. To read more about the pre-show requirements and criteria, link to www.amherst.edu/campuslife/greenamherst/recycling/trash-t....
Polar bear encountered during a research trip to western Fram Strait. Fram Strait is the strait between the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Sea at about 80 N. These bears are all standing on sea ice several hundred kilometers from the coast of Greenland. I took these photos from the deck of a research ship.
The earthquake and tsunami which struck the region on 26th December 2004 greatly impacted the local built environment, especially the crucial tourism industry. Recovery and reconstruction began soon after the disaster. For example, some tourist and consumer services were able to resume within a month of the disaster.
This photo was taken in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In response to the crisis, the ILO, governments, employers' and workers' organisations engaged in the largest regional income generation and employment creation ever. ©ILO/Marcel Crozet
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Amsterdam, 14 april 2016 / Amsterdam, April 14th 2016.
Ministers van Milieu arriveren in het Europa gebouw in Amsterdam met staatssecretaris Sharon Dijksma
Ministers of Environment arrive at the Europe building in Amsterdam with Dutch minister Sharon Dijksma. Foto: Rijksoverheid/Valerie Kuypers – Photograph: Dutch Government/Valerie Kuypers
The Matthew Henson Earth Conservation Center gets a new coat of paint in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2018. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Species from clams to the vaquita porpoise have been greatly depleted since damming and diversions cut the flow of the river through the 20th century. More at dotDolphinFind
Karimkol runs a nursery in Ala-Buka in Jalalabad region. He grows apple, apricot, cherry, plums and other seedlings before selling them on to farmers. As part of its food security and economic inclusion work, AKF supported Karimkol by providing him weeding equipment to increase his productivity so that he could sell to more farmers. When asked why he grows all these different plants he replied “because it brings me joy.”
As a part of the Environment Day celebrations students of Udgam School participated in a wide range of activities. The day began on a solemn note wherein the ways in which we are harming the environment were taken up alongwith the joint measures that need to be taken to save the planet. The celebration started with a pledge to save the environment in all possible ways. Soon the events began and students joined elocution, poster making, slogan creating, jingle creating, best out of waste and many such activities under the able guidance of their teachers. The children thoroughly enjoyed the activities especially being in a group and working together for a common goal, which is the essence of the school. No wonder even on a school holiday there were so many participants all agog to join in for the cause of the environment amidst some fun.
'ABYCTO' is an installation designed and fabricated at FIU that results from the collaboration between students and faculty members in architecture and music.
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A song sparrow visits goldenrod in bloom along a trail mowed through the 69-acre property of Tina and Jeff Gleim in York County, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2020. In their retirement, the couple has converted much of their land to native plant gardens, and fostered wildlife in other ways, such as planting trees, building bird and bat boxes. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Sisu is a Finnish word that has been defined as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. This perfectly characterizes the people who have occupied Finn Slough since the early 1900s.
Finn Slough (pronounced slew) is a narrow marshy inlet located at the south end of No. 4 Road in Richmond along the south arm of the Fraser River. On one side of the slough is Dyke Road used to protect farmland and on the other side is a small area of land called Whitworth Island or more currently Gilmour Island, about one metre above sea level. The Fraser flows in and out of the slough.
This ramshackle village of 30 residents pictured above has buildings falling in on themselves while other buildings are still quite habitable. Some houses were converted from old net sheds and some are original scow houses used by Finnish settlers. Scows are flat-bottomed boats that are easy to navigate in shallow water like a slough. A group of houses are on a narrow body of land along Dyke Road, and some are on Whitworth Island; most are built on wood pilings or floats on crown title land. They are occupied by artists, environmentalists and fisherman working in harmony to maintain heritage and environment. The village and the slough have an austere beauty and have been the subject of many photos and paintings.
Finns first came to this area in the late 1800’s and established a thriving fishing community, especially at the time when the Fraser River was teeming with salmon. They were initially located beside a slough a bit inland but farmers wanted to better control the water flow of the Fraser and the Finns’ route was blocked, forcing them to move all their fishing operations to the present location of Finn Slough. Three of the original Finnish families have descendants still living at Finn Slough.
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Q1: What kind of a place is Lo-Sheng Sanatorium?
In 1927, the General Governor of Taiwan started to build Losheng Sanatorium for the quarantine and treatment of leprosy patients. With the force of sanitary police and the medical officers, the general investigation, quarantine, and imprisonment of the leprosy patients were conducted thoroughly in the period from1934 till the end of colonial governance of Japan. As a result, Losheng Sanatorium became the institution of compulsory quarantine as well as life-long imprisonment for the leprosy patients. Now, we consider Losheng Sanatorium as the epitome of the hundred-year sanitary history in Taiwan. It is the only historical mark that can testify the epidemic prevention history of Taiwan, and it is also the best place for us to do the introspection of the human rights of the patients.
Q2: What is the Hansen's disease?
Leprosy, also called the Hansen's disease，is a chronic bacterial disease infecting the skin and nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the respiratory system. In 1873, a Norwegian doctor, Hansen, discovered the pathogenesis of this disease, hence the name Hansen's disease. Leprosy virus is hard to cultivate even in the lab, so the contagiousness is extremely weak. Almost everyone (90% of the human beings) has the natural immunity against leprosy virus. Human is the main infection source of the Hansen's disease, and the upper respiratory tract is the major route of infection. The latent period is spans from three to five years, but could be as long as 40 years. The Hansen's disease is easier to spread in the environment with poor public sanitation facilities. Currently, the good sanitary condition in Taiwan ensures that the Hansen's disease almost has no contagiousness, and there is also effective cure for the disease.
Q3 Why was there a compulsory quarantine policy in the past?
At the beginning of the 20th century, because of the improvement in sanitary condition, the Hansen's disease was almost extinct in Europe and America. However, the Japanese government desired to imitate the militarism of German government, so when they faced the large amount of the domestic leprosy patients, they regarded those patients as "the national humiliation", and began to draw up "the prevention law of Leprosy "in 1907. They planned to isolate the leprosy patients from the society, trying to create the illusion in which the Hansen's disease was extinct.
Q4 What is the influence of the compulsory quarantine policy?
In order to justify its compulsory quarantine policy, the Japanese government exaggerated the contagiousness of the Hansen's disease, and propagandized it to the society with force. They educated people that leprosy was extremely horrible, and used the police force and the spy system to "arrest" the patients and put them in hospitalization. This discriminating experience of being arrested in front of their families, friends, neighbors as well as the ingrained infamy of this policy prevented the Hansen's patients from going back to the society even after the compulsory quarantine policy was relieved. It was a tragedy for those patients to have homes they dared not return to.
Q5 Why is Taiwanese government tearing down the Losheng Sanatorium？
In 1994, Taipei City's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System has planned to build a depot on the site where now the Sanatorium is. Chen Jing-Chuan, (陳京川) the ex-director of Losheng was opposed to this decision, and did three surveys among the patients to see what they thought and needed, shortly before he got demoted and reprimanded. Ever since then, the patients had no access to the MRT construction plans and its related discussions.
Q6 Why is it a mistake to build the depot on the Losheng site？
The MRT depot was originally planned to be built on the mountains behind Fu-Jen Catholic University(輔仁大學), but the plan was changed by local politicians. This is wrong for the following reasons:
1. Waste of money: 3/5 of the depot site needs to be built on flatland; therefore $90 million (USD) will be spent on flatting and improving the soil.
2. Disaster for the environment: What comes after flatting the mountains is a ten-story-tall retaining wall, which destroys the natural environment.
3. Safety concern: the future depot will be situated upon earth faults.
4. Ravaged historical site: the Losheng Sanatorium is an important cultural asset for people in East Asia. The depot construction will turn all this treasure into dust.
5. Ordeal for patients: the patients are forced to leave the place they spent their lives, suffering mentally and physically from the displacement.
6. Autocratic decision-making: the MRT Department never inquired the needs of Losheng patients--the 'residents' of the site—which is a violation of fundamental human rights.
Q7 Why should the Losheng Sanatorium be a World Heritage?
1. The Losheng Sanatorium has witnessed the inhumane treatment (such as discrimination and compulsory quarantine) the leprosy patients had undergone through 70 years of governmental oppression. It is a live showcase of Taiwan's colonial past, history of public health and suppressed human rights.
2. The Losheng Sanatorium is one among the few leprosy sanatoriums left. Its architecture has a mixture of Japanese and Gothic style, along with houses and Buddhist shrines built by the patients. The Sanatorium retains its painfully organised structure as an embodiment of its colonial past.
3. The Losheng Sanatorium has met many requirements for World Heritage. One UNESCO committee member who visited Losheng has commented that the Sanatorium is qualified at a World Heritage site. He mentioned one World Heritage site, the Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years, to exemplify the value of human rights.
4. The international trend of cultural assets conservation emphasizes an 'organic' perspective of preserving, which means not only the architecture is preserved, but also its relationship established by people who lived in it. The Losheng Sanatorium is embedded with history and lifelong memory of the patients, therefore partial preservation would tarnish the integrity of its value. Moreover, the Losheng Sanatorium is a reminder of inhumane quarantine and mistaken political measures for the world to see. Forced displacement is nothing less than another persecution for human rights.
Q8 How does the Taiwanese government plan to settle the patients?
In 2002, the new housing projects was initiated, but instead of 'houses' which were earlier promised to the patients, the new director gave them two tall buildings with modern hospital facilities. It became clear that the new administration team intended to run a hospital business and make money. The patients had no choice but to be removed to another place designed for quarantine.
The skyscraper-ish hospital buildings were designed mainly for housing short-term patients; therefore it has inadequate space for residents to move around freely. Moreover, the hospital management team forbids the patients from bringing with them personal belongings, from cooking, and from coming over to the front building—a discriminative policy.
Q9 How are leprosy patients treated in other countries?
In 2001, the Japanese government formally apologised to the maltreated leprosy patients, and devised reimbursement laws to give them the justice and honor they long missed. Take the example of National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (日本長島愛生園): it retains its old architecture and natural environment for educational purposes; the patients live in well-organised houses; intercom facilities were implemented in the sanatorium for patients who have lost their sight. Every patient has nearly two nurses to take good care of them.
Q10 How come we did not speak out in the initial stages of planning? Why stand out now?
In fact, the depot plan has received severe critiques through the decade, from scholars and social groups alike. In 1994, the Taiwanese Bureau of Health has decided the project would brutally disrupt the patients' lives, or even pose life threatens. In the same year, the Losheng residents started their perpetual war against the violence.
Long before the depot construction was initiated, Loshen's ex-director and history professionals have demanded a large-scale inspection of Losheng's position as a historical site. The scholars appealed to the MRT Department that they should spare the Losheng Sanatorium, while they unanimously agreed the entire site should be preserved. However, the officials were rough enough to terminate the process of inspection, and decided the Sanatorium should be torn down entirely.
It was not until 2004, when Prof. John K.C. Liu (劉可強教授) came up with a symbiosis plan, and when the Concil of Cultural Affairs (文建會) has deemed the Sanatorium a historical spot, that the MRT Department was pressured to rethink the possibilities of preservation.
We sincerely appeal to the governmental officials that they should take the problems seriously. People have eyes to see and ears to listen; we will not be fooled or threatened for life.
Q11. Will MRT Shin-Jhong line not able to function if Losheng sanatorium is not torn down?
A11: Liu, Ko-Chiang, a professor in the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning in National Taiwan University (NTU), has long proposed a "Concurrent Construction Program of Losheng Sanatorium and MRT" in December, 2004. This plan not only proposes to preserve the whole area in Losheng, but let the MRT function well. It achieves the four-win situation for the historical site, the MRT, the patients in Losheng, and the HuiLong community. Also, this plan has been evaluated by the Taipei MRT bureau as "technically applicable". However, after the resignation of the whole Cabinet, no more committees were to be hold, the government commissioner in charge of this plan denied it with an official document without any negotiation, and the concurrent construction program has been put aside ever since.
In 2006, the 90% reserve plan proposed by the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA, 文建會) was evaluate as applicable by Mott MacDonald Group. (欣陸工程顧問公司) However, the Executive Yuan turn down this proposal from CCA without any explanation in less than one month.
If we reserve Losheng sanatorium, it will not necessarily be the obstacle which hinders the MRT service. What we are upset about is the governmental monopoly of technical resources and legal rights behind the curtain, and they blame the Losheng patients for delaying the MRT. If the government keeps ignoring its flawed policy, sweeping things under the rug, and putting off its own political duty, the government will wipe out the entire historical Losheng sanatorium. Such unwise arrogance from our government only damages the rights of patients in Losheng and every citizen.
Q12. According to the Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局), curved rail in the 90% plan will cause derailment, is it true?
A12: The altered curvature in 90% plan has no connection with the commuters. What the 90% plan affects is the allocation of the workshop; more specifically, the plan only changes the curvature of rails which vacant carriages may go in and out. Unless the DORTS intends to make carriages enter the workshop with a high speed, or they want some passengers to participate parties held in the workshop occasionally; otherwise security is not the issue in this plan. In fact, this is exactly why the government does not want to discuss the 90% plan openly. Besides, when Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (謝長廷) was the minister of Executive Yuan, the 90% was evaluated as an applicable plan.
Q13. According to the media and Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局), the 90% preservation plan will delay the construction of MRT for two to three years and result in a two to three hundred billion NTD (approx. 760 million USD) increase in budget, is that true?
A13. In the press release issued by the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA, 文建會) in Jan. 23, 2007, it was mentioned: "according to recent news, some local representatives and organizations in Taipei City and Taipei County claimed that the 90% Losheng preservation plan proposed by CCA will severely delay the MRT construction. Hereby CCA reiterates that the 90% preservation plan, evaluated by Hsin-Lu cooperation, will lengthen the construction period for about four months, and appends a three billion budget to it. It is not true to say the MRT construction will be delayed for two to three years."
Q14. The Losheng sanatorium has its own value to be preserved, and the human rights of the patients are also important; but what about the rights of other citizens?
A14. The Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局) constantly uses phrases such as "Significant National Construction", "Asserting the Public Interests", and "One Million People's Rights of Using MRT", all of which portray the Losheng sanatorium as a troublemaker consisting of a tiny group of people, who aim at obstructing the construction of MRT. Such tactics downplay the issue of Losheng, simplifying the problem here as "the majority matters." However, we are surprised that our ruling party, who has been proud of its concern about human rights, should say such things.
If we acknowledge that the Losheng sanatorium is an important asset that not only belongs to people in Taiwan, but also to all other countries where quarantine on Hanson disease was ever imposed. The Losheng sanatorium, therefore, becomes heirloom for the entire humanity. If the Taiwanese government is willing to change its attitude and positively promote human rights, then Losheng sanatorium can not only provide another greenbelt for the citizens, but also help transform the HuiLong community into an emblem of human rights.
History repeats itself. If today we turn a deaf ear to the plights of Losheng patients, tomorrow we might ourselves experience governmental violence. In democratic countries, such as Japan, the society would usually wait till all-round plans are devised, so that the disadvantaged minority could be attended of their needs. Likewise, we urge the government in Taiwan to be responsible enough to handle the Losheng dispute with due respect to culture, history, and human rights; not only those of the patients, but also of us people.
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Losheng Sanatorium(Traditional Chinese: 樂生療養院; pinyin: lèshēng liáoyǎngyuàn) is a hospital for lepers, which is located in Sinjhuang, Taipei County. During 1930s, this hospital was the only public sanatorium for leprosy patients in Taiwan and also the first leprosy hospital in Taiwan.
Losheng, named Rakusei Sanatorium for Lepers of Governor-General of Taiwan (臺灣總督府癩病療養樂生院, Taiwan Sōtokufu Raibyō Rakuseiin?) originally, was built in 1929 during Japanese colonial period and served as an isolation hospital for leprosy patients at that time. The Japanese government forced leprosy patients to live in this hospital. The first 5 buildings can offer more than 100 patients.
In 2001, due to the construction of Taipei Rapid Transit System, the authorities planed of Xinzhuang (Sijhuang) Line to transform Losheng to a community hospital, thus put an end to its dedicated hospitalization and care for leprosy patients. Many students, urban planners and NGO tried to protect this sanatorium from that time.
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I took this picture because it shows an unused pool. We have 2 pools, this outdoor one, and one indoor, and every time there is a problem with the pool, it is not used to its full potential. There are a lot of kids in the community and we end up going all the way to St. Lawrence pool which is at Esplanade and Sherbourne area. So instead of us paying money for the pool classes and going far away, it would be best if we paid the money for this pool and have our kids come here to use this pool which is closer to us, instead of taking the bus or looking for rides to go to the other pool.
This is a major problem for the people in the community who don’t have money, this stops the children in the community from having the opportunity or benefit to learn the skill of swimming. Swimming is a good exercise and an essential skill to know, it may also be a good survival skill to know. If the pool is fixed at least kids who are obese can swim and exercise in the pool as a way of stimulating their muscles. If the pool is opened than the kids will have an activity to do instead of roaming around in the neighbourhood.
I don’t know what the problem is with this pool because it is always closed, but if it is something fixable than the government should invest in fixing the pool and then we can have classes where we can pay the trainers and the lifeguards to keep it running during the summer season. At the moment the pool is idle, like a statue, or an image for the community to see, and I don’t think they made the pool for that reason. It should be buzzing with activity during the summer season. The pool should be fixed so it can bring fun and life back to the community.
I think we have the power to fix this pool problem. The community is willing to pay for the classes so we can use the pool that is next to us instead of a pool that is far away. We can also have classes for the seniors, for women only, for kids, and if this pool problem is solved I think it will bring back the spirit of summer.
Also, the government should offer as much assistance as they can offer to have both the indoor and the outdoor pools working to their fullest potential.
Learning about the outdoors is part of the fun of this children’s class in Cortez, Colorado. Photo courtesy of Carole Hitti
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 30th annual session - General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment / 30ème session annuelle de lâAssemblée Parlementaire de lâOSCE -Commission générale de la démocratie, des droits de lâhomme et des questions humanitaires
Vancouver, British Columbia, Colombie Britanique, on July 3, 2023.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Colombie Britanique, on July 1, 2023.
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Blocking ditches to raise water level in Kamanos bog, Tajikistan
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