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An orangutan at Camp Leakey.
A delegation from RAN's agribusiness team attended the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meeting in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo to advocate for human rights and land tenure rights, promote zero deforestation commitments, and demonstrate the need for value chain safeguards. After the RSPO conference Lafcadio Cortesi and Ashley Schaeffer visited Tanjung Puting National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and one of the last strongholds of the endangered orangutan. The team toured an area of active deforestation and tense social conflict involving the company PT Bumi Lenggeng, a subsidiary of BW Plantation - an RSPO member company that operates about 100,000 ha. of oil palm plantations in Central and Eastern Kalimantan.
Read more: From The field: Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park And The High Stakes Of The Palm Oil Crisis
TADA! 30th Anniversary Gala.
TADA! 30th anniversary gala was held Monday,May 23, 2016 at Tribeca 360 in Manhattan NYC.
TADA! honorees included Iconic dancer, singer, actress, two-time Tony Award-winner Chita Rivera, Iconic dancer, singer, actress, two-time Tony Award-winner Chita Rivera and Long-time supporter and Board President Emeritus Stephen T. Rodd.
About TADA!
Now celebrating 30 years, TADA! has provided young people of all different backgrounds, the opportunity to explore and perform musical theater together, in an educational, supportive and professional environment. Every year, TADA! produces three original musical theater productions with a funded subsidized ticket program; free pre-professional training and youth development opportunities through the Resident Youth Ensemble, composed of approximately 80 NYC kids ages 8-18 annually; renowned Arts Education residency programs both in-and after-school programs that are often subsidized by TADA!'s funders; and theater classes and camps for kids 2-13, taught by professional teaching artists and for which need-based scholarships are readily available.
Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was in generally good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction (Figure 3). The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed and the bunker (room H57) had the first floor closed over to add extra floor area.
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
2019 - Visual Recording of the buildings interior by MRATHS. Be means of a LIDAR scan and photographs being taken. The exterior was mapped with a drone to allow a 3D Image of the building to be created via Photogrammetry. This was created in Autodesk Photo Recap.
2020 - Building demolished as part of the redevelopment of the site.
Information sourced from MRATHS
This site was founded by David I in 1138, initially as a priory, it was upgraded to abbey by 1154. It took 70 years to build. It was occupied by Augustinian canons. Being in the Borders it suffered from many attacks and conflicts. The canons had to evacuate in the 1300s during the Wars of Independence. In 1305 Edward I stripped lead from the roof. Throughout these skirmishes the buildings were rebuilt several times. In 1548 the French fortified it as part of their support of the Scots against the English.
It also served as a royal castle. In 1285, Alexander III and his wife were married in the abbey church of St Mary the Virgin.
By 1560 only 8 canons remained in a small undamaged section. The church became the parish church until a new one was built in the late 1600s. Restoration work was undertaken by the Marquis of Lothian in 1875. It came under Historic Environment Scotland in 1913.
Agricultural diversification in rural Wales: From organic milk to 'organic' water presented by Dr. Samantha Hurn (University of Wales Lampeter)
This presentation is based on Sam Hurn's nine years of ethnographic experience conducting fieldwork in a rural Welsh farming community. One feature which has regularly surfaced during interviews with local farmers is the need to diversify in order to make a surfaced during interviews with local farmers is theneed to diversify in order to make sustainable livelihood. However, successful diversification is contingent on a whoe host of variables, from acquiring a new skills set, finding and developing a market, and perhaps most importantly, ensuring that the local environmental conditions can support rather than hinder the diversification activity. Wales is reknowned for its high levels of rainfall, and this factor can prove crucial in determining whether or not agricultural diversification is successful. Through the consideration of several case studies this presentation will explore the conflicting meanings of water for farmers and agricultural diversification in West Wales.
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Protect our environment; protect yourself.
Elle is very engaged in explaining her ideas to a fellow engineering student. Elle is located in the farther right third of the portrait. I like the lighting element in this photo, how you can see the reflection of her work computer in her glasses. I also like the coffee in the shot, because it adds another element to this photo of her working. She looks determined and will gladly share her ideas with you.
Eco My Party product shot
(c) Ginny Marsh, 2008
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A Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) plant blooms in Annapolis, Md., on May 5, 2019. The plant was purchased from Chesapeake Natives, LLC, which cultivates plants from local genetic sources. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Purpose built shelter space in a parking garage provides high security for bicycles. Vertical storage of bikes is not a preferred solution but will serve in retrofits where limited space is available.
An American goldfinch visits Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College, Pa., on April 11, 2018. Millbrook Marsh is a 62-acre park featuring a two-acre calcareous fen, a rare habitat fed by groundwater seeping through limestone bedrock, creating alkaline soil conditions that support specialized plants. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Image Craft's ICON Themed Environments division created this new suite of office furniture, custom designed for our recently expanded Colorado office, now located in Centennial.
Shown here in various stages of production are a reception desk, media wall with podium, conference room table, storage and display credenzas, and more! The furnishings, primarily composed of shop ply and MDF, feature a zebra wood laminate with folkstone gray and matte black laminate work surfaces.
This project was produced entirely in-house in our Phoenix headquarters, from design to fabrication, and ultimately, through on-site installation. Backlit lettering and graphics are also part of the overall concept, and will be the final addition. We'll add more photos here as the project progresses.
For more information on ICON Themed Environments and a gallery of past projects, please see our web site at:
We set up shop at The Effra Social Club in Brixton, with lots of you eagerly waiting to repair and restore your electrical gear.
I hope we could help :)
Photo by Heather Agyepong
This week, I boldly rode my electric bike straight up the Miwok Trail, going north towards County View in the peaceful Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It’s a steep climb up a thousand feet, and I had to stop a couple times to catch my breath. But my trusty Benno Boost ebike gave me just the extra lift I needed to make it to the top of the hill.
I now go biking every day, to clear my head and stay healthy during the pandemic. We are incredibly lucky to have so many beautiful trails right in our own backyard. And I am grateful that our health crisis is nudging us all to exercise more and live more sustainably.
See more photos of my Ebike trips:
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The site of a stream restoration along almost 5,000 feet of Pope Branch attracts wildlife in Southeast Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2019. The entire watershed of 1.6-mile Pope Branch falls inside the District of Columbia and feeds into the Anacostia River. The stream was restored in 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Ladakh is a high altitude mountainous region bounded by the Karakoram Range from the north and the Great Himalayas in the south. It is a land that abounds in awesome physical features set in an enormous and spectacular environment. Often described as ‘Moonland’ on account of the unique lunar landscape, Ladakh was an independent mountain kingdom for close to a millennium.
Among the eco friendly materials used by this brand are sustainably harvested wood and discarded materials, like naturally patinaed Brazilian wood, salvaged maritime shipping beams, and vintage military shelter halves.
Sparkling: ecologically correct at Zona Tortona
ENVIRONMENT: Wanted - An Effective Multilateral System
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Mar 3, 2010 (IPS) - The echoes of failure still sounding from the Copenhagen summit on climate change in December are spurring efforts to reform the international legal framework. Civil society groups are demanding a new, more agile system that is both influential and effective.
- Feasibility Study and Development Plan:
We undertook an investigation into the market potential for delivering a new Countryside Education and Leisure Activity Centre through the redevelopment and re-use of a historically important listed Victorian mansion house that had fallen into disrepair on the site occupied by Craigend Castle. It aimed to determine various options for the conversion of the ruined structure in Scotland’s most popular country park involving a business plan for the £5m creation of an outdoor education centre.
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Brussels.
Green Promenade.
Valley of the Molenbeek.
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King Baudouin Park was created starting in 1983 to protect one of the last remaining enclaves of natural Brabant landscapes in the Brussels-Capital Region. This initiative also enabled the creation of a landscape of more than 100 hectares bringing together the magnificent beech trees of Laerbeek, Poelbos and Dieleghem woods, as well as meadows, marshland, ponds and grassy expanses. In the lower section, an English-style landscape park was developed encompassing the garden of the Institut du Sacré-Cœur and the bed of the Molenbeek Valley. Wide lawns bordered by flowerbeds, isolated trees, water features and reed beds, home to frogs, newts, kingfishers, Eurasian reed warblers and numerous fish, surround one of the last remaining vestiges of the Abbey of Dieleghem, namely the watermill fish pond. Higher up, hedgerows of hazel bush, holly, hawthorn, blackthorn and hornbeam encircle the remaining pastureland, orchard, vegetable gardens and fields of crops, recreating, on the edge of Brussels, a unique bucolic atmosphere. A neo-Norman style cottage, built in 1908 for lawyer Eugène Van den Elschen by Liège architect Charles Castermans, is home to a café, a popular stopping point for walkers.
Course: Design Studies/Art 469 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
Topic Title: "Drag Space"
Instructor: Tad Gloeckler, Spring 2011 Artist in Residence
This course looks at the way public spaces gain identity through the activities they contain as much as through form, and the way this process can be manipulated to engage the public in discussion and reflection about issues. Production is focused on a fully realized three-dimensional experience: full scale performance, space, sculpture, installation, and/or environment. Preparatory work includes, identifying issues, creating concepts, drawing and modeling, design process investigation, research about artists and methods of art creation, slide presentations by faculty and students, video presentations, performance and documentation, and gallery or museum visits. The objective of the class is to have students actively participate in the process of creating an experience that is contextually integrated in the environment for which it was developed. Individual focuses within the larger projects could include detailing, writing, video, dance, fabrication, sculpture and performance. Assessment of accomplishments and grading determinations are formulated during intense discussions and studio critiques occurring regularly throughout the semester. Students and instructor interact as a group during these critiques.
Photo by Angela Richardson, UW Arts Institute
Festive season shoppers take refuge from the rainy cold streets to enjoy the enclosed, designed environment offered by a newly built mall.
In 2017, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners launched The Gambia’s largest natural-resource development project to help the country adapt to climate change. The overarching objective is to build climate resilience by restoring and rehabilitating at least 10,000 hectares of forests, protected areas, wildlife areas and farmland, all of which are affected by rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and deforestation.
The six-year project aims to benefit up to 11,550 Gambian households directly and 46,200 households indirectly in four regions along the Gambia River. The project is funded by a grant from the Green Climate Fund, along with contributions from the Gambian government.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: UNEP
Organised by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, and the UN Environment Programme, this event will present and highlight the actions carried out by the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction during the year, since its launching at COP21.
The aim of this event was to set up an action plan to be implemented after COP22 and during the coming year in order to address the main challenges faced by the Buildings and the Construction sector.