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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Shannon Duvall and Delane Duvall attend Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Sister Mary Haddad attends CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Willie Brown attends CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Crystal Hoa and Michael Hoa attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
These Stone Age tools were found at the Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site famous for all the fossils that have been discovered in the area
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Mike Alkire, Derek Kazahaya, Craig McKasson, Andy Brailo and Jim Reilley attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
July 20, 1969. It was 40 years ago today that humankind set foot on another world!
This is a picture taken of the "Special Edition Life Magazine: To The Moon and Back" that I have been keeping safe. I came across the magazine after my Mom's folks passed away.
This is both kind of cheesy and makes me smile in a proud way. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins all pose for a NASA publicity shot. Man, those guys had nerves and guts and daring that I just don't. To be the furthest away from all of humanity that anyone has ever been. It boggles the mind!
I would also like to point out that Buzz Aldrin is an Eagle Scout, and so is Jim Lovell (Apollo 13). I am an Eagle Scout. It isn't much in common, but it makes me happy to think about anyway.
Taken by Cory Funk.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Desmond Hollingsworth, Heather Nelson, Kim Griffin-Hunter, Allison Gorman and Michael Vero attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Energy Observer est un projet de navire à hydrogène autonome depuis 2013, et en chantier depuis janvier 2016. Développé en collaboration avec les ingénieurs du Liten le navire va tester et démontrer l’efficacité d’une chaîne de production énergétique complète reposant sur le couplage de différentes énergies renouvelables. Après sa mise à l'eau, prévue pour l'hiver 2017, le navire partira au printemps pour un tour du monde de six ans afin d'optimiser ses technologies et mener une expédition au service des solutions durables pour la transition énergétique.
Energy Observer est un projet de navire expérimental et d'expédition qui a pour ambition de trouver des solutions concrètes, innovantes et performantes, en faveur de la transition énergétique. De par ses technologies, il va être le premier navire au monde capable de produire de l'hydrogène à bord de manière décarbonnée grâce à la mixité énergétique. Les technologies développées lui valent d'être souvent surnommé Le Solar Impulse des mers, à l'image du projet solaire de Bertrand Piccard et André Borschberg, ou encore la Calypso des temps modernes compte tenu de la volonté affichée d'utiliser le bateau comme une plateforme de production de contenus audiovisuels autour de l'écologie, du développement durable et de la transition énergétique.
Energy Observer s'inscrit dans la lignée des grands projets à vocation technologique, sociétale et environnementale, avec pour vocation de contribuer à la recherche et développement et de porter un message en faveur de la protection de l'environnement. Peuvent être cités dans ce sens la goélette Tara, qui parcourt les océans depuis 2007 pour la science et pour la défense de l'environnement, Solar Impulse, le premier avion solaire, ou encore PlanetSolar, le premier catamaran à avoir fait un tour du monde uniquement à l'énergie solaire en 2012. En octobre 2016, la Fondation Race for Water Odyssey a annoncé avoir intégré la technologie hydrogène au catamaran MS PlanetSolar aujourd'hui rebaptisé Race For Water comme cela avait été annoncé, dès le lancement du navire PlanetSolar en mars 2006 à Yverdon-les-Bains en Suisse.
Le premier navire hydrogène autour du monde
Puiser notre énergie dans la nature, sans l’abîmer, et sans la gaspiller, telle est notre vision du futur, et telle est la vision que nous voulons partager à travers le monde.
Un défi à la fois humain et technologique, que s'est lancé l'équipe d'Energy Observer, le premier bateau autonome en énergie et sans émission de gaz à effet de serre ni particules fines, propulsé à l’hydrogène et aux énergies renouvelables, grâce à la mixité énergétique.
Il n’y a pas une solution miracle pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique : il y a des solutions, que nous devons apprendre à faire fonctionner entre elles. C’est ce que nous faisons avec Energy Observer : faire collaborer les énergies de la nature, mais aussi de notre société, en réunissant autour de ce bateau, les savoir-faire des entreprises, des laboratoires, des start-ups et des institutions.
Une odyssée pour le futur
Energy Observer, c'est une Odyssée de 6 ans autour du monde, pour partir à la recherche des solutions innovantes pour l'environnement. 6 ans, 50 pays et 101 escales, pour aller à la rencontre de tous ceux qui dessinent aujourd'hui, le monde de demain, pour prouver qu'un monde plus propre est possible.
Plus qu’un bateau, un véritable media au service d’une information positive et inspirante, au service des solutions.
Autrefois, l’Homme explorait pour conquérir les territoires et s’en approprier les richesses. Avec Energy Observer, nous voulons explorer pour découvrir et partager les solutions pour un futur plus propre.
Le bateau
Ancien bateau de course, ce compétiteur hors pair s'apprête à ouvrir une nouvelle voie: celle de la navigation autonome à l'hydrogène. Le défi des architectes, ingénieurs et navigateurs : viser l’autonomie grâce à la mixité énergétique et la production décarbonée d’hydrogène à partir de l’eau de mer.
Energy Observer, c’est une reconversion à double sens : recycler un catamaran de course, léger et fiable, recordman autour du monde et permettre ainsi d’investir dans la recherche et développement, plutôt que dans le composite.
Face à l’impérieuse nécessité de réduire les rejets de gaz à effet de serre, le développement des énergies renouvelables s’impose comme la voie à suivre. Cependant, celles-ci étant par essence variables et intermittentes, elles exigent de développer et d’optimiser les moyens de stockage de l’énergie.
Parmi eux, l’hydrogène (H), l'élément chimique le plus abondant dans l'univers, démontre chaque jour un peu plus son immense potentiel comme voie de stockage et de valorisation des énergies renouvelables.
L'enjeu du 21ème siècle : apprendre à la produire à moindre coût et de manière décarbonnée. C'est dans cette démarche de recherche et développement que s'inscrit le projet Energy Observer, pour prouver les performance de ce nouveau modèle énergétique, et ainsi servir d'exemple, partout dans le monde.
Les Malouins et les touristes vont avoir une sacrée surprise en découvrant. Energy Observer. Le bateau du futur, imaginé depuis des mois dans un hangar, est sorti du port. C'est aux pieds des remparts qu'on va le découvrir à partir d'aujourd'hui.
Ce jeudi 6 avril, c'était un grand jour pour toute l’équipe d’Energy Observer. Depuis des semaines, ils préparent une surprise d’envergure pour les Malouins : déposer le bateau, sur lequel ils travaillent depuis deux ans, sur l’esplanade Saint-Vincent, près des remparts.
La manoeuvre, plus que délicate a débuté à 17 h. Le bateau, qui sera le premier à être propulsé à l’hydrogène, a été déposé sur un plateau pour sortir du hangar. Centimètre par centimètre, heure par heure, le catamaran s’est avancé vers le bassin. La mise à l’eau n’était pas ouverte au public. L'événement officiel aura lieu le 14 avril.
Energy Observer, le premier navire hydrogène autour du monde, sera mis à l’eau le 14 avril 2017 à Saint-Malo, son port d’attache. Le catamaran géant aux énergies du futur entamera ensuite un tour du monde de 6 ans.
Vendredi 14 avril, à 12h30, Victorien Erussard, Capitaine, Jérôme Delafosse, Chef d’expédition et l’ensemble des équipes ayant contribué à ce chantier exceptionnel, retiendront leur souffle au moment de la mise à l’eau d’Energy Observer. Un moment fort qu’ils partageront avec Florence Lambert, la marraine, Nicolas Hulot, le parrain, ainsi que tous les partenaires de cette incroyable Odyssée pour le Futur à bord du premier navire capable de produire son hydrogène à bord, grâce à la mixité énergétique.
Faire fonctionner les énergies renouvelables entre elles, voilà la force d’innovation de ce bateau hors normes : de l’énergie solaire, éolienne et hydrolienne, pour transformer l’eau de mer en hydrogène, au cœur du projet Energy Observer.
30,5 mètres de long
12,80 mètres de large
29 tonnes
130 m² de panneaux photovoltaïques
2 éoliennes
1 aile de traction
2 moteurs électriques convertibles en hydrogénérateurs.
Energy Observer : un défi humain et technologique
Construit au Canada en 1983 et initialement baptisé du nom de Formule TAG, détenteur du record du Trophée Jules Verne aux mains de Sir Peter Blake sous le nom d’Enza New Zealand, ce qui constitue la base d’Energy Observer, est passé du statut de bête de course au large à celui de navire du futur, pionnier des solutions énergétiques de demain. Une reconversion spectaculaire engagée en 2015 et opérée par une équipe de près de 60 personnes menée par Victorien Erussard, coureur au large, réunissant navigateurs, architectes et ingénieurs entre Saint-Malo, Paris, Grenoble et Chambéry. Un budget de 5 millions d’euros a été alloué au volet recherche et développement et à la construction du navire de 30,5 mètres de long et 12,80 mètres de large, propulsé aux énergies renouvelables : 130 m² de panneaux photovoltaïques, 2 éoliennes à axe vertical, 1 aile de traction intelligente qui alimenteront 2 moteurs électriques convertibles en hydrogénérateurs. Energy Observer est le premier bateau au monde capable de produire son hydrogène à partir de l'eau de mer grâce aux énergies renouvelables.
Après presque trois années de chantier rythmées par le reconditionnement, l’installation du poste de pilotage et de l’ensemble des équipements énergétiques dont les panneaux solaires, les éoliennes ou encore la pile à combustible développée par le CEA-Liten, Energy Observer va d’ici peu, pointer ses étraves vers le large pour les premiers essais en mer. Mais avant cela, le navire du futur est présenté en avant-première aux malouins et au grand-public du 8 au 17 avril 2017.
The Energy Observer catamaran is poised to set sail around the world powered by renewable energy. It will spend six years on its historic journey on the high seas.
The craft will be powered by the sun and wind, backed up with a fuel cell system that converts sea water into hydrogen.
A team of around 50 sailors, engineers and architects are preparing the two hulled boat in St.Malo in France.
The ambitious project comes in the wake of the Solar Impulse plane which completed its flight around the world using just solar energy.
“Energy Observer is a technological challenge. We are a kind of Solar Impulse of the sea, made in France and the idea is to aim for energy sustainability of the vessel; to use nature, renewable energies and make a world tour completely autonomously,” explained Victorien Erussard, Energy Observer founder and captain.
The 30 metre long catamaran started life as a successful multi-hull ocean racer which itself had been recycled.
Solar panels, wind turbines and the hydrogen fuel cell system are being installed during the refurbishment which has taken more than three years.
The boat remains the same size but on completion will be twice as heavy.
When Energy Observer sets sail the crew will include a multimedia cameraman to document the journey. The expedition leader hopes it will record what can be done to reduce global emissions.
“Everybody will be able to see this boat, to know it better and then to follow it on social networks and live the adventure from the inside because we will offer very innovative content, like the virtual reality; so you would be able to follow Energy Observer almost daily,” enthused Jerome Delafosse, expedition leader.
It’s hoped Energy Observer will be ready to set sail in April.
The five million euro craft will depart from Saint Malo in Brittany and make the first of its 101 stops across 50 countries in Paris as part of its six-year global circumnavigation.
Forsee Power, a specialist in lithium-ion battery solutions, is proud to announce at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo that the company will be providing the battery system that will be integrated aboard the Energy Observer – the first ever self-sufficient electric catamaran: Energy Observer
The Forsee Power battery system will be coupled with an energy system developed by the CEA Liten research institute. The system can store the energy produced by the solar panels on the boat, and will be combined with electricity generated by a fuel cell used to propel the vessel forward and supply the auxiliary systems.
The battery system will be made of the Flex EP7 modules, as well as the BMS and Master-BMS battery management systems.
Available on the market for the past four years, Forsee Power technology is extremely safe, reliable, and durable, and has proven experience in marine applications.
The project is sponsored by Florence Lambert and Nicolas Hulot, and supported by the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Humankind.
The CEA will be attending the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo with a new model of the Energy Observer.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Angela Archon and Toni Waller attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Sorren LaForst and Jean Ham attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Mike Valli and Mike Bobola attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Susie McMonagle and Dan Reinberg attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Wright Lassiter and London Breed attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Mohsen Gamshad and Lisa Zuckerman attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Nana Coleman and James Osei-Bonsu attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Brenda Wright and Steve Bowdry attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
This statue is found in Atteridgeville (West of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa) on the corner of Hlahla and Ramakgopa Streets. It was created by one of South Africa's new generation sculptors, Angus Taylor, born in Johannesburg, 1970. The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) as part of the 2010 FIFA festivities and is named 'Mother of Humankind' a theme in Taylor's philosophy of mankind.
His desire for permanence is antithetic to museum's 'do not touch' he
therefore uses materials such as stone, timber and steel. This sculpture,
made out of Marico slate stone, invites you to touch her, to be part of
mother.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)
"i bleed each month to help make humankind a possibility. my womb is home to the divine. a source of life for our species. whether i choose to create or not. but very few times it is seen that way. in older civilizations this blood was considered holy. in some it still is. but a majority of people. societies. and communities shun this natural process. some are more comfortable with the pornification of women. the sexualization of women. the violence and degradation of women than this. they cannot be bothered to express their disgust about all that. but will be angered and bothered by this. we menstruate and they see it as dirty. attention seeking. sick. a burden. as if this process is less natural than breathing. as if it is not a bridge between this universe and the last. as if this process is not love. labour. life. selfless and strikingly beautiful." - Rupi Kaur.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Caretha Coleman and Toni Waller attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)
English Bulldogs are one of humankind’s great frivolities.
Modern English Bulldogs, thankfully, have been bred away from their original purpose, which would likely be considered cruel today. And, so, they have gravitated to sofas and love seats around the world. English Bulldogs are slobberingly good-natured and very, very funny. I think the AKC should introduce a new Group especially for this comical breed: The Naturally-Occurring Antidepressant Group! In the N.O.A. Group, Judges could toss away their books on breed standards and employ laugh-meters instead!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)
Planet Earth Needs your Help. If you are interested in saving the planet for our feathered friends, wild flowers, wild animals and nature areas, as well as humankind follow the links below to articles I and my girlfriend have published. Each article explains in mostly layman terms what scientist are observing and forecasting about climate change as well as offering things an individual can do to help reduce global warming.
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The “Big Eye” marks the gateway to the exhibition “New Views on Humankind” located n the Main Gallery.
credit: Nicolas Ferrando, Lois Lammerhuber
2011 National Architecture Conference - natural artifice
14 - 16 April 2011, Melbourne. Australia.
While humankind is as reliant as ever on nature, our experience of what is “natural” is mediated by technology. From birth, this artifice is intrinsic in all encounters with nature. There are amazing results now evident in a world where designers are apprehending the powerful relationship between that which is natural and that which is artificial in a contemporary and meaningful way for our time.
The 2011 conference brings together speakers from five continents and three generations, each of whom has a potent vision for how we might locate nature in an artificial world. For more information on the confirmed speakers and registration please visit www.architecture.com.au/naturalartifice.
Speakers:
Juhani Pallasmaa
François Roche
Luis Mansilla
Fumihiko Maki
Lisa Iwamoto
Manuel Aires Mateus
Teresa Moller
Paisajes Emergentes
Adamah (Biblical Hebrew : אדמה) is a word, translatable as ground or earth, which occurs in the Biblical account of Creation of the Book of Genesis. The etymological link between the word adamah and the word adam is used to reinforce the teleological link between humankind and the ground, emphasising both the way in which man was created to cultivate the world, and how he originated from the "dust of the ground". Because man is both made from the adamah and inhabits it, his duty to realise his own potential is linked to a corresponding duty to the earth. In Eden, the adamah has primarily positive connotations, although Adam's close relationship with the adamah has been interpreted as likening him to the serpent, which crawls upon the ground, thus emphasising his animal nature.
After the fall of man, the adamah is duly corrupted with Adam's punishment of lifelong agricultural toil. This explains why God favours Abel's sacrifice of sheep to Cain's offering of the "land's produce" - Abel has progressed from the sin of his father, while Cain has not. The adamah is also complicit in Cain's later murder of Abel, swallowing Abel's innocent blood as if to try to conceal the crime.[1] God punishes Cain by making the ground barren to him, estranging him from the adamah.
In Hebrew, adamah is a feminine form, and the word has strong connections with woman in theology. One analogy is that the adamah is to man as a woman is to her husband: man has a duty to cultivate the earth in the same way that a husband has a duty to be fruitful with his wife. Irenaeus likened the Virgin Mary, who bore the Christ, to the adamah from which Adam came.
Adam (אדם) literally means "red", and there is an etymological connection between adam and adamah, adamah designating "red clay" or "red ground" in a non-theological context. In traditional Jewish theology, a strong etymological connection between the two words is often assumed. Maimonides believed the word adam to be derived from the word adamah, analogous to the way in which mankind was created from the ground. In contemporary biblical scholarship there is a general consensus that the words have an etymological relationship, but the exact nature of it is disputed. The word adam has no feminine form in Hebrew, but if it did, it would be adamah. However, it is considered unlikely that the word adamah is a feminization of "adam", and the prevailing hypothesis is that both words originate from the verbal stem "adam" (to be red) and were chosen by the author of Genesis to convey the relationship between man and the adamah.
There is additional relationship between the words adam and adamah and the word dam (דם), meaning blood. This justifies the presence in the Kashrut of the prohibition of the consumption of blood: the blood of a slaughtered animal must be returned to the ground, and covered with earth. The concept could also date back to primitive woman's "birth magic," or the making of clay manikins and anointing them with menstrual blood—the sacred "blood of life"—in order to conceive real children. Women were still making clay manikins to represent people by sympathetic magic through such manikins, in the Middle Ages when such pursuits were redefined as witchcraft. Clay was always a "feminine" material, sacred to women because it was their substance earth. Pottery was a woman's art because of this time-honored association of ideas.
In the Jahwist's account of creation, God's first act is to create mankind from the adamah. Before the creation of man, the earth is barren of life, because "there was not a man to till the ground". These verses signify the interdependence of man and adamah - the earth is a desolate wilderness without the attention of man, while mankind needs the produce of the soil to survive (Wikipedia).
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)