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and that is why "I must return to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky..." John Masefield
I would say that there exists a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are a family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves — we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together, we are each other's destiny. Mary Oliver...
and my friend and I, who share destinies, will sit here - and there - and talk about Mary Oliver's passing and the ocean's language and the deep silence of shared destinies...
Today we drive my eldest, Abbey, back to Bath University. It is her last year, her last term studying for her MSc Hons in Global Development and Sustainability. Abbey's dissertation is "Carbon Bio-absorption in a world of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels. Mitigation using oceanic algae" She will be a world changer. We will miss her greatly and we will not have her home until she has finished her dissertation X
Artist: Emily Ding "Sustainable Fashion" Mural
The artwork features two people representing the alternatives for sustainable fashion. The woman holds a boat shuttle for handmade loom weaving and there is mending visible on the man's denim jacket. He is smelling marigolds which is a natural dye. Both figures are standing in front of mounds of clothes reminding us to support slow fashion and reduce the amount of textiles going into landfills and reduce fashion waste.
Mural commissioned by the organization Street Art For Mankind
Hummingbirds love nectar from flowers, but will come to the feeders as long as the sugar water is clean and fresh.
These RAW photos were taken while lying on my back, looking up with my camera, under the hummingbird feeder hanging from the corner of the screened-in porch. I only cropped them.
For more information about Ruby-throated hummingbirds that visit my garden, please click here:
The word sustainability can be heard every day, on too many occasions. The idea of green bicycles might no be so bad. I can see the wink.
This image is part of my series Juxtaposition.
Juxtaposition places two or more things side by side to elicit a response within the audience's mind.
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Hummingbirds love nectar from flowers, but will come to the feeders as long as the sugar water is clean and fresh.
These RAW photos were taken while lying on my back, looking up with my camera, under the hummingbird feeder hanging from the corner of the screened-in porch. I only cropped them.
For more information about Ruby-throated hummingbirds that visit my garden, please click here:
10th January 2012 - Panavia Tornado IDS ZK113 RSAF 6606 of the Tornado Sustainment Programme rolls out on a sortie from runway 25. This is the only Saudi Tornado still residing at Warton, but has now sadly been painted Grey.
While in Yellowstone NP, we encountered several bighorn sheep ram along the hillside grazing on the grasses sticking up through the snowy landscape. The light was so very beautiful and enabled us to capture that eye, which I always find so intriguing.
This ram had some pretty beat up horns too. Made me wonder how curled they would have been if they weren't so worn down. Of course, I also thought about what stories those curls could tell about the life of this beautiful bighorn sheep.
But getting back to that eye ... there are few animals that possess such a mesmerizing eye as the BHS, at least to me. Eye contact is generally locked and sustained. Such a thrill. :-)
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© 2016 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
'Landscaped' 'Ornamental Grass' is what I was told. Well, to me they looked a bit like a jungle in a bad sort of way- this grass is what we could call a weed in Europe I think too. I tried helping my sister out a bit by tidying up the front garden, now I have cuts all over my hands, even with gloves on. In short- I don't like these plants.
Natural Pavilion at the World Expo Floriade Almere, the Netherlands, 2022
Holland's once-in-a-decade World's Fair of horticulture will run from April to October, 2022, with exhibitions from more than 30 countries.
Floriade, the World's Fair of horticultural shows, is the largest public event in the Netherlands. The exhibition, which takes place only once every 10 years, will make its third appearance of the 21st Century from April to October, 2022.
The Expo's location moved from Venlo (2011) to Almere, a new town near Amsterdam that was built on land reclaimed from the sea. The theme of the show will be "Growing Green Cities"--an appropriate motto, given that the site will become a new sustainable urban district named Hortus after Floriade shuts down in October, 2022. The main planning design is by MVRDV architects.
Artist: Emily Ding "Sustainable Fashion" Mural
The artwork features two people representing the alternatives for sustainable fashion. The woman holds a boat shuttle for handmade loom weaving and there is mending visible on the man's denim jacket. He is smelling marigolds which is a natural dye. Both figures are standing in front of mounds of clothes reminding us to support slow fashion and reduce the amount of textiles going into landfills and reduce fashion waste.
Mural commissioned by the organization Street Art For Mankind
Light breeze, early morning, ebb tide, fish biting — maintaining social distance on the lagoon.
Gold Coast sunrise on the Currumbin Creek Estuary — where fish are big and boats are small.
On the Bord na Mona peat railways, Boora/Blackwater system. It's the end of the line for Derrinough Briquette Factory which closes at the end of the month.
A train of peat heading for the factory passes the wind turbines which now provide a more sustainable energy source from the bogs.
Today the buzz word is sustainable everything has to be sustainable and not just one use and throw away,
Not a bad concept considering how much we throw away that doesn't degrade anytime soon. Its not a new idea by any means but upcycling was left to the happy clappy folk of the world or the poor.
Now it is getting fashionable once again not least because what we are doing to the environment but also due the covid thing some people don't have the income they once had so make do and mend has been revamped for a modern age, and those who have got money can't go out to spend it at the moment neither do they have anywhere to wear what they do buy.
A large number of people have also taken up sewing during the lockdown to keep themselves occupied, This brings us to my little part in saving the world,
As you know i now get most of my clothes from charity shops giving a new lease of life to no longer loved items and helping a charity to boot. I am also handy with a needle and thread and have taken in a number of my partners old dresses such as this one above.
When a dress is so big it can't really be modified i tend to then make a skirt out them.
This is todays look and the shoes are painfully practical but in keeping with the period, so much easier doing the house work wearing these, Yes Cindy I did house work today
Todays Our Daily Challenge: In The Future.
I had lots of different ideas for this challenge but nothing grabbed me. I finally decided to go with this idea and after I took this shot, was happy I went with it.
Trees are like the lungs of the earth, taking in the carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen via photosynthesis. One of the keys to reducing green houses gases is via the use of trees. Forestry is considered to be one of the most sustainable and renewable resources on the planet. In fact, you could say the future depends on them. In the future, thanks to much knowledge that has been gained over the years, perhaps we can hope that there will be more attention paid to how trees are used and how trees like this, in particular, that are many many years old, are a very valuable resource indeed.
Sustainability and neo-ecology are the megatrends of our time. The topic of sustainability will be addressed in a target-group-oriented way via modular approaches consisting of keynotes, empathetic inspirations and hands-on workshop sessions, and will lead to prototypical developments of new solution strategies in the participants’ own contexts. The workshop offers a complete package based on the artistic and technological approach of Ars Electronica and the technical, economic and systemic know-how of the Institute for Clean Technology.
Sustainability Thinking is part of Ars Electronica Home Delivery SERVICES. Find out more here: ars.electronica.art/homedelivery/en/sustainabilitythinking/
Photo showing a satellite image of the European Space Agency ESA at the Ars Electronica Center's Deep Space 8K.
Fotocredit: Ars Electronica - Robert Bauernhansl
We placed him on a low branch sustaining minor injuries from his claws! The parents are aware of his location and will tend to him.
Festive holiday berries provided by Mother Nature. It’s “Focus Friday” at 7 Days of Shooting and the theme for the week is “Decorative”.