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"CMS recognises that the Church is in a unique position to influence change in society. It is indeed God's primary instrument for social transformation," says Serah Wambua of CMS Africa. CMS is working with Samaritan Strategy across the continent to turn that potential into action. Here, Pastor Joe Orale, a Samaritan Strategy trainer, spends time with children at the Ebenezer Life Centre in western Kenya.
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The Mawa ndi Nanthu Otisamala Community Based Organization has helped Christina develop her skills at sewing. Then they gave her a machine with which she can now have a trade that will support her.
"To seek human scale, human function, is to define human needs.
These needs are standard, in other words, we all have the same needs." (*)
"Machines create machines. They now flow and glimmer everywhere. Urbanisim lies wherever they are sections. Sections show the geometry that determines everything else. If sections are urbanized, it is in order to tend towards perfect functions. The spirit of perfection is deployed in places of geometric perfection." (*)
"A house is a machine for living in." (*)
(*) Ver une architecture, 1925
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Victoria University of Wellington's First Light entry plaque at the 2011 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC on September 21, 2011.
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The custom built furniture in the living space provides for ample socialization and can also be converted into a sleeping area for up to four overnight guests.
Tomaida, struggling with a walking disability, comes to K.O.D.O. to receive supplies from a shipment coming from the Malawi Project.
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Team Belgium's E-Cube competing in the 2011 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC on September 21, 2011.
Maybe not but this crustacean in a three inch Eco-Sphere in eight years old. I'm guessing that's about two centuries in human terms.
Stage two commences. The discovery, the explorations, the seeking… Time to now let it all marinate and stew and ferment. Metamorphosis in progress.
People's Eco-Rally 2008 start-line.
A LPG dual Fuel converted Toyota Aygo ...with a CO2 output of less than 100 Grams per Km ( on petrol it is 109 )..£14.00 worth of LPG takes use 270 miles ..road tax is £15.00 a year ..and London congestion charge exempt ..even under the new rules.
The Earthman rewards him with a flower
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Jill, Brit and Jess arrive on the scene as part of team InHabitat to cover the 2011 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC on September 21, 2011.
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Team New Jersey's entry in the 2011 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC on September 21, 2011.
the entrance to the self-sustaining, hydro-electric mcnary lock & dam on the columbia river joining washington state with oregon
the entrance to the self-sustaining, hydro-electric mcnary lock & dam on the columbia river joining washington state with oregon
Roaming the plains, well camouflaged like my zebroid mammalian relatives. Accused (falsely, I vehemently state) of transferring vectors to my sapiens mammalian relatives that cause to them to swell like my elephantine mammalian relatives. Too many mammal affiliations for my liking!
The Earthman gives out flowers to bewildered City Car-club drivers at the People's Eco-Rally 2008 start-line in Brighton.
Express myself. Standing out, not fitting in. Against, not along the grain. Zagging, as others zig. Not just. But with purpose. Well thought out expressive purpose.
I think this place is a bed and breakfast now, access is by boat. But please check first, I am not 100% sure. If it is, what a spot to get away from it all.
The crowds were in a roar. As he stepped out of the changing room and onto the stage the decibel level of the roar doubled. The lights on his made up face, shining and bringing out the features that made him recognizable the world over. He paused. A moment to take this all in. With a slight wave of his hand the crowds were silenced. It was time to honour their adulation as he sang the first few words of his hit song.