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The third installment in mine and Bartu's Amazon collaboration: Destruction.
There are many threats to the Amazon forest, one of them being small illegal gold mines that both destroys and poisons the forest by ruining the soil and dumping mercury waste. This build portrays such a mine.
This is a more somber theme than the previous two, as is the intention. Colors are more muted, with more olive and dark green. The dark tan ground is mostly exposed with vegetation struggling.
The whole setup is very makeshift and temporary, and nothing here is made to last. People are here to get what they can and then move on, giving no care to what state they leave things in. I tried to portray this by making things rather messy and cluttered.
One of the things I was pondering for a while was the inclusion of minifigs in the build. I've had many interesting conversations on whether it would be wise to include them or not. It was important for the build that the issues were not trivialized by making it childish or less natural. With a medium that is often seen as a toy this can sometimes be tricky. For this purpose I went with flesh heads rather than yellow ones, and made sure to avoid any polarizing facial expressions, like the standard "bad guy" faces.
Though certainly not innocent, the workers are not the main culprits in this, but rather other people who are far away from what is actually happening, bear the biggest blame. Often these people who are the main cause of this are not even found in South America, but may reside in Europe, Asia or North America, and this was something that was unfortunately not possible to portray in this build.
When it comes to Lego techniques, much of the focus here was on the man-made parts, which I don't build that often. The nature is not really something new, but I do like the staggered wedge plates technique for a varied incline.
On his side, Bartu created some fantastic sounds, made by on his violin, mimicking the sounds of ongoing destruction of the forest.
Hope you like the build, and that you feel this issue has been properly portrayed.
Yesterday I went to an Amazon Hub to return an impulse buy that I turned out not to want and found what looked like a little town of Amazon. There were trucks rolling in and out, rows and rows of parked trucks and a huge building that was all Amazon. It was amazing and looked as if Amazon could take over the country. Maybe it should.
Tucson, AZ. October 6, 2018. Shot on a Canon AE-1 and Kodak Portra 160. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom.
This was my entry into RichboyJhae's Coruscant Speeder Contest.
It's my take on how deliveries are made on Coruscant. I loved this build and reimagining Amazon in another galaxy.
OBST & GEMÜSE IN GORILLAHÄNDEN
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Stéphane Gigandet has a special talent to create models that are beautiful and simple. For the Halloween season, with a snap of a finger (and hard work, Stéphane, I know ;D) he made a great origami book that I recommend.
Diagrams: in “Origami for Halloween” by Stéphane Gigandet that you may find at www.amazon.com/Origami-Halloween-creative-including-begin...
There are also versions in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
Along the Amazon River, I became lucky enough to visit the small community called Santa Maria Fatima several times. Each time, after the first time I have been welcomed like a long time friend. Each time these people filled my heart. During the rainy season, the Amazon overflows right into their little village and the kids (my favorites) make the absolute best of it. This pic is an example
Subject to availability. The Amazon rainforest, or at least what's left of it, generates a large part of the oxygen that you breathe. A few decades back, these photos would've been dark green.
Nur solange Vorrat reicht. Der Regenwald im Amazonasbecken, oder zumindest das, was davon übrig ist, erzeugt ein Großteil des Sauerstoffes, den wir alle atmen. Vor ein paar Jahrzehnten wären diese Fotos noch dunkelgrün gewesen.
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Credit: ESA/A.Gerst, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Concept: Me
Model: Vica
Make-up: Lili Kelemen
Hair: Viktoria Toth
Styling: Berta Molnár
Special thanks: Zoltán Balogh
Northern Rail Class 150 No. 150130 arrives at Furness Vale with 2B14, the 15:49 Manchester Piccadilly – Buxton service on 15th November 2020.
For alternative railway photography, follow the link:
www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html to the Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle.
I have worked with Rosie on many occasions - we did this shoot in her back garden and pool.
For more of my work, see my website Sensual Images Photography, or Purpleport. You can purchase high resolution versions of the pictures by emailing tim@sensualimages.com. My book can be purchased from Amazon UK.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Razorbill/Crosán (Alca torda) is a colonial seabird that only comes to land in order to breed. This agile bird chooses one partner for life; females lay one egg per year. Razorbills nest along coastal cliffs in enclosed or slightly exposed crevices. The parents spend equal amounts of time incubating. Once the chick has hatched, the parents take turns foraging for their young and sometimes fly long distances before finding prey.
The Razorbill is primarily black with a white underside. The male and female are identical in plumage; however, males are generally larger than females. In 1918, the Razorbill was protected in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Presently, the major threat for the population is the destruction of breeding sites.
The Razorbill has white underparts and a black head, neck, back and feet during breeding season. A thin white line also extends from the eyes to the end of the bill. Its head is darker than that of a Common Guillemot. During the nonbreeding season, the throat and face behind the eye become white, and the white line on the face becomes less prominent. The thick black bill has a blunt end. The tail feathers are slightly longer in the center in comparison to other alcids. This makes the Razorbill have a distinctly long tail which is not common for an auk. The Razorbill chooses one partner for life, and nests along coastal waters of the continental shelf. (wikipedia)
This is 1st summer/1st winter bird taken from the Great South Wall in Dublin Bay, Ireland.
Stagecoach 15445 (MX08 GHJ) seen in Cattlemarket Road, Northampton, with an A1 service to Amazon warehouse at Ridgemont.
12th October 2017
Foto: Pé de cacau da Praça da Jaqueira, Recife/PE - Brasil
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Querida Marina
FREI BETTO
Caíste de pé! Tu eras um estorvo àqueles que comemoram, jubilosos, a tua demissão, os agressores do meio ambiente
CAÍSTE DE pé! Trazes no sangue a efervescente biodiversidade da floresta amazônica. Teu coração desenha-se no formato do Acre e em teus ouvidos ressoa o grito de alerta de Chico Mendes. Corre em tuas veias o curso caudaloso dos rios ora ameaçados por aqueles que ignoram o teu valor e o significado de sustentabilidade.
Na Esplanada dos Ministérios, como ministra do Meio Ambiente, tu eras a Amazônia cabocla, indígena, mulher. Muitas vezes, ao ouvir tua voz clamar no deserto, me perguntei até quando agüentarias.
Não te merece um governo que se cerca de latifundiários e cúmplices do massacre de ianomâmis. Não te merecem aqueles que miram impassíveis os densos rolos de fumaça volatilizando a nossa floresta para abrir espaço ao gado, à soja, à cana, ao corte irresponsável de madeiras nobres.
Por que foste excluída do Plano Amazônia Sustentável? A quem beneficiará esse plano, aos ribeirinhos, aos povos indígenas, aos caiçaras, aos seringueiros ou às mineradoras, às hidrelétricas, às madeireiras e às empresas do agronegócio?
Quantas derrotas amargaste no governo? Lutaste ingloriamente para impedir a importação de pneus usados e a transformação do país em lixeira das nações metropolitanas; para evitar a aprovação dos transgênicos; para que se cumprisse a promessa histórica de reforma agrária.
Não te muniram de recursos necessários à execução do Plano de Ação para a Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento da Amazônia Legal, aprovado pelo governo em 2004.
Entre 1990 e 2006, a área de cultivo de soja na Amazônia se expandiu ao ritmo médio de 18% ao ano. O rebanho se multiplicou 11% ao ano. Os satélites do Inpe (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) detectaram, entre agosto e dezembro de 2007, a derrubada de 3.235 km2 de floresta.
É importante salientar que os satélites não contabilizam queimadas, apenas o corte raso de árvores. Portanto, nem dá para pôr a culpa na prolongada estiagem do segundo semestre de 2007. Como os satélites só captam cerca de 40% da área devastada, o próprio governo estima que 7.000 km2 tenham sido desmatados.
Mato Grosso é responsável por 53,7% do estrago; o Pará, por 17,8%; e Rondônia, por 16%. Do total de emissões de carbono do Brasil, 70% resultam de queimadas na Amazônia.
Quem será punido? Tudo indica que ninguém. A bancada ruralista no Congresso conta com cerca de 200 parlamentares, um terço dos membros da Câmara dos Deputados e do Senado Federal.
E, em ano de eleições municipais, não há nenhum indício de que os governos federal e estaduais pretendam infligir qualquer punição aos donos das motosserras com poder de abater árvores e eleger ($) candidatos.
Tu eras, Marina, um estorvo àqueles que comemoram, jubilosos, a tua demissão, os agressores do meio ambiente, os mesmos que repudiam a proposta de proibir no Brasil o fabrico de placas de amianto e consideram que "índio atrapalha o progresso".
Defendeste com ousadia nossas florestas, nossos biomas e nossos ecossistemas, incomodando quem não raciocina senão em cifrões e lucros, de costas para os direitos das futuras gerações. Teus passos, Marina, foram sempre guiados pela ponderação e pela fé.
Em teu coração jamais encontrou abrigo a sede de poder, o apego a cargos, a bajulação aos poderosos, e tua bolsa não conhece o dinheiro escuso da corrupção.
Retorna à tua cadeira no Senado Federal. Lembra-te ali de teu colega Cícero, de quem estás separada por séculos, porém unida pela coerência ética, a justa indignação e o amor ao bem comum.
Cícero se esforçou para que Catilina admitisse seus graves erros: "É tempo, acredita-me, de mudares essas disposições; desiste das chacinas e dos incêndios. Estás apanhado por todos os lados. Todos os teus planos são para nós mais claros que a luz do dia.
Em que país do mundo estamos nós, afinal? Que governo é o nosso?"
Faz ressoar ali tudo que calaste como ministra. Não temas, Marina. As gerações futuras haverão de te agradecer e reconhecer o teu inestimável mérito.
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CARLOS ALBERTO LIBÂNIO CHRISTO, o Frei Betto, 63, frade dominicano, escritor e assessor de movimentos sociais, é autor de, entre outras obras, "A Obra do Artista Uma Visão Holística do Universo". Foi assessor especial da Presidência da República (2003-2004).
Jesse out driving in his Amazon in Handen earlier today. The old Volvo has changed a bit since I last photographed it.
I visited the Amazon office London as I am doing some consultancy work for a company. I loved this statue at the front entrance and the person shows the relative size of the artwork. The statue is called In Anticipation by James Burke. It is inspired by the limitless possibilities of our next thought, move and action.
The Amazon River, close to Iquitos, Peru, South America.
How to take abstract photographs.
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The third installment in mine and Bartu's Amazon collaboration: Destruction.
There are many threats to the Amazon forest, one of them being small illegal gold mines that both destroys and poisons the forest by ruining the soil and dumping mercury waste. This build portrays such a mine.
This is a more somber theme than the previous two, as is the intention. Colors are more muted, with more olive and dark green. The dark tan ground is mostly exposed with vegetation struggling.
The whole setup is very makeshift and temporary, and nothing here is made to last. People are here to get what they can and then move on, giving no care to what state they leave things in. I tried to portray this by making things rather messy and cluttered.
One of the things I was pondering for a while was the inclusion of minifigs in the build. I've had many interesting conversations on whether it would be wise to include them or not. It was important for the build that the issues were not trivialized by making it childish or less natural. With a medium that is often seen as a toy this can sometimes be tricky. For this purpose I went with flesh heads rather than yellow ones, and made sure to avoid any polarizing facial expressions, like the standard "bad guy" faces.
Though certainly not innocent, the workers are not the main culprits in this, but rather other people who are far away from what is actually happening, bear the biggest blame. Often these people who are the main cause of this are not even found in South America, but may reside in Europe, Asia or North America, and this was something that was unfortunately not possible to portray in this build.
When it comes to Lego techniques, much of the focus here was on the man-made parts, which I don't build that often. The nature is not really something new, but I do like the staggered wedge plates technique for a varied incline.
On his side, Bartu created some fantastic sounds, made by on his violin, mimicking the sounds of ongoing destruction of the forest.
Hope you like the build, and that you feel this issue has been properly portrayed.