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Los Angeles Air Force Base's 61st Civil Engineering and Logistics Squadron uses drought-tolerant plants and landscaping known as "xeriscaping" to minimize water use as part of Air Force resource conservation efforts. Many xeriscaped areas on the base are only watered once a month or not at all. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/RELEASED.)
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Lisa Worchester is saving water and improving habitat for wildlife on her property in the heart of Three Sisters Irrigation District. Read the full story: arcg.is/1CCeaT
L'hôtel Ambos Mundos (hôtel des deux mondes en espagnol) est un hôtel quatre étoiles de style colonial de 1923 de La Habana Vieja (centre historique de La Havane) à Cuba. Il devient un des hôtels les plus célèbres du monde lorsque l'écrivain américain Ernest Hemingway s'y installe à l'année entre 1932 et 1939.
En 1923 cet hôtel est construit puis agrandi en 1930, à l’angle des rues Obispo et Mercaderes, principales artères animées de La Habana Vieja, centre historique de La Havane. Il se situe à quelques pas de la plaza de Armas, proche des principaux monuments historiques et touristiques du centre ville.
L'hôtel gagne une renommée internationale à la suite du coup de cœur pour La Havane d'Ernest Hemingway en 1928. La vie cubaine lui procure une grande énergie créatrice. Il est habitué à écrire dans des chambres d'hôtel, des bars, des lieux improbables, trimbalant partout avec lui sa machine à écrire portative. En 1932 il s'y installe à l'année dans la chambre 511, pour 1,50 dollars par jour, avec vue sur la mer, sur la cathédrale de La Havane et sur les toits de La Habana Vieja historique (inscrite au Patrimoine mondial en 1982), tout proche de ses bars de prédilections La Floridita et La Bodeguita del Medio. Il s'adonne intensivement à sa passion pour la pêche au gros avec son bateau de pêche Pilar, acheté en 1934 et amarré à Cojimar à 10 km de l'hôtel, avec les deux capitaine de navire Carlos Gutierrez, puis Gregorio Fuentes ... Entre 1932 et 1939, durant sept années entre coupées de voyages dans le monde, il vit, compose et publie dans cet hôtel ses œuvres à succès Pour qui sonne le glas, En avoir ou pas, Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro, Les Vertes Collines d'Afrique ... Entre 1939 et 1960 il quitte l’hôtel pour emménager à la Finca La Vigía à 25 km de La Havane, sa maison cubaine devenue depuis musée Ernest Hemingway de Cuba ..
À ce jour, l’hôtel a conservé en partie son cachet initial, avec entre autres son hall en marbre, son bar, son restaurant-terrasse sur le toit avec vue panoramique sur la vielle Havane, sur le port et la baie de La Havane, son vieil ascenseur historique Otis des années 1930, la chambre 511 d'Hemingway « conservée en l'état depuis son départ », des photographies d'Hemingway, des expositions d’art cubain et sa scène de piano bar animée par des jazzmens et autres musiciens de musique cubaine ...
The Hotel Ambos Mundos (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈtel ˈambos ˈmundos], Both Worlds Hotel) is a hotel of square form with five floors, built with an eclectic set of characteristics of 20th-century style architecture. It was built in 1924 on a site that previously had been occupied by an old family house on the corner of Calle Obispo and Mercaderes (Bishop and Merchants Streets) in La Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. It is a frequent tourist destination because it was home to the popular writer Ernest Hemingway for seven years in the 1930s
From colonial times the zone of Old Havana in which the building is now sited was populated by a diverse collection of family houses. At the beginning of the 20th century the Spanish retailer Antolín Blanco Arias bought a family house on the site, from his office colleague Manuel Llerandi y Tomé. The new owner demolished the very old house to construct the hotel, the work being in charge of the architect Luis Wise Hernandez.
In the 1930s this hotel was the property of the Asper family. Hotel Ambos Mundos was a family hotel, that attracted writers, actor and actresses and many Americans.
This hotel since has gained international note from its most famous long-time tenant: in 1932 a room on the upper (5th) floor became the “first home” in Cuba of writer Ernest Hemingway, who enjoyed the views of Old Havana, and the harbor sea in which he fished frequently in his yacht Pilar. Hemingway rented the room for $1.50 per night ($1.75 for double occupancy) until mid-1939, when he transferred his winter residence from Key West (a U.S. island 90 miles from Cuba) to a house in the hills near Havana, Finca Vigia, which he shared with Martha Gellhorn (they were married in 1940). Hemingway began his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel of the Spanish Civil War which he had witnessed over the previous several years, in the room in the Ambos Mundos, on March 1, 1939.
Today, his hotel room, No. 511, is presented as if the author might have left it, and is a small museum in the middle of the establishment, with tours given regularly in the daytime. The corner of the ground floor hotel lobby also has two walls of framed photographs dedicated to Hemingway,
In 1987, the hotel underwent some small restoration, with more complete work finalized in 1997 to turn it once again into a luxurious hotel reminiscent of its time. Between 2004–2005, further maintenance as carried out, cleaning and painting the Hotel's facades.
This image forms part of the digitised photographs of the Ross and Pat Craig Collection. Ross Craig (1926-2012) was a local historian born in Stockton and dedicated much of his life promoting and conserving the history of Stockton, NSW. He possessed a wealth of knowledge about the suburb and was a founding member of the Stockton Historical Society and co-editor of its magazine. Pat Craig supported her husband’s passion for history, and together they made a great contribution to the Stockton and Newcastle communities. We thank the Craig Family and Stockton Historical Society who have kindly given Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, access to the collection and allowed us to publish the images. Thanks also to Vera Deacon for her liaison in attaining this important collection.
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Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Scaffolding reaches to the clock face of the Elizabeth Tower in London, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. A programme of essential works to conserve the Elizabeth Tower, the Great Clock and the Great Bell, also known as Big Ben is now under way. The total overall cost of the project, is now estimated at £61m as opposed to £29m as estimated in spring 2016. To ensure that the UK’s most famous clock continues to keep time, our experts closely monitor the mechanism and carry out adjustments on a daily basis. The Elizabeth Tower, which is visited by around 12,000 people each year, is carefully conserved by Parliament’s heritage team. However, as extensive conservation works were last carried out more than 30 years ago (1983-1985), significant work and an investment of £61m is now required to ensure it remains in good condition and is safeguarded for future generations. As the Tower is 96 metres tall, scaffolding is needed to enable workers to reach high levels safely. Scaffolding will be dismantled as the work is completed from the top, and at least one clock face will be on show at all times. As a Grade I listed building within a UNESCO World Heritage site, the 160-year-old Tower is subject to listed building consent. This programme of works has been carefully planned in consultation with Historic England. In the foreground the Union Flag. MG9201
Une maison d'un étage à l'enseigne Aux Tortues se trouvait déjà à cet emplacement au début du xixe siècle, avant l'ouverture de la rue. Elle avait alors pour adresse la rue de la Ferme-des-Mathurins (actuelle rue Vignon). Lors du prolongement de la rue Tronchet, la maison fut raccordée au boulevard Haussmann et remplacée par un immeuble d'habitation mais l'enseigne fut conservée. Au rez-de-chaussée, où se trouve aujourd'hui une boulangerie, elle abrita longtemps un magasin de décoration à l'enseigne Aux Tortues dont la belle devanture en marbre jaune a été conservée. (Wikipedia)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park conserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio's Cuyahoga and Summit counties.
The 32,572-acre (50.9 square mile) park is administered by the National Park Service, but within its boundaries are areas independently managed as county parks or as public or private businesses. Cuyahoga Valley was originally designated as a National Recreation Area in 1974, then redesignated as a national park 26 years later in 2000, and remains the only national park that originated as a national recreation area.
Cuyahoga Valley is the only national park in the state of Ohio and one of three in the Great Lakes Basin, with Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior and Indiana Dunes National Park bordering Lake Michigan. Cuyahoga Valley also differs from the other national parks in the U.S. in that it is adjacent to two large urban areas and it includes a dense road network, small towns, and public and private attractions.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_Valley_National_Park
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
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The Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) gets ad money from the pharma industry. A very fitting ad against having to use the restroom too often. Is that a strategy to conserve water on trains? I think often a repellent alone is the bad state of affairs of them, particularly on local trains.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
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Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
The thing you forget about the snow, is how it muffles everything. It deadens noise. It makes the birds stop chirping, too. They wait. Conserve energy. That's smart.
Mr C Kamaraj IAS,District Collector, Erode District released the Posters on conserve water on 5th June 2011 in Erode.Dr K M Abul Hasan, Chairman, CII Erode Zone in the centre, Mr V P S Radhakrishnan, Chair, Yi Erode Chapter Mr R R Sathiyamurthi, Chair - Environment, Yi Erode Mr V Thirunavukkarasu, Co-Chair - Environment, Yi Erode
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Conserved remains of a village fort founded around 1300. It was a local strongpoint, attacked and demolished in 1408, but renewed, after the owners died out the king took all their possessions. After 1468, when the king lost a decisive battle against Austrians supported by Hungarians, the fort was one of many which had to be given to supporters of the Hungarian king, after 1505 it lost its residential function and was abandoned. It was a round buliding surrounded by two 8 m deep and 12 m wide moats, a multilevel residential tower was put into the round wall, a second defensive tower stood inside the walls (the base is still well visible).
Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.
Doris Mager ("The Eagle Lady") returned to Raven Run for the popular "Save our American Raptors" (SOAR) program and brought some of her live feathered friends. Participants learned about native birds of prey and what can be done to protect and conserve them for future generations.
Photos taken December 13, 2014 at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary located Lexington, KY USA.
Wood-conserving stoves are saving thousands of trees, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and greatly improving women's and children's health in Central America. Utilizing up to 50% less wood as a “traditional” open pit fireplace and reducing the amount of smoke and black carbon in the home, the wood-conserving stoves (or Justa stoves) being implemented by SHI are a radical and healthy change. Traditionally, the walls and roofs of rural homes in Central America would be caked with black soot, while smoke being inhaled by women and children would be the equivalent of smoking 2 to 5 packs of cigarettes per day. Such traditional stoves, notorious for consuming large amounts of wood, are also a main cause of respiratory infections, tuberculosis, eye disease and more. According to the World Health Organization, about 1.6 million deaths around the world were associated with indoor air pollution or the burning of biomass as cooking fuel.
Using a combination of bricks and adobes, the wood conserving stoves being installed by SHI Field Trainers and participants have been known to:
-Cut wood consumption by up to 50%
-Reduce indoor smoke by 90%, thus reducing carbon monoxide and particulate matter
-Save an average of 1.5 tons of carbon emissions per year (according to tests conducted by Trees, Water, People)
More info and how you can contribute: www.sustainableharvest.org/techniques/wood-conserving-stoves
Le château de Maisons est l'oeuvre la mieux conservée de l'architecte François Mansart, celle qui permet de saisir son génie architectural.
"Le château de Maisons, dont Mansart a fait tous les bâtiments et les jardinages, est d'une beauté si singulière qu'il n'est point d'étranger qui ne l'aille voir comme l'une des plus belles choses que nous ayons en France." Charles Perrault
C'est René de Longueil, Président à mortier au Parlement de Paris, Surintendant des Finances en 1651, qui fait construire le château au XVIIème siècle. Il souhaitait y accueillir le Roi Louis XIV lorsque celui-ci se rendait à la chasse dans la forêt de Saint Germain.
Le château de Maisons a connu des propriétaires et des hôtes prestigieux, qu'ils furent rois ou princes, empereurs ou maréchaux mais aussi écrivains ou penseurs tels que Voltaire, Madame de Staël ou Benjamin Constant.
Construit dans les années 1640, le château de Maisons, premier grand château "ouvert" avec vestibule central et escalier à jour, regroupe tous les traits novateurs. Le château médiéval s'efface, le château moderne est né.
Mis en scène dans son domaine, le château de Maisons appartient à une époque où cohabitent les esthétiques classique et baroque. Si l'influence classique prédomine, le baroque est néammoins présent par de multiples "clins d'oeil" : illusions, trompe-l'oeil, art de paraître...
La splendeur du monument fut soulignée par Jean Jacques Blondel professeur de l'Académie Royale d'Architecture qui rend hommage à François Mansart :
" Nous osons le dire ici : personne avant lui ni depuis lui n'a poussé si loin cette magie de l'architecture. De quelle admiration, de quel charme, ne sommes nous pas épris à l'aspect de ce chef d'oeuvre
This building conserves most of the decorative elements of Tulum.
It has two level, of which the lower level is comprised of two temples, one within the other, where the decoation is concentrated.
The facade of the inner temple is decorated with mural paintings, while that of the outer temple boasts stucco figures in basrelief, including masks in the corners, sculptures in three niches in the facade - the central one is arepresentation of the decending god - and human figures intertwined in the frieze.
The temple of the upper level is very simple as its decoration consists of red coloured hand prints.
The main function of murial painting was to decorate buildings with ritual and everyday themes, as well as representations of the natural environment.
Gods and priests were depicted, making these representations the visual evidenceof a society and its symbolic manifestations - magical and religious.
Facades were usually repainted with bright colours relating to the points of the compass and the deities associated with them.
Interiors werealso painted and existing murals were retouched or replaced with new designs and themes, perhaps to commemorate the 20 year period known among the Maya as "Katun".
Green Energy Futures visited the Kinney Earthship in the dead of winter to learn how this passive solar home works in the winter. The home is powered by a small 3.8 kilowatt solar system. The Kinneys are energy conservers by nature so we chatted in the living room under candle light as Glen Kinney built a small fire to warm up the Earthship. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See our video about how the Earthship works in the winter: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/earthship-revisited
This is a short PSA designed to encourage people to think about their energy usage and conserve. It was made using Adobe Illustrator, After Effects and the sound was made using Garage Band.
The Mauthausen Oath
Conserve the international solidarity of the camp in our memories and to derive from it the necessary lessons; follow a common path; the one of freedom - indispensable for every population, of reciprocal respect, of collaboration in the great work of constructing a new world that is free and just for all.
Mauthausen Oath, 16 May 1945 - Internationale Befreiungsfeier
The Plaza del Rollo, located behind the Plaza de la Villa, in the heart of Habsburg Madrid, is home to this sculptural ensemble with which Madrid City Council pays tribute to the 449 Madrid Republicans deported after the end of the Spanish Civil War to Mauthausen and other Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.
Unveiled on 2 March 2023, the monument consists of five pieces: a 5x5-metre gate, three 3-metre vertical structures and a support that includes the Mauthausen Oath, all of which are made of Corten steel by the sculptor José Miguel Utande.
The main sculpture symbolises the Gate of Freedom and expresses the shared dream that encourages those who built this memorial. Alongside it, there are three columns called The Trees of Dreams, symbolising the ordeal, on whose trunks the names of the 449 Madrid Republicans deported to Mauthausen and other concentration camps from 1940 onwards are written.
The ensemble is rounded off with the inscription of the commitment made by the survivors of the camps to tell the world what they experienced in order to prevent its repetition, known as the Mauthausen Oath.