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Everywhere I go, love it or hate it oilseed rape is now in full bloom in fields across our county. The rapeseed crops have been around since the 13th century in Europe. At the time its main use was as a lamp oil, but before this the oils had been used in soaps.
Around 400,000 hectares of oilseed rape is grown annually in the UK, roughly one eighth of the area of wheat and barley.
Oilseed rape has found a market as a cheap and healthy cooking oil which we use in everyday cooking. You can also find oilseed in things like Pot Noodles, salad dressing, fruit cakes, gravy granules, butter and crisps.
But its another use that's set to make rape, Britain's number one cash-making crop. These yellow fields are set to be turned into environmentally fuel for our gas-guzzling cars.
Biofuels are becoming increasingly popular because environmentalists claim they produce little, if any harmful emissions; with everyone from your typical car driver to larger motorsport teams switching to this eco-fuel.
Much of Britain's annual crop is already exported for processing into biodiesel in Germany.
So whether you enjoy seeing our fields full of yellow flowers or not, the income its generating means that it looks like oilseed rape is set to stay!
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www.ffw.ch/de/news/medienmitteilung-dokumentarfilm-porkeria/
The documentary “Porkería” challenges the arguments of the meat and dairy industry and its stakeholders with concrete examples of the damage caused by the sector. Environmentalists in the Amazon forest have their say, denouncing massive deforestation to grow soy, corn and wheat. “Western countries are taking their lands away from indigenous populations and cutting down ancient forests to produce feed for the meat and dairy industries,” emphasizes Vera Weber, president of the Franz Weber Foundation.
Nearly 90% of global soy and grain production is used as livestock feed and ultimately to produce animal protein. If this cereal were used directly for human consumption, the benefits would be much greater. “The production of plant proteins is ten times more efficient than the production of animal proteins,” says Vera Weber. A reduction in the consumption of animal-based foods would mean that freed up arable land could be used directly to produce food for humans, without having to go through animals. Large-scale production of animal feed would also be drastically reduced, and the extent of global deforestation would be massively reduced.
Il documentario “Porkería” sfida le argomentazioni dell’industria della carne e dei latticini e dei suoi stakeholder con esempi concreti dei danni causati dal settore. Gli ambientalisti della foresta amazzonica dicono la loro, denunciando la massiccia deforestazione per coltivare soia, mais e grano. "I paesi occidentali stanno sottraendo le loro terre alle popolazioni indigene e abbattendo foreste secolari per produrre mangimi per l'industria della carne e dei latticini", sottolinea Vera Weber, presidente della Fondazione Franz Weber.
Quasi il 90% della produzione globale di soia e cereali viene utilizzata come mangime per il bestiame e, in ultima analisi, per produrre proteine animali. Se questo cereale venisse utilizzato direttamente per l’alimentazione umana, i benefici sarebbero molto maggiori. "La produzione di proteine vegetali è dieci volte più efficiente della produzione di proteine animali", afferma Vera Weber. Una riduzione del consumo di alimenti di origine animale significherebbe che i terreni coltivabili liberati potrebbero essere utilizzati direttamente per produrre cibo per l'uomo, senza dover passare attraverso gli animali. Anche la produzione su larga scala di mangimi per animali verrebbe drasticamente ridotta e l’entità della deforestazione globale verrebbe ridotta in modo massiccio.
The view from Mt Ainslie shows the layout of Canberra and vision of Walter Burley Griffin and his equally talented wife Marion Mahony Griffin. She was an architect, environmentalist, and his creative partner.
The city is sprawling and tree filled, with the wide ANZAC Avenue leading the eye from the War Memorial to the Old Parliament House and then the new Parliament house set into the hill. Mad Scientist remarked the red scoria of ANZAC Avenue was somewhat dulled by time and sun. There seemed to be large building works and road works everywhere in Canberra. The big road signs were also very poorly maintained and harder to read.
Kraków Gate (Polish: Brama Krakowska) is one of the few rock gates in Ojców National Park. It is in the Valley of the Pradnik and closes the outlet of the Cracow Gorge Gateway to the valley. It is a classic example of the gates of rock. The name derives from the fact that once led the way trade route from Krakow to Silesia.
In 1928, it was laid on the memorial plaque on the occasion of the construction of a new road from Krakow to Ojcow, running the bottom of the Pradnik Valley, but because of the protests of environmentalists array removed in 1935.
After Monument Valley we drove to Page Arizona. We checked in at Hyatt Place Hotel (which I highly recommend). Then we went across the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge and toured the Carl Hayden Visitor Center and Glen Canyon Dam.
This is Glen Canyon Dam, Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, and Carl Hayden Visitor Center.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the southwestern United States, located on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, near the city of Page. The 710-foot-high (220 m) dam was built by the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of more than 25 million acre-feet (31 km3).[4] The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado River's Grand Canyon by boat.
A dam in Glen Canyon was studied as early as 1924, but these plans were initially dropped in favor of the Hoover Dam (completed in 1936) which was located in the Black Canyon. By the 1950s, due to rapid population growth in the seven U.S. and two Mexican states comprising the Colorado River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation deemed the construction of additional reservoirs necessary.[8] The Glen Canyon Dam remains a central issue for modern environmentalist movements. Beginning in the late 1990s, the Sierra Club and other organizations renewed the call to dismantle the dam and drain Lake Powell in Lower Glen Canyon. Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are managed by the Department of the Interior within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
www.nps.gov/glca/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm
Carl Hayden Visitor Center
Main visitor center for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Exhibits about recreation and historic water use. Tours of Glen Canyon Dam are closed. Movies in auditorium. Site operated by Glen Canyon Conservancy - reach them at 928-660-7881.
Navajo Nation 2025
I was taking a shot like this, this morning, before 7am…
The road sweeper was looking at me and smiling: “Ah, so you take even shots of them!”
I didn’t answer and I was ready to move forward…
I’m not so happy to be watched when I shoot…
And then comes out the enemy!
(in parenthesis my thoughts)
A man, almost 60: stop! Stop breaking the …(I omit, he wasn’t a gentleman)…
And I was going away…saying: we didn’t do anything wrong…
The “man”: can you read the sign? Can you read? No dogs…
Me: but we do not… (I mean no one there, just 2 minutes, no one dies…)
The “man”: your dogs pissing here….
Me: no… (we were taking shots!)
The “man”: oh you do, every morning I see you from my window… (then he is blind)
Me: they don’t do anything…
The “man”: ok so let’s call the environmentalists… (ignorant! Prepare your accusation!)
Me: and now who are they?
I was going away…
Shocked…
I know he was right about the sign, it’s a no dogs place but OMG, if he asked me normally “could you respect the law?” I would just go away…but treating me like a stupid….
And it’s not the first time!
I can read my dear, you look like a ignorant…boor!
And then what are you doing every morning looking at me from your window?
Nothing better to do?
What do you have to do in this spot of grass that I make it so dirty for you?
And if I was an old lady with a Chiwawa or a strong man with a Pitbull? What would you do?
And I am a environmentalist…
And what about the sweeper? Not saying a word?
I do not need a defender but I think I could be there dying in the street and people would just turn away…
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
By the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
Used the wrong method with the wrong technique
--Depeche Mode
I hope you will have a better day!
www.ffw.ch/de/news/medienmitteilung-dokumentarfilm-porkeria/
The documentary “Porkería” challenges the arguments of the meat and dairy industry and its stakeholders with concrete examples of the damage caused by the sector. Environmentalists in the Amazon forest have their say, denouncing massive deforestation to grow soy, corn and wheat. “Western countries are taking their lands away from indigenous populations and cutting down ancient forests to produce feed for the meat and dairy industries,” emphasizes Vera Weber, president of the Franz Weber Foundation.
Nearly 90% of global soy and grain production is used as livestock feed and ultimately to produce animal protein. If this cereal were used directly for human consumption, the benefits would be much greater. “The production of plant proteins is ten times more efficient than the production of animal proteins,” says Vera Weber. A reduction in the consumption of animal-based foods would mean that freed up arable land could be used directly to produce food for humans, without having to go through animals. Large-scale production of animal feed would also be drastically reduced, and the extent of global deforestation would be massively reduced.
Il documentario “Porkería” sfida le argomentazioni dell’industria della carne e dei latticini e dei suoi stakeholder con esempi concreti dei danni causati dal settore. Gli ambientalisti della foresta amazzonica dicono la loro, denunciando la massiccia deforestazione per coltivare soia, mais e grano. "I paesi occidentali stanno sottraendo le loro terre alle popolazioni indigene e abbattendo foreste secolari per produrre mangimi per l'industria della carne e dei latticini", sottolinea Vera Weber, presidente della Fondazione Franz Weber.
Quasi il 90% della produzione globale di soia e cereali viene utilizzata come mangime per il bestiame e, in ultima analisi, per produrre proteine animali. Se questo cereale venisse utilizzato direttamente per l’alimentazione umana, i benefici sarebbero molto maggiori. "La produzione di proteine vegetali è dieci volte più efficiente della produzione di proteine animali", afferma Vera Weber. Una riduzione del consumo di alimenti di origine animale significherebbe che i terreni coltivabili liberati potrebbero essere utilizzati direttamente per produrre cibo per l'uomo, senza dover passare attraverso gli animali. Anche la produzione su larga scala di mangimi per animali verrebbe drasticamente ridotta e l’entità della deforestazione globale verrebbe ridotta in modo massiccio.
www.ffw.ch/de/news/medienmitteilung-dokumentarfilm-porkeria/
The documentary “Porkería” challenges the arguments of the meat and dairy industry and its stakeholders with concrete examples of the damage caused by the sector. Environmentalists in the Amazon forest have their say, denouncing massive deforestation to grow soy, corn and wheat. “Western countries are taking their lands away from indigenous populations and cutting down ancient forests to produce feed for the meat and dairy industries,” emphasizes Vera Weber, president of the Franz Weber Foundation.
Nearly 90% of global soy and grain production is used as livestock feed and ultimately to produce animal protein. If this cereal were used directly for human consumption, the benefits would be much greater. “The production of plant proteins is ten times more efficient than the production of animal proteins,” says Vera Weber. A reduction in the consumption of animal-based foods would mean that freed up arable land could be used directly to produce food for humans, without having to go through animals. Large-scale production of animal feed would also be drastically reduced, and the extent of global deforestation would be massively reduced.
Il documentario “Porkería” sfida le argomentazioni dell’industria della carne e dei latticini e dei suoi stakeholder con esempi concreti dei danni causati dal settore. Gli ambientalisti della foresta amazzonica dicono la loro, denunciando la massiccia deforestazione per coltivare soia, mais e grano. "I paesi occidentali stanno sottraendo le loro terre alle popolazioni indigene e abbattendo foreste secolari per produrre mangimi per l'industria della carne e dei latticini", sottolinea Vera Weber, presidente della Fondazione Franz Weber.
Quasi il 90% della produzione globale di soia e cereali viene utilizzata come mangime per il bestiame e, in ultima analisi, per produrre proteine animali. Se questo cereale venisse utilizzato direttamente per l’alimentazione umana, i benefici sarebbero molto maggiori. "La produzione di proteine vegetali è dieci volte più efficiente della produzione di proteine animali", afferma Vera Weber. Una riduzione del consumo di alimenti di origine animale significherebbe che i terreni coltivabili liberati potrebbero essere utilizzati direttamente per produrre cibo per l'uomo, senza dover passare attraverso gli animali. Anche la produzione su larga scala di mangimi per animali verrebbe drasticamente ridotta e l’entità della deforestazione globale verrebbe ridotta in modo massiccio.
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge at Wells, Maine. These wetlands were set aside to preserve valuable salt marshes and estuaries for migratory birds. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a world-renowned marine biologist, author and environmentalist with a special interest and affection for the unique environment of the Maine coastline, and she worked tirelessly all her life to protect these fragile areas.
At the airport lounge, parting with a stranger, an environmentalist, previously head of two central banks.
Clearwater was founded by Pete Seeger, legendary musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, activist, environmentalist, and peace advocate, and one of the most influential people of the twentieth century. In 1966, in despair over the pollution of his beloved Hudson River, Seeger announced plans to “build a boat to save the river.”
He's either a very messy eater or VERY particular on which seeds he eats! Those are seeds falling from the feeder, and it works out okay because the doves are 'ground feeders'...LOL!!
I won't be around much today...have a Happy Monday!
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In 1950 Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (1927-1981) was part of a naturalist expedition headed by a favorite philosopher of mine from Norway, Arne Dekke Eide Næss (1912-2009). Næss was a great environmentalist, the moving force of 'deep ecology'. Wendelbo went on to become an expert in the botany of Central Asia. In the Hyrcanian Forests of the Elburz Mountains north of Tehran, Iran, he found this wonderful earth-hugging Tulip. He described it in 1967.
The 'sheltering' of my title refers to the relatively short stems of our Tulip, which has to vie with strong winds in high often inaccessible places. There's a marvellous photo of it by Marijn van den Brink: tulipsinthewild.com/pages/page25.html. It grows in Low Country, though, in our Hortus.
The magnificence of the waterfalls in Iceland.
Gullfoss is a famous, powerful, two-tiered waterfall in southwest Iceland, named "Golden Falls" in Icelandic, and a popular stop on the Golden Circle tourist route. It drops a total of 32 meters (105 feet) into a canyon carved by the Hvita River. The waterfall is particularly renowned for the shimmering "golden veil" of mist it creates when sunlight hits the spray on a sunny day. It's also notable for its history of environmental activism, led by Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the first environmentalist in Iceland, who fought to protect it from hydroelectric development.
"Being spat out of one of those giant, roaring Hawaiian tubes is the most amazing sensation I've ever experienced in my life. It's joy, fear, and accomplishment all rolled into one experience."
-- Shaun Tomson (South African and American professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author, and businessman)
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 200
‧ Aperture – f/8
‧ Exposure – 1/400 second
‧ Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Tomorrow we'll tell the story of Olegas Truchanas (1923-1972) and how he became one of Australia's most influential wilderness photographers and environmentalists.
Truchanas arrived in Tasmania as a refugee from Lithuania in 1948. A skilled bushman and canoeist he took to exploring the Tasmanian wilderness. But in the early 1950s he took up photography as a way of recording the beauty he saw around him.
This beautiful Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex camera enabled him to take medium format 6x6 negatives. You'll see on the wall behind his tent in the This Vanishing World: Photography of Olegas Truchanas exhibition the large square format black and whites. These were taken with this camera. But as lovely as the Rolleiflex was to use, it really couldn't handle the rough wilderness conditions and he needed to find a more practical camera.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolleiflex
A SPECIAL NOTE:
A last posting from a longtime follower of mine. I just learned that Pierre is signing off from Flickr today for the final time! On Tuesday he departs this world. www.flickr.com/photos/59584735@N00/54189306247/in/photost...
You have just a few hours to leave a final goodbye message. I will be praying for you my dear friend [https://www.flickr.com/photos/59584735@N00] as you make your journey beyond the limitations of time and space.
I will treasure this last fave from you...
So what beat off the Volvo V50, Mazda 6 & BMW 320D to become the new crayzy ray mobile. Well here it is. Looks pretty ordinary you might say, but it's a petrol/electric hybrid. Some technical stuff to be found here: www.hybridcars.com/prius.html
For the money it comes fully loaded, sat nav (essential) rear parking tv assist thingy. The only real drawback is the CVT gearbox... I'd really prefer a manual.
Oh and it's name as provided by Louise & Emily is "Connie the big green mean machine". I may have got one or two of those adjectives in the wrong order, I'm not really sure.
I dread to think what turboman2002 is going to say.
Ansel Adams- American photographer and environmentalist. The grandson of a wealthy timber baron, Adams grew up in a house set amid the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. In later years Adam’s father lost the family fortune in the financial panic of 1097. Few have worked as long and as effectively to preserve the wilderness.
“Once destroyed, natures beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.“
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”
"…Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They're the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its master back home
Like an old friend that's tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free flying thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I'm flying again
Flying again, I'm flying again
Flying again, I'm flying again"
-John Denver, Eages and Horses
When Covid-19 hit, I sort of lost my bearings a bit and now I return to this image which I started in the winter and it reminds me that there is always so much more going on than I can know and the gifts of the eagle and the gifts of the horse can keep me true to my journey. John Denver,
one of the great environmentalists of our time wrote a song many years ago that so is in alignment with my feelings of this drawing today and I find that so awesome. I can see good things happening on the horizon…
I hope you all find strength during this hard time of quarantine isolation and medical mayhem…
Legambiente boccia la salute del mare a ridosso delle foci dei fiumi
Enrica Tancioni
Rete fognaria e sistema di depurazione. Poco efficienti. Così da provocare l’inquinamento di otto foci dei corsi d’acqua dell’area ionica. E’ quanto emerge dai dati diffusi da Legambiente nel corso della storica campagna Goletta verde sulla criticità del sistema marino – costiero della Calabria. Dati diffusi sabato scorso a Crotone in occasione della XXII tappa del viaggio della nave ambientalista. E sono otto i punti campionati dai volontari dell’associazione ambientalista, otto foci calabresi che sono risultate fortemente inquinate, perché contaminate da inquinamento microbiologico. Contaminazione dovuta alla scarsa efficienza tanto del sistema fognario, quanto del sistema di depurazione. Un allarme lanciato ancora una volta da Legambiente, perché rispetto ai campioni del 2009 la situazione è rimasta invariata. Questo dimostra che la Calabria è ancora lontana da una politica di depurazione efficiente capace di filtrare e purificare i rifiuti organici delle cinque province.
E il territorio di Crotone, dotato dell’88% del sistema depurativo, soffre la mancanza di un’efficace azione di depurazione. Come confermato da Maria Rosaria Paluccio, componente del direttivo crotonese di Legambiente: ‹‹la nostra città ha un depuratore sottoutilizzato perché tarato per servire un certo numero di abitanti. Adesso con la creazione di nuove abitazioni tanto legali, quanto illegali, il sistema sta soffrendo e non riesce a depurare gli scarichi dell’intera cittadinanza››. La soluzione proposta, anzi le promesse strappate all’amministrazione comunale, nella persona di Peppino Vallone, sindaco di Crotone, sono due: l’aggiornamento del sistema fognario crotonese e la demolizione dei manufatti abusivi sul territorio pitagorico. ‹‹Purtroppo il sistema depurativo della nostra provincia – ha dichiarato Peppino Vallone, sindaco di Crotone – è obsoleto. Ma intendiamo aggiornare le condutture in modo da garantire la purificazione della acque reflue anche alle abitazioni che, nate abusive, adesso si sono condonate. Da tempo abbiamo portato avanti la riqualificazione di numerosi quartieri, compresa la realizzazione delle rete fognarie. E’ chiaro che il depuratore, nato per servire un certo numero di abitanti, adesso sia sottoutilizzato e sottostimato››.
Ed è soprattutto la qualità del mare ad interessare l’associazione ambientalista, dal momento che rispetto al 2009 la condizione del mare ionico è pressoché invariata. L’ha confermato anche Nunzio Cirino Groccia della segreteria nazionale Legambiente: ‹‹avremmo voluto osservare un’inversione di tendenza in questa regione. Ma purtroppo dobbiamo constatare che le criticità della depurazione e del sistema fognario sono rimaste uguali al 2009››. E sono queste le aree di sofferenza dell’intera regione: le foci dei fiumi Alli, Esaro, Fiumarelle e Neto, quelle dei torrenti Coriglianeto, Trionto, Arango, a valle dello scarico del depuratore segnalato fuori servizio dall’amministrazione comunale. E’ inoltre compresa la fiumare che attraversa il territorio di Sellia Marina.
Le analisi di Goletta verde sono quindi un allarme ben preciso, dal momento che mettono in evidenza una situazione che fotografa perfettamente il deterioramento dei fiumi e dei corsi d’acqua, diventanti ormai cloache e luogo di discariche industriali per i paesi dell’entroterra calabrese. Se poi al problema si aggiunte l’adozione della nuova normativa in materia di balneabilità, la situazione non può fare altro che peggiorare. ‹‹Nella provincia di Crotone – ha dichiarato Franco Saragò del direttivo regionale dell’associazione ambientalista – per effetto della nuova legge, i 2 chilometri non balneabili dell’anno scorso sono diventati balneabili››.
E ai turisti e ai tanti cittadini calabresi non rimane altro da fare che aspettare. Un’inversione di tendenza nella politica di gestione dei sistemi depurativi.
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Translation performed by the translator of google. I apologize for the imperfections
Legambiente rejects health of the sea near the mouths of rivers
Enrica Tancioni
Sewerage and purification system. Inefficient. So as to cause pollution of eight mouths of rivers of the ion. And 'what emerges from figures released by Legambiente at the historic Schooner Green campaign critical of the marine system - coast of Calabria. Figures released last Saturday in Croton at the XXII stage of the ship's voyage environmentalist. And there are eight points of the environmental samples from volunteers, eight mouths Calabrian were heavily polluted, because contaminated by microbiological pollution. Contamination due to the low efficiency of both the sewer system, as the purification system. An alarm sounded once again by Legambiente, because compared to samples of 2009 the situation remained unchanged. This shows that Calabria is still far from a policy capable of efficient purification filter and purify the waste of the five provinces.
And the area of Crotone, with 88% of the purification system, suffers from the lack of effective action treatment. As confirmed by Maria Rosaria Palucco, member of the Steering crotonese Legambiente: <>. The proposed solution promises even ripped the municipal administration, in the person of Peppino Vallone, Mayor of Croton, are two: the upgrade of the sewerage system Crotone and the demolition of illegal artifacts Pythagorean territory. <>.
And it is especially the quality of the sea to affect the environmental organization, as compared to 2009 the condition of the Ionian Sea is almost unchanged. He also confirmed Nuncio Cirino Grocco of the national secretariat Legambiente: <>. And these are the areas suffering the region: the mouths of rivers Alli, Esaro, Fiumarella and Neto, those streams Coriglianeto, Trionto, Arango, downstream exhaust purifying reported out of service by the municipality. It 'also including the river that crosses the territory of Sellia Marina.
Analyses of Schooner Green then an alarm precise, since highlighting a situation that perfect picture deterioration of rivers and watercourses, sewers and now becoming a place of landfills, industrial countries of the Calabrian. Whether the problem is added the adoption of new legislation on bathing, the situation can only get worse. < Province of Crotone-Saraga said Franco, Regional Executive of the environmental effect of the new-legge, not the 2 km swimming last year are now balneabili>>.
And many tourists and citizens Calabrian there is nothing left to do but wait. Turnaround in management policy purification systems.
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Delta Works - The Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier (EN)
The Delta Works is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dykes, levees, and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised.
Along with the Zuiderzee Works, Delta Works have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The estuaries of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt have been subject to flooding over the centuries. After building the Afsluitdijk, the Dutch started studying the damming of the Rhine-Meuse Delta. Plans were developed to shorten the coastline and turn the delta into a group of freshwater lakes. By shortening the coastline, fewer dikes would have to be reinforced.
Due to indecision and the Second World War, little action was taken. After the North Sea flood of 1953, a Delta Works Commission was installed to research the causes and develop measures to prevent such disasters in future. They revised some of the old plans and came up with the "Deltaplan". The plan consisted of blocking the estuary mouths of the Oosterschelde, the Haringvliet and the Grevelingen. The Oosterschelde was originally to be dammed and turned into a fresh water lake. This would have caused major environmental destruction, with the total loss of the saltwater ecosystem and, consequently, the harvesting of oysters. Environmentalists and fishermen combined their efforts to prevent the closure; they persuaded parliament to amend the original plan. Instead of completely damming the estuary, the government agreed to build a storm surge barrier. This essentially is a long collection of very large valves that can be closed against storm surges.
The storm surge barrier closes only when the sea-level is expected to rise 3 metres above mean sea level. Under normal conditions, the estuary's mouth is open, and salt water flows in and out with the tide.
The Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of the 13 ambitious Delta Works series of dams and storm surge barriers, designed to protect the Netherlands from flooding from the North Sea. On 4 October 1986, Queen Beatrix officially opened the dam for use.
sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
Deltawerken - Oosterscheldekering (NL)
De Deltawerken is een verdedigingssysteem, in Nederland, ter bescherming tegen hoogwater van de zee van met name de provincies Zeeland, zuidelijk Zuid-Holland en Noord-Brabant. Aan de Deltawerken is decennialang gebouwd. Het oorspronkelijke plan voor het bouwen van de Deltawerken bevatte de werken in Zeeland, het zuiden van Zuid-Holland en Noord-Brabant. Dit deel van de Deltawerken, met name de Oosterscheldekering en de Maeslantkering, trekt nog steeds internationaal veel aandacht. Het is door de American Society of Civil Engineers tot een van de zeven moderne wereldwonderen verklaard.
Hoewel het Deltaplan al voor de watersnoodramp van 1953 was bedacht, gaf deze gebeurtenis de doorslag om de Nederlandse kustlijn met ongeveer 700 kilometer te verkorten door het aanleggen van gesloten en doorlaatbare dammen tussen de Zuid-Hollandse en Zeeuwse eilanden. Op die manier hoefden slechts de dijken ten westen van het land verhoogd en verstevigd te worden, en konden ze landinwaarts ongeschonden blijven.
Men begon in 1967 met de voorbereidingen voor deze grootste afsluiting van het Deltaplan: de aanleg van de drie (werk)eilanden Roggenplaat, Neeltje Jans en Noordland. De laatste twee werden met een damvak van 4 kilometer met elkaar verbonden.
Na protesten vanwege de gevolgen die de afsluiting zou hebben voor gebruikers van de zeearm en voor de natuur, werd besloten om de Oosterschelde niet volledig af te dammen. In plaats daarvan werd een halfopen stormvloedkering met schuifdeuren aangelegd. Deze deuren worden (afgezien van tests) alleen bij storm en zeer hoge waterstand gesloten.
Op 26 juni 1986 werd de laatste schuif van de Oosterscheldekering geplaatst. De stormvloedkering werd op 4 oktober 1986 geopend (eigenlijk gesloten) door koningin Beatrix.
bronnen: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltawerken en nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
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Original Caption: Trojan Nuclear Plant at Ranier on the Columbia River. Built by the Portland General Electric Company Under an Aec Permit, the Project Has Met Stiff Opposition From Environmentalists and Others 05/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-5724
Photographer: Falconer, David
Subjects:
Portland (Multnomah county, Oregon, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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Napa River Trail, American Canyon, Northern California
Eucalyptus trees are not native to California, but they are very common here. Opinions of them vary, but it is undeniable that the scent of them is heavenly after a fresh rain like we had today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus
Some eucalyptus species have attracted attention from horticulturists, global development researchers and environmentalists because of desirable traits such as being fast-growing sources of wood, producing oil that can be used for cleaning and as a natural insecticide, or an ability to be used to drain swamps and thereby reduce the risk of malaria. Outside their natural ranges, eucalypts are both lauded for their beneficial economic impact on poor populations and criticized for being "invasive water-suckers", leading to controversy over their total impact.
the bob brown foundation's 2016 environmentalist of the year peter owen near his home at goolwa beach, south australia
The Iglesias red muds are a mining waste dump located on the outskirts of the Sardinian city. They are a mixture of clay, water, iron, and other metals, which are highly toxic and harmful to the environment and human health.
The dump was created in the 1950s and 1960s, when the mines in the area were still in operation. In the years since, it has been the subject of numerous protests by environmentalists who have denounced the risks to health and the environment.
In 2018, the Italian government approved a plan to remediate the dump, which is scheduled to be completed by 2030. The plan calls for the removal of the red muds and their safe disposal.
The remediation of the dump is a complex and expensive operation, but it is essential to protect the environment and human health.
I have tried to keep the translation as close to the original as possible, while also making it clear and concise. I have also included some additional information, such as the date the plan to remediate the dump was approved.
I fanghi rossi di Iglesias sono una discarica di residui minerari, situata alle porte della città sarda. Sono una miscela di argilla, acqua, ferro e altri metalli, altamente tossici e dannosi per l'ambiente e la salute umana.
La discarica è stata creata negli anni '50 e '60, quando le miniere della zona erano ancora in attività. Negli anni successivi, è stata oggetto di numerose proteste da parte degli ambientalisti, che hanno denunciato i rischi per la salute e l'ambiente.
Nel 2018, il governo italiano ha approvato un piano di bonifica della discarica, che dovrebbe essere completato entro il 2030. Il piano prevede la rimozione dei fanghi rossi e il loro smaltimento in sicurezza.
La bonifica della discarica è un'operazione complessa e costosa, ma è essenziale per proteggere l'ambiente e la salute umana.
Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge 30.
Posted in Digitalmania's challenge Balloon Art.
CHEF studiodobs challenges us to take “a journey to somewhere, everywhere, nowhere, neverland, wonderland, outer space, black holes, antimatter, Heaven or Hell, or wherever you like.”
➤ Your image must include a means of transportation – but since we are all environmentalists, ecologists, animal activists and rescuers, the vehicle must be activated only by clean energy, such as sunlight, wind, water, geothermal heat, gravity, magnetic force, warp drive, teleportation and so on.
➤ People (of any number) must also be included (aliens and fantasy/sci-fi creatures welcome).
➤ Same for animals (of any number, aliens and fantasy/sci-fi creatures welcome).
➤ Use only soft or natural shades of color
➤ No abstractions: your subjects must be recognizable.
Credits:
Airship by susannp4 on Pixabay.
Steampunk Man by Mariusz Matuszewski from Pixabay.
Dinosaur image by Peter Fischer from Pixabay.
Signpost by Willi Heidelbach from Pixabay.
Fallen tree via Pixabay.
Squirrel, monkey, snowy trees and text by me.
The Menindee Lakes is a natural series of lakes that fill with water when the Darling-Baaka River floods. In the 1960s, a series of engineering projects augmented the Menindee Lakes, allowing water to be directed into the lakes and held back or released. This ensured a reliable water supply for the city of Broken Hill, the township of Menindee and secure supply of water for the Lower Darling River and supply to South Australia.
The Menindee Lakes system provides important habitat, nursery and recruitment for native fish, such as the Murray Cod and Golden Perch. It is important habitat for a huge variety of native and migratory bird species. The Menindee Lakes system is vital to the communities of the Far West, providing recreation and amenity, as well as attracting tourism, recreational fishing, horticulture and viticulture.
The Darling-Baaka River is central to the cultural, spiritual and economic lives of the Barkindji people.
The health of the Menindee Lakes and the Darling-Baaka River are intimately linked. The lakes fill from the Darling-Baaka River and water stored in the Menindee Lakes keeps the Lower Darling flowing during dry times. The Great Darling Anabranch is a series of ephemeral creeks, billabongs and lakes that wind their way to the Murray River to the west of the main Darling-Baaka River Channel.
Irrigation expands:
There has been a rapid expansion of irrigation along the rivers in the Northern Basin of the Murray Darling Basin, particularly cotton. Irrigation of cotton has expanded by 4,000% since the 1970s. In 1971 Australia grew 81,000 bales of cotton. By 2012 Australia grew 5.3 million bales. Irrigation dams - Wee Waa
Much of the cotton is grown along the rivers of the Murray Darling in very large irrigation enterprises, with most of the cotton grown on tributaries of the Darling-Baaka River.
Large private storages were built to hold water and other structures were built to capture flood waters. Water licences and water sharing plans allow irrigators to suck huge quantities from the tributaries of the Darling-Baaka even when flows are modest.
The result has been that low and medium flows have virtually stopped flowing down the Darling-Baaka River. Only the largest floods that cannot be captured upstream, or specially protected environmental flows, now make it down to the Menindee Lakes and Lower Darling-Baaka River.
An easy target?
After the Millennium Drought exposed just how over-allocated the river systems of the Murray-Darling Basin were, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was agreed between the Commonwealth and the states. The Plan aimed to make the Murray-Darling Basin system more sustainable by returning more water to the rivers through buying back water licences and other measures to recover water for the environment.
Menindee Slogan Bus:
The irrigation industry views the water flowing into the Menindee Lakes as wasteful and unproductive (not growing crops). They would prefer water to be taken from the Menindee Lakes to meet the targets under the Basin Plan rather than for the irrigation industry to be compelled to use less water. The industry points to the volume of water that evaporates from the Menindee Lakes each year as a key reason to reduce the amount of water flowing into and being stored in the lakes. The amount of water that evaporates from shallow private storages in equally hot and dry climates is rarely mentioned.
Scientists and environmentalists view the water that flows down our rivers, fills wetland and billabongs, and spills over floodplains as highly productive for nature and vital for sustaining complex ecosystems that have evolved over eons. These flows are also vital for replenishing underground aquifers and for sustaining downstream communities and Indigenous cultures.
Some politicians view the Menindee Lakes as an easy target. The population around Menindee is sparse, without much economic or political clout. The birds, fish and wildlife can not vote, lobby or protest. Taking water from the Menindee Lakes system is seen as politically easier than seeking to recover water from loud, well-connected and politically savvy irrigators. The location of the Menindee Lakes in a remote part of NSW that is out of sight and out of mind for many citizens located on the eastern seaboard also makes it hard for the issue to gain political traction.
A plan to decommission the Menindee Lakes:
After the Menindee Lakes filled from a major flood event in Queensland and NSW 2012, they were rapidly emptied by the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the NSW Government. Usually the lakes would hold water for many years after they filled, but by 2014 they were emptied. As a consequence, Broken Hill was in danger of running out of water and the government announced a plan to drill bores to supply the city with low-quality bore water. Locals were outraged at this plan and were concerned that the Menindee Lakes had been deliberately drained so quickly as part of a plan to justify the decommissioning of the lakes.RIP Menindee Lakes
Another flood filled the Menindee Lakes in late 2016, but again they were rapidly drained, almost inexplicably into a flooding river. By then end of 2017 they were again dry just as drought started to bite and Broken Hill was facing another artificial water shortage.
Flush with cash from privatising the electricity networks, the NSW Government spent $500 million building a 270 kilometres water pipeline from the Murray River at Wentworth to Broken Hill. This ended the city’s reliance on the Darling-Baaka River and Menindee Lakes for water supply. Cotton Australia applauded the construction of the pipeline saying in their Annual Report, "The pipeline is a win for the community, the environment and irrigating farmers, and a solution Cotton Australia and its allies have long lobbied for." Meanwhile the local community was concerned that the pipeline would allow the NSW Government to decommission the Menindee Lakes without worrying about Broken Hill's water supply.
Sure enough, plans to reconfigure the Menindee Lakes are back on the table as a project to 'recover water from the environment' under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan's Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism. The NSW Government wants to save up to 100 gigalitres of water each year by reducing the volume water stored in Menindee Lakes by up to 80%. A range of proposals have been put forward for consultation.
The Darling River Action Group has labelled the plans as 'ecological genocide.' They strongly oppose the huge reduction in habitat that will occur if reconfiguration plans go ahead. They worry that changing the times between and length of inundation in the lakes will have a major impact on fish breeding and birdlife. The Barkindji native title holders are also strongly opposed to the plans, with significant concerns about the impact on their culture, community, environment and sacred sites.
Fish kills and dry rivers and lakes:
Fish Kill Menindee In the teeth severe drought, predictions of environmental catastrophe on the Darling River came true as millions of fish floated dead on the surface. Hot weather and a lack of flows led to a blue-green algae bloom that stripped the water of oxygen when it died, suffocating many millions of fish along a length of the Darling-Baaka River. Images of giant Murray Cod many decades old floating on the surface of a stagnant, bright green river shocked Australians. If water had been stored in the Menindee Lakes, a flow of water in the Darling-Baaka River could have been maintained and millions of fish and other creatures would have survived. It was noted that the very large mature Murray Cod that had died would have survived numerous previous droughts, so what had changed?
A report by the Australian Academy of Science concluded:
The conditions leading to this event are an interaction between a severe (but not unprecedented) drought and, more significantly, excess upstream diversion of water for irrigation. Prior releases of water from Menindee Lakes contributed to lack of local reserves.
A small flow in mid-2019 led to a partial revival of the Darling-Baaka River and water in the upper lakes of the Menindee Lakes system. However, the Menindee Lakes and Darling-Baaka River face three major threats:
1) The proposed re-configuration of the Menindee Lakes system;
2) The continuing overallocation of water extraction licences in the Northern Basin of the Murray-Darling system;
3) The extent and proposed licencing of floodplain harvesting, which is capturing huge quantities of water before it can even reach the waterways of the Darling-Baaka River.
Source: Save Menindee Lakes (www.savemenindeelakes.org.au/the_history)
As I have remarked elsewhere, the "greening" of the centre of Bristol and the great proliferation of trees is one of the most striking ...but least remarked... developments of recent times. The footpath along the River Frome, now much wider, links to the subways under the M32 roundabout I think ...I am not sure because I did not walk the whole length. The rubble left by the mid-70s demolition along Wellington Road was landscaped and, by 1980, had been planted with trees, now well-grown. The edges of the river (they don't really qualify as "banks") are now thickly grown with greenery. Like all the rivers in the Bristol area, the Frome has been heavily colonised by Himalayan Balsam during the last 20 years. On this day I noticed a few specimens of that stupendous but officially discouraged plant, the Giant Hogweed ...the first time I have seen it in the city of Bristol. Also present was an exquisite, brilliant blue Emperor Dragonfly ...another species said to be prospering locally and never seen in Bristol (by me at any rate) until about ten years ago. Yet we are continually told that wildlife is "under threat" ...usually by career environmentalists who would be out of a job if the rest of us believed that it wasn't. The evidence of my own eyes tells me that nature is looking after herself very nicely ...as she always does. I suppose it's a wheeze to get us to pay more tax, to "safeguard the environment".
..I had a mental break down today, well, it was all inside today for the most part.
Until I just looked -him- in the eyes and he knew something was wrong.
He drove back and forth, up and down my drive way until I'd say something.. he knew this would drive me crazy. For the sake of wasting gas and my hardcore environmentalist ways.
Of course, I finally spilled, but not very detailed.
He was already running late, so I let him go. We hugged and I told him not to worry.
After he left I called him and reminded him not to worry.
Sigh, this is life. As I always say, it happens. Tomorrow will be better, is all I can hope.
I had a walk in Garry Point in the cloudy and overcast afternoon. I saw the seagull and asked him "Are you leftist or right wing?". He looked a little puzzled.
It is easy to distinguish between the left and the right. For example on the issue equality vs. freedom. If you think equality should be the value taking more weight than freedom in a social, economic or political system, then you are leftist.
Say on the issue of collective or public good vs. individual good. If you think collective welfare values more than individual well being, then you are leftist. In the mindset of left wing, the welfare of universe or planet or all species are more important than the welfare of a single species (such as human) or individuals. Environmentalists are of course classified to be leftist.
On the issue about art, meaning vs. form. If you believe art is supposed to serve a bigger purpose (meaning) than just appreciation of beauty (form), then you are leftist also.
Are you left or right wing? The bird quickly moved to the left in my frame and faced to left too. Good choice!!
Are you left or right wing?
Happy Tuesday!
Text in english.
The Botanical Garden also has the Municipal Botanical Museum, trails in araucarias forest, lake, sports courts and a velodrome. Around the greenhouse is the cultural space Frans Krajcberg with a permanent exhibition of 114 sculptures by the artist and environmentalist.
The Botanical Garden of Curitiba was inaugurated in 1991, with an area of 245 thousand m². Its geometric gardens and the greenhouse of three vaults have become one of the main postcards of Curitiba.
The greenhouse houses characteristic plants of the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Its architecture, in metallic structure and art-noveau style, was inspired by a crystal palace that existed in London in the 19th century.
The Botanical Garden also has the Municipal Botanical Museum, trails in araucarias forest, lake, sports courts and a velodrome. Around the greenhouse is the cultural space Frans Krajcberg with a permanent exhibition of 114 sculptures by the artist and environmentalist.
Texto em português.
O Jardim Botânico conta ainda com o Museu Botânico Municipal, trilhas em bosque de araucárias, lago, quadras esportivas e um velódromo. Em volta da estufa está o espaço cultural Frans Krajcberg com exposição permanente de 114 esculturas do artista e ambientalista.
O Jardim Botânico de Curitiba foi inaugurado em 1991, com uma área de 245 mil m². Seus jardins geométricos e a estufa de três abóbadas tornaram-se um dos principais cartões postais de Curitiba.
A estufa abriga plantas características da floresta atlântica do Brasil. Sua arquitetura, em estrutura metálica e estilo art-noveau, foi inspirada em um palácio de cristal que existiu em Londres, no século 19.
O Jardim Botânico conta ainda com o Museu Botânico Municipal, trilhas em bosque de araucárias, lago, quadras esportivas e um velódromo. Em volta da estufa está o espaço cultural Frans Krajcberg com exposição permanente de 114 esculturas do artista e ambientalista.
the bob brown foundation's 2016 australian environmentalist of the year peter owen, goolwa beach, south australia
My name is IOLE, short for 'Iolanda', and I am now 14 y.old. Mixed ancestry, of which I'm only proud. I could still catch a rabbit, on occasion, but recently I turned envionmentalist.
Il mio nome è IOLE, diminutivo di Iolanda e ho ormai compiuto i 14 anni. Sangue misto, naturalmente, ma ne sono fiera. Posso ancora acchiappare conigli, se volessi, ma ormai son diventata ambientalista.
In the 1970s the US federal govt planned to build a dam on the Delaware River on the Pennsylvania, New Jersey border. Hundreds of farms that were to be flooded were bought out along with all other planned to be flooded land along the river. Environmentalists were against the plan and eventually won out and the plan was scrapped. All of the now empty land was then included in the National Park Service's Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The Zimmerman farm is one of the larger preserved farmsteads in the park.
This gentleman is a penguin scientist who was actually counting penguins. Since penguins mate for life he does this by counting nests and multiplying by 2.
Morta anche F36, dopo M62 qualche mese fa, e nonostante la decisione del Tar di non procedere all'abbattimento come da richiesta delle associazioni animaliste. Ma quanto contiamo, noi animalisti, ambientalisti, illusi di un mondo dove ci possa essere spazio per loro?
F36 also died, after M62 a few months ago, and despite the TAR's decision not to proceed with the killing as requested by the animal rights associations. But how much do we, animal rights activists, environmentalists, who believe in a world where there can be space for them, count?
Environmentalist thought for today, a line by the "alien" Keanu Reaves at The Day the Earth Stood Still: "If the Earth dies You die, if You die the Earth lives.", by You meaning Humankind. A less pessimistic viewpoint about it, also discussed in the movie, says that it's when civilizations are close to an edge that they manage to change and adapt. Relevant issues, interesting movie.
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of more than 25 million acre-feet. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado River's Grand Canyon by boat.
A dam in Glen Canyon was studied as early as 1924, but these plans were initially dropped in favor of the Hoover Dam (completed in 1936) which was located in the Black Canyon. By the 1950s, due to rapid population growth in the seven U.S. and two Mexican states comprising the Colorado River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation deemed the construction of additional reservoirs necessary. Contrary to popular belief, Lake Powell was not the result of negotiations over the controversial damming of the Green River within Dinosaur National Monument at Echo Park; the Echo Park Dam proposal was abandoned due to nationwide citizen pressure on Congress to do so. The Glen Canyon Dam remains a central issue for modern environmentalist movements. Beginning in the late 1990s, the Sierra Club and other organizations renewed the call to dismantle the dam and drain Lake Powell in Lower Glen Canyon. Today, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Since first filling to capacity in 1980, Lake Powell water levels have fluctuated greatly depending on water demand and annual runoff. The operation of Glen Canyon Dam helps ensure an equitable distribution of water between the states of the Upper Colorado River Basin (Colorado, Wyoming, and most of New Mexico and Utah) and the Lower Basin (California, Nevada and most of Arizona). During years of drought, Glen Canyon guarantees a water delivery to the Lower Basin states, without the need for rationing in the Upper Basin. In wet years, it captures extra runoff for future use. The dam is also a major source of hydroelectricity, averaging over 4 billion kilowatt hours per year. The long and winding Lake Powell, known for its scenic beauty and recreational opportunities including houseboating, fishing and water-skiing, attracts millions of tourists each year to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
In addition to its flooding of the scenic Glen Canyon, the dam's economic justification was questioned by some critics. It became "a catalyst for the modern environmental movement," and was one of the last dams of its size to be built in the United States. The dam has been criticized for the large evaporative losses from Lake Powell and its impact on the ecology of the Grand Canyon, which lies downstream; environmental groups continue to advocate for the dam's removal. Water managers and utilities state that the dam is a major source of renewable energy and provides a vital defense against severe droughts.
Those god damn four banger hippy environmentalist got their weeds spread even in this respectful V8 yard.
Lit by full moon, sodium lights and strobe with blue gel.
View large in a lightbox for this beautifully timed preserved abandoned VW.
JUAN ANTONIO LÓPEZ
(Honduras, 1978/1979 – 14‑9‑2024)
Juan Antonio López was a Honduran environmentalist, human rights defender, community leader, and Catholic activist born in the department of Colón, Honduras.
Married and father of two daughters, he served his community as a coordinator of social pastoral work in the diocese of Trujillo and co-founder of the pastoral for integral ecology.
From 2015, he co-founded and coordinated the *Comité Municipal por la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos* in Tocoa, fighting to protect the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers and the Montaña de Botaderos “Carlos Escaleras Mejía” National Park from mining and other destructive activities threatening the water and land of local communities.
López denounced corruption, impunity, and severe environmental violations and received threats for his commitment. Despite protection measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on 14‑9‑2024, while leaving Mass and entering his car in Tocoa, he was **assassinated by gunfire from unidentified men**, in a murder connected to his fight against economic and political powers seeking to exploit natural resources at the expense of the communities.
I publish this series of characters to awaken consciences and reveal injustices committed by those in power against courageous individuals. Each story aims to remind the public, especially young people, that the people must be aware of their rights, that injustices must not be forgotten, and that remembering history can inspire acts of courage, solidarity, and resistance. These individuals paid with their lives for standing up to defend truth, freedom, and human rights.
Richmond, BC Canada
Sisu is a Finnish word that has been defined as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. This perfectly characterizes the people who have occupied Finn Slough since the early 1900s.
Finn Slough (pronounced slew) is a narrow marshy inlet located at the south end of No. 4 Road in Richmond along the south arm of the Fraser River. On one side of the slough is Dyke Road used to protect farmland and on the other side is a small area of land called Whitworth Island or more currently Gilmour Island, about one metre above sea level. The Fraser flows in and out of the slough.
This ramshackle village of 30 residents pictured above has buildings falling in on themselves while other buildings are still quite habitable. Some houses were converted from old net sheds and some are original scow houses used by Finnish settlers. Scows are flat-bottomed boats that are easy to navigate in shallow water like a slough. A group of houses are on a narrow body of land along Dyke Road, and some are on Whitworth Island; most are built on wood pilings or floats on crown title land. They are occupied by artists, environmentalists and fisherman working in harmony to maintain heritage and environment. The village and the slough have an austere beauty and have been the subject of many photos and paintings.
Finns first came to this area in the late 1800’s and established a thriving fishing community, especially at the time when the Fraser River was teeming with salmon. They were initially located beside a slough a bit inland but farmers wanted to better control the water flow of the Fraser and the Finns’ route was blocked, forcing them to move all their fishing operations to the present location of Finn Slough. Three of the original Finnish families have descendants still living at Finn Slough.
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One of our highlights of visiting the North Carolina High Country is to explore Grandfather Mountain State Park and to ride the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commenced in 1979, the project proved quite a delicate feat as engineers and architects, along with environmentalists worked to achieve a design that would not harm and also protect the delicate natural habitat surrounding Grandfather Mountain.
Upon its completion in the mid 1980's, the Linn Cove Viaduct has been recognized as an architectural marvel, marking the final link of the Blue Ridge Parkway, connecting Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
It has become a signature attraction for tourists and photographers alike, and is evidence, in my opinion, of what human hard work and ingenuity can achieve.
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Best wishes for a wonderful Valentine's weekend!
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"What we are about to tell you is a very serious and absolutely unjust fact that leaves all those who care about justice and the protection of our planet stunned and indignant. In Greenland, while stopping to refuel his boat, Captain Paul Watson, 73, was handcuffed, arrested and taken away by Danish police.
We are talking about a man who dedicated his life to safeguarding the oceans and whales who now risks prison and extradition to Japan, the country that requested his arrest.
Paul Watson is a Canadian activist and environmentalist, known for founding and chairing the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of marine resources and ocean wildlife."
"Quanto vi stiamo per raccontare è un fatto gravissimo e assolutamente ingiusto che lascia basiti e indignati tutti coloro che hanno a cuore la giustizia e la protezione del nostro Pianeta. In Groenlandia, mentre si fermava per fare rifornimento alla sua imbarcazione, il capitano Paul Watson, 73 anni, è stato ammanettato, arrestato e portato via dalla polizia danese.
Parliamo di un uomo che ha dedicato la sua vita alla salvaguardia degli oceani e delle balene che ora rischia il carcere e l’estradizione in Giappone, il Paese che ha chiesto il suo arresto.
Paul Watson è un attivista e ambientalista canadese, noto per aver fondato e presieduto la Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, un’organizzazione dedicata alla protezione e alla conservazione delle risorse marine e della fauna oceanica."
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another shot from up on top of the westchester bluffs.....
overlooking the la ballona wetlands and marina del rey.....
you can see the massive white building on the hills in
the distance....the getty museum.....
The Ballona Wetlands are located in Southern California, USA south of Marina del Rey and east of Playa del Rey. The wetlands once included the areas now taken up by Marina del Rey, Venice, and Playa Vista, extending north to about present-day Washington Blvd. in Venice. It is one of the last significant wetlands area in the Los Angeles basin, and is named for Ballona Creek which now runs through the area as a flood control channel. In the 1930s the Ballona Creek corridor was channelized in concrete, thus greatly reducing the inflow of salt water to the marsh, and eliminating spring floods which brought freshwater to the wetlands. This channelization, and the construction of Marina del Rey in the late 1950s, reduced the 2,100+acre estuary to some six or seven hundred acres. Additional open space east of the wetlands was converted to agricultural uses by the early 1900s, with cultivation continuing into the 1990s, when these became some of the last farm fields in the Los Angeles Basin. Most of this remaining open space was eliminated by the early 2000s to make way for Playa Vista, a planned mixed-use community east of Lincoln Blvd.
These wetlands, and the remaining open space, have been the subject of a battle between developers and environmentalists that has been ongoing for decades. Numerous environmental lawsuits and the acquisition of a part of the Wetlands by the State of California has helped to protect a portion of this area, including nearly all the open space west of Lincoln Blvd. (including all of the remaining tidal wetlands).In 2002, remains of indigenous Indian villages and artifacts were found during excavation on the Playa Vista site that have fueled the controversy over the development.
The state-owned wetlands (just over 600 acres) are traversed by Culver Boulevard, from Playa Del Rey to Culver CIty, and bordered by the 90 Marina freeway to the east. 83 acres of the Ballona Creek estuary were included in the state acquisition, previously privately owned by Howards Hughes, his heirs and subsequent developers of Playa Vista.
The Ballona Wetlands, and its surrounding ecosystem, host such wildlife as the California Killfish, California Least Tern, Belding's Savannah sparrow, the Ballona Wallflower, Southern Tarplant, Lewis' Primrose, and Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egret rookeries. Ballona Wetlands and the adjacent city-owned lagoons are a stop along the migratory Pacific Flyway.
At the outset of my walk to Cernobbio I explored the outskirts, so to say, of grand Grumello Park. On its very edge high on the hill I came across this little olive grove beside the ruins of what was once a grand 'casa' and its chapel. A doorway is marked that it's Paolo Celesia's house. Celesia (1872-1916) was a botanist and a proto-environmentalist. He didn't publish much but is known for founding a botanical journal. As I was pottering around a bit in that olive grove, a Butterfly, as tattered as the house, fluttered near. It too will soon fall to ruin.
Crabtree Falls
Crabtree Falls is one of the tallest sets of waterfalls in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located in the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County, Virginia, off of Virginia State Route 56. The name of the falls is thought to have come from William Crabtree, who settled in this part of Virginia in 1777. L.A. Snead, former US Assistant Fuel Administrator (WWI), environmentalist and notable Nelsonian, spearheaded negotiations to secure land surrounding Crabtree Falls after it was almost developed as a resort area in the late 1960s. Using personal and Congressional funds, the land deals were completed and the deeds transferred by LA Snead on June 3, 1968, to the National Forest System. This assured benefit for future generations of this magnificent Nelson County treasure.
Aerial view
The set of waterfalls is often credited with being 1,200 feet (370 m) high, but topographic maps show the total drop to be closer to 1,000 feet (300 m).[1] Crabtree Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls, with five major cascades, the tallest of which drops about 400 feet (120 m), and several smaller cascades, all over a total distance of approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) horizontally.[1] The cascade with a 400-foot (120 m) drop also gives Crabtree Falls the title of tallest vertical drop in a waterfall east of the Mississippi River. However, the title of tallest free-fall vertical drop goes to Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee's Fall Creek Falls State Park.
There is a trail to the waterfall maintained by the United States Forest Service called the Crabtree Falls Trail. Twenty-nine people have fallen to their deaths from leaving the trail to climb too close to the waterfalls. Recent deaths occurred April 2013,[2] June 2015,[3][4] and most recently, August 29, 2015.[5]