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This image celebrates International Jaguar Day.
International Jaguar Day was created to raise awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts ensuring its survival from Mexico to Argentina.
Observed annually on November 29, International Jaguar Day celebrates the Americas’ largest wild cat as an umbrella species for biodiversity conservation and an icon for sustainable development and the centuries-old cultural heritage of Central and South America.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large felid species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. The jaguar's present range extends from Southwestern United States and Mexico in North America, across much of Central America, and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America.
It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List; and its numbers are declining. Threats include loss and fragmentation of habitat.
Overall, the jaguar is the largest native cat species of the New World and the third largest in the world. This spotted cat closely resembles the leopard, but is usually larger and sturdier. It ranges across a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, swamps and wooded regions.
The jaguar enjoys swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush predator at the top of the food chain. As a keystone species it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating prey populations.
Artist: Emily Ding "Sustainable Fashion" Mural
The artwork features two people representing the alternatives for sustainable fashion. The woman holds a boat shuttle for handmade loom weaving and there is mending visible on the man's denim jacket. He is smelling marigolds which is a natural dye. Both figures are standing in front of mounds of clothes reminding us to support slow fashion and reduce the amount of textiles going into landfills and reduce fashion waste.
Mural commissioned by the organization Street Art For Mankind
The word sustainability can be heard every day, on too many occasions. The idea of green bicycles might no be so bad. I can see the wink.
This image is part of my series Juxtaposition.
Juxtaposition places two or more things side by side to elicit a response within the audience's mind.
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FS (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) Stadler "Flirt" ETR 170 106 in special livery "Sustainability Days" as train R17155 from Brenner / Brennero to Meran / Merano arrives Ponte Gardena station (Trentino Alto Adige / Südtirol / Italy)
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While in Yellowstone NP, we encountered several bighorn sheep ram along the hillside grazing on the grasses sticking up through the snowy landscape. The light was so very beautiful and enabled us to capture that eye, which I always find so intriguing.
This ram had some pretty beat up horns too. Made me wonder how curled they would have been if they weren't so worn down. Of course, I also thought about what stories those curls could tell about the life of this beautiful bighorn sheep.
But getting back to that eye ... there are few animals that possess such a mesmerizing eye as the BHS, at least to me. Eye contact is generally locked and sustained. Such a thrill. :-)
Thanks so much for stopping by to view and especially for sharing your thoughts and comments.
© 2016 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
The River Ouse which flows though the English city of York floods often. These flood gates protect the houses along the river bank and were in use within the past month.
'Landscaped' 'Ornamental Grass' is what I was told. Well, to me they looked a bit like a jungle in a bad sort of way- this grass is what we could call a weed in Europe I think too. I tried helping my sister out a bit by tidying up the front garden, now I have cuts all over my hands, even with gloves on. In short- I don't like these plants.
Artist: Emily Ding "Sustainable Fashion" Mural
The artwork features two people representing the alternatives for sustainable fashion. The woman holds a boat shuttle for handmade loom weaving and there is mending visible on the man's denim jacket. He is smelling marigolds which is a natural dye. Both figures are standing in front of mounds of clothes reminding us to support slow fashion and reduce the amount of textiles going into landfills and reduce fashion waste.
Mural commissioned by the organization Street Art For Mankind
Light breeze, early morning, ebb tide, fish biting — maintaining social distance on the lagoon.
Gold Coast sunrise on the Currumbin Creek Estuary — where fish are big and boats are small.
Local vegetables and sustainable stock photography look beautiful together, don't they?
(shameless pllug: www.stocksy.com/superdewa?type=showcase&page=1)
Sustainability and neo-ecology are the megatrends of our time. The topic of sustainability will be addressed in a target-group-oriented way via modular approaches consisting of keynotes, empathetic inspirations and hands-on workshop sessions, and will lead to prototypical developments of new solution strategies in the participants’ own contexts. The workshop offers a complete package based on the artistic and technological approach of Ars Electronica and the technical, economic and systemic know-how of the Institute for Clean Technology.
Sustainability Thinking is part of Ars Electronica Home Delivery SERVICES. Find out more here: ars.electronica.art/homedelivery/en/sustainabilitythinking/
Photo showing a satellite image of the European Space Agency ESA at the Ars Electronica Center's Deep Space 8K.
Fotocredit: Ars Electronica - Robert Bauernhansl
Please don't use this photo on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission. (c) Yago Veith www.yago1.com - Flickr Interesting
With extreme low levels of noise and vibration, the ASD Tug 1810 offers a comfortable working environment.
The Damen Safety Glass provides security in the wheelhouse, while the high freeboard helps keeps clutter-free decks dry.
The environment is protected, too, with the Damen Marine NOx Reduction System keeping emissions comfortably aligned with IMO Tier IIl and Euro Stage V.
©️Damen (Image and notes from Damen Facebook page).
Canned, sustainable insect treats from Thailand Unique Foods. According to the United Nations, there is no source of protein that is not considered a delicacy somewhere.
Thailand Unique's website says, "We have been manufacturing edible insects since 2003 and pride ourselves in providing the highest quality insects from carefully selected from GAP certified farms. All insects are manufactured to strict GMP and HACCP standards, and tested regularly to ensure they meet international food safety standards. You will also find our range of edible insects at various retailers across the global including UK, United States, Japan and Europe. Please contact for details about a retailer or distributor near you.
We proud to support fair trade practices and equal opportunities for our employees."
In addition to these treats they have quite an impressive selection of other treats such as crickets, water bugs, grasshoppers, superworms, weaver ants, rhino beetles. tarantulas and black scorpions to name just a few from their huge selection. They also have interesting candied insects such as chocolate covered scorpions and chocolate coated sego worms. Yummy Stuff 😜
Three Trees House
Passive daylighting, recycled lumber, recycled fly ash concrete, and grey water recycling
jeremylevine.com
Photography by Tom Bonner
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
Fortune Brainstorm E - Austin, TX, USA
3:00 PM
BRINGING RENEWABLES TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Billions of people in the developing world have either no or inadequate access to energy. How can we provide enough clean energy in those regions without them becoming more dependent on coal power? What innovations in solar, wind and storage technologies will help make these technologies more affordable in Asia, Africa and South America? What new financing models will help widen their adoption? What’s working and what isn’t?
Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre, Chief Executive Officer, Lumileds, Philips Lighting Company
Cathy Zoi, Chief Executive Officer, SunEdison Frontier Power
Moderator: Rik Kirkland, Partner, Global Publishing, McKinsey & Company
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm E