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Ice Stupas and Water Security November 2017 Volume 31 Number 2
new horizons the big picture A-level geography Ice stupas and water security November 2017 Volume 31 Number 2 adakh is a high-elevation landscape in northern India, in the These ice mounds are the brainchild of local engineer and award- rain shadow of the Himalayas. Much of the region lies above winning sustainability champion Wangchuck Sonam. The costs are L3,000 m but receives less than 100 mm of rainfall a year. This minimal and the technology is simple. Their shape resembles the Contested is a highland desert where communities have traditionally relied Buddhist temple or stupa — a distinctive feature of this region. The on meltwater from glaciers to irrigate crops and water livestock. form of these ice stupas helps to maximise the area of ice in shade and Meltwater supplies are becoming increasingly erratic, however, as prolong their life. Some last well into July and the largest may contribute the region’s glaciers shrink. 5,000 litres of water per day to irrigation projects. They represent an One strategy to increase water security in the Ladakh region involves elegant and ingenious strategy to help tackle a growing water-resource ocean spaces creating large artificial ice masses to store water for the summer growing problem faced by many rural communities in high mountains. season. Plastic pipes bring meltwater down to the villages where gravity pressure is harnessed to spray water high into the air during the bitter Territorial disputes in Jamie Woodward is professor of physical geography at The winter nights. It freezes into a conical shape as it falls — an ‘ice stupa’. -
Kevin Corstorphine
www.gothicnaturejournal.com Gothic Nature Gothic Nature 1 How to Cite: Corstorphine, K. (2019) ‘Don’t be a Zombie’: Deep Ecology and Zombie Misanthropy. Gothic Nature. 1, 54-77. Available from: https://gothicnaturejournal.com/. Published: 14 September 2019 Peer Review: All articles that appear in the Gothic Nature journal have been peer reviewed through a double-blind process. Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Open Access: Gothic Nature is a peer-reviewed open access journal. www.gothicnaturejournal.com ‘Don’t be a Zombie’: Deep Ecology and Zombie Misanthropy Kevin Corstorphine ABSTRACT This article examines the ways in which the Gothic imagination has been used to convey the message of environmentalism, looking specifically at attempts to curb population growth, such as the video ‘Zombie Overpopulation’, produced by Population Matters, and the history of such thought, from Thomas Malthus onwards. Through an analysis of horror fiction, including the writing of the notoriously misanthropic H. P. Lovecraft, it questions if it is possible to develop an aesthetics and attitude of environmental conservation that does not have to resort to a Gothic vision of fear and loathing of humankind. It draws on the ideas of Timothy Morton, particularly Dark Ecology (2016), to contend with the very real possibility of falling into nihilism and hopelessness in the face of the destruction of the natural world, and the liability of the human race, despite individual efforts towards co-existence. -
Mafia Motifs in Andrea Camilleri's Detective
MAFIA MOTIFS IN ANDREA CAMILLERI’S DETECTIVE MONTALBANO NOVELS: FROM THE CULTURE AND BREAKDOWN OF OMERTÀ TO MAFIA AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR THE FAILURE OF STATE Adriana Nicole Cerami A dissertation submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian). Chapel Hill 2015 Approved by: Dino S. Cervigni Amy Chambless Roberto Dainotto Federico Luisetti Ennio I. Rao © 2015 Adriana Nicole Cerami ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Adriana Nicole Cerami: Mafia Motifs in Andrea Camilleri’s Detective Montalbano Novels: From the Culture and Breakdown of Omertà to Mafia as a Scapegoat for the Failure of State (Under the direction of Ennio I. Rao) Twenty out of twenty-six of Andrea Camilleri’s detective Montalbano novels feature three motifs related to the mafia. First, although the mafia is not necessarily the main subject of the narratives, mafioso behavior and communication are present in all novels through both mafia and non-mafia-affiliated characters and dialogue. Second, within the narratives there is a distinction between the old and the new generations of the mafia, and a preference for the old mafia ways. Last, the mafia is illustrated as the usual suspect in everyday crime, consequentially diverting attention and accountability away from government authorities. Few critics have focused on Camilleri’s representations of the mafia and their literary significance in mafia and detective fiction. The purpose of the present study is to cast light on these three motifs through a close reading and analysis of the detective Montalbano novels, lending a new twist to the genre of detective fiction. -
Stanislaw Brzozowski and the Migration of Ideas
Jens Herlth, Edward M. Świderski (eds.) Stanisław Brzozowski and the Migration of Ideas Lettre Jens Herlth, Edward M. Świderski (eds.) with assistance by Dorota Kozicka Stanisław Brzozowski and the Migration of Ideas Transnational Perspectives on the Intellectual Field in Twentieth-Century Poland and Beyond This volume is one of the outcomes of the research project »Standing in the Light of His Thought: Stanisław Brzozowski and Polish Intellectual Life in the 20th and 21st Centuries« funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (project no. 146687). The publication of this book was made possible thanks to the generous support of the »Institut Littéraire Kultura«. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Na- tionalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommer- cial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (BY-NC-ND) which means that the text may be used for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ To create an adaptation, translation, or derivative of the original work and for com- mercial use, further permission is required and can be obtained by contacting [email protected] Creative Commons license terms for re-use do not apply to any content (such as graphs, figures, photos, excerpts, etc.) not original to the Open Access publication and further permission may be required from the rights holder. The obligation to research and clear permission lies solely with the party re-using the material. -
Contemporary Art Magazine Issue # Sixteen December | January Twothousandnine Spedizione in A.P
contemporary art magazine issue # sixteen december | january twothousandnine Spedizione in a.p. -70% _ DCB Milano NOVEMBER TO JANUARY, 2009 KAREN KILIMNIK NOVEMBER TO JANUARY, 2009 WadeGUYTON BLURRY CatherineSULLIVAN in collaboration with Sean Griffin, Dylan Skybrook and Kunle Afolayan Triangle of Need VibekeTANDBERG The hamburger turns in my stomach and I throw up on you. RENOIR Liquid hamburger. Then I hit you. After that we are both out of words. January - February 2009 DEBUSSY URS FISCHER GALERIE EVA PRESENHUBER WWW.PRESENHUBER.COM TEL: +41 (0) 43 444 70 50 / FAX: +41 (0) 43 444 70 60 LIMMATSTRASSE 270, P.O.BOX 1517, CH–8031 ZURICH GALLERY HOURS: TUE-FR 12-6, SA 11-5 DOUG AITKEN, EMMANUELLE ANTILLE, MONIKA BAER, MARTIN BOYCE, ANGELA BULLOCH, VALENTIN CARRON, VERNE DAWSON, TRISHA DONNELLY, MARIA EICHHORN, URS FISCHER, PETER FISCHLI/DAVID WEISS, SYLVIE FLEURY, LIAM GILLICK, DOUGLAS GORDON, MARK HANDFORTH, CANDIDA HÖFER, KAREN KILIMNIK, ANDREW LORD, HUGO MARKL, RICHARD PRINCE, GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB, TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S., UGO RONDINONE, DIETER ROTH, EVA ROTHSCHILD, JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC SCHNYDER, STEVEN SHEARER, JOSH SMITH, BEAT STREULI, FRANZ WEST, SUE WILLIAMS DOUBLESTANDARDS.NET 1012_MOUSSE_AD_Dec2008.indd 1 28.11.2008 16:55:12 Uhr Galleria Emi Fontana MICHAEL SMITH Viale Bligny 42 20136 Milano Opening 17 January 2009 T. +39 0258322237 18 January - 28 February F. +39 0258306855 [email protected] www.galleriaemifontana.com Photo General Idea, 1981 David Lamelas, The Violent Tapes of 1975, 1975 - courtesy: Galerie Kienzie & GmpH, Berlin L’allarme è generale. Iper e sovraproduzione, scialo e vacche grasse si sono tra- sformati di colpo in inflazione, deflazione e stagflazione. -
Government of India Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (National Water Mission) *****
Government of India Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (National Water Mission) ***** National Water Mission (NWM) has initiated a seminar series- ‘Water Talk’ - to promote dialogue and information sharing among participants on variety of water related topics. The ‘Water Talk’ is intended to create awareness, build capacities of stakeholders and to encourage people to become active participants in conservation and saving of water. NWM had already organized five ‘Water-Talks’ on the topics - “Water for All”, “Groundwater” “Water Conservation”, “Ecology Inclusive Economy”, “Agriculture, Groundwater and Energy nexus” and “Water conservation at Hiware Bazaar in Maharashtra and Dewas in Madhya Pradesh” on 22nd March 2019, 1st May 2019, 24th May 2019, 21st June 2019, 19th July 2019 and 23rd August 2019 respectively. 2. Seventh Water Talk in this series was held on 20th September, 2019. Shri Sonam Wangchuk, Founder, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives delivered the Water Talk. Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, DG, NMCG; Officers from CWC, CGWB, NMCG, CSMRS, NWDA and D/o WR, RD & GR and Researchers from various institutes attended the programme. 3. Shri Sonam Wangchuk delivered the talk on ‘Innovation and Water’ and discussed the need of innovative water conservation methods in the terrain of Ladakh. Shri Wangchuk started his talk by explaining the extremities of this region. Ladakh is a cold high altitude dessert. Farming and livelihood depends on the melted water of glaciers, but due to climate change the glaciers which were near to villages have receded far away. He said that most villages face acute water shortage, particularly during the two crucial months of April and May when there is little water in the streams and all the villagers compete to water their newly planted crops. -
By the Numbers
By the Numbers Quantifying Some of Our Environmental & Social Work 6.2 MILLION 100 Dollars we donated this fiscal year Percentage of Patagonia products we take to fund environmental work back for recycling 70 MILLION 164,062 Cash and in-kind services we’ve donated since Pounds of Patagonia products recycled our tithing program began in 1985 or upcycled since 2004 741 84 Environmental groups that received Percentage of water saved through our new a Patagonia grant this year denim dyeing technology as compared to environmental + social initiatives conventional synthetic indigo denim dyeing 116,905 Dollars given to nonprofits this year through 100 our Employee Charity Match program Percentage of Traceable Down (traceable to birds that were never live-plucked, 20 MILLION & CHANGE never force-fed) we use in our down products 2 Dollars we’ve allocated to invest in environmentally and socially responsible companies through our 1996 venture capital fund Year we switched to the exclusive use of organically grown cotton 0 8 New investments we made this year through 10,424 $20 Million & Change Hours our employees volunteered this year 1 on the company dime 5 Mega-dams that will not be built on Chile’s Baker 30,000 and Pascua rivers thanks to a worldwide effort Approximate number of Patagonia products 5 in which we participated repaired this year at our Reno Service Center 380 15 MILLION Public screenings this year for DamNation Acres of degraded grassland we hope to restore in the Patagonia region of South America by buying and supporting the purchase of responsibly sourced 75,000 merino wool Signatures collected this year petitioning the Obama administration to remove four dams initiatives social + environmental on the lower Snake River 774,671 Single-driver car-trip miles avoided this year 192 through our Drive-Less program Fair Trade Certified™ styles in the Patagonia line as of fall 2015 100 MILLION Dollars 1% for the Planet® has donated to nonprofit environmental groups cover: Donnie Hedden © 2015 Patagonia, Inc. -
Eco-Rehabilitation of Tribal Villages Through Innovative Design in Water
Eco-Rehabilitation of tribal villages through Innovative design in water management using Ice-stupa, promoting Farm-stay tourism and passive solar heating system- Joint Inititative of Tribal Affairs and Secmol in Leh The “roof of the world”, the metaphorical description for the physio-geographic region encompassing the Indian Himalayas, is the site of vast freshwater glaciers and the primary source of the major Asian rivers that have sustained life since early human civilisations have inhabited the area. In modern times, these freshwater glaciers are still the primary source of water, and thus the welfare, for over a billion Asian people, especially for the tribal communities of Ladakh who have been perpetually dependent on glacial meltwater in the high-altitude desert. Lying on the northerly fringes of the Himalayan watershed, Ladakh is characterised by distinct geographical and climatic features. Known as a cold desert, Ladakh covers area of 96701 km2 and with an average elevation of 3000 m, having annual annual precipitation100 mm, and extreme temperatures ranges (-30 to 30 Co). Much of the province remains in a cold spell from October-March, with only a third of the year left for agrarian purposes. The villages in the region are settled in small oases in the barren desert, on the banks of a stream, or amongst springs utilising the summertime meltwater. Regardless of its ecosystem services and historical context, reckless human interventions and global climate change have impacted the region immeasurably, in particular due to the escalated rate of warming at higher altitudes. Currently, Himalayan glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, from a few to tens of meters annually. -
Tribal Members Come out to Make Idle No More Rally Happen
Vol. XXVII, Issue 1 Hu\c wiconi\ na\ wira | First Bear Moon January 18, 2013 Ho-Chunk Nation IMPORTANT INFORMATION Housing Survey US Mailing on Cobell Settlements Kickapoo Valley Winter Festival Return by February 1, 2013 Page 8 Page6 Page 13 Tribal members come out to make Idle No More rally happen U.K., and Germany. the capitol building. The Madison Idle No More The Idle No More Solidarity Peace Rally was movement wouldn’t be where held on a Sunday afternoon in it’s at without Facebook and cold temperatures. The rally YouTube. One blogger at the was organized with the help Madison event said once she of Ho-Chunk tribal members uploads her videos, they go Arvina Martin and Sanford worldwide. You can see many Littleeagle. They organized of the Idle No More events speakers and drums. The rally on YouTube, and if you want featured the Overpass Light to attend, Facebook is full of Brigade, a group who grew events. out of the effort to Recall Funmaker shared his Wisconsin Governor Scott thought about the Madison Walker and have been helping event in a Facebook post: people promote their causes “Idle No More Madison was with their lighted messages. pretty good. That sign “Honor It also featured a the Treaties” burned a lasting couple Ho-Chunk tribal image in my mind. There Ho-Chunk tribal members, Phyllis Smoke and her daughter Tori Cleveland, hold members who spoke to the were so many good things the Idle No More banner masses: Forrest Funmaker that happened that day. It was and Wilfrid Cleveland. -
Robert Morris, Minimalism, and the 1960S
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 1988 The Politics of Experience: Robert Morris, Minimalism, and the 1960s Maurice Berger Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1646 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] INFORMATION TO USERS The most advanced technology has been used to photograph and reproduce this manuscript from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand corner and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. -
World Water Week (August 26-30, 2019): Putting the Spotlight on India
World Water Week (August 26-30, 2019): Putting the Spotlight on India A boy stores water from a tap at Nidamanuru near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh (Photo: Mahesh G/ TOI,BCCL,VIJAYAWADA) As representatives from 100 countries meet in Stockholm, Sweden, for the World Water Week conference (August 25-30, 2019) organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the Weather Channel puts the spotlight on water management, policy and innovation in India. Read more here. World Water Week: Five Troubling Facts about India’s Water Crisis This World Water Week, we take an in-depth look at the five troubling facts about India’s water crisis, ranging from economic growth and groundwater consumption to extreme rainfall events. Go through the list here. Thefts, Fights and Murder: Water Scarcity is Making Chennai an Angry City In June 2019, just as the country began to slowly cool down with the delayed onset of the southwest monsoon, Tamil Nadu continued facing one of its worst water crises. Lack of water subsequently triggered rise in disputes, violent clashes, and an increased overall violence amongst neighbours. More details here. 3 Ms of Water Woes in India: Monsoon, Mismanagement and Massive Urbanisation Disruption to Earth’s self-sustaining hydrological cycle is enough to herald calamity, especially for an agriculture-driven, high-population economy like India’s. This disruption is caused mainly by monsoon, mismanagement and massive urbanisation. Prof Sridhar Balasubramanian explains about these 3 Ms here. Environmental Flow: How River’s Share of Water Can Preserve Ecosystem, Promote Well-being As per a recent World Wildlife Fund (WWF) study, just one-third of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing today. -
Late Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz
Modes of Reading Texts, Objects, and Images: Late Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz by Olga Ponichtera A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto © Copyright by Olga Ponichtera 2015 Modes of Reading Texts, Objects, and Images: Late Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz Olga Ponichtera Doctor of Philosophy Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto 2015 Abstract This dissertation explores the late oeuvre of Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014), a world- renowned Polish poet, dramatist, and prose writer. It focuses primarily on three poetic and multi-genre volumes published after the political turn of 1989, namely: Mother Departs (Matka Odchodzi) (1999), professor’s knife (nożyk profesora) (2001), and Buy a Pig in a Poke: work in progress (Kup kota w worku: work in progress) (2008). The abovementioned works are chosen as exemplars of the writer’s authorial strategies / modes of reading praxis, prescribed by Różewicz for his ideal audience. These strategies simultaneously reveal the poet himself as a reader (of his own texts and the works of other authors). This study defines an author’s late style as a response to the cognitive and aesthetic evaluation of one’s life’s work, artistic legacy, and metaphysical angst of mortality. Różewicz’s late works are characterized by a tension between recognition and reconciliation to closure, and difficulty with it and/or opposition to it. Authorial construction of lyrical subjectivity as a reader, and modes of textual construction are the central questions under analysis. This study examines both, Tadeusz Różewicz as a reader, and the authorial strategies/ modes he creates to guide the reading praxis of the authorial audience.