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SNIP: New research suggests that as the Earth warms natural ecosystems will release more of the greenhouse gas methane than expected from predictions based on temperature increases alone.
The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, attributes this difference to changes in the balance of microbial communities within ecosystems that regulate methane emissions.
The production and removal of methane from ecosystems is regulated by two types of microorganisms, methanogens – which naturally produce methane – and methanotrophs that remove methane by converting it into carbon dioxide. Previous research has suggested that these two natural processes show different sensitivities to temperature and could therefore be affected differently by global warming.
Research led by Queen Mary University of London and the University of Warwick studied the impact of global warming on freshwater microbial communities and methane emissions by observing the effect of experimental warming of artificial ponds over 11 years. They found that warming produced a disproportionate increase in methane production over methane removal, resulting in increased methane emissions that exceeded temperature-based predictions. | https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/06/29/global-warming-will-cause-ecosystems-to-produce-more-methane-than-first-predicted/ |
Our research explores the functional roles of microbes in ecosystems. Microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, contribute to global carbon balance and cycle nutrients required for plant growth. Using theory, experiments, and mathematical models, we analyze the response of microbial communities to changes in the environment and the consequences for life on Earth. Much of our work focuses on the soil microbiome and feedbacks to global climate change. We also recognize the growing need to manage ecosystems and their microbial inhabitants in the face of human environmental pressures. We aim to provide a sound scientific basis for solving environmental problems, including climate change, at local to global scales. The Allison Lab promotes diversity and inclusivity in all of these efforts.
News:
May 20, 2020
Congratulations to Allison Lab undergraduate Elizabeth Duan who has received the honor of Excellence in Research for her project “Characterizing extracellular microbial activity of tropical deadwood decay in Australia”!
February 27, 2020
Congratulations to Allison Lab undergraduate Brian Chung who has received a Space Grant research scholarship for his work on microbial enzymes in the Earth system!
January 3, 2020
Kelly Ramin’s dissertation work on “Bacterial Tradeoffs in Growth Rate and Extracellular Enzymes” is now published in Frontiers in Microbiology (open access)!
August 8, 2019
Steven Allison and Humanities Dean Tyrus Miller co-authored an article for The Conversation on “Why Science Needs the Humanities to Solve Climate Change”.
Follow-up radio interview on “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen” is available as a podcast (starting at 35:00).
June 28, 2019
Congratulations to postdoc Bin Wang for publishing his paper “Emergent properties of organic matter decomposition by soil enzymes” in Soil Biology & Biochemistry. The paper shows a new mathematical approach for scaling up enzyme kinetics that could be used in ecosystem models. | https://allison.bio.uci.edu/ |
The microbial world represents the largest reservoir of biodiversity that also is fundamental to sustaining key ecosystem processes, including the terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles and the maintenance of plant fertility, across the breadth of the Earth’s ecosystems. In order to understand the role of microbial communities in ecosystem processes and to solve the major problems associated with human impact on the environment, a comprehensive and fundamental knowledge of microbial ecology is essential. The focus of the Microbial Ecology Group is to understand the ecology, diversity and functions of microorganisms in natural and engineered ecosystems, and the research is organized in five major research themes which are detailed at the Research projects page. | https://www.biology.lu.se/research/research-groups/microbial-ecology |
Although microbes may strongly influence wetland phosphorus (P) cycling, specific microbial communities and P metabolic processes have not been characterized in wetlands, and microbial P cycling is poorly understood across global ecosystems, especially in soils. The goal of this work is to test the effects of stress and growth factors on microbial communities in wetlands, and on microbial P metabolism and P cycling at ecosystem scales in wetland soils and beyond. I conducted field and laboratory research experiments in wetland soils, which by definition lie along gradients between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and I explicitly compared results in wetlands to adjacent ecosystems to improve inference and impact.
To test relationships between microbial communities, soil stress and resource supply, I compared the distribution and abundance of uncultured bacterial communities to environmental factors across a range of wetland soils including a well-characterized P enrichment gradient, and restoration sequences on organic soils across freshwater wetland types. The strongest predictor of bacterial community composition and diversity was soil pH, which also corresponded with the abundance of some bacterial taxa. Land use and restoration were also strong predictors of bacterial communities, diversity, and the relative abundance of some taxonomic groups. Results from wetland soils in this study were similar to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the relationship of pH to microbial communities. However, patterns of biogeography I observed in wetlands differed from aquatic systems in their poor relationships to nutrient availability, and from terrestrial ecosystems in the response of microbial diversity to ecosystem restoration.
Accumulation of inorganic polyphosphate (PolyP) is a critical factor in the survival of multiple environmental stresses by bacteria and fungi. This physiological mechanism is best characterized in pure cultures, wastewater, sediments, and I used 31P-NMR experiments to test whether similar processes influence microbial P cycling in wetland soils. I surveyed PolyP accumulation in soils from different wetland types, and observed PolyP dynamics with flooding and seasonal change in field soils and laboratory microcosms. I found PolyP accumulation only in isolated pocosin peatlands, similar to patterns in the published literature. I observed rapid degradation of PolyP with flooding and anerobic conditions in soils and microcosms, and I characterized the biological and intracellular origin of PolyP with soil cell lysis treatments and bacterial cultures. While degradation of PolyP with flooding and anaerobic conditions appeared consistent with processes in aquatic sediments, some seasonal patterns were inconsistent, and experimental shifts in aerobic and anaerobic conditions did not result in PolyP accumulation in soil slurry microcosms. Similar to patterns in wetlands, I found prior observations of PolyP accumulation in published 31P-NMR studies of terrestrial habitats were limited to acid organic soils, where PolyP accumulation is thought to be fungal in origin. Fungal accumulation of PolyP may be useful as an alternative model for PolyP accumulation in wetlands, although I did not test for fungal activity or PolyP metabolism.
To evaluate relationships between microbial P metabolism and growth, I compared concentrations of P in soil microbial biomass with the soil metabolic quotient (qCO2) by compiling a large-scale dataset of the carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and P contents of soils and microbial biomass, along with C mineralization rates across global wetland and terrestrial ecosystems (358 observations). The ratios of these elements (stoichiometry) in biomass may reflect nutrient limitation (ecological stoichiometry), or be related to growth rates (Biological Stoichiometry). My results suggest that the growth of microbial biomass pools may be limited by N availability, while microbial metabolism was highly correlated to P availability, which suggests P limitation of microbial metabolism. This pattern may reflect cellular processes described by Biological Stoichiometry, although microbial stoichiometry was only indirectly related to respiration or metabolic rates. I found differences in the N:P ratios of soil microbial biomass among ecosystems and habitats, although high variation within habitats may be related to available inorganic P, season, metabolic states, or P and C rich energy storage compounds. Variation in microbial respiration and metabolic rates with soil pH suggests important influences of microbial communities and their responses to stress on metabolism and P cycling.
My dissertation research represents early contributions to the understanding of microbial communities and specific processes of microbial P metabolism in wetlands, including PolyP accumulation and Biological Stoichiometry, which underpin microbial cycling of P and C. Together, my research findings broadly indicate differences in microbial P metabolism among habitats in wetlands and other ecosystems, which suggests the prevailing paradigm of uniform P cycling by microbes will be inadequate to characterize the role of microbes in wetland P cycling and retention. While I observed some concomitant shifts in microbial communities, PolyP accumulation, and microbial stoichiometry with soil pH, land use, and habitat factors, relationships between specific microbial groups and their P metabolism is beyond the scope of this work, but represents an exciting frontier for future research studies.
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What ecological functions do microorganisms play in a lake?
Microorganisms especially bacteria are present in all regions of lake/pond ecosystem. Lake microorganisms participate in various biogeochemical cycles, such as decomposing organic material into nutrients as food for other organisms and control the water quality in lakes.
What are the major roles of microbes in the ecosystem?
Microorganisms have several vital roles in ecosystems: decomposition, oxygen production, evolution, and symbiotic relationships. Decomposition is where dead animal or plant matter is broken down into more basic molecules.
Why are microbes important in water?
Microorganisms are the workhorses of wastewater treatment systems and anaerobic digesters, where they are responsible for removal of pollutants and pathogens, recovery of nutrients and energy, and producing clean water.
What are the microorganisms in freshwater?
Many microorganisms are found naturally in fresh and saltwater. These include bacteria, cyanobacteria, protozoa, algae, and tiny animals such as rotifers. These can be important in the food chain that forms the basis of life in the water.
Is there more bacteria in freshwater or saltwater?
Compared to marine environments, freshwater sediment has received less attention, despite the fact that fresh water has greater effects on humans (38). … In addition, recent meta-analyses showed that there is a higher bacterial and archaeal diversity in inland freshwater than in marine environments (2, 3).
What kind of bacteria is in lake water?
Other lake- and ocean-borne bacteria include Crypto (short for Cryptosporidium), Giardia, Shigella, norovirus and E. coli. What types of infections can you get? A wide variety of infections that also fall into the RWI category include gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurological and wound infections.
What is the role of microbes in environmental management?
Microorganisms are act as a significant pollutant removal tools in soil, water, and sediments; mostly due to their advantage over other remediation procedural protocols. Microorganisms are restoring the original natural surroundings and preventing further pollution .
What is the most important role of bacteria in the natural environment?
The most influential bacteria for life on Earth are found in the soil, sediments and seas. Well known functions of these are to provide nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus to plants as well as producing growth hormones. By decomposing dead organic matter, they contribute to soil structure and the cycles of nature.
What is the role and impact of microbes on Earth?
When tiny microbes join forces, they can have a major impact on life on earth. … Microbes living in the soil provide plants with natural protection from pests and diseases. They also are essential for converting nitrogen and other nutrients into forms that plants can use to grow.
What is the role of bacteria in water treatment?
Bacteria play an important role in water purification in drinking water treatment systems. On one hand, bacteria present in the untreated water may help in its purification through biodegradation of the contaminants. On the other hand, some bacteria may be human pathogens and pose a threat to consumers.
What microbes are used in waste water treatment?
2. Microbial Diversity in Wastewater Treatment
- 2.1. Bacteria. They play vital role in the wastewater treatment and are primarily responsible for removing and transforming these organic compounds in an effluent treatment. …
- 2.2. Protozoa. …
- 2.3. Metazoa. …
- 2.4. Filamentous bacteria. …
- 2.5. Algae. …
- 2.6. Fungi.
What microorganisms are found in ponds?
The microbial community found naturally in ponds includes bacteria, archaea, viruses, protozoa, helminths, and protists. Most of these microbes are beneficial and vital to the ecology of each system. | https://climatebuddies.org/ecology/what-are-the-ecological-functions-of-microbes-in-freshwater-environment.html |
The human microbiome has been in the news for several years now, as researchers have begun to unravel the importance of microbes living in and on our bodies. These bacteria and other microbial critters influence human health, and the composition and combination of various species have been linked to everything from eczema to obesity.
But what about the microbes that live in our buildings—how do these species impact our health? And can we change the design of a building to make its microbial ecosystem healthier?
Before scientists can answer these questions, they need to figure out whether building design controls the indoor microbiome to begin with. Biologists and architects at the University of Oregon’s Biology and the Built Environment Center have been working to understand this relationship. Today, the group published their third paper on the topic in PLoS One, and the biggest survey so far.
“What we did in our paper was ask this really fundamental question,” says Jessica Green, the director at the center. “Given this hypothesis that is becoming more and more actualized—that the indoor microbiome is important to health—do we have any control over what kind of microbes are indoors or out?”
To find out, Green and her team, which included lead authors Steven Kembel, a former postdoctoral research now at the University of Quebec, and James Meadow, a current postdoc, surveyed bacteria living in Lillis Hall, a multi-purpose building on the University of Oregon campus.
The team worked closely with the building’s designers to understand the function of various rooms, including the connectivity (number of doors), the purpose and the number of occupants (offices with low occupancy and low diversity, for example, or classrooms with high occupancy and high turnover), the air circulation (open windows versus mechanical ventilation), and so on. They used vacuums to collect dust from 155 unique spaces in the building and extracted and sequenced the DNA of the bacteria inside the dust samples.
“We wanted to use dust because we were able to sample hundreds of rooms within a day or two, and dust gives an archaeological record of the kinds of microbes in the built environment,” explains Green.
The researchers found 32,964 different major groups of bacteria in the building, which made up unique ecosystems depending on the type of room in which they were found. Bathrooms, for example, had distinct bacterial diversity, possibly because they usually only have one door, which limits what comes in and out of the room. Unsurprisingly, the most common bacteria found in the bathrooms are those typical to the human gut. By comparison, hallways and other areas with many entrances and exits, as well as many different people walking through during the day, also had a strikingly unique combination of bacteria.*
Offices had a different diversity than classrooms, while offices next door to one another had similar profiles. And ventilation made a big difference: offices with windows had entirely different bacterial composition compared to those with mechanical ventilation, with the former having more bacteria associated with soil and plants.**
How all this impacts human health remains to be seen, but the study does show that the design of a room influences its microbiome. The next step is to understand how humans contribute to this indoor microbiome, as well as how different ecosystems may influence human health. Green’s team is currently studying the microbial cloud of test subjects in the controlled setting of a climate chamber, which can maintain temperature and humidity. The goal of that project is to understand which microbes people shed indoors.
Far in the future, Green envisions an indoor microbiome certification, which would give a grade on a building’s microbial health somewhat like the current LEED system that awards buildings for sustainability and energy efficiency. She also thinks future homeowners may be checking microbial health of a potential real estate purchase, just as people today may look up pollution levels and other environmental factors.
What do you think, dear readers? Can you envision altering the design of your home or business to improve the growth of beneficial microbes and to keep pathogenic microbes out? Or researching a building’s health before buying it? Put your thoughts in the comments.
* Correction: I goofed on an earlier version of this paragraph. I said that some of the locations in the building had greater or less bacterial diversity, while in fact they simply had distinct diversity. The basic idea remains true: room design influences the bacterial composition. Still, I should have been more careful in my description, and I apologize.
**Ditto.
Additional Reading + Watching
Steven Kembel et al, “Architectural Design Drives the Biogeography of Indoor Bacterial Communities,” PLoS One January 29, 2014.
James Meadow et al, “Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source,” Indoor Air 24:1 41-48, February 2014.
Steven Kembel et al, “Architectural design influences the diversity and structure of the built environment microbiome,” The ISME Journal 6 14-69-1479, January 25, 2012.
Jessica Green 2013 TED talk: We’re covered in germs. Let’s design for that. | https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/our-modern-plagues/building-design-influences-bacterial-growth/ |
The ethical theory of Principlism introduced by Beauchamp and Childress in the Principles of Biomedical Ethics is also sometimes referred to as the “Georgetown Approach.” It comprises of four main principles namely respect for (patient) autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and fairness or justice. Nonmaleficence refers to the act of healthcare workers not intentionally causing harm to their patients, while beneficence calls for healthcare workers to always work and do everything for the benefit of the patient (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; Page, 2012; McCarthy, 2003). The four major ethical principles above happen to be common to almost all the available ethical theories, aside from Principlism. They strive to harmonize ethical principles with socio-cultural and religious beliefs (Advanced Practice Toolkit, 2018).
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The principle of respect for autonomy dictates that the healthcare professional should respect the decision of care taken by a mentally competent and adult patient or relative of patient. The professional must not object to the decision even if it appears unsound and irrational. This means no healthcare professional has the moral authority to overrule the decision taken by a mentally sound patient or a competent relative concerning their care. Moreover, they must also first obtain consent for any procedure on the patient after thorough explanation of consequences (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; McCarthy, 2003). The ethical principle of fairness or justice on its part dictates that the health professional and the health institution have a distributive and criminal responsibility in so far as the patient’s condition and conduct are concerned. This is in relation to the patient’s condition and its interaction with other members of the society. Resources must be shared fairly (like available organs for transplantation), and matters like a patient intentionally attempting to infect another with a deadly disease (a criminal act) must be reported by the health worker to the relevant authorities (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; McCarthy, 2003).
Applying the Four Principles: Case Study Part 1 (Chart)
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|Beneficence dictates that the physician do the best for James who now has kidney failure and not allow harm to befall him (nonmaleficence). Hence the decision to put him on immediate dialysis. Also, the suggestion by the physician to consider Samuel as a potential donor after failure to get a suitable one is an act of beneficence. However, the physician must also assess the potential risks to Samuel in donating a kidney to James, as required by the principle of nonmaleficence (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; Page, 2012; McCarthy, 2003).||The principle of autonomy states that Mike and Joanne as the parents of the minors have the last say in deciding what happens to them. It is them who must not only agree to the physician’s suggestions, but also give informed consent for any procedure (including dialysis) to be done. It is for this reason that Mike and Joanne’s decision to forego dialysis for James and take him to a faith healing crusade has to be respected by the physician. Additionally, the suggestion by the physician that Samuel be the organ donor to his twin brother is subject to approval and consent by both parents; as required by respect for autonomy (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; McCarthy, 2003). This means that the decision as to whether James will get one kidney from his brother or wait for God to perform his miracle on him is the parents’.|
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|To save James (nonmaleficence) and improve his quality of life (beneficence) the physician has suggested immediate dialysis. However, the parents must first give their consent for that to happen (autonomy). This is the same case with the suggestion of transplantation by the physician.||The principle of justice and fairness requires that the physician and the health institution consider James with priority in the list of those waiting for transplantation based on the urgency of the situation.|
Applying the Four Principles: Case Study Part 2 (Evaluation)
From a Christian standpoint, of the four ethical principles of Principlism the most pressing one in this case study is nonmaleficence. As stated above, this is the principle that states that no harm should be brought upon the patient by the actions of those taking care of him (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; McCarthy, 2003). This is consistent with a study that was conducted by Page (2012). In the survey conducted by the use of a questionnaire, it was found that student healthcare workers actually ranked nonmaleficence highest among the four principles. Conversely, they ranked beneficence or “truth-telling” as the least important (Page, 2012). Arguably, this is also the same factor that is motivating the religious parents of James and Samuel. As such, their refusal to immediately allow James to undergo dialysis and opt for faith healing is informed partly by fear that the procedure (dialysis) might also harm James. Equally, the parents’ reluctance to buy into the idea that Samuel donates one of his kidneys to James is also a result of fear that Samuel may remain in a precarious health situation after donating his kidney. In all this, the general Christian view therefore is that God cannot allow harm to befall any of his creation.
From a Christian point of view, again, a Christian person might rank the four principles in order of priority from the highest to the lowest as follows: nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and autonomy. As explained above, a Christian will most likely view nonmaleficence as the most important of the four. This is because it is very unChristian to want to cause harm to another human being. Beneficence should come second for the simple reason that it is the opposite of nonmaleficence. Beneficence is the act of doing good to the other person and carrying out all activities with the intention of ultimate benefit to them, in the context of a patient and care giver (Encyclopedia.com, 2016; Page, 2012; McCarthy, 2003). For a Christian person, the act of not intending to do harm to the patient (nonmaleficence) is automatically supported by a need and wish to do what benefits the patient (beneficence). The third principle from the top in this hierarchy would be justice. For a Christian, after refusing to harm their “neighbor” and deciding to only do what benefits the said “neighbor,” the next thing they would want for this person is nothing but justice and fairness. He would want this person to be treated justly and fairly in terms of not only sharing available resources, but also preventing harm to them by those with criminal intent for instance. Lastly and at the bottom of the list would be respect for autonomy of decision by the patient or relatives.
Conclusion
The biomedical ethical theory of Principlism with its four principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice closely conforms to and agrees with common socio-cultural and religious preferences and beliefs. This makes it better placed to be a reference point in ethical decision-making in clinical practice. | https://myonlinenursingpapers.com/case-study-on-biomedical-ethics-in-the-christian-narrative-essay/ |
The paper 'Similarities between the Fields of Healthcare Ethics and Business Ethics' is a perfect example of a business case study. By definition, ethics refers to the set of codes of conduct acceptable as right and do not harm sentient creatures. As such, healthcare ethics refers to a general system of moral principles applied in healthcare centers. As a scholarly discipline, the field of healthcare ethics entails the general application of principles and values as well as work on its history of ethics. Furthermore, it encompasses philosophy, theology, and sociology within the corridors of healthcare centers (Armstrong, 2007).
On the other hand, business ethics refers to a form of applied principles and codes that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical misconducts that may arise in a business environment. By a large extend, it encompasses individual behavior, conducting business, and the entire organization (Bevan, 2008). Contrary to business ethics, healthcare ethics are more precise, strict, and well organized as they deal with human life. Therefore, there is a clear distinction between the two disciplines and thus a great difference. Healthcare ethics puts more emphasis on relationships, collaborative care, and upholding human dignity.
Although there is no much difference between medical ethics and healthcare ethics, the later focus much on caring for the patient by examining the relationship between nurses, caregivers, and patients. The former focuses mostly on curing a patient. Healthcare ethics reflect at the obligation to respect the patient’ s rights as stipulated in the Human Rights Act and respect human dignity as well. The underlying principles behind healthcare ethics include concerns such as beneficence and justice. For example, a concern aimed at promoting justice and beneficence may be expressed in traditional healthcare ethics by the exercise of paternalism.
This refers to a situation where the health professional has the responsibility of making decisions based upon a perspective of acting according to the best interests of the patient (Biller-Andorno, et al. 2004). A common framework that is very much applicable and efficient in the analysis of healthcare ethics is the "four principles". This approach recognizes four basic moral principles, which individual should not judge or weigh against each of these principles, with attention given to the scope of their application (Biller-Andorno, et al.
2004). Respect for autonomy – this implies that patients enjoy the right to accept or refuse medication and care. Beneficence – healthcare professionals should act in accordance with the patient’ s best interest. Non-maleficence – this code of ethics requires healthcare practitioners not to do any harm in the very first place. Justice, fairness, and equality– this encompasses the distribution of healthcare services in a free, fair, and just manner. That is, without any bias or favor. Other codes of practice in healthcare ethics include the following; Respect for persons – this demands that the healthcare practitioner and the patient have the right to respect and dignity. Truthfulness and honesty – based on the concept of informed consent, this healthcare ethic indicates that the patient should be informed of all the procedures necessary. While these healthcare ethics are great, it is clear that they need more concern and keen observation than business ethics.
This is because most organizations may act in unscrupulous business activities to maximize their profits without looking into good business ethics observation. However, most business organizations understand that good business ethics are crucial for every business to succeed.
However, putting money first is the deciding factor. Organizations are in the rush to make more money while breaking business ethical laws. Consequently, many major global brands experience fines in billions of money for failing to adhere to business ethics laws. With the discipline of healthcare, any non-adherence to ethics may result in loss of lives or worsening the situation of a patient.
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Lon Fuller is one of the prominent jurists who defended the notion that law has to take into consideration of morality in order to constitute its validity. He divided morality into two categories, which is to say, morality of aspiration and morality of duty. Morality of aspiration is the morality of excellence, of the good life, of the fullest realization of human powers. It has to do with our efforts to make the best use of our short
Mill’s theory is broken down into two aspects; act utilitarian’s that believe that each action should have its own review to see if it's moral or not based on the individual situation. While rule utilitarian’s believe that certain rules that dictate what's moral or immoral are universal and applies to everyone with no exceptions. In addition, the idea that act everyone can do it moral is a huge part of rule utilitarian’s. Therefore, Mill will argue that my act of lying was morally right if he views my case as an act utilitarian. The action of lying to protect my cousin may have made the outcome of the situation better.
As we saw above, Korsgaard's argument for the categorical imperative starts from our capacity of reflectivity. Allan Wood, Brian Leuck and Sergio Tenenbaum, interpret her as argueing that from here, the individual agent /constructs/ morality through an individual act. And furthermore, they believe that this perspective does not contain any restrictions upon what law he chooses to legislate. The problem they point to is different from the Prichardian challenge, but it is based in the same interpretation of the self as a source of normativity. Wood writes that in Korsgaard's argument the objective worth of humanity and of the moral law are created by human beings and are constituted by "an act or attitude of ours".
Therefore, Lord Devlin based on consensual morality has focused more on the enforcement of morality according to the general concept of society. To understand the relationship between law and morality, Lord Devlin has proposed a set of rules. Firstly, the requirement of general sense of right and wrong in a society which is known as common morality as it is a right-minded value that should be maintained by the law. Secondly, there may be bad laws, bad morals or bad societies due to the reason that the law might not serve the society but destroy it even though it is a valid law and provides profit to some people in the
Ethics is applied in decision making in criminal justice for effective and just decisions. Normative ethics is crucial in decision-making in the criminal justice system and it is based on the notion that one should act morally using reason to determine the suitable way of conduct of self. Ethical relativism is part of normative ethics and it argues that what is morally right or wrong varies in a great deal from one person to another. The standards of conduct and methods of doing things differ from one society to another and there can never be a single standard of conduct for all societies; we must make ethical decisions therefore based on each situation. Relativism requires that we judge an individual who acted immorally by the standards of his culture and not our own (Cook, 1999).
In Lesson two the author discusses ideas and theories of morality from a comprehensive perspective. This chapter addresses consequentialist, which is those who are concerned with consequences, and non-consequentialist which are those that have no regard to consequences which are major viewpoints when it comes to ethics. How a person views possible consequences helps them decide what actions to take. Keeping this in mind people regardless make moral decisions based off their own personal interests whether it be for benefit of oneself or benefit for all. The two ideas from this chapter that caught my interest are the relationship between Ethical egoism and utilitarianism.
Thus by clarifying the possible oversights in his own theory Rawls leaves space for explication (which is a characteristic of the criticism methodology) however in the end he assumes that due to the existence of the two principles in the concept of justice as fairness (the liberty principle and difference principle) rational citizens behind the veil of ignorance will neglect the principle of utility. Similar to the previously presented case, Rawls here again uses a combination of both the construction and criticism methodology to validate his concept of justice as fairness. The methodological process of addressing possible doubts or errors in one’s own theory ensures that through immediate clarification criticisms can be
The first death penalty laws were established in the eighteenth century making it so you could only be hanged for murder. The first recorded death penalty that took place was in 1608, it was Captain George Kendall. This execution took place in the new colonies, he was put to death because he was suspected of spying for Spain he was executed by a firing squad. Capital Punishment has not been proven to deter crime and opens the possibility of executing innocent people; finally, the Death Penalty/Capital Punishment can cause 2nd hand trauma to the victim and their family. Capital Punishment violates the 8th amendment, it is labeled as cruel and unusual punishment.
Dworkin believes that judges do not have discretion. However, Finnis believes that judges do have discretion. According to Finnis, when the sources yield no determinate solution, all concerned have the responsibility of supplementing the sources to fill the gap by a choice guided by standards of fairness and other morally true principles and norms. Where possible, this must be done
Morality is about standards where we can base what is the correct behavior. Morality also carries the concept of conscience. Morality describes the principles that govern our behavior. These principles guide us to be fair and be in harmony with everyone. As humans, we should not be selfish and do everything to make things in our favor. | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Reflection-Of-Morality-Essay-FKNXD2NFC4D6 |
What is an example of moral?
Examples of Morals
An example of a moral in the example above is determined by a person’s value of honesty: cheating is bad. Someone who values success more than honesty may behave by another moral: cheating is fine. Additional examples of morals include: It is bad to steal candy (based on a value of honesty).
What is an example of a moral lesson?
An example of moral is governing principles of a religious group. Moral is defined as a principle that governs right and wrong or the lesson of a fable. An example of moral is the commandment “Thou shalt not kill.” An example of moral is “Slow and steady wins the race” from “The Tortoise and the Hare.”
Whats does moral mean?
Morals are what you believe to be right and wrong. People can have different morals: you might say, “I like his morals” or “I wonder about his morals.” Your morals are your ideas about right and wrong, especially how you should act and treat other people.
What is an example of a moral act?
Two men may have done exactly the same thing; but the act of one may be moral, and that of the other contrary. Take, for instance, a man who out of great pity feeds the poor and another who does the same, but with the motive of winning prestige or with some such selfish end.
What are 5 moral values?
Compassion: understanding the suffering of others or self and wanting to do something about it. Cooperation: helping your family and friends, returning favors. Courage: willingness to do difficult things. Equality: believing everyone deserves equal rights and to be treated with respect.
What are 10 moral values?
10 Moral Values Given To The Children to Lead a Wonderful Life
- Respect. Many parents make the mistake of teaching their children only about respect for elders, but that is wrong.
- Family. Family is an integral part of kids’ lives.
- Adjusting and Compromising.
- Helping Mentality.
- Respecting Religion.
- Justice.
- Honesty.
- Never Hurt Anyone.
What are the 4 moral principles?
The 4 basic ethical principles that apply to forensic activities are respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
What is morality in your own words?
Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong. A morality is a system of principles and values concerning people’s behaviour, which is generally accepted by a society or by a particular group of people.
What is moral in simple words?
moral, ethical, virtuous, righteous, noble mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. moral implies conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong.
What is another word for morals?
Some common synonyms of moral are ethical, noble, righteous, and virtuous.
What is moral lesson?
A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. A moral is a lesson in a story or in real life.
What is moral behavior?
Definition. To act according to ones moral values and standards. Children demonstrate prosocial and moral behavior when they share, help, co-operate, communicate, sympathize or in otherwise they demonstrate ability to care about others.
What are bad morals?
Moral evil is any morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person. An example of a moral evil might be murder, war or any other evil event for which someone can be held responsible or culpable. The distinction of evil from ‘bad‘ is complex.
What are moral principles?
moral principle – the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; “the Puritan ethic”; “a person with old-fashioned values” ethic, value orientation, value-system.
What makes a person moral?
By definition, moral character is the existence or lack of virtues such as integrity, courage, fortitude, honesty and loyalty. In other words, it means that you’re a good person and a good citizen with a sound moral compass. With that as my foundation today, I have a question for you. | https://www.inkbottlepress.com/useful/question-moral-definition-literature.html |
Legislation is really an bought technique of principles imposed and designed by governmental or community colleges to manage perform, with an exact quality generally an issue of traditional discussion. It could be considered to be the research and the ability of civil justice. It requires the effective use of ideas and data to ensure that the syndication of social providers and products and solutions matches certain requirements of an just and equitable submission. The concepts and ideas that regulate regulations are usually known as honest principles. There is certainly considerably overlap amongst ethics and law, but not less than two areas tend to be thought to be distinctive.
The main topic of justice is surely an intriguing 1, since it is the foundation for everyone other ethical concepts. Justice, even so, as being an honest strategy is more difficult compared to a simple morality. Just because some thing is morally appropriate does not necessarily mean it will likely be appropriate inside the culture. Proper rights is grounded on a number of different foundations such as impartiality, equality, fairness and consistency and performance.
The majority of people draw the conclusion that moral figures are standard. It is to a certain extent a fact. Virtually all ethnicities talk about some moral beliefs. On the other hand, these beliefs are usually not widely recognized because they are specific to each customs. The opportunity to good reason demonstrates there are no standard moral ideals.
A number of people are convinced that ethical figures are fixed and private. The fact is that ethical ideals deviate individually for each person in accordance with the exterior influences that know what is morally right or wrong. According to 1 person’s perception, but would be morally perfect as outlined by one more person’s point of view, one example is, a murder is morally wrong. Consequently, it is very important examine one’s possess viewpoints ahead of providing a person else’s look at as accurate.
Within a one community, the very idea of morality can vary among people and among the categories of people today within the society. People in just one our society may well observe the legislation of partiality, whilst an additional might observe the computer code of fair free trial. People in an individual community could possibly be slaves, whilst yet another may very well be cost-free. Inside a individual land, a person’s behavior is usually warranted or morally improper based on the perspective. Inside of a team of men and women, on the other hand, a group’s actions is regarded as morally right or wrong depending on the norms identified in the team.
Employing the method of obligation, an individual can make assumption which the ethical requirements are universal. A Utilitarist feels which the top ethical requirement is to refrain from doing harm to other people. In so doing, the initial one is said to be conducting a services for mankind within the most basic form. About this look at, the most significant great is the ideal gain one can possibly get from preventing or halting to harm other individuals.
For a lot of appropriate philosophers, you will find a few types of laws: civil regulations, popular regulation, and legal law. Civil rules incorporates guidelines that concerns arguments in between non-public celebrations as well as being not controlled by any increased power. Civil regulation makes it possible for judges and juries to determine which is actually and proper, as opposed to governmental programs that delegate this capability to govt establishments just like the courts and the federal government themselves.
Typical laws, on the flip side, works with disputes that fall away from standard judicial operations. In contrast to civil rules, it lacks its very own courts and juries and may also fundamentally be determined by just what is normally approved as moral reality. Unlawful laws, on the other hand, is forced by means of point out businesses like the police officers as well as the prison system. Unlawful regulations is often a part of morals law that criminalizes certain actions. Equally as all guidelines nearby criminal actions are created from exactly the same moral principles, all legal guidelines pertaining to civil habits are produced from a typical standard of morality.
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Sophia Gunkel is an abstract and landscape painter with German and Malaysian roots.
The primary concepts Sophia explores in her work are emotion and energy. Her paintings are created in a fluid and intuitive manner and explore the expression of the subconscious in abstract form. The artist enjoys working and experimenting with different paint mediums, each piece is uniquely created through a multitude of layers.
Sophia’s passion for art and painting developed during her upbringing in Asia and Europe, in particular to the erupting art scenes in Shanghai and Singapore.
After completing her bachelor’s in the Netherlands in 2013, she started a career in real estate in Singapore. Alongside to her real estate work, Sophia was also involved in her family’s jewellery business.
Painting for Sophia has always been an important priority in life, “ The action of painting helps me subconsciously make sense of things that I cannot otherwise make sense of rationally. I can’t imagine not doing it.”
While Sophia’s artistic practice has been mostly self-taught, she has also attended the Academy of Art in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
In 2018, the artist decided to move back to Europe to pursue her art further. She is currently living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, focusing on producing and promoting her art.
Today, Sophia’s artwork can be found in private collections all over the world. She has sold her work through galleries such as UNIQUE PCS at Mandarin Gallery Orchard, Singapore, and even more broadly online.
Her work was also exhibited at the Singapore Art Apart Fair in 2018 and in 2019 at the ‘The Local POP-UP-SHOP’ at Van Hallstraat 91-93, Amsterdam. She was featured in British Vogue: January, February & March 2020 as well as other digital and print publications.
Sophia’s work is currently being exhibited at the ‘The Local POP-UP-SHOP’ at Reguliersdwarsstraat 25, Amsterdam. Sophia is also the first guest artist exhibiting at the ‘Samata Soul’ centre in Singapore from March - June 2020. | https://www.abode2.com/directory/sophia-gunkel/ |
April 9th marked the opening of “Conversations in Color” a two-person art exhibition featuring Francisco Alvarado and Sophia Tise. Located at the Neutra Institute in Silverlake CA.
Both, Francisco and Sophia share a love for vibrant colors, complex lines, and abstract shapes. According to their press release both artists had spent time in the Caribbean and were affected by the palette and light of the islands.
Walking into the gallery you see a conversation taking place between each painting. Franciso’s work is heavily influenced by his Spanish culture and travels throughout Central and South American. He was encouraged by the counter-culture pop art scene in 1970s California and later using early personal computers to create art. In recent years, Francisco shifted into creating abstract art starting with digital images that become paintings. The social aspect of online networking has been extremely important in allowing an integration of creative technology and traditional painting and led to the collaboration with Sophia.
Sophia works on canvas creating paintings and collages with what Francisco describes as a “refreshingly calm palette”. Layering leaves and petals, softened with gels, sewing into them, exploring the results of embedding them in different mediums, and incorporating them into collages, her sensual organic forms reflect the liquid beauty of life. In her newest work, Sophia has become fascinated by incorporating digital images from her iPad and photographs into a collage, exploring the contrast of linen and glossy paper, iPad images distorted, printed and covered in acrylic glues, woven back into the natural, traditional fabrics of early natural life.
Sophia and Francisco’s immediate surroundings are reflected in each painting and a sense of balance can be found within the patterns and textures of their artworks.
A strong, fearless, and intuitive connection is built within each painting and a relationship between man and nature can be found within the elements they use throughout their designs. Both artists use technology in their work by incorporating digital imagery into traditional painting and the use of social networking to collaborate.
Their artworks will be on display at Neutra until the 23rd of April with a closing reception and conversations with the artists on Sunday, April 24th 2-5pm.
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THATCHER- As a new addition to the Little Art Gallery and the Eastern Arizona Art Guild, Irene Sophia brings with her a different style and new ideas.
Recent Second Place winner of the Colors of Copper art contest, Irene Sophia, is the featured artist in the Little Art Gallery, located 3915 W. Main St. in Thatcher. Gila Valley Central visited with Sophia to discuss her artistic style and her background in her various mediums. Remarkably, Sophia has little background in art besides being self-taught and having taken a class by Andra Jenson in watercolor. Sophia is also the owner of Cotton Clouds Inc, a local mail-order yarn company. Additionally, Sophia enjoys using the Prisma app on her iPhone 7, which transforms photos into a variety of techno-art.
“The guild is a great group of people, very supportive. my work looks very different from what their work looks like. But they still encouraged me and helped me to set up the show. Edith Austin is great. There was a lot of people and I was very happy to see the turnout,” Sophia said. “My work is different and basically, I started taking a watercolor class with Andra Jenson about two years ago, I just took one semester. She was so encouraging to me, and the work that I did, that I think it was really her encouragement. She just really encouraged me.”
Of Sophia’s multiple styles, one stands out even more than the rest and it is what she calls,”Intuitive Painting.” This new painting style is what Sophia calls a form of artistic meditation, in which the artist releases all forms of predestined structure and lets the creative process truly be free to create.
“Intuitive painting is painting more as a meditation, and you don’t know what you’ll create ahead of time,” Sophia said. “You just start painting and you let the images flow, and you keep developing it and embellishing it and adding to it.”
Sophia told Gila Valley Central that despite the fact that the unpredictability of watercolor how vastly different it is from many graphic artworks, she had very little trouble transitioning to it. Also, Sophia says that she is simply enjoying the medium.
“I’m really a graphic artist, so it wasn’t really that hard for to make that switch over,” Sophia said. “My work is just plain. I’m just experimenting with how watercolor works. It’s really putting pigments on water and paper. and I’m just playing with it.”
Irene Sophia will be the featured artists through the month of February at the Little Art Gallery located at 3915 W. Main St. in Thatcher. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Tuesday-Saturday. | http://gilavalleycentral.net/little-art-gallery-features-artist-irene-sophia/ |
The Smithers Art Gallery is hosting the works of budding valley artists.
Gallery manager, Caroline Bastable says the art of students in grades eight to twelve is featured in the new show which runs until early June.
“I would really encourage everyone to come along and support the students so that they feel really encouraged to continue with their creative art forms. I think that if people show an interest in what they are doing here they will get a great sense of pride in being exhibited in the gallery.”
She says the art ranges from paintings and sculptures to a giant mural and it’s inspiring to see the artistic talent of the Bulkley Valley youth.
The show will host its opening reception this Friday evening with appetizers made by the Smithers Secondary food program. | https://www.mybulkleylakesnow.com/2612/gallery-features-work-of-students/ |
Sophia Moseley: Sophia is a Midlands based artist. Having graduated from Goldsmiths College, University of London she undertook several residency programs at The Banff Centre, Canada and with Red Gate Gallery in Beijing. Sophia is an artist and a writer, although it is more so becoming one practice. She moves between different methods of creating, her work comprising of painting and collage. For her, fiction never leaves the picture. | http://acityassculpture.com/?page_id=33 |
The plant is displayed in a round bowl made from smooth white ceramic. Its long stems retain their shape thanks to their iron wire inners. Their realistic green colours complement the white flowers, each one made from soft, tactile fabric. A selection of green leaves cluster around the base of the stems.
Isabella has a unique talent for designing stunning articles of furniture with bold edges utilising raw materials and textured patterns.
One of Isabella's favourite compounds is Marble and you'll see her influences throughout our collections.
Eoin takes great pride in every design carefully balancing fine detailing with quality and structure.
Eoin's passion is Glass works with elements of Mirror, Bright Metals and occasionally rustic woods.
Sophia loves dealing with Fabrics, a talent she has developed from childhood and utilises throughout her collections.
Sophia will often use animal hide or leather and wood combinations and has a particular interest in design and manufacture of seating. | https://www.clanbay.com/decor-c2/botanics-and-pot-pourri-c186/artificial-flowers-c187/clanbay-white-orchid-plant-with-white-ceramic-pot-ceramic-fabric-foam-white-p7405 |
Moss, Burrs & Seeds by Sophia Heymans
Sophia shows all new work in her exhibition Moss, Burrs & Seeds. Employing her life-long inclination to gather, she embeds harvested natural materials as texture into her large imagined landscape paintings.
Her work is on view August 11– September 30, 2016, and the reception is Thursday, September 8 from 6-8 pm. The Silverwood Park Gallery is free and open daily to the public. Gallery hours are 9 am – 8 pm.
About the Artist
Sophia Heymans was born on December 31st, 1989 (the last day of the 80’s). She grew up on an 80 acre plot of restored native prairie and wetlands in Saint Joseph, Minnesota. The land has 3 houses full of family members; Sophia’s uncles, aunts and cousins. Sophia and her sister were homeschooled until the 7th grade with an upbringing and curriculum that emphasized art-making as well as building a strong connection to nature.
Sophia graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2012, with a degree in Painting. She has exhibited locally at Soo Visual Arts Center and nationally in places such as Elmhurst Art Museum and University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse. Sophia has been featured in New American Paintings Magazine and on blogs such as Booooooom and The Jealous Curator. She now lives and works in Minneapolis in the A-Mill Artist Lofts.
About Three Rivers Park District
Three Rivers Park District is a natural resources-based park system that manages park reserves, regional parks, regional trails and special-use facilities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Its mission is to promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system. The Park District owns and operates more than 27,000 acres and serves more than 10 million visitors a year.
Silverwood Park located in St Anthony, MN is devoted to the integration of artistic creation and nature-based experiences. Each year, over 275,000 guests visit the park.Silverwood are a unique 120 acre park in the Twin Cities area, offering spectacular views of Silver Lake, restored prairie, and mature oak forests. Nature-inspired artwork is exhibited in the gallery, performances are scheduled in a multi-use amphitheater, and art classes are offered throughout the year. The main visitor’s center is open daily and includes a gallery, café/coffee shop, gift shop and large event hall. Other amenities at the park include education facilities, picnic sites, fishing opportunities, and paved trails.
The Silverwood Park Gallery is 1,300 square feet. Architectural details in the gallery include polished concrete floors, site-specific salvaged oak, and intimate fireplace seating. Modular display panels are custom designed and equipped with a contemporary Walker hanging system.
More information about the park is available at
http://www.threeriversparks.org/parks/silverwood-park/silverwood-gallery-cafe.aspx
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New Residents Vow to Restore D.C. Neighborhood
JACKI LYDEN, host:
There was something quite amazing about a weekend art show we attended. It was called "No Scratchers," dedicated to the art of tattooing. All right, one can debate what is art - to tattoo or not to tattoo? It was fun. There were young people with pink hair and piercings, and one young man, Pian James(ph), had tattooed eyes on his foot.
Mr. PIAN JAMES: I have (unintelligible) I have a large, large portrait of my grandparents on my ribs. And I have a little monster on the side of my foot that my three-year-old brother drew with a Sharpee and I got it tattooed so it's permanent.
LYDEN: But in the who, what, where and why of this story, it's the where that's really compelling. The Honfleur Gallery is on Good Hope Road in Anacostia. And the hills of Anacostia, while they offer breathtaking views of the U.S. capital and other landmarks, are separated from the rest of Washington, D.C. by a physical and psychological divide, the Anacostia River.
The buildings here cave in on themselves, burned and abandoned. Not long ago, Anacostia had one of the highest murder rates in the nation. It began as a port, as Rapam(ph) lived at St. Elizabeth's Mental Hospital here and Frederick Douglass had a home that is now a museum. Downtown Anacostia is on the National Register of Historic Places. You can sometimes catch a glimpse of the past. Dwayne Gauthier(ph) has been working here since the 1960s. He's the CEO of ARCH, a non-profit which owns the Honfleur Gallery.
So is there a grocery store here?
Mr. DWAYNE GAUTHIER (CEO, ARCH): About three miles away.
LYDEN: Three miles away.
Mr. GAUTHIER: Right.
LYDEN: Is there a restaurant?
Mr. GAUTHIER: No, there is not a sit-down restaurant. There's a carryout place that also has small tables that are around the corner, but it's not open in the evening.
LYDEN: How about a place to go see films, a theater?
Mr. GAUTHIER: No. You have to go across the river to do that.
LYDEN: And schools?
Mr. GAUTHIER: Well, the - as we all know, the school system in Washington, D.C. is broken.
LYDEN: So this area of Washington D.C. is facing formidable problems?
Mr. GAUTHIER: Yes, it is.
LYDEN: One can reasonably ask whether an art gallery is what Anacostia needs, but it will bring in visitors and some may stay. Anacostia is almost 100 percent African-American and now it's beginning to attract black-middle class professionals.
Ms. DESSAU SEESUNK(ph) (Public Relations for Anacostia): Welcome to our historic charmer in Anacostia. The area here is our living room.
LYDEN: Dessau Seesunk works in PR for the city. One of the many things suppressing the revitalization of Anacostia is the perception of high crime. A mile away from her new home, crime statistics are among the city's highest. In the old part of the village of Anacostia, they're actually quite low.
Ms. SEESUNK: Something that I adopted immediately upon moving to the area was that I won't be afraid of my own people.
LYDEN: But who are the people whose heritage is here? Dianne Dale(ph) is a self-described fourth generation Anacostian.
Ms. DIANE DALE (Resident, Anacostia): As my father put it, everybody knew everybody. You had descendents of the original settlers. You have at least five churches that were developed within 10 years of the settlement, first settlement of the community.
LYDEN: Dale's mother still leaves here but she now leaves 18 miles away. Still, she's involved. She's preserving a river front park and she's writing a book about the community she fears is disappearing.
Ms. DALE: The reason that I'm doing this, and I guess the reason that I'm so passionate about this is we owe it to our ancestors. What has happened here has happened all across the country in our communities. They have disappeared for the same reasons. But what is not gone are the memories, and if we don't tell the stories, then somebody else will be writing our history, and I've seen that and it's ugly.
LYDEN: So Dale returns on Sundays to the Calvin A.M.E. Church to keep up her ties, and that's where we met Lydia Johns(ph), age 74, who talked about the changes going on in Anacostia.
Ms. LYDIA JOHNS (Resident, Anacostia): Well, there's not as much pride in the community itself. A lot of the founders of the community or older members of the community has moved or died. So we have newer people in the community now. But I have seen some changes. I believe we're regaining some of that pride that we used to have over here.
LYDEN: It's not just pride coming back, so are homeowners, real-estate speculators, and the national NAACP headquarters is scheduled to go in across the streets from the Honfleur Gallery. But who will sell and who will leave? Activists Diane Dale wants people who are still here to realize they have a unique piece of African-American history and not sell out.
Ms. DALE: The views are what have kept a lot of people here, the sense of expansion and open space and just a vista. I mean you can see from National Airport all the way up to the cathedral on Wisconsin Avenue from most of these hills and the Capitol just walking down the street and the monument. Just walking down the street. And all that's going to be obliterated. And most of the people probably don't realize that it's the views that helped them make it through the night, so to speak. And they're not going to realize it until they wake up and don't see them anymore, and that they're going to say something is wrong, what is it?
LYDEN: Diane Dale fears that new development will destroy those views, along with the old sense of intimacy. But new resident Dessau Seesunk says some development is vital to the newcomers.
Ms. SEESUNK: And there's enough of us here. There's enough of us who are young and black, who have that disposable income, that we'll spend. We'll spend on, you know, a good restaurant, and we'll spend on, you know, a great boutique. I mean that's what -
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. SEESUNK: You know, when you work hard for your money, you want to, you know, you want to enjoy where you live, and that's what brought me here.
LYDEN: The Honfleur Gallery has opened another show called "East of the River." One of the artists is giving cameras to children to document Anacostia, so this time they can preserve the neighborhood, even as it inexorably changes. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.nhpr.org/2007-03-18/new-residents-vow-to-restore-d-c-neighborhood |
Erika SUDERBURG is a filmmaker and writer. She is co-editor with Michael Renov of Resolutions: Contemporary Video Practices, editor of Space Site Intervention: Situating Installation Art, both published by the University of Minnesota Press. Resolutions 3: Global Networks of Video co-edited with Ming-Yuen S. Ma was published in 2013.
Suderburg's work has been exhibited in festivals, museums, on television, on the sides of big walls, on a hot air balloon and in galleries including: Pacific Film Archives-Berkeley, Millennium Film Workshop (NY); Capp Street Projects (San Francisco); MoMA (NY); American Film Institute (Los Angeles); MoCA (Los Angeles); Kunstlerhaus (Stuttgart); Grazer Kunstverein (Austria); Collective for Living Cinema (NY); Fukai International Video Biennale (Japan); New Langton Arts (San Francisco); International Video Festival (Bonn); Long Beach Museum of Art; American Academy in Rome; Simon Watson Gallery (New York); Trial Balloon Gallery (NY); Mix Mexico (Mexico DF); FilmForum (Los Angeles); Cohan & Leslie Gallery (NY); Getty Museum (Los Angeles); Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard (Paris).
Her freshly finished film Wunderkammern: The Private Life of Objects examines acquisition, objects and what a contemporary Wunderkammern might reveal about desire, knowledge, materiality and memory. Fabricated out of objects contained in an existent fifty-year-old Cabinet of Wonders, Wunderkammern: The Private Life of Objects leaves no object untouched, no dust mite comfortable and no item microscopically unexamined. Organized alphabetically for sanity's sake the film activates a series of associations, arcane, eccentric, playful and expansive. Ever unfolding, yet carefully constructed to facilitate your perusal, Wunderkammern: The Private Life of Objects takes you on tangents yet to be imagined, springs coils tightly wound, unnerves the inanimate and vitalizes cultural detritus. You will look at the objects that surround you with a newfound appreciation, animist suspicion, perspectival acumen and a regained sense of wonder. We invite you to get lost with us.
She began making experimental film and video in 1978 and has made eight feature length films and myriad short films and videos that have been exhibited in Korea, Japan, Greece, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, France, Singapore, Australia, Mexico, Qatar, China, Holland, Egypt, Sweden, the Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, and the UK. Her work is distributed and published by System Yellow in Los Angeles and V-Tape in Toronto.
She has been on the faculties of the California Institute of the Arts, Art Center (Pasadena); the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College (NY) and the Otis-Parsons School of Art & Design (Los Angeles).
She is currently a faculty member at the University of California, Riverside in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies.
Erika Suderburg lives and works in Los Angeles (USA). | http://www.womenartistsreaction.com/erika-suderburg.html |
I recently had cause to drop into Vibes Art Gallery to witness a new exhibition of art featuring a trio of artists – Matt Thomson (MTH63), Zia Sophia (Zia Branner) and Wan (Wan Laryukov), entitled Vibes of Painting.
Curated by Eviana Raider (eviana Robbiani), as well as being a centre for exhibiting art, the gallery is also something of a statement of purpose in its own right. In developing it, Eviana has intentionally utilised industrial elements to create a space suggestive of a warehouse facility – three storage buildings with loading / unloading bays and areas, etc., – that has been repurposed rather than invoking the carbon-costly process of demolition, clearing and replacing. As such, the setting is something of an immersive environment for art displays.
As the name of the exhibition – which opened on July 14th, 2021 – suggests, Vibes of Painting focuses on physical world art the three artists have produced. I was attracted to it for both this reason – I do appreciate the opportunity to witness art from the physical world in Second Life – and because one of the three artists is a name new to me, whilst another is someone who is perhaps more usually associated with Second Life photography, rather than painting.
That person is Matt Thomson (MTH63). whose work I’ve appreciated through a number of SL exhibitions, and whose sense of humour I’ve enjoyed through reading and re-reading his biography at each of his exhibitions. Here, in one of the two smaller (and linked) warehouse units, he presents a selection of vibrant abstract expressionist pieces worthy of Jackson Pollock or Jean-Paul Riopelle without being in any way derivative. Far from it, in fact, given that Matt is himself an experienced abstract artist. As such, these are pieces that can be fully appreciated as being works by an established abstract art and for the statements they make (mostly in reflection of Matt’s sense of humour and self-deprecating manner).
In the neighbouring hall, Zia Sophia offers a selection of her always layered art. Working mostly with acrylics with accents in oil crayons and in, and to which she often adds materials such as paste, gel, sand, glue, bandages and paper to give her work a tactile sense before finishes with a layer of varnish to act as a binder, Zia produces pieces that have their own unique sense of life.
Embracing a range of techniques and subjects, Zia here presents a selection of pieces that include the purely abstract to a study of a flower in bloom (and which is quite marvellously attractive) and with a slight focus on pieces that feature water and / or coastal scenes. These combine to offer an engaging cross-section of Zia’s art that perfectly sits within the exhibition’s theme and compliments Matt’s abstract pieces, just as his compliment Zia’s.
Occupying the largest of the three display space, Wan Laryukov offers both 2D and 3D work that is richly evocative and oft provocative in theme and content, and which covers multiple styles and genres. Expressionism, allegorical art, symbolism art, figurative art and more are to be found in the selection offered across the floor and on the walls of the hall.
Presented in colour and black-and white, the 2D art is fascinating in content, with the strongest lean perhaps being towards expressionism, whilst the 3D pieces perhaps lean more towards symbolism in their themes. Both 2D and 3D work make for an engaging display which, when taken as a whole, also offers a stitching of oneirology that brings all of the pieces together as it offers a central point of appreciation. | https://modemworld.me/2021/07/16/vibes-of-painting-in-second-life/ |
Based on the novel Elephant Bill by J. H. Williams, the project is sponsored by Hecht-Lancaster and United Artists. Sophia's co-star is Ernest Borgnine and the filming is scheduled to start in Ceylon in November.
Blaze in the Sun
This second Hecht-Lancaster film project, based on a Jean Houron book, is announced as early as January after Ponti sold the rights to the American production company. Filming is expected for 1957.
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WEST GERMANY
Un giorno in pretura
January 27 (Drei Sunderinnen)
La bella mugnaia
March 31 (Eine Frau für schwache Stunden)
La fortuna di essere donna
April 4 (Wie herrlich, eine Frau zu sein)
Aida
May 22 (Aida)
Due notti con Cleopatra
October 14 (Zwei Nächte mit Cleopatra)
Pane, amore e...
September 28 (Liebe, Brot und 100 Küsse)
FRANCE
Pane, amore e...
Paris, March 14 (Pain, amour, ainsi soit-il)
La bella mugnaia
Paris, May 30 (Par dessus les moulins)
La fortuna di essere donna
Marseille, June 20 (La chance d'être femme)
Il segno di Venere
Marseille, August 13 (Le signe de Vénus)
Un giorno in pretura
Paris, August 15 (Les gaîtés de la correctionnelle)
Luci del varietà
Paris, December 7 (Les feux du music-hall)
SPAIN
Il segno di Venere
Madrid - avenida February 6 (El signo de Venus)
Pane, amore e...
Madrid - lope de Vega April 1 (Pan, amor y...)
La domenica della buona gente
Madrid - carlos III & roxy April 23 (Sucedió en Roma)
Africa sotto i mari
Madrid - August (Africa bajo el mar)
La donna del fiume
Madrid - capitol November 14 (La chica del río)
La fortuna di essere donna
Madrid - palacio de la música December 17 (La suerte de ser mujer)
BELGIUM
Pane, amore e...
Brussels (Palais des Beaux Arts), March 11
(Pain, amour... ainsi soit-il / Broode, liefde en eindelijk geluk)
ENDORSEMENTS
Lux
NSU Quickly
Publicity for German manufacturer which makes the most popular moped of its time.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo - January 30
Dazzlingly attired in a ski outfit of mustard yellow and a white knitted swagger coat, Sophia attracts a crowd of photographers and spectators as she is watching the ski competition at the finish line of the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Olympic Games dates: January 26 - February 5.
Norwegian Reconciliation - January 30
Sophia shows up at the Norwegian team hotel, shakes hands all around and plants a kiss on the cheek of Hallgeir Brenden who won the 15-km cross-country ski race. The previous month, in Oslo, Sophia was supposed to have attended a benefit to send the Norwegian team to the Olympics but stood everybody up which developed into a storm both in Norway and at the Italian Parliament.
Gala Dinner of the Stars - January 30
Sophia is a special guest at a Hotel Miramonti gala dinner for the Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics along with other movie stars, including Raf Vallone. Presentation of the film La fortuna di essere donna.
Trip to Spain - February 5
Sophia travels to Madrid in order to get ready for her next movie, The Pride and the Passion. She is mobbed by five hundred Spanish admirers on arrival at Barajas airport where she is greeted with screams of "guapa". Press conference on the 9. She has a taste of bullfighting when she is taught the rudiments of the trade by famed toreador Luis Dominguín. Photo session of Sophia dressed in matador. Costume fitting session for her first American film. Private cocktail party at Pedro Chicote's Museo de las bebidas. Sophia also receives the sword used by Spain's great bullfighter, Manolete.
Gare du Midi - March 11
Sophia travels to Brussels for the premiere of Pane, amore e... at the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Upon her arrival at the Gare du Midi more than 4,000 fans and 150 photographers are present. She leaves almost immediately for the Italian Embassy, where she is officially greeted by Italian Ambassador Baron Michele Scammacca del Murgo.
Pane, amore e... in Paris - March 13
Sophia travels from Brussels to Paris by train and stays in the City of Light for a few days. She attends the Paris premiere of Pane, amore e... followed by a night on the town. As a typical tourist she also climbs the Eiffel Tower and visits several boutiques, including Cartier.
Town-Twinning Ceremony - March 21
Many pictures to promote upcoming film The Pride and the Passion are taken in the surroundings of the medieval town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye which has been twinned with Italian town Sorrento.
Rome-San Remo Motor Rally of the Stars - April 4
An estimated 10,000 fans mill around Sophia who perches on the hood of her silver-gray Mercedes 300 at the starting point in Rome. More than 100 police are used to hold the crowd in check as it surges toward Sophia who wears a revealing orange dress. At the end of the first stage of the trip her car is mobbed by the crowds. The car is pushed off the road, the windscreen shattered. Her wrist is cut by the broken glass. Trembling but smiling she is helped out of the car by police. Italian actor Alberto Sordi is the race winner. The race is followed by a party at the San Remo casino.
Brassiere Scandal - April
Mario Natale, the press agent hired by Ponti, lets it be known that Sophia is going shopping for a brassiere on Via Condotti in Rome. Three fire brigades are summoned to break up a mob of men who storm into the place and trap Sophia in one of the try-on cubicles.
Start-off Cocktail Party - April 12
Inaugural cocktail party for The Pride and the Passion at the Castellana Hilton hotel in Madrid. It is a big affair, crowded with paparazzi and attended by many of the society figures of Madrid. Grant unexpectedly arrives an hour late and greets Sophia by teasing her with "How do you do, Miss Lolloloren, or is it Lorenigida? Sinatra upstages Grant by turning up after an hour and a half.
Attending Bullfights at El Escorial - June 15
After taking bullfighting lessons in February with Luís Miguel Dominguín, Sophia sees the real thing for the first time in San Lorenzo del Escorial. California-born matador Harry Whitney dedicates the killing of one bull to Sophia.
El oro de Napoles - June 19
Sophia is at Madrid's Amaya theater for a benefit presentation of L'oro di Napoli sponsored by the Italian embassy and Cineclub Madrid.
Miguel Bosé's Baptism - July 12
Sophia takes one day off from the filming of The Pride and the Passion and goes to matador Luís Miguel Dominguín and actress Lucia Bosé's ranch in Villa Paz, near Saelices, for the baptism of their first child who is known today as Miguel Bosé, a famous Spanish singer. Also present is Luchino Visconti who is in fact the child's godfather.
Jean Negulesco Exhibit - December 28
Sophia is on hand at Rome's Slyder Gallery for the exhibition of the drawings and sketches made by director Jean Negulesco during the shooting of Boy on a Dolphin. Proceeds from the sales of the Sophia Lorens go to Hungarian relief after the Revolution which took place a few weeks before.
MAGAZINE COVERS
Italy
Alta Tensione, Bolero Film, Il Campione, Cinema Nuovo, Detective Crimen, Epoca, L'Europeo, I Grandi Successi dello Schermo, Mascotte, Realtà Illustrata, La Settimana Incom Illustrata, Settimana Radio TV, Settimo Giorno, Stars Parade, Tempo, Victory, Visto
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West Germany
Bella, Deutsche Illustrierte, Film und Frau, Film-Echo, Frau im Spiegel, Münchner Illustrierte, Neue Berliner Illustrierte, Neue Illustrierte, Quick, Radio Revue, Revue
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France
Ciné-Révélation, Cinémonde, Le Film Complet, Folies de Paris et de Hollywood, France Dimanche, Jours de France, Mon Film, Paris Frou-Frou, Point de Vue / Images du Monde, La Semaine du Monde
Spain
La actualidad española, Fotogramas, Garbo, Hola, Mundo Híspanico
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UK
Illustrated, Picture Post
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USA
Art Photography, Chicago Tribune Magazine, On the QT, Rave, She, Tab, Tempo, This Week Magazine
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LATIN AMERICA
O Cruzeiro, Damas y Damitas, Dinamita, Ecran, Estrellas, Mundial
SONGS & RECORDS
Recording Sessions - August
Recording of two songs prior to departure for Greece.
Che m'è 'mparato a fa'
(Verde - Trovajoli - directed by A. Trovajoli)
Cerco un ragazzo / I Wanna a Guy
(Trovajoli, Verdi, Fange)
Recording Sessions - December
Recording of three songs in Rome prior to departure for Libya.
Felicità
(De Crescenzo - Oliviero)
Perché domani / You'll Say Tomorrow
(Amurri - Broady - Luttazzi)
TV SHOWS
Trente-six Chandelles - March 13
Arlene Francis visits Sophi
Home - April 12
Arlene Francis visits Sophia's Roman house on NBC network show.
EDITOR' NOTES
First Stay in BürgenstockSophia and Carlo spend time in to Bûrgenstock s En
Sophia's English Coach
Count Lelio Galateri vs. Loren - February 22
Lowly Neapolitan couturier Lelio Galateri, who designed dresses for Sophia in 1953 and 1954, - including a wedding dress Sophia would have ordered for her wedding with Achille Togliani - sues Sophia on the ground that he got small thanks for converting her into a lady. He is quoted as saying: "In 1953 Sophia was not yet refined and spoke an incomprehensible Neapolitan dialect. She didn't even know how to walk. She had to be educated, taught to walk and not to talk. I redressed her from head to toe and civilized her." He does not win his case.
Cary Grant's Crush - JuneAlthough he was reticent to play opposite an unknown Italian starlet, Cary Grant falls for Sophia starting on inaugural cocktail party night for The Pride and the Passion. Sophia, despite the fact that she is dating Carlo Ponti and is closed to becoming engaged to him, can't resist Grant. They visit romantic restaurants in the hills, visit historic places and listen to the sounds of flamenco singers. By the time the film is completed, Grant has asked Sophia to marry him. Sophia is hesitant because she truly loves Carlo but he is a married man with children and has yet to make such a concrete proposal to her. Grant assures Sophia that he will obtain a divorce from her wife Betsy Drake and marry her immediately if she is ready.
Sophia Signs an Article in US newspapers - July 16Pinch-hitting for columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, Sophia writes an article on men and confesses that "everything I've got I got from eating spaghetti".
Desire under the Elms - August 5Anthony Perkins is signed to co-star with Sophia in her first movie to be shot in Hollywood. The producers tried to get Marlon Brando and then Spencer Tracy before the announcement.
La ruota della fortuna - August 26Italian magazine La domenica del Corriere publishes a short novel by Sophia titled La ruota della fortuna (The Wheel of Fortune).
Legend of the Lost - September 15John Wayne's participation - both as an actor and producer - in Sophia's third Hollywood movie, is confirmed.
The Athens Incident - September 27
Arrived in Athens on September 11, for the shooting of Boy on a Dolphin and accompanied by Ines Bruscia and Basilio Franchina, Sophia convinces Carlo to come over and visit her in Greece. She greets him at the Athens airport on September 27, one week after her birthday celebrated with crew members in an Athens restaurant, and does not hide her affection for the man she loves. Journalists and photographers then witness a relationship that was kept secret until that day. Sophia asks Carlo for a long-term commitment during his stay in Greece. "I want to marry you", she says, "I can't go on forever this way."
Count Lelio Galateri vs. Loren - December 15
The case opens in a Roman court before judge Vittore Rapone. Sophia is present to testify against designer Galateri who is suing her for breach of contract. The case is postponed until January 28, 1957.
John Wayne's Party - December 25
Once Boy on a Dolphin is completed, Sophia flies back to Rome where she joins Carlo at their Palazzo Colonna home. They attend a welcome party in John Wayne's suite on Christmas Day, a few days prior to their departure, on January 2 1957, for Libya where they are to shoot Legend of the Lost.
Filming with Alan Ladd - September
Sopia and Alan Ladd do not get along well during all the filming of Boy on a Dolphin in Greece. Sophia gets all the attention and Ladd is also annoyed with his partner who is 5' 8''. When Ladd says goodbye to Sophia in December, the parting does not give either of them much sorrow.
Sophia's Income in 1956
Sophia's earnings for 1956 are officially estimated at $25,600 while Lollobrigida will pay taxes on an income estimated at $43,000. | http://lorenarchives.com/chronicles_1956.html |
Sophia Engelman was born in Paris in 1978, from Greek mother and French father both of them artists.
She studied painting with the teacher L. Patraskidis in the school of fine arts of Athens from 1997 to 2002.
In parallel she studies sculpture, mosaics and scenography.
From 2003, she teaches art and history of art in the French school of Athens, LFH-ED.
Group exhibitions :
-En 2003, Gallery "Christina Carella", Athens
-En 2003, Gallery "Zoumboulaki", Athens
-Εn 2004, Gallery "Christina Carella", Athens
-En 2007, group exhibition : "Artower Gallery", Athens.
One man shows :
-Εn 2006, Gallery "Christina Carella", Athens
-En 2011, Gallery "Artville", Athens
-Εn 2015, Gallery "Feuillantine", Paris
Parallèlement aux arts plastiques, elle nourrit une passion pour la danse et les arts du spectacle, ce qui fera une de ses principales sources d’inspiration dans ses œuvres. En effet, les thèmes qu’elle propose sur différents supports et techniques tels que l’huile sur toile, les pastels à l’huile ou encore des petites scènes rappelant les kamishibai, s’inspirent de contes, d’atmosphères oniriques, souvent mis en scène dans un cadre théâtrale.
Apart from her visual art form, Sophia is deeply passionate and enthusiastic about choreography as well as stage performances where she draws her inspiration for her painting from. Indeed she uses different techniques such as oil paintings, oil pastel and 3D collages in lovely theatrical short scenes like Italian paper theaters and kamishibais staging fairy tales and wonderland atmospheres. | https://caviart.net/sophie-cv |
Above is a beautiful reconstruction of Hagia Sophia as a church. The mosaics in the bema arch were added in the 14th century following repairs after an earthquake in late 1343. This is how it would have looked in its last days as a church. The south gallery is straight ahead on the second floor of the church. That is where the Deesis mosaic is.
The image above is another of the first color pictures taken after the restoration was complete in the late 1930's.
When Hagia Sophia functioned as a church, the South Gallery was reserved for the emperor and his family, courtiers, servants and guards. They all would have been splendidly dressed in silks, velvets and other fine materials. The soldiers - in later times bearded Viking and Englishmen - were dressed to the hilt in their Imperial military uniforms, carrying splendid swords and shields, and wearing gilded and silvered polished armor set with gold enamel that glinted as they moved. Since this was a church their helmets would have been removed and stored for them. The same was true for the members of the Imperial family here in the gallery, no hats or crowns were worn and the women were modestly veiled.
The galleries of Hagia Sophia could accommodate thousands of people and were especially crowded on feast days and for special services or ceremonies. At times, naturally at night and in the early morning, the gallery was virtually deserted except for a few clergy or bored guards. Hagia Sophia had a huge maintenance staff that cleaned it and kept the lamps filled with oil and lit. The altar was washed with rose water by clergy everyday. There was also a fire brigade assigned to the church on 24 hour watch. The central and eastern sections of the south gallery were walled off with a ornately carved marble partition that still has its original 6th century wooden beams along its top. From its great height and exceptional position, the south gallery was the supreme vantage point in the church, with a complete view over the nave and the the altar area. During the liturgy communion would have been brought to gallery and served to the worshipers there.
One could enter the gallery directly from the Great Palace without having to pass through the nave of Hagia Sophia. Outside there was a private elevated covered passageway - the Anabasion of the Chalkê - from the palace that ended at an external wooden spiral staircase. The passageway was really cool, it had windows you could open and look out of and see people in the streets and squares below. They could see you, too. It was even possible to address crowds of people below. The spiral stairs are long gone, but the portal remains. There are inscriptions scratched into the marble door surround on both the inside and the outside that are over a thousand years old, and in different languages. Hagia Sophia is full of ancient graffiti - hundreds have been recorded - including FOUR Viking boats!
The South Gallery was brightly lit by natural light during the day. Sunlight would spill over the balustrade into the nave below. The walls and ceilings were covered with gold glass mosaic which reflected and bounced light around gallery like an inner sun. In Justinian's time the vaults were covered with ornamental mosaics set in plain gold backgrounds. Later some of these were replaced with mosaics of saints, Christ and angels. In one vault was a scene of Pentecost, with fiery tongues of light descending onto the heads of the Apostles from the Holy Spirit. There were also gigantic Cherubim and Seraphim surrounding a Christ Pantokrator, which was set in a great circular medallion in the center of the vault. The huge windows have marble frames that were set originally with panes of clear greenish glass, then plaster squares set with round glasses during Ottoman times, and now back to glass panels.
The gallery was even more beautiful at night when it was lit by candles and oil lamps. There were great silver candelabra hanging from the ceiling and single oversized glass lamps in groups of three suspended from cross-rods in the arcade arches. The candelabra were also set with glass cups that held burning lamp oil. There were also big silver candle stands in front of the icons and mosaic panels on the walls. There is a special property in semi-transparent gold glass mosaic that is especially effective in reflecting lamp and candle light. The glass cubes were set at angles and in patterns to magnify this effect. Evening and night vigil and vespers services in Hagia Sophia were unforgettable events. At twilight and then at night the air would smoulder with flickering light. The oil in the lamps was fragranced which added to the sensual experience. The chanting, voices of priests and deacons and the voices of the choirs reverberating from the walls and vaults added sound to the sensational overload. Now we can only imagine this lost and mysterious splendor which contrasts so dramatically with in the cold bright light and hordes of tourists we see today.
This area of the south gallery (seen above) was also a location for assembly of the Patriarchate, the offices of which climbed up the side of Hagia Sophia, filling the space between the church and the great square of the Augusteum. Connected with the second floor here on the south side of the Church, remains of the Patriarchal offices still exist. On the right hand side of the entrance to the church is a beautiful room now called the “Baptistery” that was actually the main Patriarchal reception room. Other rooms survive in the walls and passages on this side of Hagia Sophia, but they are not open to the public so few see or know much about them. This area of Hagia Sophia is particularly bright and spacious because of the huge windows and the fact that the facade here is unobstructed. A significant part of the original marble revetment has been saved here.
The picture above shows a wood scaffold erected so the restorers could examine the area where they hoped they would find the Deesis mosaic. Prior to the restorers arriving to hunt for mosaics workers had opened up a part of the panel to examine the cracks there. In doing so they destroyed half of the figure of John the Baptist!
In December of 1931, Thomas Whittemore led a team of archeologists, historians, craftsmen and restorers from the Byzantine Institute of America to Istanbul in order to do a complete survey of the church of Hagia Sophia. Recently converted to a museum after use as a mosque for almost 500 years, the Institute had the complete support of the Turkish government. This scientific expedition was, in fact, a kind of treasure hunt; using a map left by a pair of Swiss architects who had worked in Hagia Sophia almost 100 years before, the team was using their notes to find Byzantine art that had been lost for almost half a millennium. The Fossati brothers, Gaspare and Giuseppi, in their 1849 restoration and redecoration of the mosque, discovered, sketched, and re-concealed several major works of Byzantine art. The Institute had the brothers’ sketched reconstructions, and ideas about where the works might be located, but only had the vaguest hope to find them – Hagia Sophia had sustained massive damage in an 1894 earthquake, and there was no guarantee that the works remained. Whittemore, however, was undeterred and began examining a wall in the eastern part of the upper south gallery, quickly striking gold. The team had found what they were looking for.
In 1933, the space above this marble revetment and the vaults were plastered over and painted. When Thomas Whittemore and his team arrived to begin work they found a thousand cases of documents from the Hagia Sophia mosque archives pushed up against the walls. They had recently been moved from the room over the Vestibule at the far south side of the western gallery. (I have a page on this room that you can see in the More Mosaics section).
The first incision into the plaster took place on July 14, 1934. The first season of work took four months and ended in late November of the same year. The uncovering of this mosaic panel was the first step - further conservation, consolidation and study lasted through seasons of work in 1936, 1937, and 1938. It was a slow and deliberate effort. As the team uncovered the mosaic, they realized that were unveiling a work of art of world significance - this filled them with awe, and made them even more cautious in their excavation and conservation.
While they were working there were rumors in the outside world that something amazing was being uncovered, but the work area remained sealed to the public and only specialists, Turkish government officials and museum workers had the privilege of seeing what was being uncovered. Muslims and Christians alike were amazed by the Deesis panel and recognized this was a significant discovery of global interest.
The pictures that somehow got out caused quite a sensation in the press. The lost world of Byzantium was a story that fascinated people. Hagia Sophia was one of the most famous buildings in the world - one of the seven modern wonders, a miraculous survivor of earthquakes, religious conflicts and conquering armies. When the Deesis panel was uncovered it was an embodiment of many things at once: the history of the building, a spirit of suffering, humanity and Heaven - all in one. It was of such extraordinary quality and beauty that it was immediately hailed as one of the greatest treasures of world art and still is today.
These files were stacked up in front of the mosaic, which the team had to return each year in season to work on it. What a horror to see the damage done to the panel.
The Deesis panel is 5.95m (19.5 ft) wide and 4.08m (13.5 ft) tall. The Byzantine Institute recorded everything with clear photos and copious notes so we are able to see exactly what happened in their journals. Below we can see the state of the mosaic midway through cleaning and consolidation. The painted plaster decoration above the panel was meant to imitate marble revetment is a 19th century restoration. The marble vine-leaf cornice above it is from the time of Justinian. There were two courses of Proconnesian marble at the bottom. The lower course was part of the original decoration of Hagia Sophia and the second, upper one was added to frame the mosaic panel. At some point after the mosaic was created, in the Byzantine period, this row of unmatched marble panels was put up to hide damage along the bottom of the mosaic.
Look at that crack in the wall to the right. In 1910, Sultan Mehmet V set up a commission of specialists to examine the fabric of Hagia Sophia. This cut was made to expose the line of junction between the brick and stone of the pier. They inserted glass epies to detect any settlement in the building. Unfortunately, a part of the mosaic was damaged in this process.
Above another picture showing a step in the process of the restoration - what a mess. It shows you how difficult a job of conservation it was.
From 1847 through 1849 a complete renovation of the mosque of Hagia Sophia was conducted by Giuseppe and Gaspare Fossati at the command of Sultan Abdul-Medjit. During this renovation they discovered the Deesis panel and made a rudimentary watercolor record of it. During their work they made large repairs to parts of the plaster here. Finding the mosaic was in a perilous state and about to detach from the wall, they had little time to fix it and worked fast. In great haste to save the mosaic from dropping off the wall in front of their very eyes, they drove rough hand-wrought iron nails right into the panel and along the top to hold it up. That was invasive, but the technique saved the panel.
Above you can see the restorers with their tools - working on the bema Angel.
Even though they had uncovered and recorded the mosaics at the express command of the Sultan, the intention was always to cover them again, since the building was a mosque and intended for Islamic use which prohibits representational imagery. First, they smeared a size over the mosaic tesserae that was extremely difficult to remove during the restoration, requiring dental tools and carborundum to get it off. Then the Fossatis covered the panel with several layers of plaster, increasing the depth from right to left to correct the slant of the wall. Finally the Italo-Swiss architects painted two horizontal bands imitating red and Proconnesian marble panels over the area to make it blend it with the rest of their decoration of the mosque. The watercolor sketch made by the Fossatis showed that in its outlines and masses the mosaic had not undergone serious material change since 1849. This was not true of the mosaic vaults of the South Gallery, however, which had fallen in the great earthquake of 1894 and were lost forever. For another four years, work continued on the uncovering of the mosaic by Thomas Whittemore and his assistants.
As mentioned above, although the actual removal of plaster took only one year, further seasons of work were needed to consolidate and restore the mosaic. The team from the Byzantine Institute was meticulous in its mission and made detailed written and photographic records of all of their work. They were learning as they worked, carefully considering and reviewing each restoration technique used, and each decision before it was implemented. Black and white as well as color movies were also made.
That's Thomas Whittemore on the left, working in the Kariye Djami.
All of the Fossati iron nails, which had become badly corroded, were extracted - one by one - and replaced with cramps of 'Delta' metal. Thin copper wires, now invisible, were used where necessary to secure the plaster bed and the mosaic. For complete security, the remnant of each figure as a whole was framed with larger copper wires and a mixture of plaster mixed with crushed Byzantine brick. The restorers realized the importance of the preservation of this miraculous panel and did everything they could to save it for posterity and make it accessible for visitors to the new Hagia Sophia Museum, which had recently been opened. They realized that their work would not last forever, and left instructions for future generations to protect and continuously check its condition. In view of the many earthquakes in Istanbul, this was a smart recommendation.
Publication of the discovery of the mosaic created a sensation in the art world. Never before had a Byzantine mosaic of this artistry been seen and the level of technique surpassed anything previously known. The mosaics went a long way towards redeeming Byzantine art in the view of art historians and public opinion, the art of Byzantium having been denigrated for centuries. The extraordinary quality of the Deesis and the stunning visual impression it made upon all who saw it, changed minds about the importance of Byzantine art, its originality and creativity.
In the beginning the mosaic was known only through black and white photographs, Fortunately, amazing reproductions of the mosaics were created. The first step was the production of tracings from the mosaics. The method was simple; tracing paper was attached to a section of mosaic and an assistant copied each tessera exactly. These tracings were sent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be photographed, Blueprints backed on linen were produced and sent back to Istanbul where they were then painted in egg tempera by Alwyn A. Green. These full-sized reproductions, paid for by the Robert and Mildred Bliss, among others, went on tour around the USA. One of them, the panel of John II Comnenus and Eirene, ended up at the Seattle Art Museum in Volunteer Park, where I saw it as kid hanging high up over a door to one of the halls. The copy of the Deesis was completed in 1941 and cost $7,500. It went on permanent display in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and is still on display there in the Medieval hall, where it is seen from the same distance it would have been viewed from the lower gallery at Hagia Sophia.
Castings were also made and hand-painted by George A. C. Holt of Bennington College, who invented the process and Alwyn (that's him below). Robin Cormack tells us that Ernest Hawkins, a Byzantinist who was originally a sculptor and the author of many of the reports published in this website and was working at Hagia Sophia at this time (beginning in 1938), and Green were temperamental artists who had frequent disagreements. Alwyn and Ernest remained close for the rest of their lives. As mentioned above Alwyn did the copy of the Deesis that's in the Met.
The idea was that these would go one step further than the flat painted reproductions. A mold, or squeeze, was made and shellacked. Later, when it was dry, the new mold was used to create a plaster cast reinforced with fabric that was then painted. The Met in New York purchased several of them.
Above, here's one of the hand-colored tracings they made of the mosaic - this gives you an idea of the scale of the figures.
In the late 30's few people traveled to Istanbul to see the mosaics first-hand. During WWII the Deesis was covered to protect it from harm until after the war. The mosaic did not become popular and well-known until recently; thousands of tourists visit Hagia Sophia each day taking photographs and posting them places on the web. Today the Christ of the Deesis has become one of the preeminent images of Jesus in the world.
The discovery of the mosaic was a sad reminder of how much of Byzantine monumental art has been lost over time. Thomas Whittemore was interviewed by magazines and newspapers around the world about the work of the Byzantine Institute in Hagia Sophia.
"The method used by the Institute is worthy of description. A steel scaffold was built, thirteen meters in height and moving on swivelled wheels on a steel track. It had two sliding floors which reached to the vault of the Narthex, but which were constructed so as to avoid its transverse ribs when the scaffold moved. Both floors were enclosed in canvas, and lighted and heated with electricity from the Mosque. After the mosaic area of the vaults and walls had been thoroughly studied and photographed, two experts undertook the task of cleaning. No solvents of any kind were used in removing the paint from the mosaics. It was flaked off, tessella by tessella, by means of a small steel chisel, like those used in cleaning fossils or in scraping varnish and overpainting from pictures. The old plaster reinforcement between the cubes was not touched, as it strengthened the tessellae without spoiling the effect of the mosaics."
The date of the creation of the mosaic is unknown. There are no surviving Byzantine writings that mention it and Byzantine artists usually did not sign their works - so we don't know the artist or workshop that created it. The only mosaic that has similarities to the Deesis is the small panel of Alexios that was added to the nearby mosaic of John II and his wife Irene just a few feet away.
Thomas Whittemore believed the mosaic dated from the late part of the reign of John II or the first years of his successor, Manuel I Comnenus. Whittemore felt the closest dated parallel to the Deesis was Our Lady of Vladimir, a famous icon which traveled from Constantinople to Russia in this period. He saw an unmistakable connection of the style and tenderness between the face of the Virgin in the Deesis mosaic and the icon.
Perhaps the Deesis is a little later, and it may have been created in the last years of Manuel's reign in the 1170's or just before the Fourth Crusade captured the city in 1204. I believe the damage to the bottom of the mosaic must have taken place during the Latin occupation when this area of Hagia Sophia was roughly used by them and was even used as the site of the burial of the Venetian Doge, Enrico Dandolo, in 1205 directly opposite from the Deesis. We know that the second row of marble panels was placed there before 1453 and the damage that took place in this area was not easy to repair.
Most scholars today think the Deesis dates from after the recovery of the city by Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261 and is some sort of victory votive panel and estimate the period around 1265 for its creation. I personally don't see a huge project like this with this level of technique being possible so soon after the recovery of the city. I cannot see how mosaic workshops could have continued during the Latin occupation, and the exiled court of Niceae did not have the funds to support an atelier such as the one that created the Deesis.
The skill with which the mosaic is made is amazing. The mosaic is laid with an astonishing exactness may be seen especially in the many tiny tesserae making up the faces. A vast number of colors were used in the work and many of the tesserae are laid at angles to take advantage of raking light from the window to the left of the panel. This light transfuses the glass tesserae and seems to illuminate them from within.
The panel must be the work of a team, or a mosaic atelier resident in Constantinople; the size of the work would require weeks of planning, preparation of the materials and surfaces, and then followed by the work of a team of skilled craftsmen. They cut no corners in the execution of the Deesis - even the gold background and insides of halos are set in exact and subtle patterns that are not only decorative, but make subtle use of the light in this specific location. The artisans of the Deesis had the accumulated knowledge of generations of craftsmen who had been responsible for the vast expanses of monumental mosaics in the golden vaults and domes of Constantinople.
It is curious to observe the level of workmanship applied to such a large panel. The master artist was completely at home in this difficult technique using the skill of a miniaturist on a monumental scale. Considering the limited amount of time any artist has to create a section of mosaic, we can observe in awe his rapid composition and speed of execution. However, it is also possible that the faces of the three figures were created in an outside workshop and somehow later transported and mounted here in the plaster. We now believe this is how the famous portraits of Justinian and Theodora were created outside of San Vitale – probably in Constantinople - and then were sent to be mounted on the walls of the church in Ravenna, surrounded by work by lesser, provincial Byzantine craftsmen.
Above you can see the restorers working on the Church Fathers in the typana.
After the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and the conversion of the church into a mosque many of the mosaics of the church remained visible, even into the 18th century. It is not known when the Deesis was covered, but it may have been at the direction of an enlightened Sultan wishing to preserve the mosaic from religious zealots, since the mosaic was not destroyed.
It appears most of the damage to the figure of the Virgin was most likely caused by wind and rain from the huge window to her left. For decades the elements poured through these windows which were open to the outside. However it is obvious that someone intentionally removed the gold line around the virgin's face on her cloak.
The “Corona Graeca” was a diplomatic gift of the court of Constantinople to Géza I, probably sent to Hungary with his Byzantine artistocrat fiancée. Most of the massive gems are original and would have been set in the diadem when it was made in Constantinople. This diadem closely resembles the great crown of Byzantium. That crown can be seen in the mosaic of John II Comnenus in the South Gallery of Hagia Sophia. John's wife, Eirene, was an Hungarian Princess.
The gem under Michael is a huge watery aquamarine, which is a form of beryl. When crown was dispatched from Constantinople every detail had been carefully worked out. The Byzantine court sent out crowns frequently to foreign courts it favored or wanted to patronize. All of the foreign royalty received a Byzantine court title with it. The value of the gemstones, the pearls and the gold was carefully calculated. Certain stones were selected for their perceived spiritual or metaphysical value.
Geza I, King of Hungary. His portrait is placed on the crown in strict Byzantine hierarchy, Christ is above all and the Byzantine Emperor it below Him, higher than Geza. Geza's eyes turn to look at Michael in deference to his position. All male members of the Byzantine Imperial family wore portraits of the ruling Emperor on their own diadems or hats.
A superb enamel of Christ on His Heavenly Throne - one either side are two trees in the Garden of Paradise. The gem under Christ is huge sapphire.
Another matching Byzantine enamel on the top of the crown. The crossed-top arm is not the Byzantine form. The top of a Byzantine diadem is open. The crossing was added after the diadem arrived in Hungary. This enamel came from something else that came with the diadem.
Most of the big stones of the diadem are semi-faceted. The hanging cabochon drops are customary on Byzantine diadems. They add flash and color to a man's long hair as he moves.
They are made of different stones, including Garnets. Originally all of these would have been matching garnets - when some became detached and lost they were replaced with other stones. | https://www.pallasweb.com/deesis/history.html |
Moriah Stanton was born into an artistic family and throughout her life, she maintained an aesthetic lifestyle."I grew up in the art world, and I continue what I …
Moriah Stanton was born into an artistic family and throughout her life, she maintained an aesthetic lifestyle.
"I grew up in the art world, and I continue what I experienced during my early years," said Stanton, the owner of the MoMo Taos gallery, during a recent interview.
An artistic family
Her maternal grandparents Arthur and Mary Wagner lived in New York City. Arthur, a firefighter, died of a heart attack due to smoke inhalation. The widowed Mary, mother of grown children, moved to Taos after reading about Georgia O'Keeffe and the Southwestern art scene. She had attended the Art Student League in the 1940s and early 1950s, so moving to Taos suited her. Mary Wagner spent many years involved in the local art scene, including at the Rod Goebel Gallery and La Fonda.
In the 1970s, Mary's daughter Roberta (Moriah Stanton's mother) moved to Taos. As a painter, Roberta Wagner enjoyed notoriety as a featured artist at the Harwood Museum in the 1980s. She married Ed Stanton, 16 years Roberta's senior, in the 1970s. The couple had two children: jeweler Rede and Moriah Stanton.
When Ed Stanton first arrived in Taos, he partnered and opened the M&M Garage in the 1960s. Following a move to Mexico and back, he opened the Ed Stanton Gallery in Taos at the current location of Bella's Restaurant. He also owned and operated another gallery, Galeria Moriah in Edgartown, Massachusetts. After closing the Ed Stanton Gallery, Stanton continued working with private dealers. His daughter recalls trips to "the big city" (Santa Fe) with her father. "He'd tell me, 'Dress nice,' because we'd visit the art scene on Canyon Road and enjoy cappuccino and croissants. Afterward, we'd attend openings in the blooming art scene here in Taos in the '90s. This was an impressive time for me as a high school student," she said.
As Chamisa Mesa High School, Moriah Stanton immersed herself in the literary art world of creative writing. She received a GED (Graduate Equivalency Diploma) and attended University of New Mexico-Taos for two years.
Stanton marveled at her father's ability to recognize artistic talent. "Prior to Ed Sandoval and Kimberly Weber's success, my dad said, 'They're going to make it big.'
"He had quite the eye," Stanton said.
An artist develops
Moriah Stanton worked for awhile in the Hamptons in Long Island in an art colony. Wealthy New York patrons supported the arts, and in this environment, she enjoyed the art scene. Throughout a period of many years, she returned to Taos every possible opportunity. While living in Santa Fe and working at La Boca restaurant, she apprenticed to Taos jeweler Rick Montaño. "I'd stay at the studio when I came to Taos. I worked at the studio, and while I made creations for Rick, I also worked on my own collection. I'd wear the items I made and sell them right off my body," related the jewelry artist.
After many years of travel and residency in other localities, Stanton returned to Taos full time in 2012. Jennifer Hart, with whom Stanton grew up, hired her to work at The Love Apple. Hart's restaurant provided Stanton the opportunity to move to Taos on a permanent basis.
One day, a friend told Stanton about a space for rent on Bent Street. She used her "gut reaction" and said, "I'll take it." The jeweler prepared the two front rooms as a gallery and lived in the back section.
The gallery, at 133 Bent Street, is located at the west end of the road, near Lambert's restaurant. Stanton recalled the Aug. 5, 2016 opening of her MoMo gallery as a grand occasion, complete with a tent and appetizers prepared by chef and Stanton's former classmate Sophia Vigil. A one-man show of Eli Walters' paintings graced the premises.
MOMO Gallery opens daily except Monday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. While strolling down the street, don't walk past the little space tucked away near the end of the one-way road without a visit. The contents may surprise you. Stanton's business has grown from 5 to 25 artists, Some of the artists include: jeweler Rick Montaño; sculptor-jeweler Julie Lake; ceramic sculptor Carol Sue Ross; award-winning African jeweler representing UNESCO, Moussa Albaka; and porcelain potter Rachel Donner, a local favorite and great granddaughter of Russian artist Nicolai Fechin.
Stanton currently uses the entire building as a gallery. She continued waitressing by night and tended to the business during the day. Friends helped, one through a start-up loan and others created a jewelry case. Stanton created a concept store offering fine art, pottery, jewelry, clothing and photography. All the shows remain tied together with a selective, curated aesthetic.
Stanton's travels and life in various locations influenced her artistic vision. She envisions the gallery's future as "growth, establishing a brand working with artists and perhaps an additional MoMo in Santa Fe or Albuquerque." She aims to create future exhibits, including Eli Walters' fifth and current show in August.
Travel and Residency Elsewhere
"I spent my childhood in Taos, but I've traveled to at least 13 countries. I've developed a taste for worldly things. When I curate in the gallery, I choose quality and uniqueness," Stanton said.
She visited Russia, Laos, Vietnam Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Portugal, the Canary Islands, Mexico and, several times, Spain.
Travel wasn't always easy. For over three years, the family lived in a school bus in Mexico, creating a bilingual background for Stanton. Later, the family lived for a time in Pilar with no electricity or running water. For several months, Stanton cared for her ill father prior to his death at Martha's Vineyard. In 2007, Moriah returned to New Mexico.
Enjoying local life
In addition to the art world, Stanton enjoys spending time with her daughter, 16-month-old Lucia Schuessler-Stanton. She co-parents with the toddler's father, Ryan Schuessler.
Stanton enjoys skiing and the rustic Italian and French food prepared by Schuessler, whom Stanton calls "an amazing chef."
Moriah shares her love for and knowledge of art at MoMo Taos gallery. She invites locals and tourists to visit the premises.
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It has been almost 20 years since my family and I came to the United States in search of a better life and future as most foreigners do. In 2010, I finally made the decision to return back home to experience the life I left and to also see the family, I had not seen in nearly 2 decades. This trip was special my 4 year old daughter went as well as most of my immediate family members. I decided to take my daughter because I want her to grasp an understanding of her roots and culture from a young age so she can appreciate every aspect of her life while growing up. This trip was very much warranted as it gave me a whole new perspective on life and just the sense of appreciation for all the things we take for granted in our own country. Our country is full of so many riches and resources that I encourage anyone who have not gone back to return and experience this.
On my visit I got the opportunity to visit various land marks such as the memorial of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Independence circle and the parliament. The visit to Dr. Nkrumah’s memorial site was truly remarkable and inspiration. I felt a great sense of pride and determination that anything was possible because of his commitment and dedication for equal right for Ghana. The images I submitted are all representation of Dr. Nkrumah’s memorial site, the parliament building and Independent circle as well as various sceneries which signify the beauty of my beloved country.
Click on F2F Experience Photo gallery to view the complete photo report of Shiela’s trip. | https://face2faceafrica.com/article/i-m-coming-home-ghana |
The final trumpet has sounded on the National Gallery of Canada’s bid to acquire Jacques-Louis David’s 250 year old painting of Saint Jerome.
Quebec’s minister of culture has exercised her authority and says she will declare the painting to be part of Quebec’s cultural heritage, a move that will effectively keep the work in the province.
Marie Montpetit announced “with pride” her decision on Monday in a media release sent a few hours after the National Gallery issued a highly unusual open letter that explained again why they wanted to buy the David and why they decided to sell Marc Chagall’s The Eiffel Tower at auction to raise the funds need to complete the purchase.
The gallery’s letter seemed to try to dampen down the uproar over its bid to purchase the David by saying it is not engaged in a bidding war over the painting.
“The gallery would be pleased if a successful funding strategy can support Quebecers’ wish to assume ownership. We will await the outcome of those efforts before taking any further steps to acquire the picture, in keeping with our commitment to serve the national interest and to preserve this magnificent work of art for Canada.”
Montpetit’s decision on Monday seemed almost inevitable when she asked her ministry to look into this possibility last week.
The David painting is owned by the Notre‑Dame‑de‑Québec Parish Corporation, which wants to sell Saint Jerome to raise funds for building maintenance.
Two Quebec institutions are looking to share the financial burden of purchasing the multimillion-dollar painting — the Montreal Museum of Finae Arts where it is currently hanging and and Quebec City’s Musée de la civilisation. The latter institution already has a right of first refusal on the painting that expires June 11.
The decision by Montpetit also means the painting will not be sold to a foreign museum, one of the reasons why the National Gallery says it was trying to purchase it.
Montpetit is in the Liberal cabinet of Premier Philippe Couillard and that government is not doing well in the polls while facing an election in October. It was unlikely that any Quebec government, in an election year, would let a federal institution take something as significant out of the province.
In the letter for the National Gallery, the board of trustees chair and director Marc Mayer restated that the sale of the Chagall painting will go to auction in New York on May 15. | https://artsfile.ca/quebec-will-keep-saint-jerome-culture-minister-decides-the-national-gallery-will-still-sell-chagall/ |
I-VI. CLOCK ON THE WALL
The sandy coastline of a slightly more affluent coastal California “community.” Harold and Sophia sit on a bench. He, ever a slobbish chimp, watches the boats. She, a fashionable mess, peruses a stack of photographs.
NARRATOR: (voice-over) It was a sweltering afternoon in a slightly more affluent coastal California “community” where nobody really likes each other, but are too medicated to care. The still air was thick and smelled of fish. And as Harold watched another yacht struggle to navigate the calm waters of the harbor, he concluded the world was wrong and life was meaningless.
SOPHIA: Would you do me?
NARRATOR: (voice-over) They sat on a bench beneath the thinning shade of a patch of trees, yacht clubs and hotels to their left, families splashing about on a narrow stretch of sandy beach to their right. She was a fashionable mess of hair blowing in the wind, making her way through a stack of photographs of herself. He was very confused.
Whatever “it” is finally registers with Harold.
HAROLD: I’m sorry. What?
Sophia ignores this, holds up a particularly flattering image in which she made creative use of a chair, a mirror, and the contents of a box she kept buried in the back of her closet.
SOPHIA: I’d do me.
HAROLD: (smiles) I’m glad you like them.
SOPHIA: (gushes) I love them! Don’t take this the wrong way, but how are you not getting more work?
HAROLD: (shrugs) What’s there to say? One minute, you’re young and full of shit and the world is yours. Next minute, you’re looking at a clock on the wall in an empty art gallery, wondering what the Hell you did wrong.
Sophia sees the man beside her, turns to the stack of photographs in her hands.
SOPHIA: I haven’t seen myself… (beat) I haven’t felt this beautiful in years. Thank you, Harold.
She kisses him.
Harold blinks, “Wow. Okay.”
SOPHIA: (soft) Your lips are soft…
And then…
She gathers her things, walks away.
Harold sits, watches like an idiot, then realizes he should probably say or do something.
HAROLD: (blathers) Wait. What? Shit… I’m sorry, Sophia. I didn’t–
Sophia stops, turns to Harold.
SOPHIA: I know you didn’t. I did.
HAROLD: Then, what’s the problem?
She smiles with her eyes.
SOPHIA: No problem.
They share a moment.
Then…
Sophia walks away, toward a nearby hotel.
Harold follows. | http://pulpbusters.com/multi-act/grand-ghoulish-i-vi/ |
Edited by April Elizabeth Lamm Foreword by Tino Sehgal, afterword by Yona Friedman Interviews by Jean-Max Colard, Robert Fleck, Jefferson Hack, Nav Haq, Noah Horowitz, Sophia Krzys Acord, Brendan McGetrick, Markus Miessen, Ingo Niermann, Paul O’Neill, Philippe Parreno & Alex Poots, Juri Steiner, Gavin Wade, Enrique Walker Everything you ever wanted to know about Hans Ulrich Obrist but were afraid to ask has been asked by the sixteen practitioners in this book. Spanning the beginning of his “career” as a young curator in his Zurich kitchen to his time most recently as the Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programs, and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery in London, the book is a “production of reality conversations.” It undertakes the impossible: pinning down this peripatetic curator, attempting to map his psychogeography so that silences may be transcribed. In a sense, it organizes a “protest against forgetting” and affirms the sagacity of an artist who told this dontstop curator “don’t go” when he “contemplated leaving the art world” for other fields—“to go beyond the fear of pooling knowledge”—in lieu of bringing other fields into the (then) hermetic art world.
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Sternberg Press, Berlin
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
New Paintings by Victor Bokas and Donne Bitner.
On Third Thursday, I went to Art Gallery at Mills Park (1650 North Mills Avenue, Orlando Florida). This art gallery is located on the ground floor of a brand new apartment complex right near Orlando's theaters. Since I am hunting for an apartment, I looked at the plan with a discerning eye. I suspect a place this gorgeous is out of my price range. I had seen artist Victor Bokas just a few nights before at the Maitland "Art Under the Stars" event. I got a chance to meet him in his tent, filled with his vibrant abstracts, as the event wound down for the night. Tonight he had a pink beard, probably left over from the Orlando Pride Parade the week before. Unfortunately, I didn't get to pride, but I heard over 100,000 people showed up.
Victor worked as a graphic designer at Tupperware for about 19 years. His early paintings done while he was still at Tupperware are y bit more graphic and controlled. Once he left his colors became more vibrant and he experimented more with his compositions. Victor was at the entrance to the gallery when I arrived. He stood in from of a flaming fireplace and was talking with friends. He gave me a warm hug and then I explored the gallery.
Most of the artwork is hung down a long hall that faces the glass facade, allowing pedestrians outside to get a good look at the art. Snap Downtown has a similar layout in the lobby of a new, modern apartment complex. Victor and Donne Bitner's paintings look good side by side. They share a similar palette of war and cool colors Donne's colors tend to also incorporate many shades of grey. Donne's work is often inspired by landscapes that become vehicles to push toward abstraction. As she stated, "My intent is to follow the mark to layer and strip away and find the hidden texture and meaning of a piece." Some of Victor's painting are inspired by Florida pools surrounded by rich vibrant foliage. Water and leaves have a fascinating play of vibrant abstract shapes.
Lael Dewahl, one of the gallery owners asked me if I needed any help. I was lost in the process of searching for a nondescript spot Where I could get my sketch done. A tall supermodel in a red dress, Alexandra Philco, showed a couple one of the paintings, offering a personal tour. Boris Garbe, another partner in the gallery, in his excitement, would stand on the furniture to get closer to the art. He gestured like a circus ring master as he explained the artists intentions.This show will remain up for three months, so stop out this holiday season.
Prints are available for each sketch for $250 and many originals can be purchased for $400. White museum grade shadow box frames are $100 more. You can e-mail Thor at [email protected]
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Sophia will often use animal hide or leather and wood combinations and has a particular interest in design and manufacture of seating. | https://au.clanbay.com/furniture-c1/tables-c33/console-tables-c26/clanbay-faiza-set-of-2-rectangular-console-tables-glass-black-p6750 |
The Egyptian tortoise is one of the smallest tortoise species in the world.
Egyptian Tortoise Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Testudo
- Scientific Name
- Testudo kleinmanni
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Egyptian Tortoise Conservation Status
Egyptian Tortoise Facts
- Name Of Young
- Hatchling
- Group Behavior
- Solitary
- Solitary/Group
- Fun Fact
- The Egyptian tortoise is one of the smallest tortoise species in the world.
- Biggest Threat
- Desert monitor lizards, birds, human activities
- Most Distinctive Feature
- Egyptian tortoises are very small and possess two triangular markings on their shell that get larger with age
- Other Name(s)
- Kleinmann's tortoise, Leith's tortoise, Negev tortoise
- Temperament
- Mild-tempered
- Incubation Period
- 70-111 days
- Habitat
- Arid and semi-arid lands on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea
- Predators
- Desert monitor lizards, birds
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifestyle
- Diurnal
- Favorite Food
- Grasses, leaves, and plant blooms
- Type
- Tortoise
- Common Name
- Egyptian Tortoise
- Origin
- Egypt, Libya and Israel
- Location
- Libya
- Average Clutch Size
- 5
Egyptian Tortoise Physical Characteristics
- Color
- Brown
- Grey
- Yellow
- Black
- Dark Brown
- Skin Type
- Hard Outer Shell
- Lifespan
- 70-100 years
- Weight
- 0.2-0.8 lbs
- Length
- 3-4 inches
- Age of Sexual Maturity
- 5 years
- Venomous
- No
- Aggression
- Low
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The Egyptian tortoise is one of the smallest tortoise species in the world.
Summary
The Egyptian tortoise is the second smallest tortoise in the world after the speckled tortoise. This tortoise is so small that it can comfortably fit into the palm of an average human. This species of tortoise used to be common throughout Egypt and Libya. However, they’re now on the verge of extinction due to the destruction and loss of their natural habitats to human activities.
5 Egyptian Tortoise Facts
- The Egyptian tortoise is the smallest in the northern hemisphere. You’ll need up to 400 Egyptian tortoises to make up the size of a single Galapagos tortoise.
- The Egyptian tortoise is an herbivore that typically feeds on grass.
- They come in gray, ivory, gold, dark brown, and yellow colorations, enabling them to blend in with their physical environment easily.
- An Egyptian tortoise reaches maturity after five years of age.
- The Egyptian tortoise does not hibernate. It is the only temperate reptile that is more active in winter than summer.
Egyptian Tortoise Scientific Name
The scientific name of the Egyptian Tortoise is Testudo kleinmanni. The specific name was given to the species in honor of the French stockbroker, Edouard Kleinmann, who collected the holotype of this species in 1875. The generic name “Testudo” means tortoise in Latin.
They are also called other names, such as Kleinmann’s tortoise, Leith’s tortoise, and Negev tortoise. The animal belongs to the class Reptilia and the family Testudinidae. They’re classified in the suborder Cryptodira (which means hidden neck in Greek) based on their ability to lower their neck and pull their head straight into their shells. Kleinmann’s tortoise does not have any subspecies.
Egyptian Tortoise Appearance and Behavior
The Egyptian tortoise is the smallest tortoise species in the northern hemisphere. They’re the second smallest tortoise in the world (after South Africa’s speckled padloper). Like most tortoise species, they exhibit sexual dimorphism, with females bigger than their male counterparts. The average female’s carapace length is also about 4-5 inches against the 3-4 inches of the male. Conversely, males possess longer tails and have a slimmer body structure. The weight of the Egyptian tortoise is between 0.2 and 0.9 lbs (105-400 g).
The head and limbs of this tortoise are usually ivory-yellow or yellowish-brown. The plastron varies in color. The common colors are ivory, pale gold, dark brown, dull yellow, and gray. Apart from helping to keep the tortoise camouflaged, the pale colors also assist in thermal regulation. The paler the plastron is, the longer the tortoise can withstand heat. The scutes of the tortoise have dark edges that fade as they grow older. The carapace of the Testudo kleinmanni has a high dome with flared supracaudal scute.
Although Egyptian tortoises are primarily solitary animals, they relate well in groups, so cohabitation is possible. Generally, since they are non-aggressive, they can live with the same species or other calm animals. They are also precocial and cannot withstand regions with too much water. In captivity, they are best kept in a ratio of 1:3 in favor of the female or with other animals such as the agama lizard, girdled lizard, or the Egyptian spiny lizard.
Kleinmann’s tortoise does not hibernate. They mostly hide under bushes or other animal burrows and stay dormant in extreme hot seasons. They are only active early in the morning or late at night on hot days. During extreme cold seasons, they are active around midday.
Egyptian Tortoise Habitat
The Egyptian tortoise was once abundant in Libya, Egypt, and Israel. Presently, however, they are rare and almost extinct in these locations, especially in Egypt. They are still present in two locations in Libya—Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica. They live on the coastal strip that stretches from Libya to the delta of the river Nile.
Testudo kleinmanni inhabits desert and semi-desert regions with scattered rocks, compact gravel, dry woodlands, and coastal salt marshes. They do not migrate seasonally.
Predators and Threats
As expected of typical herbivores, the Egyptian tortoise feeds on grass, leaves, and plant blooms. They eat saltwort and sea lavender plants that naturally grow in their habitat. However, in the wild, they may feed on carrion and insects.
In captivity, their diet is usually high in calcium and fiber but low in protein. Greens rich in oxalic acid are harmful to Kleinmann’s tortoise. This is because oxalic acid reacts with calcium to form calcium oxalate. The compound reduces the amount of available calcium, results in kidney or bladder stones, and can eventually cause the animal’s death.
What Eats the Egyptian Tortoise?
Desert monitor lizards and birds, such as ravens, actively prey on Kleinmann’s tortoise and eggs. Since the tortoise is slow and small, predators can easily snatch and carry it away. However, the biggest threats to their population remain human activities, such as illegal pet trade and excessive consumption of these animals for food and medicinal purposes.
Other threats to these critically endangered species include the loss and deterioration of their habitat, pollution, and climate change. Urban encroachment, cultivation, and overgrazing have harmed their preferred natural habitats, reducing the vegetation that would have benefitted the tortoise as food and shelter.
Reproduction, Babies, and Lifespan
Scientists have very little information about the mating behavior of Egyptian tortoises. However, a few studies have been carried out on this subject. Typically, they reach sexual maturity at about five years old. There are speculations that they may either be polyandrous or polygynous. Their typical mating period is around March or April in the wild and between August to November in captivity.
The males make a loud noise while mating, similar to the call of a mourning dove. The male rams into the female at courtships, and there may be a chasing ritual.
Eggs are laid in groups of 1–5 in nests dug in the ground. They hatch after a gestation period of 4–5 months. The tortoise hatchlings are fragile, vulnerable, and tiny, weighing only 0.35 oz (10 g).
The life expectancy of Testudo kleinmanni is quite high. With proper care, they can live for as many as 100 years!
Population
The total population of Egyptian tortoises is estimated to be about 7470. Out of this figure, the mature ones are just about 5000. Kleinmann’s tortoise population has been labeled critically endangered by the IUCN because of the steady decline in its population.
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Egyptian Tortoise FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Do Egyptian tortoises bite?
Yes, they do. Despite their meek character, Egyptian tortoises, for different reasons, can bite one another, other pets, and even humans. However, the bites are not poisonous and may only cause bacterial infection.
Are Egyptian tortoises carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores?
The Egyptian tortoise has a herbivorous diet. In captivity, they eat grasses, fruits, and vegetables. However, their exact diet in the wild is not known. Scientists have speculated that their diet consists of grasses, flowers, and fruits. Since they live in arid environments, they may be adapted to eating cacti.
How big is the Egyptian tortoise?
The Egyptian tortoise is one of the smallest tortoise species in the world. Males typically measure between 3-4 inches(8-10 cm). Females are larger and may measure between 4-5 inches (10-12 cm) in length.
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There is one tortoise native to Georgia and that is the gopher tortoise. This tortoise is also known as the Florida gopher tortoise. The majority of gopher tortoise can be found in Florida although wild populations exist in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
Although just a single tortoise species is endemic to Georgia, several other tortoises can be found within the state. These tortoises are captive-bred. Some popular captive tortoises you are sure to find in Georgia include leopard tortoise, sulcata, and even greek and Hermann’s tortoises. Since Georgia is relatively warm, many tortoise species can make this state their home.
Tortoise Species Native to Georgia
Although there are several turtles in Georgia, only one tortoise species is native to Georgia and this is the gopher tortoise. Apart from the gopher tortoise, other nonnative tortoises can be found in Georgia. These include sulcata, leopard tortoise, and greek tortoise.
1. Gopher Tortoise
- Experience Level: Advanced
- Family: Testudinidae
- Scientific Name: Gopherus polyphemus
- Other Common Names: Florida gopher tortoise
- Adult Size: 9 to 15 inches
- Lifespan: 40 to 70 years
Gopherus polyphemus is native to the southeastern United States. They can be found mainly in Florida although wild populations exist in Mississippi, southern Alabama, and Georgia. The gopher tortoise is very important to their ecosystem as they are keystone species. The burrows these tortoises build are useful to many other animals. The species is also the state reptile of Georgia.
The species is terrestrial and prefers arid regions such as grassland and scrub forests. They are known to inhabit xeric hammocks, pine mixed hardwoods, prairie, pine flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, coastal dunes, scrubs, and sandhills.
As with most species of the genus Gopherus, gopher tortoises spend most of their time in burrows they dig themselves. These burrows shelter them from heat & cold as they provide a steady temperature. The burrows also provide humidity/moisture and protection from predators and wildfires.
Adult gophers are moderately sized turtles. They may even be considered large turtles. The carapace length of mature members is usually 6 to 10 inches. However, these turtles are capable of reaching lengths of 16 inches. They are half as high as they are long. The average weight of a gopher tortoise is 8.8 lb or 4 kg. However, they are capable of weighing as much as 13.2 lb or 6 kg.
While Gopherus polyphemus is primarily herbivorous, they are also known to feed on animal foods. The diet of the gopher tortoise is well known. A large portion (about 80%) of their diet consists of grass found in their natural habitat. They eat morning glory, bindweed legumes, prickly pear cactus, blackberries, pawpaw, and wiregrass, and other plant parts such as leaves, flowers, fruits, stems, and even shoots. They also feed on feces, insects, bones, carrion, lichens, and fungi.
While adults are well protected by their tough shells and skin, juveniles, hatchlings, and eggs are very vulnerable. Predators of the eggs and hatchlings are several snake species, bald eagles, hawks, skunks, wild boars, bobcats, coyotes, and raccoons.
While adults are tougher and more difficult to keep, they can still be harmed by feral and domestic dogs and cats, as well as bobcats and coyotes. Humans are also significant predators of the gopher tortoise.
As already mentioned, Gopherus polyphemus is a keystone species. This is because of the burrows they build. More than 350 species are known to use the burrows built by gopher tortoises.
These burrows help the wild populations of several species listed as Threatened under the ESA (Endangered Species Act). Because of the importance of the gopher tortoise to their ecosystem, the trade of gopher tortoises is strictly forbidden. This makes it almost impossible to obtain this turtle as a pet.
Regardless of this, it is possible to obtain a specimen through adoption. I advise against keeping this tortoise as a pet. If you wish to have a pet tortoise, you should consider any of the other tortoises covered in this article.
2. Eastern box turtle
- Experience Level: Intermediate
- Family: Emydidae
- Scientific Name: Terrapene carolina carolina
- Adult Size: 18 – 30 inches
- Lifespan: 100 to 138 years
- Average Price Range: $50 to $300
- Where to buy: backwaterreptiles.com
- Recommended Books: Box Turtle Care: The Complete Guide by Pet Care Expert
While technically not a tortoise, T. c. carolina is a land turtle just like the state tortoise of Georgia – the gopher tortoise. Additionally, it closely resembles the gopher tortoise. Another plus is that the box turtle is legal to keep as a pet in Georgia although a permit may be required. They are also easier to to house and keep.
T. c. carolina is a land turtle. The species are slow to mature and live extremely long lives. Additionally, they also move very slowly.
The species is found mostly in the eastern United States, thus their common name – the eastern box turtle. They can be found as far north as Maine, and as far south as Florida. While not state-listed or federally listed, T. c. carolina is still a protected species that carries a Conservation status of Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
The species are terrestrial but almost always live close to water bodies such as ponds, and streams. They can be found in pastures, open woodlands, and marshy meadows.
The eastern box turtle looks very much like a tortoise. They have a bridgeless, hinged plastron. The carapace is high domed and brown with yellow markings.
Ss are omnivorous and fed on both plants and animal foods. In the wild, they are known to eat worms, slugs, salamanders, frogs, insects, eggs, mushrooms, berries, roots, flowers, and many more. The species is primarily carnivorous when young.
In captivity, these turtles can be fed a diet of vegetables, fruit, grass, and hay. This should make up about 50% of their diet. The rest of their diet should consist of low-fat proteins such as cooked lean meat, insects, slugs, and worms. You can also supplement their diet with low-fat dog food. The ‘low-fat’ aspect of the diet is very important.
Although the eastern box turtle is a land turtle, they still require a humid environment to thrive. Humidity within the enclosure should be above 70 %. Having a shallow pool/bowl of water will help keep the turtle hydrated.
If you do decide to acquire an eastern box turtle, do so from a reputable breeder.
Common Captive tortoise found in Georgia
3. Leopard Tortoise
- Experience Level: Intermediate
- Family: Testudinidae
- Scientific Name: Psammobates pardalis or Stigmochelys pardalis
- Adult Size: 18 – 30 inches
- Lifespan: 100 years
- Average Price Range: $100 to $400
- Where to buy: xyzreptiles.com
- Recommended Books: Pet Sulcata & Leopard Tortoises Care Guide by Williams Clinton
The leopard tortoise is one of the best tortoises to keep as a pet. They are relatively easy to care for and are relatively easy to find. These tortoises do not hibernate and as such are best kept in a locale where it doesn’t snow (or locales where winter isn’t excessively cold).
Stigmochelys pardalis is native to Africa and can be found throughout the continent, from East Africa to southern Africa. Despite their wide distribution, the tortoise is absent from the rainforests of Central Africa.
This should tell you a bit about the nature of the tortoise. The turtle lives in arid ecosystems such as savannahs, scrublands, and deserts.
The leopard tortoise gets its common name from the pattern on the shell which is yellowish with dark spots. This pattern resembles that which is found on a leopard. The dark spots fade over time.
The leopard tortoise is best housed outside. You need to provide a large and spacious enclosure that is fenced. The fence protects the tortoise from predators and keeps them from escaping.
The temperatures should be around 80 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and above 60 degrees Fahrenheit during the height. You can augment the heating with heat lamps if necessary.
Care for this tortoise is simple as far as you have the space to properly house them. The species is herbivorous and should be feed weeds grass, and herbs. these should make up about 85% of their diet.
They can also be offered green leafy vegetables. Fruits can also be offered on rare occasions. Fruits should only be offered a treat once every month or so.
Some foods that should make up the largest portion of their diet include grasses such as bermudagrass, timothy grass, orchard grass, and several others, succulents such as spotless opuntia cactus pads, hibiscus flowers and plant, dandelions, sowthistle, plantain weeds, and herbs such as mint, cilantro, parsley, and dill.
While leopard tortoise breeders do exist in Georgia, finding one can be tricky. You can always contact an online breeder. Regardless ensure that you acquire the tortoise from a reputable breeder/source.
4. Sulcata Tortoise
- Experience Level: Intermediate
- Family: Testudinidae
- Scientific Name: Geochelone sulcata
- Adult Size: 18 – 30 inches
- Lifespan: 60 to 80 years
- Average Price Range: $50 to $200
- Where to buy: xyzreptiles.com
- Recommended Books: Pet Sulcata & Leopard Tortoises Care Guide by Williams Clinton
Sulcata tortoises are among the largest tortoises in the world. They are considered the third largest tortoise in the world. These tortoises aren’t native to the Americas. Despite their size, these tortoises are popular in North America including in Georgia.
These gentle giants are relatively easy to care for as long as you provide them with a large spacious enclosure. You cannot house these tortoises indoors and that provides one of the biggest challenges of caring for the sulcata.
Sulcatas are natve to subsaharan west africa. They are perfectly adapted to live in arid environments. Additionally, they do not hibernate. As such, it isn’t advisable to keep them in an environment where winter is freezing cold.
Temperatures during the day should be 85 degrees Fahrenheit to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. During the night, a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or above is acceptable. This should be the temperature for most of the year. You can augment temperatures using heat lamps.
Since sulcata tortoises are herbivorous, it is important to feed them a mix of grass, hay, flowers, and dark leafy greens. Grasses and hay should make up 90% of their diet. These include grass cutting, edible flowers, wheatgrass, timothy grass hay, oat hay, orchard grass hay, and meadow grass hay.
Greens and vegetables should make up the remaining 10% of the diet. Some excellent greens include mustard greens, dandelion greens, and turnip greens. Fruits can also be offered occasionally (once or twice a month only).
Conclusion
There aren’t many tortoise species native to Georgia. The only native tortoise species is the gopher tortoise. This species is extremely important to their ecosystems as they are keystone species.
Keystone species are species that play important roles in their exosystem and directly ensure the survival of the ecosystem. Over 350 species depend on the gopher tortoise to thrive.
Because of the importance of the gopher tortoise, any trade of the gopher tortoise is strictly prohibited. Even keeping these turtles as pets is prohibited in the state of Georgia. Regardless, several other tortoises can be kept as pets. These nonnative tortoises such as leopard tortoise thrive in Georgia due to the climate.
If you have any questions or additional information, kindly leave a comment. | https://www.allturtles.com/tortoises-in-georgia/ |
When Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835 he discovered that the volcanic archipelago was the home to 15 different giant tortoise species. Unfortunately, thanks to humans destroying nature and environmental changes we have only 10 species of giant tortoise. The last sighting was during a voyage in 1905.
7Critically endangered
Since the last sighting was a century ago and there weren’t any sightings since then, may have questioned whether they even existed. Recently, an expedition that was a joint venture between the Galapagos National Park and the Galapagos Conservancy was able to make a historical discovery, a live giant tortoise.
8The age of this giant tortoise
This amazing creature is said to be 100 years old and the winner of the longest hide-and-seek game ever played. Found on an isolated was an adult female giant tortoise but the environment around the giant tortoise suggests there could be more of these remarkable creatures. The excrements and bite marks of more giant tortoise have been discovered.
9The Galapagos Islands
These islands are well-known as one of the best habitats of the giant tortoises. The island got its name from an old Spanish word that means ‘tortoise’. Researchers have claimed that the island was home to at least 15 different species of giant tortoises. These islands have been said to be the inspiration Charles Darwin needed to write his work on evolution.
10The age of giant tortoises
These giant tortoises are said to have one of the longest life spans of any living animals on the planet. The average lifespan of one giant tortoise is 100 years. Tu’i Malila, Madagascar radiated tortoise was 188 at the time of death in Tonga. In 2006, an Aldabra giant tortoise died at Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata who was named Adwaita and was 255 years old at the time of death. | https://trendingposts.net/trending-animals/extinct-tortoise-rediscovered/2/ |
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What is the fattest turtle in the world?
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The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile.
What was the biggest turtle ever recorded?
Archelon is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring 460 cm (15 ft) from head to tail, 400 cm (13 ft) from flipper to flipper, and 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) in weight.
Where is the biggest turtle in the world?
The leatherback is the largest living sea turtle. Leatherback sea turtles can be distinguished from other species of sea turtle by its lack of a hard shell or scales. Instead, leatherbacks are covered with a firm, rubbery skin. You can find leatherback sea turtles as far north as Canada and the northern Pacific Ocean.Feb 26, 2021
How big do leatherbacks get?
The shell has seven ridges running from front to back. Leatherbacks are the largest of the seven living sea turtle species, growing to more than 6.5 feet (two meters) in length and weighing up to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). Leatherbacks are found in tropical and temperate marine waters all over the world.
What is the longest living sea turtle?
One of the oldest known sea turtles is a green turtle named Myrtle, who has been at the Cape Cod aquarium for more than 45 years and is estimated to be 90 years old. However, according to Carol Haley, the Assistant Curator of Fishes at the Tennessee Aquarium, some sea turtles can live 100 or even 150 years.Sep 6, 2019
Can turtles live up to 500 years?
Their lifespan can be 150 years or more. As with whales, sharks, and other species, it is often difficult to determine a turtle's exact age. After all, researchers are not usually present when the animals are born. Some have estimated, however, that large turtles may be able to live 400 to 500 years!Aug 23, 2021
Are turtles dinosaurs?
Turtles are related to dinosaurs, and the latest genetic studies suggest turtles share the same ancestor. The earliest turtles existed together with the dinosaurs millions of years ago. ... Descendants of ancient turtles are still present today, with most of them being species of sea turtles.Jun 27, 2021
How many turtles are killed each year?
The researchers estimated that 4,600 sea turtles currently perish each year in U.S. coastal waters, but nevertheless represents a 90-percent reduction in previous death rates."May 7, 2020
How deep can turtles swim?
Their breath-holding abilities allow them to dive deep in the ocean to find food. Most turtles can dive to depths of up to 290 m (960 ft). However, one species of sea turtle—the leatherback—can dive over 1,000 m (3,000 ft)!Dec 3, 2018
How big can a turtle get?
Males commonly reach shell lengths of two feet and weigh close to 100 pounds. However, shell length records of two and a half feet have been verified. The heaviest legitimate weight records are between 200 and 250 pounds, and possibly one of 316 pounds.Jul 27, 2008
Where do leatherbacks live?
Leatherbacks occur in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Nesting beaches are primarily located in tropical latitudes around the world. Globally, the largest remaining nesting aggregations are found in Trinidad and Tobago, West-Indies (Northwest Atlantic) and Gabon, Africa (Southeast Atlantic).
Who is bigger tortoise or turtle?
Turtles are generally larger than tortoises. The largest turtle is the leatherback turtle. It can weight anywhere 300 to 700 kilos. The largest tortoise is the Aldabra giant tortoise, with adult males weighing an average of 250 kilos.Aug 12, 2020
What is the second largest tortoise in the world?
Aldabra tortoises are the second-largest species of tortoise in the world and, like their larger relatives on the Galapagos Islands, this species is also restricted to a few islands north of Madagascar.
Which is the heaviest turtle in the world?
Pacific Leatherback Turtle. Pacific Leatherback Turtle is the heaviest turtle in the world with 865 kg or 1908 lbs of weight. Named for its smooth, leathery skin, the leatherback has graced ocean waters from the tropics to the Arctic since the time of the dinosaurs more than 100 million years ago.
Which is the most endangered turtle in the world?
1 Pacific Leatherback Turtle 2 Atlantic Leatherback Turtles 3 Green Sea Turtles 4 Loggerhead Turtle 5 Alligator Snapping Turtle 6 Black Sea Turtles 7 Flatback Turtles 8 Hawksbill Turtle 9 Kemps Ridley turtle 10 Olive Ridley Turtle
How big is the largest flatback sea turtle?
Flatback sea turtle – 84 kg / 95 cm 1 maximum weight: 84 kg (185 lb) 2 maximum length: 95 cm (3.12 ft) More ...
Which is the heaviest living reptile in the world?
The Galápagos tortoise is the largest and heaviest living species of tortoise. Giant tortoises only live in two areas, one of which being the Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos tortoise is native to the seven of the islands. The reptile is one of the longest-lived species of vertebrates, living well over 100 years. | https://amazing-animals-planet.com/post/what-is-the-fattest-turtle-in-the-world |
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How Long Have Turtles Been Around? Turtles are known to have originated around 230 million years ago during the Triassic Period, but what exactly they evolved from is still debated.
When did Turtles first appear on Earth? about 215 million years ago
Turtles first appear in the fossil record of the Triassic period, from about 215 million years ago. This gives them an older fossil history than any other living kind of four-legged animal.
Are turtles older than dinosaurs? Why Turtles Are Related To Dinosaurs
Can turtles live up to 500 years? Turtles and tortoises are some of the most long-lived members of the reptile family. Larger species such as sea turtles are estimated to live about 80 years. The giant tortoise, the largest of all land turtles, typically lives at least a century. Some have even been known to live for more than 200 years!
How Long Have Turtles Been Around – Related Questions
What came first the turtle or tortoise?
Turtles came first. Tortoises, or Testudinidae, the family of “land-turtles” are a recent clade that has seperated itself from the Geoemydidae and Emydidae. Seaturtles evolved from “aquatic” turtles.
What was the first animal on earth?
comb jelly
A comb jelly. The evolutionary history of the comb jelly has revealed surprising clues about Earth’s first animal.
What was the largest turtle to ever live?
Archelon
Archelon is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring 460 cm (15 ft) from head to tail, 400 cm (13 ft) from flipper to flipper, and 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) in weight.
Are dinosaurs still alive in 2020?
In an evolutionary sense, birds are a living group of dinosaurs because they descended from the common ancestor of all dinosaurs. Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive.
What animals are still alive from dinosaur times?
Crocodiles. If any living life form resembles the dinosaur, it’s the crocodilian.
Snakes. Crocs were not the only reptiles to survive what the dinos couldn’t – snakes did too.
Bees.
Sharks.
Horseshoe Crabs.
Sea Stars.
Lobsters.
Duck-Billed Platypuses.
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What animal is closest to a dinosaur?
The closest living things to dinosaurs need to be taken a look at in terms of classification of species. Dinosaurs are classified as reptiles, a group that includes crocodiles, lizards, turtles, and snakes. Of this large group of animals, other than birds, crocodiles are the closest living things to dinosaurs.
Which animal can live the longest?
One is even immortal.
10 Turritopsis dohrnii. The oldest living creature is a jellyfish just a few millimetres long and can be found in moderate to tropical waters.
1 Asian Elephant.
2 Blue and yellow macaw.
3 Man.
4 Giant lobsters.
5 Bowhead whale.
6 Giant tortoise.
7 Greenland shark.
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What pet turtle has the shortest lifespan?
At the other end of the spectrum, the curiously low profiled ‘Pankcake Tortoise’ is a species with one of the shortest lifespans; usually no more than 30 years.
Can turtles die of old age?
“Turtles don’t really die of old age,” Dr. Raxworthy said. In fact, if turtles didn’t get eaten, crushed by an automobile or fall prey to a disease, he said, they might just live indefinitely. Turtles resist growing old, and they resist growing up.
What can kill turtles?
Natural Predators
How many human years are in a turtle year?
Calculating Reptile Years to Human Years
Species Average lifespan (years) One year in each species is equal to how many years in humans
Who eats turtle?
Carnivorous Mammals
What animal has killed the most humans?
Mosquitoes
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Animal Humans killed per year
1 Mosquitoes 1,000,000
2 Humans (homicides only) 475,000
3 Snakes 50,000
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What was before dinosaurs?
The age immediately prior to the dinosaurs was called the Permian. Although there were amphibious reptiles, early versions of the dinosaurs, the dominant life form was the trilobite, visually somewhere between a wood louse and an armadillo. In their heyday there were 15,000 kinds of trilobite.
What is the most dangerous animal in the world?
Here, the 10 most dangerous animals in the world.
Cape buffalo.
Cone snail.
Golden poison dart frog.
Box jellyfish.
Pufferfish.
Black mamba.
Saltwater crocodile.
Tsetse fly.
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Do giant turtles exist?
The giant tortoise is an iconic species from the Galápagos and is only found on these islands. They are the largest living tortoise in the world.
How old is the oldest sea turtle?
But the scientists who found it on a seabed near Iceland in 2006 now say further analysis has revealed that it was an incredible 507 years old, reports CBS. | https://neeness.com/how-long-have-turtles-been-around/ |
Scientists are planning on bringing two extinct species of giant Galapagos tortoises back to life.
In June 2012, Lonesome George, believed to be the last giant Galapagos tortoise, died. Despite efforts by zoologists, he never wanted to mate.
However, researchers at the Galapagos National Park now plan to revive the Pinta island tortoise and the Floreana island tortoise from hybrid breeds found on Isabela Island.
The hybrid species are believed to have been created in the 17th and 18th century.
Seventeen tortoises have been found with genes from the Pinta species, with some of the animals having 80% of the original species genes.
A further 280 tortoises share 90% of its extinct predecessor's genes.
The Floreana tortoise was decalred extinct 100 years ago and one of the last people to have seen and document them was Charles Darwin when he visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
Washington Tapia, the chief of applied sciences at Galapagos National Park, said: "That gives us the possibility of bringing back these species which at the moment are considered extinct."
Giant tortoises grow to 1.8m and weigh up to 400kg. Their lifespan is around 180, although Lonesome George, a Pinta tortoise, is thought to have been 100 when he died.
Tapia said scientists plan to get pairs of tortoises to mate so they produce offspring closer to their genetic origin. Since 2012, 92-near Floreana tortoises have been born in captivity.
Mating pairs with between 80 and 90% genes should produce offspring with around 95% of Floreana genes.
"There is a chance, albeit remote, that we could end up with a male being produced with only original-species genes," Tapia said.
If successful, the scientists plan to release the tortoises back into their natural habitats. It is hoped the tortoises to readjust the island's natural ecosystem after being disturbed with the introduction of alien species.
Tapia noted, however, that he was unlikely to see the return of the Pinta and Floreana as tortoises do not reach sexual maturity until they are around 25, so it is expected to take around 120 years before the genes match the extinct species exactly.
READ: | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lonesome-george-giant-galapagos-tortoise-revive-extinct-483950 |
Giant tortoises are one of the longest-lived animals in the world. These long-necked tortoises are slow-moving reptiles. Most of the giant tortoise species of the Indian Ocean are now extinct and Aldabra Giant Tortoise is the only known surviving today. It is believed the first ancestors of giant tortoises appeared around 250 million years before. However, they began colonizing Galapagos Islands around 2 to 3 million years ago.
Broadly speaking, there are two main kinds of tortoises: saddle-back shell tortoises and the domed shell tortoises.
The upper shell of the aldabra giant tortoises is shaped like a dome. These tortoises have very long neck. The feet of these tortoises are flat with short legs.
Giant tortoises can grow as long as 130 centimeters and weigh up to 919 pounds.
On average, these tortoises have a lifespan of 80 to 120 years. However, few tortoises are known to live for about 250 years.
Giant tortoises reach maturity at 30 years of age. Generally, there is no specific breeding month of these tortoises. However, the peak mating season is between January and May.
A female saddle-back tortoise lays 2 to 7 eggs while the female of a domed shell tortoise lays 20 to 25 eggs in a clutch. The eggs are hatched after 110 to 175 days. In one breeding season, a female lays 1 to 4 clutches. A female aldabra giant tortoise lays a clutch size of 25 eggs. In one breeding season, these tortoises can reproduce more than 1 clutches. The eggs are hatched after 8 months.
These tortoises are native to the islands of Ecuador and Seychelles. They inhabit Galapagos Islands and Aldabra Atoll. Aldabra is one of the coral reefs among the islands of Seychelles. They occupy marshlands and meadows of these islands. In order to cool themselves, they are often found seeking shelter under the trees in shallow lagoons.
These tortoises are herbivorous reptiles. The primary diet of these tortoises consists of fruits, grasses and cactus pads. Apart from eating, they drink a lot of water. | https://kidsanimalsfacts.com/giant-tortoise-facts-for-kids/ |
Jeanna Smith, of Minnesota, first brought George the gopher tortoise home when she was only 10 years old. Now, at 65, she's celebrating 56 years of friendship with him.
"George is probably my oldest friend," Smith told KARE TV's Boyd Huppert "He's just really been a wonderful pet."
Smith was gifted the young tortoise by the Milwaukee County Zoo at her 10th birthday party in 1962.
When she was younger, he’d ride in her bicycle basket or tag along on family vacations to Lake Michigan, and they even dressed up in matching bee costumes for Halloween.
“He doesn’t sit on your lap and can’t take him on walk, but he’s a great pet,” Kirby Smith, Jenna Smith’s husband, told KARE TV. The two met in college at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, and together, they owned five Labradors. George has outlived them all.
But George has certainly given the Smiths a scare or two in the past, most notably when he escaped after burrowing under a fence in 1988.
According to KARE TV, kids in the neighborhood and a TV news crew showed up to help with the search.
“I would say George is thriving,” Smith said about her beloved lettuce-and-strawberry-loving pet.
Gopher tortoises can typically live up to 80 years in the wild, but in captivity, their lifespan could stretch past 100 years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The animals are currently protected by federal law under the Endangered Species Act in the Alabama counties west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers and in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Last year, the Department of Natural Resources purchased more than 3,000 acres in Georgia's Wheeler County to create the Alligator Creek Wildlife Management Area, a protected habitat for the gopher tortoise.
"The creation of the wildlife management area is part of a larger Nature Conservancy and DNR goal to protect 100,000 acres of tortoise habitat to keep the species off the endangered list," the AJC previously reported. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/hot-topics/65-year-old-woman-has-had-pet-tortoise-56-years/715204703/ |
African Spurred Tortoise, also known as the African Spur Thigh Tortoise or the Sulcata Tortoise, is a type of mainland tortoise. It is the third largest species among all tortoises. The spurred tortoises can only be found in the Sahara desert in Africa. That is why it is called the African Spurred Tortoise.
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These are the third largest tortoises in the world with only the Galapagos and the Aldabra Giant species preceding them. The African Spurred Tortoises are the largest in size among all the mainland tortoises (tortoises that cannot be found on islands). An African Spurred Tortoise is of 2-3 inches in size at the initial stage of its life. It grows very fast from this stage and reaches a length of 6-10 inches within the first few years. The head of an African Spurred Tortoise is moderately large. The edges of the jaws are strongly dentated. There are some differences in the way a male and a female African Spurred Tortoise look.
The male African Spurred Tortoise can grow up to 80 cm long. They can weigh up to 100 kg. Male African Spurred Tortoise has a concaved bottom shell. They have an external shell that is hard and slightly horny. Each side has two or three strong spurs. The two front legs are covered in thick scales. The front legs are flatter than the back ones. The entire body of members of this species is of a sandy yellow color. This is due to the fact that they mainly reside in desert areas.
The females usually do not grow longer than 50 cm. They weigh 60 kg. The bottom shell of a female African Spur Thigh Tortoise is flatter than that of a male one. Apart from these differences, the male and the female African Spurred Tortoise look alike.
The habitation range of African Spurred Tortoise is stretched across the Sahara desert and the central and northern region of Africa. They prefer semi-arid deserts, dry lands and savannas. The African Spurred Tortoise can also be found in thorny shrub-lands in countries like
The African Spurred Tortoise is able to run. They usually stay inactive when the weather is too hot or cold. They like rain. They get excited and run around before rain. The male African Spurred Tortoises are quite aggressive. They make hissing noises if approached too closely. Male African Spurred Tortoises “converse” with each other through some grunting, croaking and whistling sounds. They often fight and keep trying to turn each other over. The females make croaking sounds to warn their enemies off.
African Spurred Tortoises dig their sleeping places, “pallets” or burrow. They live in these burrows. The African Spurred Tortoises need a lot of water in order to stay hydrated. They dig up the burrow in a way so that they can get the under-ground moisture. These burrows are an average 30 inches deep. Sometimes, a burrow may have a tunnel system that is extended 10 feet or more. The tortoises spend the hot days in these burrows. They can survive inside them even during draught.
The average lifespan of an African Spurred Tortoise is 30 to 50 years though they have been found to survive longer in some cases. The oldest African Spurred Tortoise in existence is 54 years old. The tortoise has been conserved in the Giza Zoological Gardens, Egypt since 1986.
Picture 2 – Baby African Spurred Tortoise
Source – tortoise.org
The African Spurred Tortoises are strictly vegetarian. It is considered that they graze for food when in the wild. They mainly eat grasses and weeds. A pet African Spurred Tortoise can live on foods like
A little fruit can also be included in the food chart of an African Spurred Tortoise.
The breeding season for the African Spurred Tortoises starts in September and continues through November. The Male African Spurred Tortoises fight with each other at the time of selecting their mates.
The female African Spurred Tortoise lays the eggs sixty days after mating. The female tortoise looks for the perfect spot to make the nest before laying the eggs. After excavating four or five nests for five to fifteen days, she selects the perfect nest.
The female African Spurred Tortoises dig the nest themselves. The process takes up to five hours to complete. When the nest is built, the female tortoise lays the eggs. The female African Spurred Tortoise lays an egg every three minutes until the clutch is complete. An average clutch contains 15-30 eggs. The female tortoise fills the nest with dirt and mud after laying the eggs. It takes approximately an hour to cover the eggs completely.
African Spurred Tortoises can be very good pets. They are quite tame and outgoing. But it is difficult to keep them as indoor pets because of their huge size. It is advisable to build them a suitable home in an outdoor environment. To domesticate an African Spurred Tortoise, you have to take care of the fact that they need certain natural conditions in order to survive. They need plenty of food and open space. But the most important thing to consider before getting an African Spurred Tortoise as a pet is that they grow very quickly and become very large. Otherwise, the African Spurred Tortoises are very desirable as pets.
African Spurred Tortoise is one of the largest of tortoises found on earth. They are not yet in the list of endangered species. But they are considered to be vulnerable. It is important to take care of this amazing creature so that it does not have to face extinction.
Picture 3 – African Spurred Tortoise Picture
Source – hhpz.org
Picture 4 – African Spurred Tortoise Egg
Source – corvitude.com
Here are some African Spurred Tortoise photos. Check out how they look and how big they grow in size. You can also see the differences between the male and the female African Spurred Tortoise.
You should get more pictures of baby turtles 🙂
Are you allowed to have theses as pets in the u.s?
I live on a 1/4 acre of property in NW Oregon. Is it advisable to raise two hatchling sulcata tortoise in the same housing for life or separate housing units? i WOULD BE RAISING TWO UNKNOWN SEX SULCATAS. I often heard that males and females can become very aggressive as adults no guarantees. Please advise ASAP.
Thank you! | https://www.animalspot.net/african-spurred-tortoise.html |
The Surprisingly Complex Science of Bird Longevity Wisdom, a 69-year-old female Laysan Albatross, currently holds the record as the oldest-known wild bird. Cookie, a Pink Cockatoo, lived to the age of 83, making her the world’s longest-living bird. Red-tailed Hawks have been recorded living up to 30 years.
What bird can live for 100 years?
Parrots, albatrosses and eagles can all live well into their fifties, all being well. In fact, parrots are the only birds that can live longer than humans, with some types pushing a life expectancy of 100 years.
What has the longest lifespan?
From old to oldest, here are 10 of the longest-living animals in the world today. Greenland shark: 272+ years old. Tubeworm: 300+ years old. Ocean quahog clam: 500+ years old. Black coral: 4,000+ years old. Glass sponge: 10,000+ years old. Turritopsis dohrnii: potentially immortal. Hydra: also potentially immortal.
Which animal can live 1000 years?
It is possible some may live for over 1,000 years. The Greenland shark had been estimated to live to about 200 years, but a study published in 2016 found that a 5.02 m (16.5 ft) specimen was 392 ± 120 years old, resulting in a minimum age of 272 and a maximum of 512.
What race lives longest?
However, although longevity in the U.S. population has increased substantially, race disparities in longevity have been persistent. African American life expectancy at birth is persistently five to seven years lower than European Americans.Life expectancy. State Hawaii All Races 82.3 White 81.3 Hispanic 87.9 Black 80.9.
Can a person live to be 200 years old?
Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this “absolute limit” on human life span, a new study suggests. If therapies were to be developed to extend the body’s resilience, the researchers argue, these may enable humans to live longer, healthier lives.
What animal can live up to 500 years?
Greenland Shark (300-500 years) These large Northern Atlantic sharks have the longest lifespan of all vertebrates, living up to 500 years.
Can turtles live up to 500 years?
Turtles and tortoises are some of the most long-lived members of the reptile family. Larger species such as sea turtles are estimated to live about 80 years. The giant tortoise, the largest of all land turtles, typically lives at least a century. Some have even been known to live for more than 200 years!Sep 26, 2017.
Which is the animal that never sleeps?
Bullfrogs… No rest for the Bullfrog. The bullfrog was chosen as an animal that doesn’t sleep because when tested for responsiveness by being shocked, it had the same reaction whether awake or resting. However, there were some problems with how the bullfrogs were tested.
What is the first animal on Earth?
A comb jelly. The evolutionary history of the comb jelly has revealed surprising clues about Earth’s first animal.
What animal kills the most humans?
Mosquitoes Source: CNET Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes 1,000,000 2 Humans (homicides only) 475,000 3 Snakes 50,000.
What race is the richest?
Detailed ancestry Rank Group Income (US$) 1 Indian Americans 135,809 2 Taiwanese Americans 102,405 3 Australian Americans 100,856 4 Filipino Americans 100,273.
Why do Japanese people live longer?
The higher life expectancy of Japanese people is mainly due to fewer deaths from ischemic heart disease and cancers, particularly breast and prostate cancer. Yet in the early 1960s, Japanese life expectancy was the lowest of any G7 country, mainly due to high mortality from cerebrovascular disease and stomach cancer.
Which country lives longest?
The Top 10 Highest Rank Country Women 1 Hong Kong 87.6 2 Japan 87.5 3 Switzerland 85.5 4 Singapore 85.7.
What is the human age limit?
A new study suggests there may be a hard limit on human longevity, reports Live Science’s Rebecca Sohn. That upper limit, according to the study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, is somewhere between 120 and 150 years old.
Is 80 years a long life?
The average life expectancy in the United States is 9.1 years for 80-year-old white women and 7.0 years for 80-year-old white men. Conclusions: For people 80 years old or older, life expectancy is greater in the United States than it is in Sweden, France, England, and Japan.
How many years can a human live?
And even if we make it through life with few stressors, this incremental decline sets the maximum life span for humans at somewhere between 120 and 150 years.
What is the animal that can live forever?
To date, there’s only one species that has been called ‘biologically immortal’: the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
Which animal lives longer than human?
Bowhead whales are enormous — the second-largest living mammal — but their 200-year lifespan is at least double what you’d expect given their size. Humans, too, are outliers: We live twice as long as our closest relatives, the chimpanzees.
How old is the oldest immortal jellyfish?
Here are 12 of the world’s oldest animals, ranked by age. An ocean quahog clam named Ming lived to be over 500 years old. There’s an “immortal” species of jellyfish that is said to age backward. Some elkhorn coral in Florida and the Caribbean are more than 5,000 years old.
What pet turtle has the shortest lifespan?
Which Tortoises Have the Longest Lifespan and Which Have the Shortest? At the other end of the spectrum, the curiously low profiled ‘Pankcake Tortoise’ is a species with one of the shortest lifespans; usually no more than 30 years.
How old is a turtle?
Turtles generally reach maturity between 5 to 8 years of age, and for tortoises it can be as many as 20 years to reach full maturity. Much like the rings on the trunk of a tree, as a turtle ages it develops rings in its scutes, the plates that make up its shell.
Which animal has 32 brains?
Leech has 32 brains. A leech’s internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid. | https://www.bristolpetitions.com/best-answer-which-bird-has-the-longest-lifespan/ |
Can all of this wonderful life extension continue? Will average lifespan continue to outpace projections? More importantly, can we find a cure for aging altogether or will the bubble burst like some overbought technology sector? Perhaps lifespan will peak at some natural limit. While the answer remains unclear, humans are healthier and are living longer than ever before.
Average Human Lifespan
"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow"
- William Shakespeare
With few exceptions, 30,000 days is the average human lifespan - 40,000 if you're lucky. However, two-thousand years ago average life expectancy was less than 20 years or about 7,000 days. It is difficult to imagine, but most of our ancestors kicked the bucket before our modern legal drinking age.
Bacteria, predators, accidents, extremes in weather and the lack of a reliable food source meant humans led short, dirty, brutal existences. That is if they survived birth at all. Infant mortality rates ranged from 300 or 400 deaths per 1,000 live births in the 18th century, while we see only seven per 1,000 today.
In 1796, life expectancy hovered around 24 years. A hundred years later it doubled to 48. In our modern world of air conditioners, hand washing and booster shots, you have a good chance of living 63 years, which is the world average. However, for those fortunate enough to live in a first-world country, lifespan jumps considerably.
Japan for instance has the longest average life-expectancy of 80 years, according to government figures. Similarly, in the United States, a baby born today can expect to live to 77. Interestingly these numbers continue to rise not only in developed countries but all over the world as well. When statistics are placed to a graph, the numbers speak for themselves. (Figure 1. above)
Separating the figures by gender, men on average live to 72, while women live to 79 in the US, a difference of seven years according to the 2001 CIA World Factbook. This difference is not fully understood, but it has something to do with genetics and hormonal differences between the sexes. Scientists are looking into to such difference for clues about the aging process.
Maximum Human Lifespan
"Over half the baby boomers here in America are going to see their hundredth birthday and beyond in excellent health," says Dr. Ronald Klatz, founder and President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. "We're looking at life spans for the baby boomers and the generation after the baby boomers of 120 to 150 years of age." (4)
According to a longevity study conducted by John Wilmoth (5), a UC Berkeley associate, the "oldest age at death for humans has been rising for more than a century and shows no signs of leveling off." Wilmoth and fellow colleges from the United States and Sweden researched the national death records in Sweden and found an increase in the average maximum lifespan each year since 1861. This finding calls into question the 120 lifespan limit.
"We have shown that the maximum life span is changing. It is not a biological constant. Whether or not this can go on indefinitely is difficult to say. There is no hint yet that the upward trend is slowing down," writes Wilmoth.
Wilmoth's statements about maximum lifespan run counter to a commonly held belief that there is a natural limit. "Those numbers are out of thin air," said Wilmoth. "There is no scientific basis on which to estimate a fixed upper limit. Whether 115 or 120 years, it is a legend created by scientists who are quoting each other." says Wilmoth.
Will the Trend Continue?
"Aging is a biochemical process and humans will learn how to intervene in it and slow it down" Nick Bostrom, founder of the World Transhumanist Association predicts in his article Case Against Aging(1). Optimistically, Bostrom see the elimination of aging as "theoretically possible." While it may not be within reach now, it will be soon.
Current trends seem to prove Bostrom correct. Evidence for an ever increasing human lifespan -- as a result of advances in medicine and improvements in quality of life -- is quite impressive. Not only is there mounting statistical evidence for a continued upward trend, there's evidence this trend is actually accelerating.
Väinö Kannisto, a Max Planck Institute demographic researcher has compiled statistics from 28 countries. He found that as life expectancy rose during the 20th century the "pace of mortality improvement at older ages accelerated." Kannisto notes that even after age 100 "death rates are falling." (2)
"The conventional view is that future gains in life expectancy cannot possibly match those of the past," says Jay Olshansky (3). Olshansky believes the "sustained improvement" we're seeing in lifespan goes beyond this onetime statistical abnormality. "Reinforcing processes may help sustain the increase in record life expectancy" Olshansky says. Greater attention to health and more resources spent to combat diseases at all stages in life will result in a net increase in the number of people surviving into older age.
122 years – Current Lifespan Record
The only verified case of a human to live beyond 120 years was Jeanne Calment. She was a Frenchwoman who died in 1997 at 122 years. She rode a bicycle to the age of 100 and once met Vincent Van Gogh in her father's painting shop. Her longevity is likely linked to her genes as well as her lifestyle and the advance of medical technology during her lifetime. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to the age of 86.
Oldest Living Person Today
Keeping track of who's tthe oldest, you need to look to Japan. According to Guinness World Records, Japan is home to the world's oldest woman, Kamoto Hongo, who turned 115 in 2002; the oldest man, 113-year-old Yukichi Chuganji; and the community with the highest proportion of centenarians – 33 people per 100,000 in Okinawa.
"One of the assumptions is that life expectancy will rise a bit and then reach a ceiling it cannot go through" says Mr Oeppen (4), senior research associate at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. "But people have been assuming that since the 1920s and it hasn't proved to be the case." However, Oeppen is quick to point out, "This is far from eternity: modest annual increments in life expectancy will never lead to immortality."
Carefull what you say about immortality, it could put you in the hot seat of the nation's top bioethics advisor, Leon Kass. Bush's leading scientific advisor has gone out of his way to lambaste the possibility of immortality. Kass recently traveled to Toronto where he gave a conference entitled "Why not Immortality"(5). While his arguments against immortality are framed in eloquent phrases of modern bioethics, the core message is clear - Kass thinks that extending healthy human life is a bad idea. "Confronted with the growing moral challenges posed by biomedical technology, let us resist the siren song of the conquest of aging and death." Kass says.
On the other hand, there is a growing professional contingency willing to speak up on the topic of immortality. William Faloon,(6) president of the Life Extension Foundation, says, "History has often shown that before a major breakthrough occurs, experts go out of their way to deny that it will ever happen." Lifespan projections do not take into account "dramatic advances in the biomedical sciences." Fallon says. If these breakthroughs do come about "life expectancy will be significantly higher".
Jay Olshansky, author of The Quest for Immortality, expresses his optimism, "We see ourselves on the cusp of the second longevity revolution." However, Olshansky is not prepared to declare that immortality is in sight. "Short of medical interventions that manufacture survival time," Olshansky says, "there is very little you can do as an individual to extend the latent potential for longevity that was present at your conception." (Of course, there is a great deal that each individual can to to make sure they reach that full potential: lifestyle, diet and good medical care are all essential for a long, healthy natural lifespan).
Betting on Life Extension
"Our body design, although beautiful to behold, miraculous in design and astonishing in its complexity, was never intended to be operated in the laboratory of extended life," Olshansky said. Confident about his perdition, Olshansky has bet(8) $500 million that no 150-year-old person will be alive and in good condition by the year 2150. Taking the other side in this bet is Steven Austad, author of "Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering About the Body's Journey Through Life,". Austed recently made a presention on anti-aging and life extension medicine to the President's Council on Bioethics. Each scientist has endowed $150 to a trust fund that with the magic of compounding interest will produce a $500 million payout on January 1, 2150.
Centenarians on the Rise
As reported on the font cover of USA Today (August 24, 1999), The U.S. Census Bureau forecasts that the number of Americans age 100 or older will increase by more than 22 times the 1990 estimate of 37,306. In October 2001, the US Census Bureau actually reported that there were 50,454 US Centenarians (a more reasonable 35 percent increase) out of a total population of 281.4 million Americans. But by 2050, "the number of US centenarians is expected to reach 834,000 and maybe even 1 million," said Dr. Robert Butler, President of the International Longevity Center in New York City.
The number of people older than 100 in America has been increasing by more than 7 percent per year since the '50s. The fastest-growing group of drivers in Florida is over 85. Most researchers believe centenarians are only modern phenomenon. Jean-Marie Robine, with the National Institute of Health and Medical Research in France, believes that there were no true centenarians before 1800. Every pre-1800 case of supposed centenarianism they have investigated has turned out to be either provably false or impossible to confirm, Robine said.
Robine observed that the rising population of centenarians in France -- from an estimated 200 in 1950 to a peak of 10,000 today -- are proving that old notions of longevity are wrong.
"If we believe that there were no centenarians before 1800, the lifespans that we are seeing today, such as Mme. Jeanne Calment who lived to age 122, are even more surprising," Robine said. "If you go back into literature about human longevity, you find that the maximum is 110 and 112, and the authors keep increasing the number. After Jeanne Calment lived to 122, for two or three years no one proposed a new figure. Now you can see that there are new propositions of 125 and 130 as the maximum, but there is still no scientific basis to these propositions." (9)
In developed countries the number of people celebrating their 100th birthday multiplied several fold from 1875 to 1950 and doubled each decade since 1950. In Denmark, for instance, an average of only 3 individuals reached age 100 in each year of the 1870s, compared with 213 new centenarians in 1990. (A)
It has been speculated that centenarians may have been rare or even non-existent a few hundred years ago. According to J.R. Wilmonth, "true centenarians may have been quite rare in the pre-industrial period." Similarly, Jeune suggest that no humans lived to age 100 before 1800.
Life Extension Technology
In 2000, the budget for the National Institutes of Health was $15 billion. The research and development budgets of the major pharmaceutical companies was in excess of $20 billion. The majority of these funds is focused on the big killers: heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. As more attention is paid to an aging population, we can hope to see more of these funds funnelled into research specific to anti-aging. A cure for aging will likely come about from one or more of the following technologies:
1. Genetic Manipulation
With the human genetic code now mapped, the race is on to find anti-aging genes.
2. Stem Cells
While still a hot button issue, the potential of theraputic cloning and regenerative medicine using stem cells is enormous. Imagine growing a new heart from your own stem cells, creating a replacement organ without the dreaded problem of immune rejection from your body.
3. Small Biomechanical Devices
With smaller technology showing more and more promise, doctors are willing to take a look at Microelectromechanical System, MEMS and Nanotechnology for less invasive devices to monitor and repair aging cells and organs.
There is still a lot of work to be done yet. Many difficult problems must be solved on multiple fronts before we see lifespans of 150 years and beyond. Nevertheless, radical life extension and the potential for immortality could soon be at hand.
References: | http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/680-human-lifespan-is-there-a-limit-bruce-klein/ |
Is there a limit to the human lifespan? It’s a subject of vigourous debate – now A study in Nature by Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists suggests that it may not be possible to extend the human life beyond the ages already attained by the oldest people on record….
Canadian babies born today can expect to live more than 81 years compared with an average life expectancy of only 47 for people born in 1900. Since the 1970s, — the age to which the oldest people live — has also risen. But according to the Einstein researchers, this upward trajectory has a ceiling — and we’ve already reached it.
Scientists analyzed mortality and population data from more than 40 countries. Since 1900, the The number of people surviving to old age in each birth cohort increased with their calendar year of birth.
But when the researchers looked at survival improvements for people aged 100 and above, they found that gains in survival peaked at around 100 and then declined rapidly, regardless of the year people were born.
For people living to 110 or older, the age at death increased rapidly between the 1970s and early 1990s but reached a plateau around 1995 — further evidence for a lifespan limit. The Einstein researchers put the average maximum human life span at 115 years – and the absolute limit of human lifespan at 125 years. | http://classicalfm.ca/zoomer-report/2019/10/11/lifespan-limit/ |
Range: Found in the deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, western Arizona, eastern Baja California, and northwestern Mexico.
Habitat: Strictly a rock dweller, the chuckwalla is found in rocky outcrops, lava flows, and rocky hillsides.
Diet: Strict herbivores, feeding on many flowering desert plants, flowers and fruits. We feed our Chuckwalla greens, veggies, and tortoise pellets.
Size: Large males can grow up to 16" in total length, although the average is around 12", with females a little smaller.
Lifespan: About 7-10 years in the wild and 10-15 years in captivity.
Behavior: Being a diurnal lizard, they emerge in mornings and prefer to bask in temperatures reaching 105 degrees F. They brumate during the winter and emerge in early spring. The males are territorial and communicate using scent and visual means. Breeding occurs during the summer and eggs are buried under ground and incubate for 2-3 months, usually hatching mid-September. Females can lay up to six eggs during a season.
Wedge is captive-born and came to Turtle Bay as a baby in 2009.
Our chuckwalla’s name is Wedge, after the defensive behavior of wedging themselves between rocks; they also puff up with air, making it very hard for predators to pull them out of the crevices.
Chuckwallas are in the family Iguanidae, the same family as green iguanas. The Iguanidae and Agamidae families (i.e. Bearded dragons) are very similar in looks but are genetically very different, an example of convergent evolution.
Most lizards have a great sense of taste, and may stick their tongue out often to taste their surroundings. They do not have a sense of smell as we do.
Many lizards have a pineal eye, a light sensitive opening covered by a translucent scale on middle of the top of the head.
Males have pores along the interior of thigh called femoral pores that secret an oily substance thought to mark territories, but also could aid in attracting a mate.
Males and females look different. Males have orange or yellow across their body and are larger than females.
Their scientific name, Sauromalus, translates to “bad lizard”. | https://www.turtlebay.org/chuckwalla/ |
My1sttoday — Meet Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest known living animal on earth. The tortoise’s age was estimated so because records say he was ‘fully mature’ when brought to Saint Helena in 1882.
Tortoises live very long, that much is known to many but Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise is perhaps the oldest known living land animal. Jonathan, who lives on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean has seen two world wars, the Great Depression, the deadly Spanish flu and now the Coronavirus and yet continues to thrive at the island.
Originally from Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, he was brought to the South Atlantic island back in 1882 with three other tortoises when he was 50 years old. Jonathan was named in the 1930s by Governor of Saint Helena Sir Spencer Davis and is now 189 years old.
Who is Jonathan The Tortoise?
A Seychelles giant Tortoise, Jonathan lives on the grounds of Plantation House, the official residence of the governor of St Helena and is taken care of by the authorities there. The tortoise’s age was estimated so because records say he was ‘fully mature’ when brought to Saint Helena in 1882. ‘Fully mature’ means at least 50 years old and thus reaffirms that Jonathan was definitely not born later than 1832.
Hello World, my name is Johnathon and i was born in 1832 Still going strong.. Love you all.. It was my birthday last month and i am 189 years old. pic.twitter.com/bI7a9Rv8QI
— Nature And Science Zone (@ZoneNature03) September 4, 2021
Is Jonathan Still Healthy?
Jonathan is also featured in the Guinness Book of Record. Born circa 1832, the tortoise is even older than the Eiffel Tower, which was completed in 1887. Tortoise of Jonathan’s species, which are a sub species of the Aldabra giant Tortoise were once thought to have been extinct but have been recorded to about 80 in numbers globally, according to IUCN.
Although Jonathan has surpassed his usual average lifespan of 150 years, his veterinarian says the gentle animal is still very healthy, apart from a some age-related issues. He is almost blind in eyes due to cataracts and may have lost all sense of smell, but is still with very good hearing skills.
Why Do Tortoises Live So Long?
Although not yet properly researched, scientists have a few theories about what makes the tortoises tick so long, long after humans and others with sizeable lifespans have passed on. A recent study looked at substances that lead to cell damage and death and also took into account cells of turtle species, including from a giant tortoise, just like Jonathan.
It revealed that these animals have the ability to protect themselves from the long-term effects of cell damage by quickly killing off damaged cells, using a process called apoptosis, thus increasing their life expectancy.
Jonathan is not the only famous resident of the island. St Helena is usually best known as the place where Napoleon Bonaparte lived out his final days in exile after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Just like Jonathan, another tortoise named ‘Tu’i Malila’ so far holds the Guinness record of oldest animal on land which died in Tonga in 1966 at the age of 189. ‘Adwaita’ was another Aldabra giant tortoise that died in 2006 in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata in India and many believed he was even 255 years, although that is disputed. | https://my1sttoday.com/meet-jonathan-the-tortoise-the-oldest-known-living-animal-on-earth/ |
10 Astounding Facts about Dinosaurs
We all have a pre-conceived notion of what dinosaurs were like. Much of what we think we know about dinosaurs comes from the movie series Jurassic Park. If truth be told, not everything the movies said was true. Not all dinosaurs were big and beasty. In reality, some were as small as chickens! Moreover, it’s possible that dinosaurs did not have the ability to make terrifying roars. So, we have a lot to learn! Keeping that in mind, we bring to you 10 such mind-blowing facts about dinosaurs.
1 There is no scientific evidence to determine the lifespan of a dinosaur. They may have had a lifespan of 100-300 years, but most of them died quite young as a result of fights amongst them.
The fossils of dinosaurs can tell a lot ranging from what they ate to how they interacted with their fellow dinosaurs. But one thing that cannot be deduced from the fossils is the exact lifespan of the dinosaurs. To calculate how long any particular dinosaur lived, there are numerous metrics that need to be considered. Some of them include analogies with modern-day birds, reptiles, and mammals, growth and metabolism theories of the dinosaur, and direct analysis of dinosaur bone fossils.
Reasoning on the basis of analogy with modern-day reptiles, the lifespan of dinosaurs must have been around 100-150 years. This seems possible considering some modern reptiles, like the giant tortoise, live up to 150 years. Many birds, which are direct descendants of dinosaurs, have been known to live for over 100 years.
But considering the metabolism of these creatures, the picture painted is completely different. Giant dinosaurs were known to achieve “homeothermy.” This means that they used to warm up slowly in the sun and cool down equally as slowly at night, thus maintaining a constant, internal body temperature. Considering this, scientists have estimated the lifespan to be around 300 years for giant dinosaurs. For small-sized dinosaurs, the debate is still on. But many scientists have put forward a theory that their lifespan was directly proportional to their size.
In conclusion, these numbers are just theoretical estimates. Until and unless the scientific community discovers information related to the metabolism and growth rate of different dinosaur species, it will be very difficult to pinpoint the exact lifespan. (1, 2)
2 Sauropod dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus probably used their necks in combat. Their necks were very oversized and had large studs on them.
The necks of sauropods are quite strong. The middle portion of the neck is overdeveloped, leading to a deep and wide neck. Their necks had the power to strike down items such as tree trunks or other animals.
A study on the necks of Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus was published in 2015. It found numerous differences between the necks of these two and other diplodocids. Moreover, there was evidence suggesting that Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus used their necks for intraspecies combat. In layman terms, they used their necks to fight among themselves during times of limited food and resources. (source)
3 It is entirely possible that adult Spinosaurus primarily lived in the ocean and never went to land except for laying eggs.
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is a species of dinosaurs that scientists believed spent some of their time in the water. The bones of the Spinosaurus were first uncovered during the World War II. But in 2014, the entire skeleton of the Spinosaurus was discovered by scientists in Morocco. This new skeleton revealed that the dinosaur was far more aquatic than was originally presumed.
The journal, Science, has released a new study saying that Spinosaurus had a long neck, powerful jaws, strong and clawed forearms, dense bones, and most probably webbed feet. They also had a spiny sail on their back which might have been seven feet in height 95 million years ago.
This new find has disproved much of the theories that scientists had created around this particular species. Nizar Ibrahim, the lead author of the study, said, “It’s like working on an extraterrestrial or an alien. It’s so different than anything else around.” (source)
4 Apatosaurus and other sauropod dinosaurs were probably capable of flicking the end of their tails at speeds exceeding the speed of sound.
It turns out that when the Apatosaurus dinosaurs slapped their tails onto the ground, they broke sound barriers 150 million years ago. A single flick of their tails might have created sonic booms. Nathan Myhrvold, founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures, has created a model of the dinosaur and has been doing research on the same for almost 20 years.
Even though Myhrvold’s model is just one-quarter of the size of the actual dinosaur, it was able to produce the distinctive crack. This means that the tail would easily break the sound barrier when whipped around.
Apatosaurus, and other sauropod dinosaurs with extremely long tails must have used their supersonic abilities for defense, communication, same-species rivalry, or courtship. (source)
5 It is very unlikely that any dinosaur species ever roared. Only some big cats can roar and they have unique specializations in their vocal cords.
Dinosaurs are huge creatures, and it seems logical that they must have had blood-curdling roars. Even Jurassic Park portrayed dinosaurs with terrifying roars. But recent research proves otherwise. The beasts that walked on the earth millions of years ago might possibly have never roared. Instead, the noises they made were more along the lines of a goose or a crocodile. | https://unbelievable-facts.com/2018/06/facts-about-dinosaurs-2.html |
Kristie McNealy M.D.
Family Health Guide
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have searched for the key to immortality and eternal youth. From the epic of Gilgamesh, recorded on clay tablets around 2000 B.C., to Ponce de Leon’s famed search for the fountain of youth in the new world, the extension of life has been a recurring theme for humanity.
Today, scientists are coming closer than ever to making real medical breakthroughs that will “cure” aging and eventually bring an end to natural death. Pharmaceutical discoveries, and advances in the fields of nanotechnology, cloning, stem cell research and cryonics offer tantalizing glimpses at a future free from old age, and the ability to actually reverse the aging process itself – possibilities that life extension experts feel could become a reality by 2019. Of course, along with these discoveries come ethical questions about the meaning of life in the absence of death and the fate of religion, as well as concerns about overpopulation, boredom and why anyone would really want to live forever.
If the claims of life extension proponents sound far fetched, consider the fact that the average human lifespan has doubled since 1900 and continues to increase. Enormous medical advances occurred during the 20th century, resulting in the development of medications and technology that were once unthinkable. Less than 100 years ago, insulin was unknown and type 1 diabetes was a fatal and mysterious disease. Now, insulin is an inexpensive and easily obtainable drug that saves lives every day. Other medical devices that are common today, like internal pacemakers and contact lenses, were unthinkable just 100 years ago, and the rate of medical and scientific advances continues to increase.
In humans, like all mammals, aging begins almost as soon as we reach physical maturity. In fact, with an average lifespan of 70 years and maximum verified lifespan of 122 years, a typical person today spends the majority of their life aging. In biological terms, aging can be defined as an accumulation of damage to macromolecules like DNA, as well as cells, tissues and organs. The differences in life span between species are determined by genetics, differences in the ability to repair damaged DNA, as well as differences in antioxidant enzymes and free radical production. The science of life extension seeks to exploit these differences and alter the biological pathways involved in aging, with the ultimate goal of immortality. In this feature, we’ll discuss some of the most promising approaches in life extension science.
Chemical Life Extension
For years it’s been common knowledge that drinking red wine (in moderation) is good for your heart. What we didn’t know was why. Then, in 1992, a chemical named resveratrol was suggested as the cause of the cardioprotective properties of wine. Unfortunately, you’d have to drink hundreds of bottles of wine each day to consume enough resveratrol to see a significant effect, so work on a pharmaceutical form of resveratrol was begun. Researchers have since shown that resveratrol extends the lifespan of yeast1, but studies in other species have had conflicting results. A 2008 study on mice found that while resveratrol causes changes in gene expression that are similar to those caused by dietary restriction and mice had fewer signs of old age, unfortunately they didn’t live any longer than typical mice2.
In 2008, pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Smith Kline purchased Sirtris, the company which is developing a proprietary form of resveratrol, for $720 million dollars. Their product, SRT501 is now in Phase 2 clinical trials, and could be available in as little as 6 years. It will be years though, before we will know whether resveratrol will extend the human lifespan.
The latest discovery is a naturally occurring substance found in the soil of Easter Island, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Rapamycin has shown to extend the life expectancy of laboratory mice by up to 38% . Professor Randy Strong, of the University of Texas Health Science Center, said: “We believe this is the first convincing evidence that the ageing process can be slowed and lifespan can be extended by a drug therapy starting at an advanced age.”
Another leading researcher Dr Arlan Richardson was quoted as saiyng “I never thought we would find an anti-ageing pill for people in my lifetime; however, rapamycin shows a great deal of promise to do just that.”
Despite the recent hype, there is not yet conclusive evidence and a UK expert has warned that it can suppress immunity. | https://www.prisonplanet.com/in-pursuit-of-immortality-the-science-behind-life-extension.html |
Aldabra giant tortoise information
The Aldabra giant tortoise may be a big species of tortoise native to the Aldabra Islands in the Indian ocean. Is one amongst the biggest tortoises within the world. Once big tortoises were found on several indian ocean islands however became extinct traditionally because of exploitation by sailors from passing ships. They were all on the face of it extinct by 1840 with the exception of the Aldabran giant tortoise on the island coral reef of Aldabra. there have been eighteen species of big tortoises that when lived on the islands in ocean.
Distribution and habitat
Aldabra giant tortoise may be a species of large tortoise that may be found on the Aldabra island in ocean. It inhabits scrubs, angiospermous tree swamps, coastal dunes and grasslands. The tortoises exploit many various varieties of environs, as well as grasslands, low scrub, mangrove swamps, and coastal dunes. Though the Aldabra tortoise is typically found in areas of dense, low-lying vegetation, the Aldabra tortoise is additionally far-famed to wander into a lot of thin, rocky regions once food is in brief provide.
Aldabra giant tortoise characteristics
The Aldabra giant tortoise is so a large. The thick, vaulted exoskeleton is dark gray to black in color and therefore the strong limbs area unit coated in bony scales, as is that the little, pointed head. big tortoises area unit most noticeable because of their massive vaulted shell. This acts as protection against predators as their body is kind of soft. The males weigh concerning three hundred pounds, and therefore the females weigh concerning two hundred pounds. the most weight of the Aldabra turtle is 600 pounds.
Scientific Name: Aldabrachelys gigantea
Lifespan: 200 years
Origin: Seychelles
Common Names: Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Size: 1.1 meters
Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Family: Testudinidae
- Genus: Aldabrachelys
- Species: A. gigantea
Aldabra giant tortoise facts
- The Aldabra giant tortoise is one of the largest tortoises in the world.
- Aldabra giant tortoise is dark grey or black colored.
- Aldabra giant tortoise is mostly active early in the morning.
- The Aldabra giant tortoise is a herbivore. The tortoises eat grasses, leaves, and woody plant stems.
- Aldabra giant tortoise can be found solitary or in the groups in the wild.
- Mating season of Aldabra giant tortoise takes place from February to May.
- Aldabra tortoises are long lived, some having reached more than 200 years of age. The oldest known Aldabra in captivity at the time of this writing is 170 years old.
Aldabra giant tortoise Behavior / lifecycle
Aldabra tortoises are found each one by one and in herds, that tend to collect totally on open grasslands. These animals vary between being solitary and roaming in herds. Most of their activity happens within the morning. throughout the day they will dig underground or rest in an exceedingly puddle of water. Between Feb and should, females lay between nine and twenty five rubbery eggs in an exceedingly shallow, dry nest. Usually, lower than 1/2 the eggs ar fertile. Females will turn out multiple clutches of eggs in an exceedingly year. they’re terribly slow growing reptiles, and sometimes don’t reach sexual maturity till they’re between twenty and thirty years previous.
Feeding for Aldabra giant tortoise
Primarily herbivores, Aldabra big tortoises eat grasses, leaves, and tracheophyte stems. Aldabra big Tortoises additionally eat leaves, fruits and berries from the encircling vegetation and are well-known to truly reach au courant their hind legs to nibble on the treats slightly to a higher place. Those wherever food is taken from the trees have a shell with a raised front and two-dimensional high permitting the neck to increase up. Fresh water is at a premium in turtle environs. This suggests most of their wet is taken from their food.
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I have pointed out in other articles the striking contrast between, on the one hand, the feverish interest shown calorie restriction by scientific researchers and, on the other, the virtual invisibility of CR amid a population otherwise obsessed with dieting. As I have elsewhere opined, I think the latter is largely due to a failure on the part of those who do know (but whose expectations are cynically low) to inform and educate those that don’t.
Meanwhile, expectations are very high among those studying the nature and effects of calorie restriction. Since 1935, when Clive M. McKay at Cornell University first stumbled across the CR phenomenon, over 1000 CR-related studies have been conducted at major universities around the world. These studies generated over 100 articles in prominent medical and other scientific journals, including JAMA, Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine. This vast and prolonged scientific gold rush was triggered by a very concrete discovery: When an organism, for example an animal, consumes substantially fewer calories (20-40%) than it normally would, its lifespan is extended beyond the maximum lifespan for its species.
This was an earth-shattering discovery. To fully appreciate this assertion you need to understand the difference between average life span and maximum life span. When health experts speak of ways to lengthen your life, to add years to your life, they are referring to ways that you can increase your average lifespan. In other words, no one can accurately tell you that a given behavior or product will extend your life in particular. The fact is that you in particular may die tomorrow in a plane crash or next year from a rare genetically-determined cancer. What experts can tell us is that certain things will increase the average health and longevity among members of a given population. There are a lot of these things: stop smoking, exercise regularly, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, use a seat belt. Studies show conclusively that when applied among a large representative sampling, the average life expectancy is higher.
While this is interesting and very valuable information, it pales in significance when compared to the things that allow an organism’s lifespan to plunge through the ceiling of its species, i.e. to surpass the specie’s maximum life span. For example, look at the most popular conventional strategy for increasing average lifespan: aerobic exercise. Beginning in the early 1970s, Dr. Kenneth Cooper and other influential proponents have persuaded many if not most educated Americans to either exercise regularly or feel guilty that they don’t. While the health benefits of aerobics can be measured in more than one way, the longevity effect is probably the most telling. Furthermore, since the runners have been running now for almost 40 years, the jury is in regarding the impact of aerobics on average lifespan.
Though there is room for disagreement regarding the details, the bottom line is that we are talking about single digit gains. This has been the nature of health discoveries after the middle of the last century. In the hundred or so years before there were quantum gains attributable largely to advances in environmental safety and infectious disease control (e.g. vaccinations, antibiotics, sterilization). But these were low hanging fruit that related less to our body’s intrinsic capabilities than to external threats. Going forward, as our present average exercised life span of 80 years encroaches on the human maximum life span of 115 years, gains are likely to become more effortful and incremental before finally butting against the brick wall.
Consequently, the real action, scientifically and commercially speaking, relates to the metabolic changes triggered by calorie restriction but without the restriction of calories. The truly good news is that such a metabolic phenomenon even exists. Except for calorie restriction, there would be widespread skepticism among scientists that its even possible to extend the life of an organism beyond its maximum life span. Such things were discussed more in science fiction than science. Now that we are past that hurdle, the frenetic race is on. Meanwhile, as the research proceeds, discoveries are occurring along the way that require medical professionals to think differently about the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Following are a couple of interesting examples:
- Traditionally, physicians have considered a patient’s white blood cell count (also called “leukocytes”) a very important indicator of his immune health, of his ability to fight off various diseases and infections. Standard lab tests measuring white blood cell counts consider a count below 4,500 white blood cells per microliter (mcL). an unfavorable marker which indicates the immune system is impaired, that the patient has a greater vulnerability to disease. Yet calorie restriction studies show that CR subjects consistently have white cell counts substantially below the reference range while demonstrating exceptionally effective immune function. In the human study presently being conducted at Washington University in St. Louis, in which I am a participant, virtually all the CR subjects show medically low white cell counts yet are much healthier than their non-CR counterparts. They also report fewer colds and other illnesses as well as fewer allergies now than before CR. (Further investigation suggests that the answer likely lies in a sub-group of cells. CR practitioners, while low regarding all white cells, are actually very high respecting this particular subgroup. If this theory is confirmed it will explain the CR white cell paradox as well as inform the medical profession of a long-standing diagnostic error.
- Bone health has traditionally been determined by measuring a person’s “bone mineral density”(BMD). The is done with a special x-ray device which measures the mass of the bone. If someone’s BMD is more than one standard deviation less than that of a healthy young adult, he is said to have osteopenia, generally considered a call to action if one is to head of the dreaded diagnosis of osteoporosis, defined as more than 2.5 standard deviations from the reference BMD. A low BMD is considered an indicator of weak bones and an accompanying higher risk of fracture. Calorie restriction research, however, suggests that BMD is not a reliable test of bone health. The human CR study at Wash U has studied closely the bone health of the CR participants and has found them to have functionally strong bones despite low BMDs. None of the participants have reported any fractures or other such problems despite substantial levels of activity. As with low white cell counts, practitioners of CR consistently have lower BMDs than their more caloried counterparts. Researchers believe that the bone loss that a person experiences when he adopts CR is akin to the myriad other adaptations that the body makes as it becomes increasingly efficient and healthy.
Bones are dynamic organs and it turns out that their mass expands and contracts with changes in the body’s structural and other needs. If someone is carrying 300 pounds of body weight, for example, he will require larger bones than the same person carrying 150. The body is smart enough to sense such changes and to make appropriate adjustments. What is most interesting, however, is that bone strength, integrity, does not appear to have been compromised through such adaptations despite the loss of density. Clearly this suggests that the gold standard for measuring bone health, BMD, needs to be replaced, along with the indiscriminate standards regarding treatment of osteopenia . | https://thecalorist.com/index.php/blog/22-how-calorie-restriction-is-advancing-medical-science |
Discovering the lifespans of marine turtles
Marine turtles are much loved but at risk. Discovering how long they naturally live in the wild is vital for conserving populations and predicting their risk of extinction.
Discovering the lifespan of animals has relied on observing captive animals in zoos and studying species in the wild. But observing the lifespans of wild animals is almost impossible for migratory marine species because they are difficult to monitor. And long-lived species like marine turtles may outlive generations of researchers.
Last year a team led by Dr Ben Mayne, a postdoctoral fellow with CSIRO’s Environomics Future Science Platform, discovered a way to use DNA to calculate a species’ lifespan.
From genome sequence to lifespan
Dr Mayne’s team can calculate the natural lifespan of any vertebrate animal. They need only a species’ genome sequence as the starting point.
“We found the maximum lifespan of the Bowhead whale is 268 years. This is 57 years longer than people previously thought,” Dr Mayne said.
The team validated their method by comparing the results with known lifespans of animal species. And they also calculated the lifespans of some extinct animals.
“We discovered that woolly mammoths lived for 60 years and the Pinta Island giant tortoise from the Galapagos lived for 120 years,” Dr Mayne said.
The team looked at the human genome and as a result they discovered our maximum natural lifespan is 38 years. This matches anthropologists’ estimates of lifespan in early modern humans. But human lifespan has likely been extended over time due to changes in lifestyle and medical advances.
Dr Mayne’s team has now taken things a step further by calculating the lifespans of species that haven’t yet had their genomes sequenced.
How long do marine turtles live?
The team’s method for estimating lifespan uses the density of DNA methylation at 42 different genes. DNA methylation is a special type of DNA change. It helps control when genes are switched on and off.
“In this study we decided to take a closer look at the marine turtle species swimming in Australian waters. Knowing their natural lifespans is essential for wildlife management because it is used for population modelling,” Dr Mayne says.
“Before our study, out of the world’s seven marine turtle species, only Green sea turtles had a reliable lifespan estimate. Turtle lifespans have been so difficult to determine because turtles have long lives and migrate vast distances throughout the world’s oceans,” he says.
Green sea turtles were also the only species with a publicly available genome sequence. So the researchers used it to home in on the areas of turtle genomes that are important for calculating lifespan. They sequenced these areas using DNA samples from five different marine turtle species. As a result, they could then predict the lifespans of these species. They are:
- Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) 90.4 years
- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) 62.8 years
- Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) 54.3 years
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) 53.2 years
- Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) 50.4 years.
During the study, the team also found that the size of a marine turtle species can predict its lifespan. Species that weigh more and have longer shells live longer.
“We found leatherback sea turtles have a natural lifespan of 90 years,” Dr Mayne says. “People knew they lived at least 30 years in the wild. Some evidence suggested maybe 70 or 80 years. Our work puts a much more reliable number on this.”
Groundbreaking science for environmental managers
Environmental managers can use these lifespan predictions to understand turtle life cycles, manage wild populations and investigate mortality. And because we know more about lifespans, it will be easier to assess whether populations of marine turtles may be at risk of extinction.
This study involved scientists from CSIRO, the University of Western Australia and the Government of Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions. The paper Lifespan estimation in marine turtles using genomic promoter CpG density was published in PLOS ONE in August 2020.
The paper A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates was published in Scientific Reports in December 2019.
The authors thank everyone involved in sequencing the reference genomes used in their studies and making them publicly available.
Read more about our work on the lifespans of extinct and living animals.
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This technology should be used on the Whale Shark population, still a big unknown for longevity. | https://ecos.csiro.au/discovering-the-lifespans-of-marine-turtles/ |
The giant tortoise has for centuries been outcompeted, chased and poached towards extinction. But on a remote atoll outside the Seychelles, a large colony is prospering.
The story of the giant tortoise is often a sad one. Since the 17th century, settlers and explorers have raided islands in the Indian Ocean, putting tortoises on their ships as food. The reptiles can go six months without food or water, providing starved sailors with fresh meat. Where humans weren’t involved, rival species snared its food and attacked its eggs; the giant tortoise, after all, was never designed for combat or getaways. By the late 1800s, the global population was estimated at below 1,000.
The narrative is quite different at the Aldabra Atoll, an isolated ecosystem controlled by the Seychelles. Here, a colony of around 100,000 giant tortoises flourish in a largely self-sustainable environment. The only other surviving colony, though much smaller, lives on the Galápagos Islands, 600 kilometres west of Ecuador. The difference between Aldabra and other places, experts say, is its remoteness; it lies 1,100 kilometres south-west of Mahé, the largest of the Seychelles’ 115 islands. Explorers have been unable – or seen no reason – to visit it, leaving the habitat largely undisturbed. Today access is strictly regulated: the only current settlement is a small research station for accredited scientists.
There is much to study. The atoll’s four main islands – 125,000-year-old coral reeves elevated above sea level – enclose a large, shallow lagoon of endemic and endangered species; large seabird colonies, green turtles, hawksbill turtles, and the white-throated rail – the last flightless bird of the Western Indian Ocean. UNESCO, listing it in 1982, labelled the atoll ‘an outstanding natural laboratory for scientific research and discovery’.
Unusually, at Aldabra, the giant tortoises dominate the ecosystem. After introduced feral goats were eradicated from the atoll in August last year, their competition for food and shade was gone. The tortoises are central to the ecological composition, feeding on grass to keep it short and dispersing native seeds. “They are absolutely essential,” says Rich Baxter, project officer for the Zürich Aldabra Research Platform, a scientific collaboration between the University of Zürich and the Seychelles Islands Foundation, which manages the atoll. “Without them it would be a completely different habitat.”
The giant tortoise is one of the world’s longest living creatures. Besides being large – males can weigh up to 250kg – they often live to more than 100 years old. Their maximum age, though, remains unclear. One giant tortoise was supposedly 176 years old when it died in 2006 in Australia Zoo, Queensland. Another reputedly hit 255 years when passing away in Calcutta, India, the same year. But there is no scientific documentation for either. The fact is that for many tortoises, proper records have never been maintained; they have simply outlived the scientists who study them.
Unlike at the Galápagos, there is less need for active conservation management of the tortoises. “The tortoises are so isolated out there that they are protected anyway,” says Baxter. ”If you left them alone for five years they would be absolutely fine.” Rather, it’s about potential dangers. “We are trying to understand the system, in case there are threats to Aldabra, like climate change,” he says. “We need to know as much about Aldabra as possible so that we can counter these threats if they arrive.”
A central concept in preserving the species is to find alternative locations, should the atoll get in trouble. Aldabran Giant Tortoises have already been shipped to America, Prague, Zürich and elsewhere to form ‘reserve colonies’. At other places, such as Mauritius, giant tortoises have been dispatched to recreate the biological role of other extinct tortoise species. Whether that will work, says Baxter, depends on the studies at the atoll: “If we can understand what they do in an original wild habitat, we can maybe take what we learn from here and better manage the species at other islands.”
That said, even the Aldabra Atoll isn’t completely safe. “Aldabra has been under water several times in its history,” Baxter says. “You can find old tortoise fossils embedded in the limestone coral. So it’s been underwater, and then re-colonised again by other tortoises. We believe the current tortoises may originate from Madagascar.”
The tortoises living at Madagascar, of course, are long extinct. And so this time, should the Aldabra Atoll drown, no alternative colony would exist. For the Aldabran species, that scenario is a realistic danger. “The main threat would be global warming and climate change because the Aldabra is incredibly low-lying,” Baxter says. “It’s only eight meters above sea level, so even the smallest rise is going to make a huge difference.” He also adds, however, that while that is certain to happen at some point, it may take 100,000 years. Beyond anything unexpected, with the exception of a sea level rise, one can conclude that the giant tortoise is probably safe for now.
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If you have experience with other tortoises and are looking for another to keep as a pet, then the Russian Tortoise may be a good choice.
One of the biggest problems with these tortoises is that those available are almost always imported, and thus they often undergo extreme amounts of stress and have internal parasites when you receive your Russian Tortoise. In addition, these tortoises often become unhealthy when they are not allowed to hibernate and only healthy Russian Tortoises should be allowed to hibernate, so this is another problem in and of itself. The Russian Tortoise may not be a good choice for a beginning tortoise keeper to own. Once they are healthy they can make good pets, but any purchaser should know that most of these tortoises are not healthy upon arrival. They should be checked by a reptile veterinarian as soon as possible after purchasing them. It has been reported that the average lifespan of the Russian Tortoise is about 50 years. | http://www.turtlesite.info/behavior/987/Russian-Tortoise.html |
Some you win, some you lose is a well-known saying. We can’t realistically expect to succeed in everything we do, so we have to learn to take the rough with the smooth, of course. However, my concern is that life can be so pressurised much of the time that we do not take the opportunity to savour those successes; we perhaps feel we are too busy to stop and focus on what has gone well because we are too busy rushing on to the next challenge or dealing with things that aren’t going so well.
This is not just a pity to miss out on the positive feelings associated with success, it’s also a problem in at least two ways:
(i) Success breeds success – doing well can have the very positive effect of boosting motivation and strengthening confidence; this can make us both more efficient and more effective. This can then lead to a virtuous circle – that is, the further success brings further opportunities for celebrating and a further boost to motivation and confidence.
(ii) Keeping things in perspective – sometimes there can be so much pressure at work (as well as in our private lives), so many hassles to deal with that we tend to focus a great deal on the negatives. This can create a vicious circle in which the negativity depresses morale and, in turn low morale can fuel a focus on the negatives, which then has a further adverse effect on morale.
These reasons help us to understand why it is important not to lose sight of the positives and, indeed, to value those positives, to celebrate our successes and to appreciate what we have going for us.
So, what can get in the way of having such a balanced approach to life in general and work in particular? Well, there are various things, not least the following:
- The influence of others If you find yourself living and/or working with people who do not recognise or celebrate their successes, it may simply be that you find yourself following in their footsteps – it has become the norm, part of the culture. If that is the case, that is easily sorted, as you are not a puppet with your strings being pulled by others. You can decide to go against the grain and show them the value of celebrating success (although that may seem an uncomfortable thing to do at first).
- Habit Maybe it’s not the habits of others; perhaps it is just your own habit that has developed and led you down that path. If so, your challenge now will be to break that habit by consciously creating time and space to highlight your successes and get the full benefit of doing so. Just as you do not need to be a victim of the culture you operate in, nor do you need to be a passive victim of your own habits – they are your habits, so you can do with them what you will.
- Anxiety Unfortunately, anxiety, which at heart is a helpful warning system of threat or danger, can often be allowed to become a problem by blocking progress. An anxious person is less likely to be confident, to be creative, to learn or, indeed, to be positive about success – they are more likely to be focusing on potential or actual threats (real or imagined) and therefore miss out.
- Misplaced modesty Some people I have spoken to about celebrating success have told me they would feel uncomfortable doing so, because they had been brought up to be modest and unassuming. This is understandable, but there is a big difference between being immodest and quietly and calmly celebrating a well-deserved success.
None of these obstacles is insurmountable, so the scope for taking the necessary steps to get the benefits of recognising and celebrating success is quite significant. | https://neilthompson.info/index.php/2016/12/ |
Today many employees work in group settings. Working successfully as a team requires hard work, as individuals with different personalities, skills, and agendas learn to work together to achieve a common goal. Even though their contributions may not be exactly equal, it's important to recognize the team's efforts and the individuals themselves if you want to continue to get high performance from your team. Here are some suggestions for getting the most out of teams, whether they are beginning or long-standing:
- Start a new team with an informal retreat or off-site meeting that can be used to set goals, as well as allowing team members to get to know one another.
- Encourage group leaders to acknowledge individual achievement during group meetings, as well as compliment the team as a whole on working well together.
- Highlight interim successes with a team lunch or food brought into a meeting. Such mini-celebrations are a great morale booster.
- If productivity dips, consider an activity to recharge and refocus the team. Even an inexpensive overnight stay at a nearby hotel can boost a team's productivity.
- Celebrate the completion of a project in some manner - an in-house celebration, an after-work activity, an afternoon at the movies, or whatever the team chooses.
Copyright © 1999 Bob Nelson, used with permission of the author. All rights reserved. Excerpted from Bob Nelson's Rewarding Employees newsletter. | https://www.inc.com/articles/2000/01/16410.html |
Are you and your team feeling uninspired and lacking motivation? Is there noticeable tension or dissension among staffers? If so, it might be time to take a step back and evaluate your company culture. A strong company culture is key to maintaining a productive, positive work environment – but if things are going downhill, it’s definitely time to take some action! In this blog post, we’ll discuss five signs that your company culture needs improvement. Stay tuned for tips on how to turn things around!
1. Poor Communication:
If team members are unable to communicate effectively or feel like their ideas aren’t being heard, this can be a sign of poor company culture. Make sure everyone’s voices are heard and respected by encouraging open dialogue during meetings and allowing all staff to contribute their ideas.
2. Lack of Support:
It’s important for employees to feel supported by their superiors and teams. If staffers are feeling unsupported, they may be less likely to take risks or suggest creative solutions. Provide your team with the resources and environment they need to succeed.
3. Bad Culture Means Low Morale:
If morale is low in the workplace, it can lead to disengagement, absenteeism, and general dissatisfaction. To boost morale, create opportunities for team bonding, and recognize employees who go above and beyond.
4. Unclear Goals:
If your team doesn’t have a clear understanding of what’s expected of them, it can lead to confusion and frustration. Make sure everyone is on the same page by setting measurable goals and providing regular feedback.
5. Lack of Recognition:
A little recognition can go a long way when it comes to boosting morale and productivity. Take time to thank your team for their hard work and recognize outstanding performance.
6. Unhealthy Competition:
If your office environment has become overly competitive, it can cause tension and conflict among staff. Encourage collaboration instead of competition by setting team goals and recognizing accomplishments as a group.
7. High Turnover Rate:
If you’re noticing a lot of resignations or people leaving the company, it could be indicative of an unhealthy work culture. Take time to evaluate why employees are leaving and make changes if necessary.
Now that you know the signs let’s take a look at some tips on how to improve company culture and get things back on the right track. Encourage collaboration, provide growth opportunities, recognize accomplishments, and stay focused on the bigger picture. With a few small steps, you can create an environment where team members feel inspired and motivated to do their best work!
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Pascoe Workforce Solutions places engineering, accounting, legal, administrative and manufacturing professionals. Our recruiters can help you find the job that is right for you. Learn more about the advantages of job hunting through Pascoe today! | https://www.pascoeworkforcesolutions.com/signs-your-company-culture-needs-improvement/ |
When it comes to managing employees, some supervisors may prefer to handle regular and temporary team members differently. This may be because of different expectations and motivations for each group. However, boosting employee morale is just as important for permanent workers as for casual employees.
When employee morale is low in an organization, productivity and output can suffer, and managing the team may seem a bit more difficult than usual. Also, temporary employees may become more affected when the team suffers from a lack of motivation because they may feel worried about their standing in the company.
Why Is There A Low Morale?
There can be many reasons why a workplace may suffer from low morale. For instance, it may be due to work-related issues such as heightened business demands or sudden changes in the organization. On the other hand, employees may also face personal struggles, which may make it harder for them to stay motivated and engaged at work.
As this problem may come up unexpectedly in any situation, the managers need to take note of telltale signs that employees are losing their motivation to perform at work. Some of the common signs would be having a pessimistic attitude, lack of cooperation, poor work performance and output quality, and even rampant gossiping among the members.
Increasing Morale
Managers need to be aware of these problems in the workplace to ensure that productivity and engagement are retained not only for the company but for the employees as well. If you’d like to know more about how you can take care of your temporary employees by boosting their morale at work, here are some points you can consider:
1. Ask For Input
One way to get casual workers involved is by asking them for their input about a project or any other tasks relevant to the organization. To do this, you can check their background and see if you can consult them about tasks related to it. This way, they’ll feel that they’re being included in decision-making and that the management gives value to their opinion or expertise in certain areas.
Another way you can ask for their input is by asking your temporary workers if they have any feedback about their scope of work, benefits such as employers liability insurance, and other factors about their employment. This way, you can demonstrate that your organization is invested in providing safe and comfortable working conditions for everyone.
2. Give Feedback
Most employees look forward to receiving feedback on their work since it’ll help them find ways to improve as professionals. This is especially true for people who take up casual employment to add relevant experience towards the career that they want or to use them as stepping stones towards a full-time role. Giving them feedback would make them feel that the organization takes notice of their efforts and are willing to help them improve their knowledge and skills.
3. Recognize And Reward Achievements
Recognizing someone’s achievements in the workplace could be as simple as sending an email blast to the rest of the team, highlighting the person’s outstanding performance. Employee recognition is an effective way to let all the temporary workers know that you value their hard work and efforts no different from the other workers. This can make someone’s day at work and boost motivation and productivity for the rest.
When it comes to rewards, it’s also essential to make sure that casual employees can enjoy the same perks as regular employees. The rewards may come as small tokens of appreciation which don’t necessarily have to cost too much. For instance, if your company has promotional products and freebies, you can give them out as rewards for your top performers.
4. Get The Team And Management Involved
Boosting employee engagement could require effort and active participation from you and the rest of the team. While you’re focused on motivating your team members, it may be helpful to get other managers involved as well. To do this, you can ask senior team members to learn the names of the casual employees and check in with them from time to time.
Also, not every conversation should be about work. Instead, you can encourage the rest of the team to try to relate to them at a personal and comfortable level. This could help you achieve better results as the employees would feel that outside of their teams or departments, the rest of the organization recognizes them as coworkers and value their contributions as well.
Conclusion
Regardless of the status of their employment in your organization, all employees can benefit from feeling motivated to do their work to the best of their abilities. For any employee, an ideal work environment is one where they feel productive, efficient, valued, engaged, and motivated.
Given the importance of employee morale in the success of your organization, it’s always worthwhile to invest time and effort in making sure that your temporary employees maintain a positive outlook as members of your organization. | https://worldfinancialreview.com/how-to-increase-the-morale-of-your-temporary-employees/ |
The holidays are often thought of as an exultant time during which friends and family gather to celebrate. We sometimes forget that for many, the holidays are laden with melancholy, anxiety, and grief. The holiday season may compound these feelings or highlight financial struggles, creating further anxiety. Regardless of circumstance, the holidays may be marked by moments of stress and fatigue.
Keeping this at the forefront of our minds is critical for managers and team leaders. There may be tasks, priorities, and deadlines that are out of our control, but keeping a pulse on how your employees are doing and supporting them in managing their workload is vital.
It is important to recognize signs of stress in your staff throughout the year but it’s critical to pay particular attention during this holiday season. We have collectively experienced an extraordinary two years. Employees continue to work amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic while taking on more responsibility during an unprecedented workforce crisis.
Some signs can indicate your team may be experiencing higher-than-normal stress or anxiety, especially during this busy time of year, and may include:
- Behavior changes, such as becoming uncharacteristically irritable or withdrawn
- Decreased frustration tolerance or atypical reactions to new information, directives, or requests
- Changes in appearance or general hygiene
- Being unusually vocal (more or less) in meetings
- Lack of focus or concentration, appearing tired
- Increased tension between team members
- Missing key meetings or supervision (unexplained absenteeism)
- Change in quality of work or reduction in productivity
These signs can indicate that staff is struggling and checking in as soon as possible will make a difference. There are some basic things managers can do to help boost morale and reduce stress among their teams including:
- Recognize stress in yourself and model self-care. How are you showing up for your team? Are you present and continuing to hold yourself accountable to team values? Are you easily frustrated? Your team will notice.
- Don’t send emails to staff after hours unless it is critical. Members of your team may feel pressure to continue to read and respond to non-urgent emails off hours, making it difficult to step away from work and decompress. If you are working late, draft non-urgent emails ahead of time and send them out in the morning.
- Brainstorm with staff around how to incorporate wellness breaks into the day which may give staff a chance to refocus. Wellness breaks can include walks outside, quick yoga/mindfulness sessions, listening to music/brief podcasts, or grabbing a healthy snack.
- Talk to teams about the importance of self-care and encourage staff to consider different wellness activities.
- Create a list of supportive wellness/mindfulness/meditation apps to share with your team.
- Facilitate a brainstorming session with your team, focusing on time management. Shared, creative ideas may help staff plan, schedule, and prioritize tasks.
- Encourage employees to take time off as needed. Taking an occasional wellness day to recharge might just be the key to pushing through.
- Motivate teams to work together in balancing workloads. There may be situations in which team members can split up/share tasks such as paperwork or making phone calls.
- As always, celebrate successes and recognize employees for accomplishments.
- Gather staff to mark heading into a new year together in whatever forum is comfortable (in-person/virtually) and incorporate fun team-building activities. Recognize that it may be helpful to hold off getting together until after the holidays.
- Familiarize yourself with what is offered through your organization’s EAP Program and refer employees when appropriate.
- If you see that a staff member is continuing to struggle, never sit alone with worry. Reach out to your supervisor or HR representative to express concerns and get support.
- Practice self-care. Recognize when you are feeling stressed and take necessary breaks.
Staying attuned and practicing these tips should help you and your team successfully manage this busy time of year while allowing and creating space to celebrate individual traditions. | https://www.riversidecc.org/news/tis-the-seasonfor-supporting-employees/ |
How To Maintain Company Culture During Challenging Times
The strength of an organization’s culture plays a significant role in its success…especially during times of uncertainty. Poor company culture leads to unhappy employees, decreased productivity, and increased turnover, hurting your profits.
Until 2020, senior management at Macrotech spent nearly half of the year traveling between our offices in the U.S. and Asia and visiting manufacturing partners around the globe. Office management, account managers, and customer service teams largely worked in-office. Like most companies, that changed two years ago. As we enter our third year of a hybrid workplace, we have found that reinforcement of company culture is critical.
We were well-positioned to meet this challenge by the nature of our business, considering our leadership has always operated on a hybrid model. Maintaining our company culture has always been more than team-building activities and events. We always had a virtual environment in which our employees felt connected and valued. Now we need to maintain that culture, keeping those who were used to face-to-face interaction on the road and those who thrived in-office engaged in helping the company continue to reach its goals.
If your business is struggling to maintain company culture with a remote or hybrid work model, consider how you can implement the following.
Rally Around a Shared Goal
The core of company culture consists of the values and beliefs woven into the fabric of an organization. Strong company culture results in unity, respect, and transparency among leadership and staff alike.
During difficult seasons, it’s important to remind your team of your company’s core values and purpose so you can rally around those common goals. Make sure that everyone understands the company’s overall vision and that the responsibilities of each team member are made clear.
Having a common goal to work toward helps maintain team cohesiveness and inspires the motivation needed to keep moving forward.
Work To Boost Team Morale
When an organization’s culture declines, employee satisfaction declines with it. Without a shared vision, employees lose the sense of being aligned with and connected to the company. This disconnect breeds low morale and high turnover. During challenging times, this can be especially destructive.
To boost team morale:
- Encourage rest. Make sure your staff are taking breaks throughout the work day and using their allotted vacation time each year.
- Provide resources to support mental health and wellness needs. Ensure your employee healthcare plan covers mental health therapy. Consider hosting classes on stress management or offering materials to help your team learn about managing mental health and wellness.
- Offer team-building activities. Team building activities help build confidence and boost productivity while giving your staff an opportunity to bond in an informal setting (and have a little fun together). This can take the form of team-building games, office holiday parties, employee birthday celebrations, and so on.
Keep the Lines of Communication Open
Open communication creates an environment of trust and inspires a sense of safety in your staff. This feeling of security will make a huge difference in their level of wellness as well as their productivity.
Be transparent in your communication, keeping your employees up to date on all important information. Ask your staff for their honest feedback and take the time to listen to their responses. Their different perspectives can help you see each problem more holistically and learn how you can better support your team. Once your employees know that their opinions are valued, they can trust that you are looking out for their best interests, and their work performance will improve.
Take Time To Celebrate Wins
Publicly acknowledge when employees reach their goals or go above and beyond in their work. Taking the time to celebrate team accomplishments helps boost morale and provide a sense of normalcy.
When you celebrate wins, the person being recognized knows that their hard work is valued and other team members are motivated to strive toward their goals. Recognizing employee success helps to create forward momentum as well as a positive, hopeful environment in the midst of uncertainty.
Provide Opportunities for Growth
While it may be tempting to hold off on offering advancement opportunities during tough times, it’s important to continue providing your employees with opportunities for growth. Giving your staff the chance to take on more responsibility, problem solve, or take the lead on a project can help boost self-worth and pride in their work. This sense of fulfillment is an important part of retaining great employees.
As much as you are able, continue providing your staff with opportunities for training and continuing education. These opportunities to learn more, get better at their jobs, and advance in their careers will create a team of happy, fulfilled employees as well as better performance for your business.
Show Compassion and Understanding
In difficult times, it’s important to show compassion for your staff. Dealing with stress and uncertainty while managing work and personal obligations can leave people feeling exhausted and vulnerable. Seek to understand how difficult this is for them and recognize that they are coping as well as they can.
Showing you care and making empathy a central part of your company culture can help your employees make it through a challenging time…and maybe even come out of it stronger.
How has your organization worked to maintain company culture during difficult times? We’d love to hear your thoughts on this important topic. | https://macrotechmarketing.com/company-culture/how-to-maintain-company-culture-during-challenging-times/ |
Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals - Kevin Kruse
Employee engagement has become a decisive factor in whether a remote or hybrid workplace has a healthy, productive staff or high turnover rates that stifle an organization's growth.
Low employee engagement indicates that employees are less likely to be productive, motivated, and committed to their work. A lack of employee engagement can also lead to high levels of turnover, which can be costly for businesses.
Employee retention, consumer loyalty, organizational performance, and stakeholder value all benefit from high levels of engagement.
A recent study by Gallup found that only 36% of U.S. employees are engaged in their workplace.
Leaders need to notice the indicators of employee disengagement as soon as feasible and take steps to address them.
Here are five of the most common employee engagement challenges and how to overcome them:
1. Defining Employee Engagement
One of the biggest challenges in maintaining high levels of employee engagement is defining what it means. What behaviors or attitudes constitute engagement?
The answer will vary from business to business, but some general principles can be applied in most cases. Engaged employees are typically passionate about their work and feel a sense of ownership and responsibility for their team or organization. They are also highly engaged with their customers or clients.
2. Creating a Culture of Engagement
Even if you have a clear definition of employee engagement, creating a culture where it is nurtured and encouraged can be difficult. Many organizations struggle to build a positive work environment where employees feel comfortable being themselves and speaking up about their ideas.
There are a few things you can do to create a culture of engagement:
-Encourage open communication and be willing to listen to employee feedback.
-Create an atmosphere of trust and respect.
-Set achievable goals and celebrate successes together.
3. Recognizing and Rewarding Employees
Recognizing and rewarding employees for their accomplishments is one of the most effective strategies to increase employee engagement. However, if you don't know what motivates your team, this might be tough to execute effectively.
Some common ways to recognize and reward employees include:
-Giving them feedback on their work
-Acknowledging their achievements in front of their peers
-Providing them with opportunities for development and growth
-Offering financial incentives
4. Dealing with Disengagement
Even the best managers will occasionally face periods of disengagement among their employees. It can be due to several factors, such as low morale, poor work/life balance, or lack of direction.
If you notice that a significant number of your employees are disengaged, there are a few things you can do to try and re-engage them:
-Talk to them about their concerns and find out what might be causing their disengagement.
-Encourage them to get involved in a team or organizational activities.
-Ask them for their input on how to improve things.
-Provide them with training and development opportunities.
5. Managing Change
One of the most difficult things to manage in any business is change. When you’re trying to maintain high levels of employee engagement, it can be even more challenging. When there are changes in the workplace, employees may feel anxious or apprehensive.
There are a few things you can do to manage change effectively and minimize the impact on employee engagement:
-Communicate the changes early and often.
-Make sure everyone is aware of their role in the new system.
-Encourage employees to ask questions and provide feedback.
-Make sure there is a clear plan in place for implementing the changes.
How Leaders Can Increase Employee Engagement
Virtual activities are a great way to increase employee engagement. By providing opportunities for employees to interact and connect virtually, HR managers can create a sense of community and camaraderie that will boost morale and keep employees motivated.
There are several ways to incorporate virtual activities into the workplace. Here are a few ideas:
1. Hold virtual happy hours or coffee breaks.
2. Provide opportunities for employees to connect and network via online forums or chat rooms.
3. Encourage employees to participate in online learning and development courses or programs.
4. Offer incentives for employees who complete virtual activities, such as gift cards or extra vacation days.
HR managers can use the fun and engaging activities on Hermis that fit their unique organizational needs to keep their employees engaged. They can create a more engaged and productive team by adding Hermis' activities into the onboarding process and daily meetings.
Employee engagement management is a demanding undertaking. By understanding the employee engagement challenges, HR managers can create a more positive and productive work environment for their team. | https://www.herm.is/blog/how-to-overcome-the-top-5-employee-engagement-challenges |
1. Share your numbers, hopes and fears with more stakeholders. This means they will better understand your position and attitudes, leading to more empathetic and productive relationships. Make them feel part of your journey.
2. Celebrate successes but also acknowledge failures. Recognising victories is important to boost morale and reward people for their achievements. Analysing failures is vital to preventing their reoccurrence. Covering the cracks just means they will grow without proper attention.
3. Meet with key stakeholders to understand better their point of view; they will appreciate this. Understanding others’ positions will help your professional relationships thrive. The greater the transparency between you, the more rewarding your relationship can become.
Are you transparent enough to let your stakeholders understand you?
Do you properly celebrate successes and suitably acknowledge failures?
Do you take the time to engage with key stakeholders to understand their positions? | https://yourlonggame.com/manifesto-for-inspirational-leadership-in-2021-no-5-increase-transparency-throughout-your-business/ |
Five Tips for a More Successful 2017
Whether your team didn’t meet its annual goals or your association is facing financial hardship, an HR pro shares some tips on fostering motivation and encouraging success in 2017.
It’s been a bad year for the Cleveland Browns.
Right now the NFL team is just two games from a winless season. And, if the Browns actually end the season at 0-16, they’ll be only the fifth team to do so.
No matter how you dice it, a record like that has got to be disappointing and discouraging for players, coaches—even fans.
But what if your association or team has experienced a similarly disappointing 2016?
Barbara Mitchell, a HR and management consultant, blogger for ASAE’s Association CareerHQ, and author of The Big Book of HR and The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook, shared some tips on learning from your mistakes, motivating your staff, and moving toward a better 2017.
Learn the lesson. If your team hasn’t met its goals for the year, Mitchell recommends gathering the team together for a “lessons learned” session. This is where you talk about what went well, what didn’t go well, and takeaways, she said. But, according to Mitchell, missed goals shouldn’t be a surprise to managers. “I think a manager has got to adopt this [approach] throughout the year,” Mitchell said. “There shouldn’t be those surprises—like ‘Oh, my goodness we’re going to miss our financial target by a million dollars.’ That just shouldn’t happen.”
Create SMART goals. After taking an inventory of the lessons learned, managers can create new, smarter goals. In creating those goals, the SMART acronym provides a helpful guide: Goals should be specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, and timely. “To me, a goal needs to be a stretch but not out of reach,” Mitchell said. “And if it is, people are just going to curl up and not do anything.”
Develop milestones. While making goals, Mitchell recommends that managers place milestones within those larger goals. “That way, on the way to your annual goal, and throughout the year, you’ve got some milestones, so people can hit some of those milestones and celebrate those as well,” she said. “Maybe the final goal comes in a little short, but you’ve kept the motivation going by acknowledging along the way that some good things have happened.”
Celebrate the small stuff. When faced with a particularly challenging or disappointing year, celebrating the small triumphs and acknowledging your employees’ hard work is important. “You don’t have to fly balloons and have a big hoopla,” Mitchell said, but she said it’s important for managers to recognize the good work that’s happening and let employees celebrate their successes for a few minutes. Saying thank you is another gesture that goes a long way in engendering good will and spurring motivation.
Bring staff into your vision. If the association experienced a hard year that resulted in layoffs, low morale is likely widespread. “Organizations usually take pretty good care of the people that leave, but they don’t think about the people that are still there,” she said. For instance, outgoing staff might get decent severance packages, while existing staff get slapped with additional work. Mitchell recommends that managers be candid and honest with existing staff. You need to be a leader who says, “OK, we’ve had a bad year. Unfortunately we had to let some people go, but here’s what we’re going to do next year. Here’s how we’re going to pull out of it. And here’s your role in that.” Once people know where they stand in a time of transition, Mitchell says that they will often get behind the leader, even if it’s going to entail a lot of work. | https://associationsnow.com/2016/12/five-tips-successful-2017/ |
ENGAGE YOUR TEAM -- BOOST RETENTION & MORALE IN AN UNDERSTAFFED WORLD. After this webinar, you will be able to: Understand the relationships between morale, productivity and retention; Look at morale through a new lens; Boost retention and morale using an underrated but highly effective technique; Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; and Define the six elements of morale.
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It’s about showcasing ordinary women doing extraordinary things.
The International Women’s Day celebration – Women Can Do Anything, hosted by Alberta Transportation Minister and Calgary North-East MLA, Rajan Sawhney, goes this weekend at the Livingston Hub in Calgary.
There, they will celebrate the accomplishments of 35 women from all walks of life who are contributing to their community.
Minister Sawhney said more than 100 people will be joining her in this event to recognize and curate a group of women poised for future leadership roles.
“The theme for this year’s IWD is break the bias. One of the ways to break the bias is to celebrate the accomplishments of women, to tell their stories,” said Sawhney.
“By sharing their successes and also their challenges, a door is opened for dialogue, understanding and celebration.”
Sawhney has shared the stories of 35 women on her Facebook page.
Among the guests at this weekend’s event is Mayor Jyoti Gondek. Gondek was also part of this week’s She Govern’s forum. It was an International Women’s Day Event where they partnered with local group Equal Voice to open the door to women in political roles.
Rupie Sachdeva is the keynote speaker at the event.
Breaking the bias
Sawhney said that there are so many reasons to celebrate the accomplishments of this group of women.
In keeping with this year’s IWD theme, Sawhney said one of the ways to #breakthebias is to share their stories and recognize their accomplishments.
“Biases exist everywhere unconscious and hidden and by highlighting achievements of women from various backgrounds, publicly, these biases can be challenged and mitigated,” she said.
Earlier this week, Mayor Gondek talked about having more women represented in leadership roles in Calgary.
Sawhney said the event is meant to empower and provide a boost for women in Calgary.
It’s a chance to help create a group of women who can take the next step in leadership on community boards, as volunteers or leaders of organizations, Sawhney said.
“We need more representation in each of these spheres,” she said.
For more information, email [email protected] or call 403-701-5915. | https://livewirecalgary.com/2022/03/10/breakthebias-iwd-event-recognizes-calgary-women-creating-an-impact-in-their-community/ |
In our company people with individual personalities and different know-how work in a friendly and pleasant atmosphere. Through the exchange of knowledge and resources as well as mutual motivation and support, we solve upcoming tasks together in order to achieve set goals, share successes and grow together on challenges.
Respect
In our communication we focus on openness, honesty and fair, friendly and trusting interaction. This applies both internally among our employees, where we treat our colleagues with consideration and esteem, and externally at the interface with our customers and suppliers.
Responsibility
We make decisions based on a sound assessment. We assume responsibility for the findings resulting from our actions. We recognize our achievements in order to create new motivation, but also our mistakes, from which we learn. Taking risks, rewarding success and transforming past failures into future opportunities with competent analysis – this is how we take responsibility, both individually and as a team.
Integrity
Mutual trust is based on keeping promises and promotes honest and fair exchange. With this in mind, we are open-minded and understanding towards our colleagues and partners. Facts count for our actions and form the basis for them, but rumours have no value.
Innovation
With creative and curious thinking, we discover the possibilities that empower us and will continue to drive us forward in the future. We generate opportunities from ideas and benefit from changes. With a flexible and open mind, we do not insist on the law, but ask ourselves every day how challenges can be tackled even better and more effectively in the future. Times are changing – and we find solutions and answers! | https://www.cefeg.de/en/company/ |
Today’s corporate marketplace has essentially made efforts for sustainability a vital activity, but without the participation of the workers, any successes that are achieved will be restricted.
• Provide new hires with an education about the program from the very start. Make the sustainability efforts a standard part of the introduction to the company as a whole, and the way that it functions.
• Communicate with employees within the workplace, and provide reminders of the messages in various locations around the work environment.
• Encourage teams to be creative and competitive in their sustainability efforts. This is not only a great way to boost awareness and participation, but it also makes it more fun and builds a sense of community.
• Encourage continuing education among employees. Sustainability isn’t something that happens after a single event, but is instead an ongoing practice. Therefore, regularly updating employees on the new ways that the company is addressing the issue will keep them informed and involved.
• Celebrate the achievement of goals and other successes. Recognize and reward departments, teams, and individuals that come up with useful sustainability ideas and who exceed their goals. | http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/insight-and-tips-for-improving-efforts-in-sustainability/852854/ |
billion in productivity losses annually.
By understanding the relationship between employee morale and
productivity, and knowing how to properly measure work ethic, you can
better influence your team’s attitude and overall engagement and
increase your productivity.
How employee morale and productivity are intertwined
Morality refers to the mental and emotional state of a person. It
can also refer to a belief in an individual or group’s purpose and
future results.
When we talk about work ethic, we mean what your team members think
about the company, their job and their place in the company.
Several research studies were conducted across different locations,
industries and demographics to determine whether there was a
relationship between employee morale and productivity. Several
studies suggest that work ethic can be directly related to
productivity.
The results also show that employee engagement has a direct impact
on productivity and that work ethic is an important factor in
employee engagement. Many factors that affect engagement, such as
employee empowerment, relationships with other employees and
managers, and the provision of rewards and recognition also impact
work ethics.
This link between work ethic and engagement means that increased
work ethic can directly and indirectly increase productivity.
how to measure work ethic
Understanding the relationship between employee morale and
productivity is the first step to improving employee and team
performance. The next step is to figure out how to measure employee
morale so that you can understand the current state of your team and
track changes in morale over time.
Employee surveys are one of the best ways to measure work ethic.
For best results, take surveys anonymously, fill out them regularly,
and ask very specific questions that employees can answer by choosing
a score from 1 to 5 or 1 to 10.
Here are some examples of survey questions:
Are you happy and satisfied with your current job?
Do you think your hard work and dedication will be recognized?
Do you think there is room for growth in your work?
What are the chances that he will stay with the company?
Another way to measure employee morale is through regular
face-to-face interviews. You can also judge morale by tracking
symptoms such as:
change in productivity
Change in the rate of delay or absenteeism.
fluctuating rate growth
What are the causes of low employee morale?
If you find that employee morale is low or appears to be falling,
it is important to know why. If a particular problem is morally
destructive, then any solution that does not fix that problem is
unlikely to help.
how to improve work ethic
Eliminating direct causes of low morale should help improve
employee satisfaction and happiness at work. Here are some
additional steps you can take to increase employee morale and
productivity:
Touch the base regularly. Showing that you care about your
employee’s state of mind can enhance the work ethic. Regular
face-to-face meetings can not only help you assess work ethic, but
can also make your employees feel that you care about their
well-being and development.
Be transparent. According to reports, 70% of employees are more
engaged when top management constantly updates and communicates
corporate strategy. Using goals and key results (OKRs) can help your
team get the bigger picture and see how your work fits into it.
Celebrating small and big successes helps your team feel recognized
and valued for their hard work. Organizing non-professional events
such as birthdays can also help build engagement with the team and
make employees happy.
Emphasize work-life balance. Shorter working hours can make
employees happier and more relaxed. It can also increase your
productivity.
Involve your team in decisions. When employees do not feel
involved in the decision-making process, they feel undervalued and
powerless.
Reward employees. Teams and individuals should be rewarded for
their hard work and dedication. Whether the reward is public
recognition for a job well done or a gift card to your favorite
restaurant, regular rewards help enhance work ethic.
Encourage comments. Asking for honest feedback, giving positive
feedback, and solving problems will make your team happy and believe
you’re on their side and want to help them succeed.
Promote team cohesion. Scheduling team events outside of work
hours can help develop a sense of belonging and unity, which in turn
can boost morale. Even remote teams can use tools like Zoom to
participate in virtual team building activities.
Entrepreneurs often face a dilemma. If they are too careless with
employees, morale can rise, but productivity drops. On the other
hand, when bosses become too obsessed with maximizing productivity,
work ethic suffers, resulting in lower job satisfaction and higher
employee turnover. The solution is to find ways to balance your
business goals and the needs of your employees.
Reduce stress
Your goal is to create a positive work environment that fosters
both a work ethic and high productivity. The first step is to
identify the factors that are putting employees under undue pressure
or making them feel upset or humiliated. High levels of stress lead
to low morale and productivity, both of which can add significant
costs to your business.
Make expectations clear
The next step is to clarify your expectations so that your
employees know what you expect of them. If a certain level of
productivity is tolerated on one day but criticized the next,
employees become anxious and bitter and do not know what to do on a
particular day. Consistent expectations, on the other hand, allow
workers to predict the consequences of their behavior, thereby
improving work ethic.
Rewards and Motivation
Establishing a reward system tied to job performance can help
balance your employees’ motivation with yours. For example, if a
large customer places an order early, awarding for exceeding
production quotas can help meet an urgent need without sacrificing
employee morale. The chance to earn extra money can also boost the
morale of your employees.
Career development
Developing the skills of your employees has two positive effects.
First, it improves productivity because a highly skilled workforce
can take on more responsibility and produce more. Second, training
your employees improves their career prospects, their work ethic and
gives them a sense of accomplishment. While developing a training
program or promoting education may seem like a financial burden, it
can also be a financial blessing if it results in happier, more
productive employees.
Remove obstacles
Take measures to remove performance bottlenecks and enable you to
work efficiently. For example, a failing team can hinder the
productivity of your employees. These issues can be a source of
frustration for workers as they are responsible for low productivity
when they have little to do with it. Address these issues by asking
employees to notify you of any problems. Ask them for suggestions
for improvement. Morale will improve if your employees feel that you
are ready to help them do their best.
Respectfully
Vasile, | https://mymarketingemailbig.com/morale-vs-productivity-the-new-look/ |
How to Sustain Healthcare Improvement Efforts: 4 Keys to Success
There are few things more frustrating than pouring time and effort into a process improvement just to see those new workflows forgotten and an organization regress to its bad habits. Highlighted below are four tips to help overcome that obstacle.
1. Test new work processes in a pilot unit. Rolling out a new work model tends to be easier when the model has already been tested on a small scale. Having a pilot unit allows management to standardize good habits and ensure the new model is aligned with the organizational goals.
2. Implement improvements on the front line. Engaging frontline clinical staffers who deal with the day-to-day operations of an organization is critical to the success and sustainability of a process improvement. Without the frontline staff, systems frequently revert to their old ways.
3. Celebrate small successes to build morale. Change is difficult and asking for too much too quickly can be demoralizing for any staff. During the early stages of major process change, be prepared to recognize small, short-term achievements that could boost buy-in and momentum.
4. Address staff grievances with improvement efforts. Positive performance reviews and promotions are not the only ways to motivate employees; frontline managers are also more likely to stick with an improvement effort if it eliminates a daily hassle in their own work processes.
—Adapted from “4 Steps to Sustaining Improvement in Health Care” by Kedar S. Mate, MD, and Jeffery Rakover, Harvard Business Review, Nov. 9, 2016. | https://www.acheri.org/single-post/2017/01/04/how-to-sustain-healthcare-improvement-efforts-4-keys-to-success |
What your employees do every day will impact whether or not they want to stick around your company. Make sure you’re doing everything you can to create a work environment that engineers are happy to participate in. Do engineers feel trusted? Do they have a good work-life balance? Does their manager empower them? Do they feel recognized for their achievements?
The answers to these questions can affect whether employees stick around.
Check-in on employee satisfaction
More than 25% of employees are in a high-retention-risk category. How do you know who's at risk of attrition? Observe and record employee's attitudes in detail or quickly. You need to ask. It might seem simple, but asking your employees how they're doing is a great way to make sure they're happy. Try to gather both quantitative and qualitative data on employee happiness. After all, it's easier to adjust for retention if you have data and information on how employees feel and why they might consider leaving your company.
Don’t micromanage
It can be tempting to track what teams are up to since they aren't in the office. After all, at many companies, working from home has traditionally been equated with playing hooky. But micromanaging is a surefire way to frustrate employees and send them running. Try these strategies to get yourself to trust your managers to run their teams as they see fit.
- Ask managers how they want to be managed. Confident leaders will seek input from their managers on how they would like to keep their boss up to date. Simply asking, "How often would you like me to check-in?" or "How would you like me to hold you accountable?" will help to establish trust and autonomy, and it will help you learn how to work more effectively with your managers.
- Adopt a fail-forward attitude. Leaders like yourself tend to be high achievers, and that often comes with a perfectionist streak. Perfectionism is what compels leaders to micromanage in the first place. Allow your team to learn through failure and openly discuss lessons learned.
- Be a facilitator, not a taskmaster. If you manage expectations instead of tasks, then your managers will know what they need to deliver without being given a laundry list of chores. Let your team know they can come to you with problems or questions and keep your inquiries to a minimum.
- Trust your team. Sometimes micromanagement is born of trust issues. If you're prone to micromanagement, try giving your teams more responsibility than you're comfortable with. Chances are, you'll be surprised and delighted by how well your teams execute on goals and deliver. Most Engineers in Viet Nam said that they would leave the company if the boss or manager do not trust them.
- Get your managers to do the same. Encourage your managers to trust their engineers and give them the autonomy to thrive. Management style can significantly impact retention. Give your managers the training and tools they need to empower their engineers.
Recognize the achievements
Everyone wants to feel appreciated at their job, especially top talent Engineers in Viet Nam. It feels great, and it sends a signal that they’re succeeding in their role.
The converse is also true: when employees feel undervalued or unappreciated by their company, they may take it as a sign that it’s not the right place for them and seek greener pastures as a result.
Recognizing your employees is one of the easiest ways to build morale and boost retention.
- Give public shout-outs. Recognize great work on Slack or via email and consider building an online recognition wall. It’s one of the simplest ways to make your employees feel appreciated.
- Give employees a way to recognize each other’s achievements. For example, make space for employees to recognize each other at company-wide meetings. You could have an award that employees can give to each other or give employees a way to send each other handwritten notes.
- Reward employees. Send your employees a gift as a thank you, or make time to celebrate together. And these rewards don’t have to be costly. A voucher to a restaurant or a bottle of wine can go a long way. As they say, it’s the thought that counts.
- Be consistent. Positive reinforcement should be delivered fairly to keep employees engaged and motivated. Playing favorites can breed resentment. Be sure to recognize everyone on their excellent work, not just your superstars. | https://turingalley.com/posts/engineer-retention-part-2-help-them-love-the-work |
The primary raison d’etre for any clinical laboratory is to provide quality diagnoses, monitor treatment, and enable effective care for patients in the healthcare system; and to do this as expeditiously as possible.
The ultimate success of the laboratory in achieving these goals comes down to the quality of the laboratory staff and the management skills applied by the laboratory director and supervisors of the laboratory.
Staff Development and Support
Whether highly trained laboratory professionals, or medical assistants and nurses, (who may have work responsibilities in the lab), your staff are the backbone of the laboratory. In order to perform as expected, they must be supported by having the laboratory structure and operating systems in place. These include policy and procedure manuals, personnel standards; training and competency protocols, procedures for equipment validation and maintenance, supplier and inventory management, quality control, record keeping and documentation capacity, incident reporting and investigation, quality assessment, as well as facility and safety procedures.
A well-trained, competent, and dedicated laboratory staff will provide comprehensive and meaningful feedback to the management team; identifying laboratory errors and potential risks, recommending improvements to the laboratory operation, as well as performing all the tasks needed to achieve the highest level of quality for the laboratory. It is the responsibility of the management to hire, train, and keep good staff, and create a sense of shared teamwork, commitment, and competency.
Once the staff you want is in place, it is important to show appreciation for their work, since good employees are hard to find, and even harder to replace. It is through the application of management skills that you achieve the confidence and loyalty of your staff, build a culture of open communication, teamwork, trust and quality, which allows the ongoing implementation of changes necessary for the survival of the laboratory.
High staff morale will be the consequence of these approaches as well. Workplace morale plays an important role in productivity and job satisfaction, making it a key determinant in an organization’s success. As such, it has assumed increasing importance for clinical laboratory managers, since low morale has been shown to have significant implications for patient safety. Low morale can lead to a dangerous disconnect between employees and their jobs that may cause them to cut corners, not pay attention to details, or simply not care whether or not they do the right thing. Monitoring and proactively dealing with low morale in the clinical laboratory not only avoids considerable downstream costs associated with absenteeism, re-hiring, and training, but also contributes to a better and safer workplace.
Effective personnel management practices include:
- Demonstrated Leadership: this goes beyond routine staff management, as it often sets the environment (culture) and pace of the lab. Good leadership can inspire the laboratory staff toward greater productivity and creativity, teamwork and trust; and encourage feedback. This includes short and long-term planning, goal setting and even creating a mission statement as a guiding light for all that the lab stands for.
- Structured Organization: the laboratory manager determines how the laboratory work gets done through job assignments, staffing levels, policies and procedures; management of timelines and budgets; keeping current with changes in laboratory technology and regulation as it affects the laboratory operation. Complete and updated job descriptions, on-going training and competency assessments, and current personnel manuals that are available to every employee are critical components of a structured organization.
- Ready Accessibility: ready access to management whenever needed builds a sense of stability, consistency and support. It builds confidence among staff, while encouraging additional direct communications.
- Deliberate Transparency: the laboratory manager provides the staff with key information about future plans for the development of the laboratory; involving the staff when possible. Regular staff meetings are an important tool to keep staff informed, provide opportunities for participation, and allow for immediate feedback.
Steps to creating a culture of continuous improvement
- Communicate with your employees: Make a point of meeting with all new employees, and get acquainted. In addition, make sure all staff can feel free to discuss any issue or new ideas.
- Recognize their achievements: Celebrate successes due to the team efforts of staff ; thank people for doing a job well; publicly recognize hard work; praise staff commitment during difficult times.
- Provide diversity training: Teaching cultural competence, i.e. appreciating and understanding of the diverse social and cultural beliefs of coworkers as well as patients, strengthens the trust, dignity, effective communication and quality of care provided by the laboratory.
- Help your employees to succeed:. Provide employees with the resources and support to do their work, and as they show signs of readiness, be willing to entrust them with new tasks and greater responsibility.
- Use employee satisfaction surveys to empower employees and gain honest insights: Large and small laboratories alike can benefit from asking employees about their level of satisfaction on many different topics by simply using an employee satisfaction survey. Better-performing practices conduct employee satisfaction surveys at least once per year. This anonymous approach to asking about the organization, customer service, compensation, benefits, working environment, professional growth, communication, and employee attitude toward supervisors and physicians can provide vital information to everyone involved. Results of the survey can provide a picture of an organization’s needs and strengths.
- Provide continuing education: this should include a formal orientation program, cross-functional training, maintenance of professional skills, coaching, career development, and personal development. Continuing education should go beyond the immediate laboratory (technical) environment. The best preparation should include information about legislation (such as the Affordable Care Act; how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) might affect private practices and hospitals; issues of privacy related to Electronic Medical Records (EMR) ; FDA and OSHA decisions) and future trends. This will prepare your staff for the inevitable changes coming to every laboratory operation.
In Conclusion
Staff respond well to high expectations, since this makes all employees feel valued and appreciated by their supervisors. When there is a culture of transparency, and information is shared proactively, they gain the trust and loyalty of their staff. When staff are supported and recognized for their work, higher morale is achieved. That is the recipe for a quality laboratory operation. | https://www.labtestingmatters.org/featured/staffing-matters/ |
Neptec welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. In accordance with the guidelines established under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at its many locations. As a member of the MDA team, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a comprehensive level of protection for employees and their families through health care plans, disability income protection, life insurance, and other employee benefits. The Company's retirement plans encourage employees to save for their future with a Company matching contribution in many locations.
Employee Share Purchase Plan
Eligible employees can share in the growth and continued success of MDA through the Employee Share Purchase Plan that enables the purchase of company shares at a discount to fair market value. Rewards programs provide employees and managers with opportunities to recognize and celebrate the individual achievements, challenges, and successes that are the company's foundation. | https://www.peersight.mx/job/mda-corporation-systems-engineer-kanata-in-ottawa-on |
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Faisal Hassan (York South-Weston), who is the first Canadian of Somali heritage to be elected to provincial parliament in Ontario, saw his bill to recognize the week of June 25 each year as Somali Heritage Week in Ontario pass unanimously today. The province of Ontario is the first jurisdiction in North America to officially recognize Somali Heritage Week.
“Across the world, particularly in regions throughout the Horn of Africa, the week of June 25 marks a time of Somali independence, freedom, and liberty,” said Hassan. “Now that this week is officially declared Somali Heritage Week, not only will the vibrant history of the Somali community be recognized here in Ontario, but the diverse achievements of Somali Ontarians will be celebrated and appreciated throughout the province.”
Hassan’s bill has received support from a number of Somali organizations, including the Somali Centre for Family Services, the Somali Canadian Association of Etobicoke, the Somali Women’s and Children’s Support Network, and Midaynta Community Services, all of which advocate to preserve and share Somalia’s rich culture in Ontario’s increasingly diverse and multicultural climate.
Quotes
Sarah Jama, Community Activist and Co-Founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario:
“Somalis in Canada have struggled with the double edge sword of anti-Black racism and xenophobia in this country, while also carrying the inter-generational scars of civil war and imperialist fueled displacement from our homeland. Through all this, we’ve found ways to continue to give back to this country, contribute to the economy, and impact culture in ways that will forever be defined through our dialect and poetry. Somali Heritage Month is a testament to this and more.”
Hawa Mire, Critical writer:
“The richness of Somali cultural heritage, storytelling, food and other traditions have found their way into all aspects of Toronto, especially in my riding of York South-Weston. The addition of Somali Heritage Week will only serve to celebrate the often forgotten achievements and successes of this vibrant community, embedding us deep into the fabric of Ontario. A bill like this is momentous – and offers a moment we can all be proud to look back on as a key moment in history. I am proud to be Somali, today and all days, and to celebrate Somali Heritage Week.”
Abdi Yusuf, Somali Workers Network:
“Somali Heritage Week in Ontario means a lot to me and the families who are originally from Somalia. It is a celebration of the contributions that Somali Canadians make to the province. It gives us a sense of belonging and recognition, and it boosts the morale of future generations.”
Shukri Abdullahi, Journalist and Community Leader:
“Ontario’s opposition party, the NDP, have successfully recognized and tabled a bill that celebrates Somali Heritage Week. It ends on July 1, Canada Day, which is also Somali’s Independence Day. We invite you to come and see what makes up our rich culture, as it is important to find and incorporate cultural identity into our lives. As Ontarians, and with diversity as our strength, implementing productive policies that support one’s heritage and identity will create a more inclusive and prosperous Ontario”
Abdullahi Barre, Community Organizer:
“The Somali Heritage Week Private Member’s Bill is very important for our community. Now that the bill has passed, we can show Canadians our way of living from generation to generation, including our customs, practices, places, arts as well as our overall values.”
Farah Issa, Lawyer:
“This bill aides in the recognition of the significant contributions that the Somali Community has made in all spheres of Canadian society. The Somali community has a strong presence in Ontario, particularly in the GTA and Ottawa region. As a large ethnic minority group, the Ontario government needed to recognize the culture and the role that this entrepreneurial community plays in our society. I believe that this bill has helped in this regard.”
Maryama Ahmed, Student leader:
“As a Somali, I benefit from celebrating Somali Heritage Week because it instills a sense of pride in myself, and it fosters more connection with the Somali community. As an Ontarian, Somali Heritage Week adds more values, traditions, and aspirations to Ontario’s diverse provincial identity.”
Dr. Ahmed Ilmi, Academic: | https://laacibonline.com/2020/10/02/historic-ndp-bill-recognizing-somali-heritage-week-in-ontario-passes/ |
Motivating employees is crucial to ensuring a company's success. Low morale damages productivity and relationships, which hurts the bottom line. To counter these problems, managers must build a positive rapport with workers and learn what motivates them. For employees, one of the biggest concerns is the chance to make meaningful contributions, even on small tasks. By recognizing these desires, employers can build a positive work environment that promotes creativity, mutual respect and productivity.
Why Employees Leave
A bad relationship with a boss is the most commonly cited reason for quitting a job, according to Gallup poll results cited by "Psychology Today" in November 2006. Supervisor problems outpace all other areas of workplace dissatisfaction, including day-to-day assignments, salaries and working hours. The inherent power imbalance of employer-employee relationships often forces subordinates to constantly monitor the boss's behavior and study its meaning. Such negative dynamics drag down the organization, making it more likely that employees see quitting as the only way to address them.
Inner Work Life
Making progress on meaningful tasks is the chief driver of inner work life, or the combination of emotions, motivations and perceptions that employees experience on the job. This is the theory of authorities such as Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile, according to the Society of Human Resource Management. Managers should break major goals into smaller parts, to give employees a sense of accomplishment along the way. Tapping these emotions enables supervisors to promote higher levels of collegiality, commitment and creativity, which also helps to boost the bottom line.
Factors in Motivation
To enhance inner work life, managers must recognize two factors in motivating employees. Nourishers are feelings that keep workers happy and motivated, such as camaraderie, emotional support, encouragement, recognition and respect. Catalysts, on the other hand, refer to things that make completion of tasks more likely. Autonomy is important, as well as an ability to learn from successes and mistakes. Other catalysts include clear, meaningful goals, an open idea flow, and sufficient resources and time to get the work done.
Strategies for Change
Employees need to see they're not just doing a job, which is often overlooked in the daily grind, as "Entrepreneur" magazine notes. One way is by showing an emotional connection between the job and the result. For example, the online search firm Snagajob circulates "I Got A Job" stories by email to its 126 employees. The stories come from applicants who successfully landed a job through the company's website. Such measures help employees see the value of their work, and remind them that efforts have tangible results. | https://work.chron.com/impact-motivation-workplace-culture-8397.html |
How To Drape On The Stand with Laura Alice Dressmaking
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to drape a fabric on a mannequin and transform it into a spectacular, wearable piece of art.
Draping on the stand (sometimes referred to as modelling, or moulage) is a pattern cutting technique used by many designers, where garments are created on the stand and then transferred onto paper to make a pattern. By draping, you can literally watch a garment come to life in front of your eyes in a matter of minutes. This quick technique gives designers the freedom to play with fabric and adjust details, creating many variations in style, quickly and simply.
The process of draping also allows you to see the effect that gravity will have on a fabric, which is vital to any garment construction. You can see how the fabric will shape and mould when the grain of the textile is placed in different directions. With flat pattern making, it can be harder to picture how a fabric will fall or hang on a section of the garment.
In this video you'll learn:
- The history behind the design technique
- How to work practically with fabrics and skills such as how to use the grain of a fabric to beautifully manipulate a textile to enhance your design.
- Step-by-step through the fundamental techniques of draping
- How to move forward once you've mastered the basics and break the rules!
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by David Isle
Kimitoshi Chida designs Sage de Cret, which has produced some of the most unique and enjoyable clothing to come through No Man Walks Alone, from last year’s rabbit fur fishtail parka (keep an eye out for this year’s version, soon to come to the No Man store) to the newly arrived patchwork jacquard coat, shown above. He kindly answered a few questions about his design process and vision.
David Isle: What are your early memories of fascination with clothes and fabrics? When did you know you wanted to be a designer?
Kimitoshi Chida: I think I got into fashion when I was around 15 years old. At that time in Japan, it was the beginning of the time that brands like Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto started presenting their collections. Even at that time, their items were really expensive but I paid for them with all of my money from my part-time job.
At that time, I think I admired the store staff more, I felt more familiar with them, and talked with them more than designers. I liked drawing since I was a kid, so sometimes I drew fashion designs for fun. After high school, I studied many things at a fashion school, it was then that I thought I would like to make clothes that I liked, that is why I became a designer.
DI: How do you feel about designing clothes that are often based off of American military styles? Has the Japanese use of those styles been going on for so long that you feel full ownership of it yourself, or does it still feel cross-cultural in a way?
KC: I feel that military style not only American, but also European and is beyond just a “fashion”. Things I take into consideration when I create my design, is to respect and appreciate the detail and form of the original item. Then I try to make the same detail with some modern touches.
DI: Sage de Cret collections always include really interesting fabrics, particularly those with special washes. Do you always know how a fabric is going to come out when you give it a particular treatment? Or do you have to take each fabric and wash it a bunch of different ways to figure out what’s going to work best?
KC: When ordering fabrics, I imagine the end result when picking out fabrics. After washing, most of them end up with the look that I expected. But sometimes it comes out a different image from my expectation. That can be good or bad, it depends on the situation. I always test 3 or 4 different washes and/or treatments before deciding. Among those I choose the one that goes best with the design.
DI: Do you think a lot about commercial viability while you’re creating the fabric? Do you ever come up with something incredible but decide that the process is just too laborious to sell the final product at a reasonable price?
KC: I can calculate the price somewhat when choosing threads, or fabrics. However I have had a couple of experiences where during the final treatment and manufacturing process we could only produce one piece per day, so we cancelled the product.
DI: I know tailors usually wash their fabrics before tailoring them as well. What’s the difference between what they do and what you do to fabrics That they iron their fabrics smooth again after washing? Or are you using different temperatures or different baths when you wash?
KC: I understand well why they wash their fabric before tailoring. Even if the fabric comes out ideally, it can get pulled, crushed and lose its unique feel, and it is altered.
I think they wash it to get it back to the original feel it had before getting altered. I am doing the same process, just after tailoring.
People tend to think we are doing the garment-wash to add wrinkles and a vintage look, but it is just one reason out of many. Putting a wash on the item, it not only gets back the original fabric’s feel, but also the lining gains a natural wrinkle and fit to the body. And the accessories like buttons get a shine. Furthermore the stitch gets to fit the fabric better. I also think that by adding a wash after tailoring, it harmonizes the outer shell, lining, details, and stitching.
DI: A lot of the fabrics also somehow combine ruggedness and sensuality - like the rabbit fur parka, which combines a heavily treated cotton shell and luxurious fur; or the stretchy duffle from last year, which looks like a rough fabric, but turns out to be really pliant and comfortable. Is that a tension you think about explicitly when designing?
KC: The thing I consider when I order fabric is to keep it refined and high quality. For instance, I don’t like to use thick thread for cotton shirts or chinos, it makes it look unrefined. I would rather use twisted threads of thin and fine yarn, and weave it to a high thread count. Then it gains a refined shine and a close wrinkle when it gets washed. The jackets may look a bit rugged, but actually they are made from a twisted thread with thin yarns to make it voluminous, and it makes a wrinkle because stainless steel thread is used.
DI: The treated fabrics always come out beautifully wrinkled and rumpled. How do you think about the fit of the garment when the fabric is already irregular? Does the fit just not matter at all at that point? Or do you just need to wear it loose enough to let the fabric drape and fall as it please?
KC: I believe basically that the final silhouette and size is a part of the design, so I always pay attention to it as much as possible. Since the comfort and silhouette depend on the texture and feel of the fabric, I make the design with the best balance I can.
DI: You only started selling Sage de Cret outside of Japan a couple of years ago. What has surprised you the most about the process of bringing SdC to the international market?
KC: 15 years have passed since Sage de Cret was established, and 4 years since it started presenting collections abroad. The Japanese market tends to set a high value on “phenomenon” more than “items” of the brand. The “phenomenon” means the story or history of the brand, high media-exposure in magazines or a celebrity’s favorite; it also means a brand-happy market. At the other hand, “items” means clothes themselves. Sage de Cret has set a high value on “items”. We are not a “phenomenon” brand.
Quality content, like quality clothing, ages well. This article first appeared on the No Man blog in September 2015. | https://nomanwalksalone.com/newsroom/an-interview-with-kimitoshi-chida-of-sage-de-cret-163295360 |
How to import your fabrics in a 3D CAD System
One of the perplexities of fashion designers with respect to 3D CAD concerns the acquisition of the characteristics of their fabrics within the 3D software system. With Fabric Analyzer, you can analyze the thickness, weight, stretch and bending of each fabric and automatically load the values into VStitcher or other similar 3D software programs.
The advanced Fabric Analyzer enables brands, manufacturers and contractors to test and identify all the properties of any fabric. Accurate reading allows realistic 3D simulation of any model with any fabric in the 3D VStitcher CAD.
The manual importation of fabrics data is obviously subject to human errors, which can significantly compromise the display of a garment’s fitting. The Fabric Analyzer easily compiles all the product specifications and automatically imports the data into the 3D VStitcher CAD.
How does it work? | https://www.creasolution.it/en/news-eventi/evento/fabricanalyzer-2 |
To enable the learner create practical concepts for printed and woven fabric and accessories.
Expected Outcomes
Create motifs for printwork by hand
Use software to develop repeat patterns and colorways
Identify materials for creative woven accessories
Create functional or avante garde woven accessories for fashion.
Course Objective
This course looks at the History, Development and Evolution of Art and Design throughout 3 periods and 3 movements. The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, student presentations, group discussions and documentaries.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
1. Identify features and characteriestics of various art eriods and movements
Discuss the purpose of art in each period/movement
Identify prolific artists and designers in each period/movement, and describe their style.
This course focuses on converting printed fabrics into garments for industry. As a
designer, it is important to think through the entire design process from concept, to fabric,
to how it converts into a wearable fashion product. There will also be emphasis on cutting
and construction techniques.
Expected Outcomes:
Trnslate 2D concepts into 3D garments
Work with print to create visually appealing clothing
Create technical sheets for industry
Create costings for production.
The course focuses on ways in which society and culture affect everyday life, and how these two factors interact with design. We delve into modern culture, its champions and influences, and effects.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester the student will have an understanding of the following: | https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/barego/joanm/classes/bds-318-printing-and-weaving |
Job description:
1. Working alongside the head designer to create & elaborate designs.
2. Identifies trends, fabrics, embellishments, colors, prints, trimmings, and styles for each garment or accessory.
3. Create technical drawings, draping, and digitalize designs using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
4. Supervise sample development (pattern development, cutting, sewing, embroidery, finishing, and beading).
5. Responsible for ensuring all designs are made according to the original design, if problems occur during the sampling process, it is mandatory to find a solution and/or come up with various creative alternatives.
6. Responsible for creating production timeline from design process until sample development and post-production process, as well as ensuring that everything is on track with time.
7. Managing photoshoots, fashion shows, and other events, including model fitting, etc.
Qualifications & requirements:
1. D3/S1 Fashion Design major
2. Preferably 1 year of work experience. Fresh graduates are welcome.
3. Knowledgeable in design-related software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
4. Strong sewing and pattern development skills are a must.
5. Able to mix and match fabrics & embellishments, detail-oriented, and good color theories is a must.
6. The ability to change ideas into a three-dimensional design, and execute designs into an actual garment is a must.
7. Creativity, artistic ability, excellent sense of style, and good research skills are necessary.
8. Being responsible, having good time management, and being able to work individually or in a team with a tight schedule and deadlines under pressure is a must.
9. Having good interpersonal skills, and the ability to take instructions from designers and work alongside them is a must. | https://www.sebastiangunawan.com/blog/2022/07/job-vacancy-assistant-designer |
Is Jennie a fashion editor?
Aside from being a singer, rapper and songwriter, Jennie can now add “fashion editor for Vogue” in her curriculum vitae. On February 19, 2021, Vogue Korea published a gallery featuring Jennie of Blackpink in 10 different looks that ranged from dainty to edgy.
FAQ
Do fashion designers work long hours?
Fashion designers frequently work long hours both during the week and on weekends. They must be flexible in scheduling meetings with clients based on the clients' schedules. Failure to meet production deadlines can cost money and clients.
How do fashion trends repeat themselves?
*Fashion Trends continue to repeat themselves because people keep accepting the changes. People conform to what's around them. *Mass production combined with mass communications make new styles and information about new styles available simultaneously to all socioeconomic classes.
Where did the fashion industry start?
Clothing and Garment Manufacturing. Clothing, traditionally made at home or by custom tailors, began to be commercially produced in the early nineteenth century. In Chicago this industry developed rapidly after the Great Fire of 1871 and remained one of the most dynamic sectors until the Great Depression.
What personality should a fashion designer have?
The average Fashion Designer tends to learn quickly and trust intuition with strong creative and social skills. The average Fashion Designer tends to be an optimist who works with energy and enthusiasm. Their passion can be infectious, and their excellent social skills likely make them a naturally persuasive person.
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What is Rakuten Fashion Week?
What is "Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO" ? "Fashion Week" is a fashion festival held twice a year in the world's fashion cities during which the trends for the next season are born from the latest collections that are unveiled at fashion shows and exhibitions.
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Who was the first fashion model?
Lisa Fonssagrives is widely considered to have been the world's first supermodel, with a career that began in the 1930s. She was in most of the major fashion magazines and general interest magazines from the 1930s to the 1950s, including Town & Country, Life, Vogue, the original Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Time.
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Can you study fashion at university?
You can study at a traditional university, an art and design school such as the University for the Creative Arts or a specialist fashion college such as London College of Fashion.
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What a fashion stylist should know?
1. Learn the basics: It's important for every stylist to start from scratch. From fabrics and trimmings to silhouettes and colour, you must know what works for different body types, skin tones, ages and personalities. Remember it's much easier to build on a good foundation.
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Can you get a PHD in fashion?
In conclusion, the most common doctoral degree in the field of fashion is a Ph. D. in apparel design. Through lecture-based coursework, practical studies, and independent research, students gain the necessary training for careers in the fashion industry or academia.
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Can you do fashion merchandising with a marketing degree?
If you have an eye for fashion and an interest in business or marketing, you might consider earning a fashion marketing degree. Two career options you can explore with an educational background in fashion marketing are market researcher and visual merchandiser (or window trimmer).
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Is fashion a product or service?
Fashion is a symbolic product, its meaning controlled by time (Kaiser, 1990). Clothing, considered distinct from fashion, is a material product that meets a physical need for protection and function.
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Where is Fashion Nova made from?
Los Angeles Fashion Nova works with about 1,000 different manufacturers to release 600 to 900 new styles per week, a pace Saghian said he wants to increase. Many items are made in Los Angeles, though the company also works with vendors in China. It is also widely popular in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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Which city in Italy is called hub of fashion?
Milan Milan is without a doubt the capital of Italian and international fashion. Cosmopolitan, it incorporates luxury, art, gastronomy and culture… it's the perfect place for fashionistas and industry enthusiasts.
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What is the meaning of silhouette in fashion?
Because a silhouette emphasises the outline, the word has also been used in the fields of fashion and fitness to describe the shape of a person's body or the shape created by wearing clothing of a particular style or period.
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How many years of college do you need to be a Fashion Photographer?
A degree in photography or fine arts can help you stand out from the crowd. An associate's degree can be earned in only two years, while a bachelor's degree will take you four years to obtain. There are plenty of online courses available today, some of those are free.
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What is the purpose of fashion art?
You have to be creative and artistic to make clothes that other people want to wear. It connects us and helps us to express ourselves, just like painting and drawing.
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What do fashion designers study in college?
What You Will Study in College
- Apparel Design.
- Draping.
- Flat Pattern Design.
- Fashion Illustration.
- Survey of the Fashion Industry.
- Figure Drawing.
- History of Fashion.
- The Business of Fashion.
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What is a good major for fashion merchandising?
What other majors are related to Fashion Merchandising?
- Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations.
- Auctioneering.
- Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations.
- Fashion Modeling.
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.
- Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations.
- Insurance.
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What do fashion seasons mean?
Typically in the fashion world, these are combined into two seasons as Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Spring/Summer begins in January and ends in June. Fall/Winter picks up in July and runs through December. Seasonal clothing doesn't fall exactly into a fashion's calendar pattern.
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How much do fashion creative directors make?
How much does a Creative Director Fashion in United States make? The highest salary for a Creative Director Fashion in United States is $234,113 per year. The lowest salary for a Creative Director Fashion in United States is $66,337 per year.
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Does social media encourage fast fashion?
Social media is one of the most influential platforms for Fast Fashion retailers. Consumers often crave fashion and lifestyle-related digital content. Not only does this inspire consumers, it also entertains. ... Unsurprisingly, Instagram reigns supreme as the most effective platform for fashion brands.
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Do you need drawing skills to be a fashion designer?
You do not have to know how to draw to be a fashion designer or create your fashion designs. In fact, it is required within the industry that you are able to create digital designs at some point in the design process. Using Digital Fashion Pro allows you to create your designs without knowing how to draw.
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Is fashion styling a skill?
Fashion styling requires extensive knowledge of the fashion industry and a knack for matching your clients with the clothing that will support the image they want to project. | https://amur-fashion.ru/2021/08/08/is-jennie-a-fashion-editor/ |
How do we use this Stuff?
The complex story of two places and crossing over fashion eras makes for a lovely tale, but how does that translate to a costume ensemble for historical intepretation? Mary’s character, a young, educated, and somewhat protected and not worldly woman, the first generation of Irish immigrants to be born and raised in America, would have culture shock in both places somewhat.
The Character in Review
Her story has her grow old, marry, have children, and completely change her life, while maintaining connections “back home”. This means:
- Mary would have full knowledge of current styles every winter
- Mary herself would not have much money or ability to buy things, but she might receive gifts and care from others as she had a large family
- Mary would have some basic homemaking skills, but most likely would get things new and wear them out rather than modify herself
- Mary would have wanted the latest fashions when she went home
- She would not have cared about fashion on the homestead except going to town, but function would dictate even then as “to town” meant walking 10 miles or riding a horse, snowshoeing, or taking a wagon on a rutted path alongside wildlife and in the weather
- She most likely would keep her bonnet on at all times; looking lovely would be important and she would not like her hands rough or her skin tanned
- She would stay thin due to the extreme physicalness of her new life and lack of access to goods like sugar
- She would have to be healthy without the advantages of healthcare in the immediate area
- She would adapt and use what she had at the time
Taking these attitudes, what we know of the physical environments and the methods of transportation – combining this with knowledge of what was fashionable at the time and what was possible for her to obtain – we can select typical trends and fashions of the time that she might have access to or selection.
Anything she would wear or select living in Wisconsin would be modified in concept or implementation as all western women on a homestead and in the late 1880’s for that matter, had to do. We start with narrowing down examples of fashion for the time to that which would be typical of western and especially homesteading women.
1885-1888, Fashion eras crossed over from no bustle to large bustle to no bustle again. We are proposing Mary’s character would make a modified bustle using drapes and pads rather than structures to create the illusions and use little materials to keep up with the changing styles.
Most specific Wyoming women of the era, however, had the silhouettes, lines, and shapes of current high fashion (they had access and knowledge coming on the nearby trains and stagecoach lines), but modified to be much more comfortable, practical, durable, changeable, and FUNCTIONAL.
Western Women wearing current Fashion 1884-1892 (a few we have seen in the Historical Context section illustrating women’s work on a Homestead. Let us look at them again for the clothing ensembles they are wearing):
We note a few commonalities:
- They keep their bonnets on when working, but ditch the bonnets for posed portraits indicating they are serious tools for WORK only
- Two piece or one piece doesn’t matter. The earlier ensembles prefer two piece for formal portraits, but in all the working and fully functional ensembles they are two piece
- One piece dresses seem to be a luxury. Two piece bodice and skirt could be interchanged for multiple function. A one piece would be a luxury, because it would mean you had other items to wear at completely different times
- All working women wore aprons – usually fully covering the front. These seem to depend on function – cutting up a hog was a lot different than visiting the school
- Mass produced trims are popular. The more formal the outfit, the more specific and neat the trim
- There is little or no trim on working clothes. The working ensemble would be what we would call a “blouse” and “skirt”, but at the time they were bodices, or short versions of full dresses. (Blousewaists would come two decades later)
- Working skirts showed the whole foot; were up to the ankle, while dress skirts covered the foot entirely
- Sleeves were the big indicator of date; the higher the sleeve; the closer to 1895 they were getting
- 2nd indicator of date is the symmetry of the waist. A bell shaped skirt and small waist was indicative of the later eras. The assymmetrical drape, rump, or bustle was early. Considering most women had abandoned bustles by 1886, it was odd and typically western that they would be behind the time and still draping and bustling. Perhaps they brought them with them to the west and didn’t know they were going out of fashion
- As typical of all fashion eras, there is never a clear start nor finish. Each woman was unique and crossed over her own fashion periods.
In general, western women and homesteaders put function first in private and when working, and the highest fashion they could get their hands on for portraits and gatherings with people they cared about.
Actual Western & Wyoming or Pioneer/Homesteader Specific Garments & Ensembles
It is hard to find examples of these. Museum curators say they have them, but people visiting museums are more interested in the rich or unique designs of high fashion, so they don’t put them out. Fortunately, we have photographs like above of the 1880’s, so that is the best reference. Following are a few that we are using as reference in fabric, silhouette, and design selection for Mary’s character. We are drawing on real museum display garments, and sketches made by an artist of the time from photographs and real life images of the people depicted:
FINAL SELECTIONS
A quick sketch of the concepts gathered from above give a hint to the final design:
Hair and Hats
Considering the details, we look at examples for hair and hat. It seems hair is kept long, and twisted, tied, and clipped using a comb (decorative bone comb for dress up) and braids with quite a variety. Curled long single braids seemed to be popular for artists and young girls. These were most likely done with a curling iron on top of the stove. It appears some women used the same iron to flatten curly hair as the desired look was smoothe and neat; piled on top except select curls, ringlets, or buns.
There were quite a few choices for soft bonnets depending on location and purpose. The large, slat bonnets were good for working in the hot sun and wind, while the wadded bonnets were warm for winter and more typical of German and Irish immigrants. The soft bonnet could be shaped for the purpose and stored more easily and washed well, so western pioneers most likely hat at least one of these and possible wore them indoors too, although it is more likely they went bareheaded most of the time.
Hair and hat depended on status and purpose. In formal portraits they went without a hat. In work, they wore a soft bonnet with typical apron, etc. For dress up, it was high and the stovepipe of the ’70’s was popular in straw, or winter type hats rose up high and slightly tilted forward. The degree of severity and length depends on temperament and age. It looks like old women and serious women wore tightly pulled back hair that seems to almost hurt. Perhaps it was vice versa.
Mary’s character would definitely have a bonnet all the time on the homestead, and one high fashion hat when traveling and back in Wisconsin. It is doubtful she would wear a hat most of the rest of the time when no one was looking, or when she was teaching.
Undergarments
The era is consistent with others in having the long corset and structures as discussed in Fashion History. We can draw the conclusion Mary’s character would wear the same as her mother’s, and depending on function again – not the latest fashion – because the latest fashion were combinations or French Drawers which would be totally impractical in either lifestyle and culture she was in at the time.
Her ensemble would have just the basics:
- simple chemise; functional and warm one for winter; plain cotton for the rest of the year (probably ragged)
- simple petticoat – 1 for daily; up to only 3 These would have only enough ruffles in the right places to get the desired shape, and probably alteration tucks
- long corset – mass produced and bought from a catalog. She might add some hand embroidery or lace, but it would be quite basic and quite comfortable. She would wear one all the time, so might have a light one for work and night; possibly have cut off a long one at the waist to make it possible to ride a horse or walk easily or even run and to bend over tasks well
- drawers 0r “pantaloons” in the West these would be split when wearing a long corset (because she couldn’t pull pants down that were stuck under the corset), and not split with a button down if worn with a short or riding corset and pulled down. She might have two pairs of these too.
- cotton stockings; easily repaired
- sturdy leather boots; possibly another pair for travel and “home” in Wisconsin, but it is more likely she would clean up her one pair and keep the good pair with Mom at home
- bustle pad – looking like today’s toilet seat, just enough to hold the drape out a bit to give an indication of style; not the whole structure. There would be no room to store or even to get dressed; a bustle pad would be a luxury as it was. Again, she might leave this at her mother’s home and wear them on visits or when staying there in the winter while homesteading. By the time they proved up their claim, bustles would be out of fashion so it would be no problem, and she would embrace the two piece “suit” (bodice and skirt), so there would be no fashion problems
Accessories & Footwear
Much like the prior decade, footwear depended on where you were going and what you were doing. Farm work and riding demanded boots. Living on a homestead meant boots – ankle high for flexibility and of good strong leather.
Going to town or city meant shoes; sometimes with spats to protect them or to lend fashion. Very fancy dress up meant matching shoes with low heels.
This late Victorian Era is remembered for its mourning jewels, and an abundance of paste imitations of rare jewels such as diamonds and emeralds and rubies. Many did have semi precious gems like opals and pearls, and all were very ornate.
There were pins and brooches and lockets and chains. Most women wore a watch and skirts had a watch pocket built into them. Some were worn on the bodice and upside down (like nurses wear today) for hands free use. Inheriting jewelry was big, and today we have many fine examples as things were passed along to mother and daughter.
Items made from the hair of a loved one, including photos and hair from a deceased loved one were very popular, as were the Whitby broaches. Various forms of cloissone and imported goods were popular. Citrine authentic pieces can be found in abundance today from this era, as can be some marcasite which was very popular for buttons, earrings, and brooches.
Mother of pearl and abalone were still favorite low cost options for cameos and pins.
Fabrics & Notions
We had in stock a collection of reproduction fabrics already selected for the purpose of depictions in the 1860’s to 1880’s. They are all small print calicoes or similar 1-2 dye process and most are roller dyes on cotton. Some are rare actual Liberty fabrics (London Aesthetic movement), and others are specific to 1860’s limited dyes or processes.
Extant garments show LARGE prints and florals with 2 colors over a main color, so our fabrics are actually a bit out of date for 1887. That’s OK, because if she were building new, she’d have to get it from the western markets which might only stock out of date fabrics. The fancier ensembles were plain in wools and suitings anyway. We have chose to depict daily wear as she would wear to teach school on her homestead, or to attend a political or social function – somewhat “in between” low and high fashion, but definitely high fashion for western wear.
Her style would be a bit above that typical of the region because of her Wisconsin ties, and her fabrics a bit behind high style. The 1860-70 fabric is fine for that. All are durable, functional, and would be inexpensive for them to obtain and easy for them to sew themselves or have someone local sew for them. They would make it more ornate with piping, kilting, ruffles, or store bought trim. They would put their money into the hat and accessories that could carry over to any ensemble instead of the one dress.
These are the select fabrics that would work for this character:
Making selections; summarizing the information. We select these garments and people to represent the final design:
Late Revisions
We ran short on fabric for the drape. 1887 was a tighter drape with less in the back as the bustle was going out of style. Every western woman seemed to be wearing a leather 2-3″ wide belt over her drape and/or skirt. We found really good fabric.
These factors combined to revise the final design of the drape to be more of an apron with a belt holding it on, with just a “nod” to the bustle. All ideas of bustle pads and rumps are now abandoned in favor of the upcoming fashion and function of western wear:
New fabrics – checks and paisley are for the ties and scarves; used to stretch the drape fabric as linings/facings as needed or used in the bonnet:
And a new design for a drape that is pulled and pinned and loosely tied in the back, or dropped to be a functional, flat fronted apron:
This is based on a photo found of real women in Iowa who worked for a department store. It is clear the young women wanted to be at the height of fashion, but either bought (at discount?) from the store, or made their own best effort at high fashion of the day – EXACTLY what we are trying to illustrate. We will be building the drape using this 1886 photo as a “pattern”: | https://silhouettescostumes.com/customer-projects/projects/mary-colling/mary-colling-design-development/ |
Theatrical costume designers provide beauty and ambiance to stage productions.
4 What Are the Duties of a Lighting Designer?
A theatrical costume designer creates the clothing actors wear during a stage performance. Costumes bring visual interest to a play and help set the atmosphere of a scene. Costumes may even determine the mood of the characters. A theatrical costume designer is responsible for the jewelry, hats, gloves or masks each performers wears during a stage production.
Most theatrical costume designers have a background in fashion design or the arts. The job usually does not require post-secondary education. A student who pursues a degree in fashion design usually has an advantage over other candidates, due to having developed a portfolio to show to prospective employers. Employers typically look for applicants with good technical skills in addition to creativity, which is many costume designers learn to use computer-aided design software, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Theatrical costume designers research historical periods to choose the appropriate fabrics and styles for a play. They draw rough sketches to present to the director and design team, including the set and lighting designer. Once the costumes are approved, the designer will develop a "costume plot," which is a list or chart outlining the costume each character wears in each scene. They then produce full-color drawings of the style, silhouette and accessories before hiring costume makers to produce their designs.
Many theatrical costume designers work as freelancers. They tend to work long hours, including evenings and weekends, especially during pre-production of a stage performance. The costume designer's job usually ends once the show opens.
The earnings for a theatrical costume designer vary based on the person's experience and reputation. Beginning costume designers typically earn between $20,000 and $27,000 annually. Those with more experience receive a salarybetween $40,000 and $45,000, according to the most recent BLS data from 2010. Due to strong competition and few jobs, employment for theatrical costume designers is expected to remain stagnant through at least 2020, although those with excellent portfolios will continue to have opportunities, according to the BLS.
Kerr, Michael. "Job Description for a Theatrical Costume Designer." Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/job-description-theatrical-costume-designer-20687.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.
What Do Theater Actors Make?
What Is a Fashion Producer? | https://work.chron.com/job-description-theatrical-costume-designer-20687.html |
Zoe Fletcher has always loved wool, knitting and anything crafty! After graduating with a First Class Honours from Manchester School of Art in Textiles Design for Fashion, she went on to specialise in knitwear for an MA in ‘Fashion and the Environment’ at London College of Fashion. After graduating with Distinction, she worked at People Tree and House of Fraser, before moving back up North to work with an alpaca cooperative in Yorkshire, where she blended alpaca and Bluefaced Leicester for yarn and womenswear collections. Zoe gained her PhD from Manchester School of Art in 2018, specialising in British sheep and fibre qualities for knitwear design.
Zoe guest lectures in knit at Manchester School of Art, as well as tutoring postgraduates and undergraduates at MMU and the University of Bolton.
Zoe is the founder of The Woolist, an online (and pop-up event) space, which showcases research into British sheep and wool, connects producers, manufacturers and makers, as well as selling products made from breed-specific fibres.
Research:
There are 72 different pure-breeds of sheep reared across Britain today, all with unique fleece characteristics, rich heritage, and strong local connections, but a lot of their fleece is combined in centralised depots and sold with loss of breed identity. My research looked at an alternative in which designers, informed about the individual characteristics of purebred wool, would be able to design for breed type. As a practice-led investigation, the research reframed the situation as a design problem and found a resolution in a practical and digital toolkit that enables designers to navigate their breed selection process, looking at desirable characteristics such as handle, colour, and fineness (micron count), through to the cultural geographical heritage of sheep breeds which are integrated to produce new understandings. The research findings make use of evidence gathered from farmers, spinners, and manufacturers, current scientific data, and knitwear design experience.
Understanding the differences between wools from individual fibre breeds can aid knitwear designers, to heighten garment functionality and aesthetics, and satisfy consumer demand for more authentic, locally traceable garments. | https://www.woolinschool.com/blog/the-woolist |
After graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fashion design I have worked in a variety of areas of fashion; from Women's Ready to Wear in Los Angeles and New York, to Ballet costuming at the Houston Ballet, to now Bridal alterations and developing my own line of gowns. It has been an exciting journey. With each new experience I find there is so much more to learn. Taking patterning and garment construction to the next level and really using it as an artistic expression is what inspires me.
My love for design originated with my love for dance and feminine beauty and expression. Women over the ages have used clothing to express themselves. You can see how as women's role in society has changed so has the way we present our bodies to the world. My roots in dance are definitely reflected in my work. The movement of fabrics, how they fall and drape over the body. The development of flattering classic silhouettes with a modern minimal twist. Emphasis on hand detailing. It's those small delicate touches that separate one garment from the next. I want to stay true to keeping my business and my vision personal, hand crafted, beautiful custom pieces that will be passed down from one generation to the next. I also want each of my clients to have a voice in the design process.
Designs evolve and styles change, but staying true to supporting women's beauty is timeless. Making women look and feel beautiful, inside and out; that is the vision I strive for each and every day. | http://www.oliviagraydesigns.com/about |
How do you feel about being a PEFTA finalist this year?
I most definitely am thankful—to Preview, to SoFA and to God for the big opportunity. I feel blessed. When I found out I passed as a finalist, I felt so encouraged, motivated, and also challenged to give my best throughout the competition. To be chosen for something like PEFTA is a rare privilege. I feel grateful that I have this chance to learn, to work with professionals, and to be recognized for my work. I hope to make the most out of it.
What motivated you to study fashion design?
I grew up in a family that runs a fashion business, so to love fashion design came quite naturally. However, I first graduated from a graphic design course. It was only after finishing college that I realized that my passion for fashion would not be enough to make me survive the fast-paced, highly competitive industry. I knew it was necessary to study the technicalities, construction, and procedures, and most importantly, the business side of it.
How would you describe your design aesthetic?
More people recognize my style as bohemian because my work, more often, are achieved by a mixture of fabrics and are usually also just in neutral and earth colors. I also have a tendency to make my designs look more relaxed than pinched up. But I'd like to say that I can be flexible. This is why, for my PEFTA entry, I decided to work with something more architectural that is so different from "boho." Also, because of this, I was forced to shift my focus on the silhouettes instead of the details.
Please tell us about the portfolio you submitted to Preview. What is the concept behind it? How does it tie in with this year's theme, Silhouette?
The portfolio I submitted was inspired by The Architectural Wonders of the World. When I heard that silhouettes would be this year's focus, the first few things that flashed in my head were images of structural buildings and landmarks. So I researched on Wonders of the World and ended up choosing four sites I liked most: the Roman Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Taj Mahal. I thought the shapes and silhouettes of these four would be very interesting to work with.
The general feel of my mood board is confident, tough, structural, and architectural with emphasis on lines, round edges, sand, the uneven silhouette of the Colosseum. Complementing elements include marble, cement, arched doorways and windows. Dominating shapes are circles, triangles, waves and arches. My color palette turned out to be a combination of black, charcoal, bone, browns, tans and cream, with a hint of navy and deep red.
Please tell us about the piece that the Preview editors selected for you to execute.
I was happy to discover that the look that the editors chose was the look I liked most. They had chosen the last sketch in my collection, which was a sleek-looking, cream-colored evening dress. The silhouette is heavy on top with a loose turtleneck-like standing collar that covers the front neck. This stiffly runs all the way to the lower back forming a nice half-circle that complements the bust when viewed sideways. The rest of the dress is form-fitting in contrast to the bulky portion created on the upper torso. The hemline is uneven (mimicking the shape of the Colosseum) with an arched cutout in front revealing the front part of the legs.
For me, this is the classiest look among all of my sketches. It's not too busy. It is a nice mixture of edgy modern and sexy female. It's clean and glamorous with the perfect accent, still wearable; and not too costume-y.
The biggest challenge for the construction part would be the oversized collar. I will have to use the right fabric and bone (for the edges) to make it stiff. My piece would end up looking like just any other ordinary cowl dress if I fail to make the collar stand and make the arc at the back work correctly. I will be creating the silhouette through boning to strategically perfect the figure.
The whole dress will be in just one color but made from several fabrics for texture variation. I also plan to do a mixture of translucent and opaque materials to slightly reveal some body parts to keep it sexy and feminine despite the stiff body. My fabric options as of the moment are organza, dull satin, and brocade. Minor beadwork might be added in the collar lining (visible only from the back) and skirt lining for extra detail.
Where do you get your inspiration? Who are you style influences/inspirations?
I get inspired whenever I enter big retail stores such as Zara, Topshop, Mango, etc., because for me, fashion is not just about being an artist. Fashion is also about doing business. Whenever I see how these retail chains operate, how they design, how they create concepts, I get inspired. It is during these times that I get motivated to create fashion pieces that are not only highly creative, but more importantly, purposeful and functional.
Aside from this, I also get inspired by the runway shows. Who wouldn't? The catwalk is where all the magic happens! Seeing the work of the great designers always inspires me to explore new directions, expand my borders, and experiment with the nontraditional.
Which artists do you admire most, both local and foreign? How does your aesthetic resonate with theirs?
I really admire a lot of designers (and brands)! I think a lot of them are brilliant and all too talented. But mostly, I catch myself loving too much the collections released by Balmain. Their looks are always so balanced and never over-the-top. But aesthetically, I really admire most to the works of Veronica Etro (for Etro), Antonio Marras (for Kenzo) and Marc Jacobs (for Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton).
Locally, I really look up to the artistic stylings of Amina Aranaz-Alunan, Rajo Laurel and the extraordinary craftsmanship of Cary Santiago. I relate most to these designers, because just like me, they put emphasis on amazing fabrics and details.
What accomplishments in your budding career are you most proud of?
I'm most thankful that I was able to have a solid background in graphic design, achieving an award for it in college (Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts: Graphic Design Category) and winning three awards in the first Philippine Graphic Design Awards in 2010 including the top two trophies in the student category. Recently, I also won the Judges' Choice Award in the Blackberry Holster Design Contest.
Having enough experience in this field has truly helped me visualize more effectively when I shifted to fashion design. Last year, I got even more encouraged to pursue this career when I won the champion title in the Adidas All 24 Fashion Competition.
What aspect of fashion design do you seek to master?
More than being innovative, I want to be effective. I want to create artistic fashion that is purposeful. Mostly, I hope to master designing high-street ready-to-wear clothes (both evening and day wear) and be a successful entrepreneur. But I'm also interested in mastering wedding (bridal gown and entourage) design. In the future, I plan to be an expert in shoe design and production, too.
How do you envision yourself evolving as a designer?
I'd like to see myself as a more flexible and influential designer someday. I want to be able to satisfy customers and at the same time be able to brand my own style. I hope to achieve the state when people would immediately recognize my work without having to read it from the fine print. I hope to grow a strong brand in the future with me learning and developing through the process as I design more and more according to what people need without compromising my own style and aesthetic.
How do you see yourself contributing to the growth of Philippine fashion?
Aside from contributing my ideas and aesthetic, I hope to help maintain and promote Philippine craftsmanship because it is (currently) a dying breed. Too many fashion retail businesses nowadays settle with buying and selling products, importing goods from neighboring countries all because it is the easier route. I wish to do it the other way around. I want to be able to help sustain and provide even more jobs to Filipinos by designing and making exceptional fashion items that will be made in the Philippines and then exported worldwide. | https://www.preview.ph/fashion/pefta-2012-q-a-danika-navarro |
When thinking about pursuing your further studies, you will most probably find yourself picking from science, commerce or arts courses, the three major streams of our education system. But can career options be put into the same categories as the courses?
While you may need to study a certain course to pursue a career in a particular field, being successful in what you do, needs traits from science, commerce and arts together.
For example, an aerospace engineer needs a scientist’s aptitude to know if an aircraft will fly, an artist’s eye to design a beautiful machine and the mind of an economist to know if they can sell what they have built!
On that note, this month in Careerscope, we are going to explore how to become a fashion designer. Throughout this article we want you to keep an eye out on what traits from science, commerce and arts will you need to be a great designer!
Are you ready? Let’s get started!
What is fashion design?
Fashion design involves making clothes and wearable accessories (shoes, belts, jewellery, etc.) that appeal to people. Most fashion designers specialise in a particular type of clothing. For example, men’s wear, evening wear, sportswear, etc.
What does a fashion designer do?
A fashion designer’s job can be put into three main buckets.
1. Research – Designers need to research current fashion trends and identify what appeals to people by understanding consumer behaviour.
Simplified: A consumer or customer is someone who buys a product.
2. Designing – This involves the actual designing of clothes and accessories. Designers sketch their designs either on paper or on digital programs.
3. Merchandising – This is when designers promote their work so that the right customers can get to know about their designs.
What skills does a fashion designer need?
At a glance, here are the major skills needed to be a successful fashion designer.
Technical artistic skills: Designers need technical artistic skills like drawing, sketching and sewing to make their designs. They also need to have a strong sense of colour and texture and know how different types of fabric or raw material will look when they become clothes.
Visualisation skills: Designers need to visualise how a product will look even before it is made. They should have a strong understanding of space and geometry to visualise how the clothes they design will come to life. For example, they can visualise how different fabrics drape and how the shape of the clothes will look on people before they are even made.
Research and data analytics: Fashion designers rely heavily on strong research skills because they need to understand what styles are in trend. They also analyse data and make sense of what consumers want. Using data analytics while making great designs is the secret weapon most successful fashion designers have.
Strong business acumen: To make sure their designs are brought to life properly and reach the right customer, designers have a strong understanding of how business works. This includes buying the fabrics from the right place, marketing the finished designs to the right audience, and making the right decisions from data on what customers want.
India’s long tryst with fashion
A common perception is that fashion design is an up and coming profession. However, you only have to peek at India’s rich cultural heritage to see that that’s not true. Be it the Indian cotton in the wardrobes of ancient Egyptian kings or the unique textile patterns and weaves of every single Indian state – the ability to make beautiful clothes is a part of Indian culture and history.
Where will you work as a fashion designer?
As a fashion designer you can work in the following places:
What should you study to become a fashion designer?
In India, you have bachelors, diploma and certificate courses in fashion designing. The most popular option is a B.Des (Bachelors in design) course, which is a four-year undergraduate program.
What are the top colleges in India for fashion design?
One of the most popular colleges to study fashion design are the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) chain of colleges. NIFT has colleges in most Indian cities. Some of the top-ranking NIFT and other colleges for fashion design are:
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Use the filter menu and interactive map to explore the past competitions offered and grants awarded through the Environmental Literacy Program.
To learn more about project findings and outcomes, view the summaries of our grantees’ summative evaluation reports.
- (-) 2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators (3)
- (-) 2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education (5)
- 2020: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Hazards (1)
- 2018: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Hazards (1)
- 2016: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Hazards (1)
- 2015: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Changes (2)
- 2012: Ocean Education Partnership Grants (1)
- 2012: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (with review event) for FY 2012 - 2013 (1)
- 2011/2012: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (1)
- 2010: Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (1)
- 2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums (3)
- 2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content (2)
- 2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (2)
- 2007: Teacher Professional Development Fellowship Program (1)
- 2007: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (1)
- 2006: Environmental Literacy (1)
- 2005: Environmental Literacy (5)
Worldviews Network: Ecological Literacy Programming for Digital Planetariums and Beyond
The Worldviews Network - a collaboration of institutions that have pioneered Earth systems research, education and evaluation methods - is creating innovative approaches for engaging the American public in dialogues about human-induced global changes. Leveraging the power of immersive scientific visualization environments at informal science centers across the US, we are developing transformative educational processes that integrate the benefits of visual thinking, systems thinking, and design thinking. This "seeing, knowing, doing" approach empowers educators with tools and techniques that help audiences to visualize, comprehend, and address complex issues from a whole-systems perspective. The Worldviews Network will make explicit the interconnections of Earth's life support systems across time and space as well as inspire community participation in design processes by providing real-world examples of successful projects that are increasing the healthy functioning of regional and global ecosystems.
Engaging ESL Adult and Youth Learners in Technologically Facilitated Outdoor Experiential Learning to Improve Environmental, Ocean, Climate and English Literacy
Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) - Monroe County, Inc. and The College of Exploration are developing and implementing a pilot project to target traditionally under-represented ethnic groups who are limited English proficient-- many reading and writing in English at the grade 0 - grade 5.5 level. The project goals are for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to use digital photo cameras, digital video cameras, waterproof underwater HD cameras and GPS technologies to geo-locate, explore, observe, record, display and tell stories in English both in words, photos and short HD video clip sequences. Stories will be about the exploration of places like the National Marine Sanctuaries and other areas of the country and coasts where there are scientific observation and monitoring opportunities created and supported by NOAA partners.
Embedding NOAA in a Public Learning Laboratory - The Environmental Scientist-In-Residence Program at the Exploratorium
The Environmental Scientist-in-Residence Program will leverage NOAA's scientific assets and personnel by combining them with the creativity and educational knowledge of the pioneer hands-on science center. To do this, the program will embed NOAA scientists in a public education laboratory at the Exploratorium. Working closely with youth Explainers, exhibit developers, and Web and interactive media producers at the Exploratorium, NOAA scientists will share instruments, data, and their professional expertise with a variety of public audiences inside the museum and on the Web. At the same time the scientists will gain valuable skills in informal science communication and education. Through cutting-edge iPad displays, screen-based visualizations, data-enriched maps and sensor displays, and innovative interactions with visitors on the museum floor, this learning laboratory will enable NOAA scientists and Exploratorium staff to investigate new hands-on techniques for engaging the public in NOAA's environmental research and monitoring efforts.
Teen Conservation Leadership
Teen Conservation Leadership is a major integration and expansion of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's existing teen education programs (Student Oceanography Club, Young Women in Science and Student Guides). The project is growing and enhancing these programs through the following activities: Service Learning and Leadership Activities – including: 1) Guest Service Track: professional development and training as interpreters 2) Camp and Club Track: serving as a mentor for other participants 3) Program Track: assisting in the delivery of programs - Conservation and Science Activities, including participating in and leading projects with local organizations, and participating in technologically facilitated outdoor learning experiences – Teen Network and Technology Activities, including onsite networking and information sharing through Web 2.0 technology The project will reach 930 teens. Each teen will provide 200 service-learning hours per year. The sequential nature of this project will encourage many teens to participate for multiple years.
Science on a Sphere – Earth Systems Display Center at Science Museum of Virginia
The Science Museum of Virginia has assembled a unique team of federal, state, and private institutions to create The Earth System Display Center based on the Science on a Sphere (SOS) platform. The goal of the Center is to capture the visitor's attention and spur interest in climate change literacy and how impacts on a local scale can have an aggregate effect globally. Of particular significance are a docent training program to stimulate and facilitate visitor interaction with the Sphere through dialogue, and formative and summative evaluation of the impact of docent led Sphere experiences with the general public. SOS will anchor a new data display center for examining global impacts of energy consumption, stormwater management, agriculture practices, and climate change - tying together Earth system themes from four major projects now underway at the Science Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Use of NOAA data sets and the Sphere as a dynamic presentation tools coupled with flatscreens will enable the conveyance of local and statewide trends and issues into a compelling global context.
Visualizing Change: Training and Tools to Support Informal Educators
A consortium of Aquarium of the Pacific, National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium and Seattle Aquarium will build educator capacity in the aquarium community and informal science education field to more effectively communicate about climate change and its impact on coastal zones and marine life. The project will utilize NOAA datasets and visualizations in providing interpreters with training and strategic framing communication tools based on the best available social and cognitive research. The objectives of the project are to: (1) develop and test four exemplary interpretive “visual narratives” that integrate research-based strategic communication with NOAA data visualization resources; (2) test the application of the visual narratives in a variety of geographic regions and institution types (aquarium, science center, etc.) using multiple technology platforms; (3) build a professional development program for climate change interpretation with data visualization; and (4) leverage existing networks for dissemination and peer support. Other key partners include the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (VisLab), the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Ocean Explorium in southern Massachusetts, FrameWorks Institute and New Knowledge Organization.
Carbon Networks
Carbon Networks addresses the disconnect between scientific evidence and the public’s understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It brings together three diverse, informal education partners – the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle – in a collaborative project to co-design and implement professional development for staff and local educators, as well as create educational programs and activities for museum visitors to better understand the evolving narrative and impact of ocean acidification and climate change.
Advancing Climate Literacy through Investment in In-service and Pre-service Science Educators (ACLIPSE)
The ACLIPSE project leveraged NOAA assets including the NOAA-funded Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 6–8: The Ocean–Atmosphere Connection and Climate Change, data from NOAA-supported ocean, estuarine and atmospheric observing networks, and NOAA-affiliated scientists. ACLIPSE developed strategies for incorporating real-time ocean observing data into climate and ocean science education; designed and implemented an undergraduate curriculum in climate science for pre-service (student) teachers at multiple universities (http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/college-courses/ACLIPSE); offered a variety of workshops for teachers and educators across the country and at National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs); and developed materials specifically designed to provide professional learning and instructional materials for middle and high school teachers to use with their students and other learners (http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/curriculum/climate-data-aclipse-a…). The professional learning workshops for local teachers and NERR Education Coordinators and research staff (i.e., System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) Technicians) were located at five NERR sites representing different regions of the US, including the Pacific Northwest (Kachemak Bay NERR, Alaska and Padilla Bay NERR, WA), central West Coast (San Francisco NERR, CA), Southeast (GTM NERR, FL), and Northeast/Mid-Atlantic (Jacques Cousteau NERR, NJ). Resources and instructional materials focused on climate and ocean acidification were provided to all participants for learning about and teaching these important and relevant content areas, and as the context for teaching about and applying current teaching and learning research. Emphasis was placed on helping the teacher audiences to becoming more expert on how to use NOAA monitoring data in the classroom in authentic and engaging ways to build teacher and student data skills. NERR educators and their local in-service teachers were provided with professional learning opportunities and a collection of activities providing online data, place-based, locally relevant observing data, NGSS teaching and learning pedagogy, and climate change topics. The project built capacity of formal and informal science educators by providing (1) opportunities to become knowledgeable about global environmental change and real-time data; (2) exposure to place-based connections with the ocean through technological observing systems; and (3) materials and expertise to apply their learning to teaching practice in a long-term, sustainable manner. ACLIPSE instructional materials are based on the principle that real-time environmental data is a valuable tool for providing students with opportunities for self-directed exploration of the natural world. Students engaging in these activities gain a deeper understanding of carbon cycling, ocean acidification, and other phenomena related to climate change. These activities were designed with the three-dimensional approach to teaching in mind (e.g. NGSS-designed), and also use a data literacy framework to build educators and their learners’ skills in using data visualizations. The materials for informal educators and grades 6-8 teachers can also be accessed from the NOAA Education site, Classroom- Ready Data Resources, Climate & Data ACLIPSE Activities at https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/data/classroom-ready. Partners in the project included Rutgers University, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida State University, California State University East Bay, Louisiana State University, and multiple NERR sites and Education Coordinators across the country and their local secondary teachers. | https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/elp/grants/awards?f%5B0%5D=%3AMiami%20Museum%20of%20Science%20/%20Phillip%20and%20Patricia%20Frost%20Museum%20of%20Science&f%5B1%5D=%3ANational%20Marine%20Sanctuary%20Foundation%20%28NMSF%29&f%5B2%5D=%3ANisqually%20River%20Foundation&f%5B3%5D=field_competition_%3A2010%3A%20ELG%20for%20Informal/Nonformal%20Education&f%5B4%5D=field_competition_%3A2013%3A%20ELG%20for%20Building%20Capacity%20of%20Informal%20and%20Formal%20Educators&f%5B5%5D=field_ela_state%3ACalifornia&f%5B6%5D=field_ela_state%3AVirginia |
The Pew Charitable Trusts uses data to make a difference. For more than 70 years, we have focused on serving the public, invigorating civic life, conducting nonpartisan research, advancing effective public policies and practices, and achieving tangible results. Through rigorous inquiry and knowledge sharing, we inform and engage public-spirited citizens and organizations, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause. We are a dedicated team of researchers, communicators, advocates, subject matter experts, and professionals working on some of today’s big challenges – and we know we are more effective and creative collectively than we are individually. With Philadelphia as our hometown and the majority of our staff located in Washington, D.C., our U.S. and international staff find working at Pew personally and professionally rewarding.
Wise stewardship of resources allows Pew employees to pursue work that strategically furthers our mission in significant and measurable ways. We collaborate with a diverse range of philanthropic partners, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven initiatives to improve society. Pew attracts top talent, people of integrity who are service-oriented and willing to take on challenging assignments. We provide competitive pay and benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and a respectful and inclusive workplace. Pew employees are proud of their colleagues, proud of where they work, and proud of the institution’s reputation.
The Research and Science Portfolio in Program
The research and science portfolio includes programmatic, functional, and outreach elements. It spans all of Pew’s programmatic work with a focus on advancing quality research and science and deploying research expertise to further the goals of ongoing projects. The portfolio reviews the design of new research projects across the institution to ensure they are high-quality, unbiased, and methodologically sound. The programmatic elements of the portfolio include specific projects related to biomedical science, environmental science, and fiscal federalism. In addition, research and science has a role in communicating timely, accurate information on state issues to the general public as the Pew daily news publication, Stateline, is part of our organization.
Conservation Science
The conservation science (CS) program, part of the Environmental Research and Science unit, works to generate and synthesize scientific research that informs conservation policy and frames solutions to global environment challenges. The CS team enhances the scientific foundation of Pew’s environmental work by providing centralized technical expertise, developing research projects, and identifying new scientific results relevant to Pew’s existing and emerging conservation interests. Integrating the results of peer-reviewed research into public policy and campaign strategy development are significant components of the program’s work.
Position Overview
The officer serves as the principal liaison to campaign staff and Pew’s strategy team on issues relating to marine and freshwater ecosystems and is responsible for encouraging the development of scientific initiatives that inform new and existing campaign strategies. The position will provide critical research and strategic support to Pew’s strategy and environment teams across a wide range of topic areas. The officer will help ensure that the institution’s new and existing conservation objectives are informed about existing evidence and knowledge gaps in the environmental sciences. The officer also plays a lead role in developing a broad array of research projects in collaboration with Pew’s policy staff to inform Pew’s environmental program areas. To achieve key tasks, the officer must develop close working relationships and become a trusted advisor to strategy and environment colleagues and senior leadership.
The position, based in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the project director, conservation science. The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise in the environmental sciences relevant to aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on identifying research that informs potential or current policy objectives.
- Maintain wide-ranging knowledge of pertinent research in environmental science and in-depth understanding of conservation policy to provide strategic research advice and place results in appropriate policy contexts.
- Collaborate with leadership to inform strategic thinking for Pew’s environmental science efforts and to shape Pew’s conservation objectives and outcomes.
- Maintain familiarity with campaign objectives and research relevant to Pew’s policy work. Coordinate cross-cutting research initiatives among environmental programs working in aquatic habitats.
- Coordinate scientific learning across Pew policy teams, strategy staff, and conservation science staff through internal training sessions and other activities to help inform and leverage Pew’s research investments.
- Partner with Pew environmental campaign and strategy staff to identify needs and priorities for scientific research within environmental initiatives. Lead structured research planning exercises to ensure proposed research is useful for target end users or audiences, tailored to address appropriate research questions, communicated accurately, and is rigorous and objective.
- Lead the development of effective research proposals and work plans in coordination with external scientists that address relevant policy and/or strategic needs within suitable timeframes and budgets. Develop internal research plans, grants, and contracts to ensure proposed research projects are accurately translated into project agreements. Identify emerging scientific outreach opportunities as applicable.
- Serve as a primary liaison between external researchers and Pew, including by recruiting outside experts to conduct research projects, serve as reviewers, and provide other technical assistance as necessary.
- Serve as lead investigator, as necessary, for desk-based research projects on topics relevant to aquatic habitats, including reviews and meta-analyses; supervise the contributions of other Pew staff in these efforts.
- Review the communication of scientific analysis and conservation implications of CS-supported environmental research.
- Participate in and contribute to CS and Environmental Research and Science meetings, workshops, and other events. Assist with other tasks as requested.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree is required, advanced degree in environmental sciences, conservation biology, or a related field, is strongly preferred. Extensive knowledge of ecological modeling tools and approaches, fisheries management, and marine protected areas is a plus.
- At least eight years of relevant professional experience in environmental science and environmental policy issues is required. Specific knowledge of and experience with aquatic resource management and/or conservation policy is strongly preferred.
- Superior interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and manage productive relationships with Pew staff, consultants, partners, grantees, and others. Operates as both a team leader and player in a highly collaborative environment.
- Experience working in a technical role within a research or policy institution is highly desirable, as is experience developing, managing, and contributing to a portfolio of environmental research projects.
- Demonstrated strategic and analytical skills. Political awareness, with a non-partisan perspective and approach. Experience with state, national and/or intergovernmental institutions preferred.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills. Strong ability to think strategically and creatively, adjust to changing circumstances, organize time, and remain attentive to detail.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, including ease in communicating complex concepts in a clear, effective manner.
- Recognized ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization and attention to detail. Ability to make decisions and operate effectively in uncertain or changing situations.
Travel
The position requires occasional domestic and international travel.
Total Rewards
We offer a competitive salary and benefit program, including: comprehensive, affordable health care through medical, dental, and vision coverage; financial security with life and disability insurance; opportunities to save using health savings and flexible spending accounts; retirement benefits to help prepare for the future; and work/life benefits to maintain a good balance.
The Pew Charitable Trusts is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Pew considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity, military/veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. | https://www.joshswaterjobs.com/jobs/26658 |
IPSO is routinely called upon to provide expert testimony and evidence to a wide range of national and international groups and bodies, ranging from United Nations General Assembly meetings to parliaments and policy working groups. It translates its scientific findings into accessible formats appropriate for different audiences and always includes policy and other recommendations that arise.
Examples of this include the presentation of the State of the Ocean findings to a UN General Assembly meeting on the ocean; participation as expert witness in RFMO meetings; the provision of evidence in court cases and hearings; and the preparation of submissions and papers to government hearings and investigations.
IPSO’s aim is to use the findings of the scientists and communications, policy and legal experts for impact in the external world. For example, it provides information and materials to mass and news media outlets; expert advice to the entertainment media, game developers and others; and cooperates with a number of NGO coalitions and initiatives that share its objectives and which are pursuing changes in the external world, relevant to IPSO’s recommendations.
Examples include the launches of its various reports with high levels of legacy and social media support and much resulting coverage; the OceansInc project at Rio+20, a media platform relaying constant news from the conference; and the deployment of material and advice to countless documentary and other mass media creators.
IPSO is a founder and member of the High Seas Alliance and contributes scientific and outreach expertise; it also works alongside other NGOs that campaign in support of the recommendations arising from its science.
Where significant gaps exist in campaigning around specific recommendations or areas of concern indicated by the scientists, IPSO will seek to construct or encourage the creation of campaigns – one such example being the creation of the High Seas Alliance, and another its current focus on marine pollution from domestic sources.
The number of experts in international ocean issues is relatively few and IPSO acts as a connector for these individuals, so that together they can consider new ideas and approaches and indicate where science can help to fill gaps in our knowledge – improving our ability to drive ocean protection. Some of these individuals represent IPSO and its interests in their daily work and provide IPSO with expert advice during its State of the Ocean workshops.
Kristina is an expert on the law of marine conservation and is a senior high seas advisor for IUCN. She has more than 20 years’ experience in admiralty law and marine policy and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. In the past she has worked for institutions such as the Marine Policy Center of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Hull Law School (UK), and represented WWF at the International Maritime Organization in London.
An independent advisor and advocate for ocean conservation, Matthew is also a co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. He is currently the Coalition’s Political and Policy Advisor as well as an advisor to IUCN and the European Union’s Hermes Project. With extensive experience of speaking globally and coordinating international campaigns on ocean conservation, Matthew has been quoted in numerous new publications such as BBC World, CNN, New York Times and Le Monde.
Duncan has more than 25 years’ experience of practising and working within international and environmental law. He has also advised numerous global organisations, corporations and governments on various environmental issues and specialises in a multitude of issues including climate change, law of the sea, whaling, fisheries, bio-safety, forestry, and waste management. Duncan has been a leading advisor for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition on bottom trawling issues since its inception.
With more than 15 years’ experience working in media and communications for the NGO sector, Sophie is a communications specialist. She is co-founder of Communications INC and specialises in strategic advice, campaign management and business development. She has previously worked with NGOs such as Amnesty International as a strategic planning officer and has experience in both film and AV production.
Charlotte is the Strategic Partnership Director for the Sylvia Earle Alliance and the Project Manager for Google Earth’s Oceans. She has ample experience of working with government and international businesses on coastal and marine resource policy, management, geo-referenced data, communication and conservation. Charlotte has over 30 years of experience working in both ocean conservation and communications and has been a member of several Boards and Councils across a variety of sectors, including ocean research. | http://www.stateoftheocean.org/outreach/what-we-do/ |
On 1 June 2018, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the first-ever EU initiative on wild pollinators. The Initiative sets strategic objectives and a set of actions to be taken by the EU and its Member States to address the decline of pollinators in the EU and contribute to global conservation efforts. It sets the framework for an integrated approach to the problem and a more effective use of existing tools and policies. The initiative sets long-term objectives (towards 2030), and short-term actions under three priorities:
The actions will be finalized by the end of 2020. The Commission will then undertake a review, and based on this consider any future follow-up.
For more information about the initiative:
For information about pollinator conservation actions undertaken across the EU:
The European Parliament addressed the EU Pollinators Initiative on 18 December 2019:
The Council of the European Union addressed the EU Pollinators Initiative on 9 October 2018:
The Commission consulted broadly stakeholders during the development of the initiative in 2018. The consultation aimed to ensure that all relevant stakeholders with an interest in pollinators and pollination had an opportunity to express their views on the problem of pollinator declines and an EU approach to tackle it. It also collected additional evidence and insights in order to inform specific elements of the initiative.
Given the broad public interest in this subject, a wide range of stakeholders was consulted including citizens, scientists, environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs), farmers, farmers' associations and farm advisors, beekeepers, rural communities, the agro- and food industry, landscape architects, educational institutions and public authorities.
The consultation included the following activities:
Public consultation: A public consultation took place between 11 January 2018 and 5 April 2018 in the form of an online questionnaire. It was available in 23 EU languages. A total of 66 579 responses were received.
Consultation of experts: A 2-day workshop took place on 15 and 16 March 2018 in Brussels. Through seven sessions, it addressed various aspects of the problem of pollinator declines and how the EU can tackle it. More than 100 experts provided additional evidence, experience and technical expertise in specific fields, which will inform the development of the initiative, including from Member States administrations, research and academia, environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the business sector including farming and beekeeping sector, food industry, landscape architecture, urban management, and spatial planning. | https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/pollinators/policy_en.htm |
Description: The senior associate, international ocean policy is responsible for the development and implementation of conservation strategies, activities and intergovernmental advocacy to deliver on identified Pew international marine conservation objectives in RFMOs and other international forums. This position is based in Washington, DC and will report to the director, international ocean policy.
Responsibilities:
- With the international ocean policy team and relevant campaign staff develop and implement strategies and assist in the development of policy briefs and other outreach materials to deliver agreed outcomes at RFMOs and other intergovernmental organizations.
- Develop timelines and operational plans for the program so as to achieve agreed RFMO-related goals and targets.
- Maintain ongoing communications and relationships with key government representatives.
- Participate in Pew delegations to relevant intergovernmental meetings as necessary.
- Represent Pew publicly at conferences, seminars and official forums.
- Maintain ongoing communications with stakeholders, and, as appropriate, represent Pew with scientists and national, regional and international conservation organizations.
- Contribute to and participate in tasks of the department as assigned, as well as broader Pew-related projects and activities as needed.
Qualifications:
- An undergraduate degree is required; an advanced degree in a relevant area is preferred.
- A minimum of five years of experience in the international conservation arena, with a particular focus on, or familiarity with, international or regional fisheries policy. Expertise in marine biodiversity conservation and/or management.
- Possesses a strong network of relevant contacts that can provide expert information and advance results. Able to leverage relationships to influence positive outcomes.
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills. Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue/problem, determine whether it is ripe for intervention and identify the means to address it.
- Able to set short- and long-term planning goals in line with program strategy. Ability to analyze budgetary information and assess organizational capacity. A task-oriented style, with focus on achieving clear and ambitious goals. Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization. Able to develop and move projects forward with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, including an ease in briefly summarizing the essence of issues and means to address them. Strong oral, presentation, facilitation and written communication skills such that complex ideas, thoughts and concepts are clearly articulated for a general audience. Clear, effective writing style.
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to develop and manage productive relationships with consultants, partners and others who contribute to the development of a project by anticipating possible outcomes. Excellent listening skills. Highly articulate.
- Media-savvy and politically astute. Able to use effective marketing techniques and media exposure to communicate the impact of research on conservation needs. A strong connection with the conservation communities is highly desirable.
- Exhibits strong diplomacy skills. Able to work productively with a wide array of different people and institutions that frequently disagree with and are in competition with one another.
- Strong understanding of how to manage by influencing others and the ability to read nuances of meaning accurately.
- Seasoned judgment, able to make decisions, justify recommendations, and be responsive, clear and firm with colleagues and partners.
- Able to adapt to a complex working environment in which influence is often exerted indirectly rather than through traditional chain of command hierarchies. Successful experience in leveraging ideas and creating projects that produce measurable results.
- Excellent knowledge of the current trends, principal theories, leading thinkers and major concerns within environmental subject domains.
- Prior to commencing employment with Pew, candidates for this position who were registered to lobby in any jurisdiction must certify termination of previous registration(s) and provide copies of termination notices with said jurisdiction(s) to Pew. | https://www.bard.edu/cep/portal/?p=19165 |
This session is for educators, artists, and scientists to present or observe best practices in performing arts such as dance-theater, dance, music, cinema, and drama, as well as the role of environmental education in the topic of marine debris.
The aim of this session is to promote dialogue and research on the contemporary art practice related to performing arts in environmental education with emphasis on marine debris. The objectives of the session is to promote dialogue on each of the topics related to performing arts including dance, theater, dance theater, performance, music, opera, and music theater. The topics refer to creativity, experimentation, communication, collective action and solidarity, good practices, interdisciplinary, and in general the recent trends in pedagogy and teaching of aesthetic education related to environmental education. Art programs at schools demonstrated that students who participated showed an improvement in communication, interest, and solidarity. Also, performing arts appear to lead to teamwork that leads to character building. Environmental education requires the above skills to reach out to students and inform them and change their behavior in terms of marine debris prevention.
This session is aimed to interest anyone (including educators, researchers, industry professionals, and conservationists in the field) who frequently interacts with the general public, such as students or cleanup volunteers, as this session focuses on different methods to deliver concise, intelligible and critical information to large groups in challenging settings.
Ocean trash, while seemingly simple, is an issue that can be complex and even confusing when put into context and scale. Luckily, many organizations have mastered different outreach techniques that leave audiences well-informed, committed to making an impact, and eager to learn more. Understanding the diverse approaches presenters utilize will leave conference attendees equipped with a toolbox of simple ideas, hints, and activities to employ even in the most challenging of scenarios.
In this session we plan to explore examples of outstanding marine debris education programs, materials, and, notably, activities that exemplify diverse geographies, scales and audience levels. Attendees can learn from challenges, trials and successes our colleagues have faced. Is there one perfect outreach strategy that works for all sectors of the field and speaks to all audiences? Probably not, but we can learn from each other's experiences and employ a patchwork of programs, materials and activities that can be tailored for specific educational opportunities.
For Ocean Conservancy, the volunteer cleanup experience through the International Coastal Cleanup and storytelling through debris data are the backbones of the organizations work on the issues. Building off these elements, the Talking Trash & Taking Action marine debris education partnership with the NOAA Marine Debris Program was launched. The program continues to be one of the Trash Free Seas Program's most popular and frequently used resources. In 2016 alone, the program was sent to educators from Maine to Washington to Florida and even Panama. By spotlighting similar and vastly different programs from around the world, attendees and presenters alike will leave better equipped to interface with the general public about the issue of ocean plastics.
Through active demonstrations and moderated panel discussions, we hope to glean information on what's available in terms of marine debris education, elicit best practices, discuss ways to scale and build upon successes, learn from cross-sector programs in speaking to different audiences and explore new ways to share messaging traditionally and digitally.
This session is focused on using a real-world interdisciplinary approach to education. In order to prepare the next generation to take on the challenges of marine plastic pollution, we must shift the education paradigm to focus on scientific literacy, real-time systemic solutions, and innovations for the future.
Environmental responsibility should be a broadly held value. Fundamental to our existence, it deserves a central place in public education and should be seen as an indicator of social progress. With such importance, why isn’t environmental education being infused into every student’s day? How can a tangible topic like marine plastic pollution help teachers prepare the next generation to take on the challenges ahead?
By going beyond rhetoric and embracing an interdisciplinary approach, educators of all levels should be encouraged to infuse broad elements of the plastic pollution issue into their curriculum. Reaching into the social sciences, engineering, design, and beyond, a full understanding of the topic requires exploration from the perspective of many different subjects. This real-world interdisciplinary approach will empower students to tackle the issue through an understanding of real-time systemic sources, barriers, and solutions.
The key to successful environmental education is being able to keep pace with environmental degradation as well as changes in policy, technology, and culture. This seemingly impossible feat can be achieved when teachers and professors build partnerships with organizations that are deeply embedded in all facets of the issue. It is up to the outside organization to design and maintain up-to-date educational resources for teachers to deploy in their classrooms. Without this support system, educators will continue to teach an ineffective form of environmental education simply because they cannot keep up with the deluge of information necessary to stay informed.
During this session, the group will discuss how organizations can assist educators in becoming learning practitioners who prepare the next generation to address the plastic pollution issue, and other global environmental issues, in the most effective manner – at a systemic level. In addition, we’ll share the importance of designing resources to fit within current educational frameworks including the Next Generation Science Standards. The session will also dive into an evaluation of already existing marine debris educational resources to identify the most effective approaches and needed improvements for support teachers.
The 6th International Conference on Marine Debris needs to be forward-looking. The global understanding of the issue has developed to the point where a focus needs to be put onto quickly employing effective solutions that address the problem at the root. Educating the next generation of scientists, politicians, industry leaders and consumers to be able to address the issue through sustainability, circular economy and an interdisciplinary approach is a vital part of that solution.
This session is dedicated to effective marine debris messaging strategies, which are incredibly important for successful and strategic communication, and help achieve the goal of both increasing understanding of the issue and leaving an audience feeling hopeful and empowered to take part in the solution.
Preventing marine debris at its source is the ultimate solution to this pervasive problem and communicating with the public is an important step toward preventing marine debris. However, in order to be effective in your communication, strategic marine debris messaging is incredibly important.
Marine debris can be an easy topic to discuss, since it is tangible and generally simple enough for people to understand. However, it is still a complex topic to talk about and can easily become overly heavy and depressing, leading those you're communicating with feeling overwhelmed and powerless.
This result will not lead to the prevention of marine debris. The goal is for your audience to leave understanding the issue and feeling hopeful and empowered to take part in the solution. To achieve this, we must be strategic in our messaging and avoid being too depressing or aggressive in our communication.
However, the ideal messaging strategy may be different in different circumstances. Cultural and demographic differences may alter what the most effective approach is. This session will focus on marine debris messaging strategies and examples of those strategies in action. The 6IMDC will provide a unique opportunity to hear from marine debris communicators around the world. By better understanding what constitutes effective marine debris messaging in different locations, with different groups of people, and in different circumstances, marine debris communicators will be better able to provide effective messaging.
This session will focus on the Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP)’s consumer campaign raise public awareness and increase consumer demand for alternatives to single-use plastic, what aquariums are doing to promote science-based policies to reduce sources of aquatic plastic pollution, and how aquariums are working with business partners to model change in our aquariums and accelerate innovation in the broader marketplace.
The Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP) is a first-of-its-kind collaboration of aquariums formed to increase our collective impact on ocean and freshwater conservation. Together, member aquariums work to advance science-based conservation goals by leveraging our unique assets, including our scientific expertise, our visibility with the public, our business relationships, and our credibility with decision makers. The primary goal for 2016-17 is to work together to reduce the sources of ocean and freshwater plastic pollution through a mix of consumer, business, and policy strategies.
The ACP also serves as a “strategic table” for aquariums to take coordinated action on other conservation policy goals, including: increasing ocean and freshwater ecosystem protection; protecting threatened global shark and ray species; and improving the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture.
This session will focus on the ACP’s consumer campaign raise public awareness and increase consumer demand for alternatives to single-use plastic, what aquariums are doing to promote science-based policies to reduce sources of aquatic plastic pollution, and how aquariums are working with business partners to model change in our aquariums and accelerate innovation in the broader marketplace. | http://internationalmarinedebrisconference.org/index.php/track-5/ |
About us:
PennFuture is leading the transition to a clean energy economy in Pennsylvania and beyond. We are protecting our air, water and land, and empowering citizens to build sustainable communities for future generations.
Job Description: Central PA Organizer (Harrisburg, PA)
The Central PA Organizer recruits, trains, and manages volunteers in central Pennsylvania to advocate for environmental issues. He or she is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with PennFuture constituents and volunteers as well as identifying and training prospective environmental leaders. The Organizer works with a team of professionals including attorneys, policy experts, media professionals, and other outreach and civic engagement staff.
Job Duties:
• Manage regional volunteer recruitment and engagement to advance PennFuture’s regional policy goals;
• Implement grassroots tactics to engage prospective volunteers;
• Mobilize and train citizen advocates in key local, state, and federal legislative districts;
• Leverage PennFuture’s outreach, policy, communications/media, and legal staff and expertise to support implementation of a cohesive, integrated regional volunteer and civic engagement program;
• Work with regional civic associations to organize and facilitate volunteer meetings and events – occasional evening and weekend hours;
• Craft campaign e-mails, action alerts, website content, blog and social media posts; draft, edit, and submit letters to the editor and other opinion pieces;
• Manage canvass program during election season;
• Community outreach and event tabling; perform other project and administrative duties, including volunteer data entry, as directed.
Qualifications:
• Proven success in volunteer recruitment and engagement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent social media skills.
• Enthusiasm for PennFuture, its mission, and its brand.
• Detail oriented and highly organized.
• Driver License.
• Familiarity with non-profit organizations is preferred though not required.
Education and experience:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2+ years in organizing, volunteer engagement, advocacy, or campaigns.
• Familiarity with conservation and environmental issues preferred.
• Regional knowledge and relationships a plus.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work with staff on site and remotely.
• Experience with Salsa Engage (an online advocacy tool) is a plus.
Location, Compensation, and Reporting:
The position is based in Harrisburg. Competitive salary based on experience. Generous benefits package includes health care, dental, life insurance and paid time off. This position reports to the Director of Outreach.
Submission:
Please submit your cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to the Director of Outreach at [email protected]. Please write “Central PA Organizer” in the subject line. The application deadline is January 7, 2019. | http://dev.conserveland.org/blog/job/central-pa-organizer-harrisburg-pa/ |
The Institute for Environmental Sustainability is pleased to announce Dr. Michael Quinn is among the first group of twenty scientists awarded the newly established Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. The Wilburforce Fellowship will build a community of conservation science leaders who excel in using science to help achieve durable conservation solutions in western North America.
This unique fellowship program provides skills development and sustained mentorship to help spark transformative, lasting change in how scientists approach their work. By bringing together scientists across a broad spectrum of career stages, disciplines, geographies, and affiliations, the Wilburforce Fellowship will break down the silos that are often barriers to collaboration and collective action.
"The work of Wilburforce Foundation is science-driven," says Amanda Stanley, Wilburforce Conservation Science Program Officer and Fellowship co-leader. "We have a strong commitment to making the idea of 'decisions informed by the best available science' more than just a catchphrase. This Fellowship will empower scientists with the skills they need to connect with decision makers and engage in ways that shape the policy debate."
The twenty Fellows were selected from a large and competitive field of applicants from the United States and Canada. All of the selected Fellows have roots as conservation scientists and ties to the natural world, as well as impressive credentials, leadership qualities, and personal commitment to pursue the most relevant research. Their work spans topics from landscape scale conservation in the face of climate change, to solutions for at-risk species like wolverines, grizzlies, California condors, caribou, and jaguars. Many work across cultural boundaries, integrating local knowledge and academic science to achieve the most powerful results.
Each Fellow will set a goal for individual or collective engagement on a specific conservation issue, and a team of trainers and mentors will help them use their new skills to work towards their goal over the year.
Fellows will be guided by a team of trainers from COMPASS, who specialize in science communication. They will also engage with science and environmental journalists, including David Malakoff, Deputy News Editor, Science; science journalist and National Geographic contributor Michelle Nijhuis; and Jeff Burnside, investigative reporter for the ABC-affiliate KOMO 4 News in Seattle and president of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
"These journalists are professional 'question askers' and skeptics," said Nancy Baron, author of Escape from the Ivory Tower and the COMPASS co-leader of the new fellowship. "They provide a reality check for scientists as they figure out how to explain their research to the public, to policy-makers or anyone else outside their scientific disciplines. Strong communication skills are the bedrock for strong leadership."
Other trainers will include the England-based Barefoot-Thinking Company, who specialize in strategic action planning and leadership training, and other experts to further build networks beyond the scientific community.
Fellows will begin their initial training April 19-24, 2015 at the Greenfire Campus in Seattle and will work with trainers and each other over the course of the following year, and beyond, to contribute to enduring conservation programs and policies in the West. | https://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/InstituteforEnvironmentalSustainability/EventsNews/IESNews/WILBURFORCE_FELLOWSHIP.htm |
Fear of the unknown and health effects related to possible occupant exposure to airborne asbestos particles during a planned four year extensive, staged occupancy renovation of an organization’s headquarters building presented a crisis situation. The large-scale proportions of which created a dilemma by almost compelling the relocation of 2,300 personnel for the entire renovation period or halting the $430 million dollar LEED Gold standard project. Despite all efforts put forth, employee disbelief of what they were told, distrust, misunderstanding of the risks of asbestos exposure and management’s lack of credibility – voiced through the Employee Membership Association (EMA) - seriously threatened to harm the organization’s mission.
As construction began, and due to our unique perspective of white coats and hard hats, BHS was initially sought out to serve as the Environmental Advocate responsible for providing an independent review of the proposed approach to the abatement of asbestos on the project. This review included: (a) asbestos removal protocols as well as all other hazardous materials; (b) the potential for accidental exposure to asbestos; (c) air quality monitoring and warning procedures; (d) inform occupants of acceptable exposure levels under OSHA, EPA and other regulatory standards; and (e) explain the potential health risks from both direct and indirect exposure. Upon completion of the review, a series of risk communication tasks and meetings were required: (a) meet with EMA and childcare parents; (b) meet with all members of the organization’s and general contractor’s team to obtain protocols and procedures to be followed for removal of asbestos; (c) draft a report of findings and recommendations for incorporation into the abatement of asbestos protocols; (d) meet with the EMA representatives to discuss draft report; (e) oversee the construction of an asbestos containment mock-up available for guided, staff tours; (f) present health-related and exposure findings by BHS’ physician; (g) present building and abatement pressurization protocols by BHS’ building scientists; and (h) present final report to staff and management.
Subsequently, as an outcome of the initial advocacy efforts, BHS was again engaged in the role of Environmental Advocate with the confidence of the EMA and support of staff. The scope was to provide health and building science oversight to all asbestos and hazardous materials abatement activities during the life of the construction renovation. This included: (a) pre-abatement inspection of all erected containment locations; (b) continuous review of the effectiveness of building pressurization recommendations made to facilities; (c) review of all daily asbestos samples at the night shift’s end (work only performed off-hours) in order to sanction building occupancy for staff; (d) coordination with HSE Director with respect to abatement activities and any other indoor environmental or air quality staff concerns, and when appropriate (e) BHS physician collaboration.
Ultimately, the project commenced as planned. The combined health and technical expertise of our physician-led team in the role of independent Environmental Advocate inspired confidence and credibility, thereby gaining the trust, respect and support of the EMA, staff and management. | http://www.buildinghealthsciences.com/case-studies/crisis-management/ |
Are you fascinated by the interactions between physical and ecological systems, and how these relate to human activity?
This interdisciplinary degree draws on the expertise of two schools – Geography and Biological and Chemical Sciences – to offer a distinctive programme.
You’ll explore themes such as ecology, diversity and evolution, conservation, environmental pollution, river science and environmental engineering. In the process you’ll develop advanced practical skills by analysing samples and simulating environmental processes in our state-of-the-art laboratories.
Explore the world with us on fieldwork in places such as the Netherlands , Canada, Croatia and South Africa, as well as UK-based fieldwork, including opportunities right here in London.
Option modules in the second and final years allow you to direct your study towards your aims and interests. In the final year you’ll design your own project with guidance from our experts, developing the skills to become a researcher in your own right.
You can also apply for this course-
with a Year Abroad
Course Modules
Year 1
Earth Surface Science
Ecology
Evolution
Fieldwork in Physical Geography and Environmental Science*
Ideas and Practice in Geography and Environmental Science*
People and the Environment
Research Methods for Geographers and Environmental Scientists
Start Date: | https://www.studylondon.ac.uk/courses/details/46410514-environmental-science |
Use the filter menu and interactive map to explore the past competitions offered and grants awarded through the Environmental Literacy Program.
To learn more about project findings and outcomes, view the summaries of our grantees’ summative evaluation reports.
- (-) 2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators (2)
- (-) 2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education (2)
- 2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content (1)
- 2008/2009: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (1)
- 2007: ELG for Formal K-12 Education (1)
Embedding NOAA in a Public Learning Laboratory - The Environmental Scientist-In-Residence Program at the Exploratorium
The Environmental Scientist-in-Residence Program will leverage NOAA's scientific assets and personnel by combining them with the creativity and educational knowledge of the pioneer hands-on science center. To do this, the program will embed NOAA scientists in a public education laboratory at the Exploratorium. Working closely with youth Explainers, exhibit developers, and Web and interactive media producers at the Exploratorium, NOAA scientists will share instruments, data, and their professional expertise with a variety of public audiences inside the museum and on the Web. At the same time the scientists will gain valuable skills in informal science communication and education. Through cutting-edge iPad displays, screen-based visualizations, data-enriched maps and sensor displays, and innovative interactions with visitors on the museum floor, this learning laboratory will enable NOAA scientists and Exploratorium staff to investigate new hands-on techniques for engaging the public in NOAA's environmental research and monitoring efforts.
Carbon Networks
Carbon Networks addresses the disconnect between scientific evidence and the public’s understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It brings together three diverse, informal education partners – the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle – in a collaborative project to co-design and implement professional development for staff and local educators, as well as create educational programs and activities for museum visitors to better understand the evolving narrative and impact of ocean acidification and climate change.
Advancing Climate Literacy through Investment in In-service and Pre-service Science Educators (ACLIPSE)
The ACLIPSE project leveraged NOAA assets including the NOAA-funded Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 6–8: The Ocean–Atmosphere Connection and Climate Change, data from NOAA-supported ocean, estuarine and atmospheric observing networks, and NOAA-affiliated scientists. ACLIPSE developed strategies for incorporating real-time ocean observing data into climate and ocean science education; designed and implemented an undergraduate curriculum in climate science for pre-service (student) teachers at multiple universities (http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/college-courses/ACLIPSE); offered a variety of workshops for teachers and educators across the country and at National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs); and developed materials specifically designed to provide professional learning and instructional materials for middle and high school teachers to use with their students and other learners (http://mare.lawrencehallofscience.org/curriculum/climate-data-aclipse-a…). The professional learning workshops for local teachers and NERR Education Coordinators and research staff (i.e., System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) Technicians) were located at five NERR sites representing different regions of the US, including the Pacific Northwest (Kachemak Bay NERR, Alaska and Padilla Bay NERR, WA), central West Coast (San Francisco NERR, CA), Southeast (GTM NERR, FL), and Northeast/Mid-Atlantic (Jacques Cousteau NERR, NJ). Resources and instructional materials focused on climate and ocean acidification were provided to all participants for learning about and teaching these important and relevant content areas, and as the context for teaching about and applying current teaching and learning research. Emphasis was placed on helping the teacher audiences to becoming more expert on how to use NOAA monitoring data in the classroom in authentic and engaging ways to build teacher and student data skills. NERR educators and their local in-service teachers were provided with professional learning opportunities and a collection of activities providing online data, place-based, locally relevant observing data, NGSS teaching and learning pedagogy, and climate change topics. The project built capacity of formal and informal science educators by providing (1) opportunities to become knowledgeable about global environmental change and real-time data; (2) exposure to place-based connections with the ocean through technological observing systems; and (3) materials and expertise to apply their learning to teaching practice in a long-term, sustainable manner. ACLIPSE instructional materials are based on the principle that real-time environmental data is a valuable tool for providing students with opportunities for self-directed exploration of the natural world. Students engaging in these activities gain a deeper understanding of carbon cycling, ocean acidification, and other phenomena related to climate change. These activities were designed with the three-dimensional approach to teaching in mind (e.g. NGSS-designed), and also use a data literacy framework to build educators and their learners’ skills in using data visualizations. The materials for informal educators and grades 6-8 teachers can also be accessed from the NOAA Education site, Classroom- Ready Data Resources, Climate & Data ACLIPSE Activities at https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/data/classroom-ready. Partners in the project included Rutgers University, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida State University, California State University East Bay, Louisiana State University, and multiple NERR sites and Education Coordinators across the country and their local secondary teachers.
Hurricanes and Climate Change: Local Impacts and Global Systems
The Miami Science Museum, in collaboration with Ideum and the Institute for Learning Innovation, is designing and developing an interactive multi-user exhibit that allows visitors to explore the global dimensions and local impacts of climate change. The exhibit will raise public understanding about the underlying science, the human causes, and the potential impacts of climate change by combining the attraction of a 4-foot spherical display with a user-controlled interface that lets visitors control the sphere and choose from a range of global and local content they wish to explore. A particular focus is on climate-related impacts on coastal communities, including the dangers posed by rising sea level and the possibility of more intense hurricanes. The project emphasizes engagement of diverse, multigenerational audiences through development of an interface that is fully bilingual and that promotes social interaction. The open-source learning module will be adaptable by other museums, to explore climate impacts specific to their region. | https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/elp/grants/awards?f%5B0%5D=field_competition_%3A2010%3A%20ELG%20for%20Informal/Nonformal%20Education&f%5B1%5D=field_competition_%3A2012%3A%20NOAA%20Broad%20Agency%20Announcement%20for%20FY%202012%20-%202013&f%5B2%5D=field_competition_%3A2013%3A%20ELG%20for%20Building%20Capacity%20of%20Informal%20and%20Formal%20Educators&f%5B3%5D=field_ela_state%3ACalifornia&f%5B4%5D=field_ela_state%3AFlorida&f%5B5%5D=field_recipient%3ADenver%20Museum%20of%20Nature%20and%20Science&f%5B6%5D=field_recipient%3AExploratorium&f%5B7%5D=field_recipient%3ALawrence%20Hall%20of%20Science&f%5B8%5D=field_recipient%3AMiami%20Museum%20of%20Science%20/%20Phillip%20and%20Patricia%20Frost%20Museum%20of%20Science&f%5B9%5D=field_recipient%3ANational%20Geographic%20Society&f%5B10%5D=field_status%3AClosed |
Bureau experts conduct different forms of research to produce proof that may notify the decisions policymakers face. The effectiveness of that proof is dependent upon the grade of the research. The Bureau’s scientific studies are usually very technical, and for that reason evaluating the credibility associated with the extensive research can be challenging to policymakers in addition to public.
Outside peer breakdown of scientific studies are widely used across procedures to boost the product quality and credibility regarding the research. Under peer review, an investigation paper is directed at a professional or professionals in exactly the same industry, whom very carefully review the job and supply an extensive and objective review of this work. The review typically covers a few issues with the extensive research, including if the information and methodology found in the study are right for the study concern and whether or not the conclusions drawn through the analysis are in keeping with the analysis.
Subsequent to peer review, scientists frequently incorporate the feedback associated with the reviewers to enhance the caliber of the task. Scholastic magazines regularly utilize peer review to evaluate and raise the standard of research paper submissions, that will help customers of the extensive research draw conclusions in regards to the credibility for the research.
It offers guidance to federal agencies regarding the peer overview of “influential clinical information” and “highly influential medical assessments”, terms defined into the OMB Bulletin. Whilst the approach to peer review detailed within the Bulletin is significantly diffent in a variety of ways from conventional academic peer review, the aim of the Bulletin is likewise to raise the product quality and credibility of crucial technical and medical information disseminated by authorities agencies.
In keeping with the factors set forth into the OMB Bulletin in regards to the great things about peer review, the Bureau has elected to matter its very own crucial research to peer review that is external. To conduct the peer review, the Bureau will count on its Academic analysis Council (ARC). The ARC is just a panel of outside scientists with expertise in customer finance whom advise the Bureau on its research techniques and subjects, which is preferably ideal to conduct peer overview of Bureau research. Collectively, the people have expertise into the topics the Bureau studies together with practices the Bureau makes use of.
Offered their substantial substantive expertise not in the Bureau on research regarding our objective, the ARC can offer objective feedback. Additionally, because of the users’ dedication to giving support to the Bureau’s research, they could additionally be counted on to conduct a review that is thorough.
Materials produced within the Bureau’s peer review process shall be shared with the general public on a separate website while they become available. We anticipate posting the research that is original; the Bureau’s ask for peer review; the ARC’s peer review report towards the Bureau; the Bureau’s reaction to the ARC’s review; and, if merited, a revised research report that details major issues raised by the ARC’s review.
The Bureau remains determining the range of research it’ll susceptible to this outside peer review procedure. The Bureau is in the process of subjecting to peer review a report entitled Disclosure of Time-Barred Debt and Revival: Findings from the CFPB’s Quantitative Disclosure Testing, which was posted on the Bureau’s website on February 21, 2020 in the meantime. To date, the first research report, the Bureau’s obtain peer review, in addition to ARC’s peer review report towards the Bureau can be obtained in the peer review website. Other materials, as relevant, will likely be published while they https://cash-central.com/payday-loans-ct/ become available.
The Bureau believes that peer review of the essential technical and research that is scientific guarantee the grade of the research. As a result will bolster the policy creating that comes from the study, and it’ll supply the public confidence that its policies are driven by the greatest available proof. | https://provedorintermax.net/2020/11/29/bureau-adopts-procedures-that-are-new-outside-peer-3/ |
Introduction 3 Andra B. Chastain and Timothy W. Lorek
- 3 – We contend that, beneath the conflicts waged by diplomats and militaries, the Latin American Cold War was conducted by experts. Scientists and engineers, doctors and social workers, agronomists and architects— as well as the webs of expertise they wove— made material the political ideologies of the era. Indeed, the intertwined dreams of development and modernization that animated the Latin American Cold War relied on an army of highly specialized experts whose influence reverberates across the hemisphere and around the globe.
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- 5 – The ongoing transformation of the role of experts in government demands new histories of expertise, specifically ones that focus on the Latin American laboratories where Cold War knowledge was generated, applied, and contested.
- 1 – the landscape as a laboratory for testing the knowledges of those who claim to know it
- 6 – This volume grows out of a conviction that the perspectives of two important and growing subfields— science and technology studies (STS) and environmental history— can help us rethink the Latin American Cold War in productive ways. Both fields have grappled with how to understand increasing human control over nature and the consequences this has wrought for both the natural and built environment over the course of the twentieth century. Indeed, both STS and environmental history have posed new questions about the relationship between human and nonhuman actors, the intersection of technology and power, and the often-unseen processes by which individuals and communities produce new knowledge.
- 1, 2, 4 – another connection between STS and Enviro hist. Co-control. Knowledge. Agency
- 7 – but to probe the interactions between “high” and “low” expertise, between state officials and the grassroots, and between national or international actors and local forms of knowledge.
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- Until relatively recently, some environmental historians characterized scholarship on Latin America in terms of one-sided narratives of degradation, declension, and exploitation while increasingly robust historiographies in the United States and other regions dissected nature, culture, and the state through complex webs of interaction.
- 4 – one-dimensionality of declension – linearity – as its defining feature
- 8 – That is, specialized knowledge and technologies did not always flow from the Global North to the Global South, or from the United States and Europe to Latin America; the center– periphery model of development is insufficient to account for the transnational exchange of expertise within Latin America and between Latin America and the world.
- 10 – Yet, as Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra has argued, both the colonial expeditions sent from the metropole and their nineteenth-century republican descendants masked the parallel existence of a domestic Latin American scientific tradition. European transplants, such as Claudio Gay in Chile and José Celestino Mutis in Nueva Granada; homegrown Latin American scientists and intellectuals; and the countless denizens of “local knowledge” influenced the work of their more famous European counterparts.
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- 12 – As Joseph observes in his contribution to this volume, new research that goes beneath superpower conflict to examine grassroots encounters highlights “a history of the Latin American Cold War— rather than just a history of the Cold War in Latin America.”
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- 13 – But others acquired their expertise through hands-on experiments, practical experience, and other forms of local knowledge beyond the bounds of elite university training. Rather than presuming that expertise was necessarily outside or foreign, or that experts arrived in Latin America from the Global North, the following chapters trace how the ideals of development and modernization were negotiated on the ground by local, national, and transnational actors.
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- Border Crossings and the Remaking of Latin American Cold War Studies 29 Gilbert M. Joseph
- Agrarian Antecedents and Rural Development
- Transplanting “El Tenesí”: Mexican Planners in the US South during the Cold War Era 71 Tore C. Olsson
- Strange Priests and Walking Experts: Nature, Spirituality, and Science in Sprouting the Cold War’s Green Revolution 93 Timothy W. Lorek
- 95 – Heeding Mark Carey’s suggestions for Latin Americanist environmental history, this essay activates Latin American actors and their culturally constructed mentalities. This move shifts the focus away from the loss of ahistoric Edens to a deeper and more localized appreciation for how Green Revolution agroenvironments were created and negotiated.
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- 101 – In one example, he wrote an article advocating that the sprawling branches of the samán, or rain tree ( Albizia saman ), gain recognition as the national tree of Colombia. His purpose in publishing such a treatise was ecological and educational. These large trees provided shade for livestock, contradicting the prevailing practice of clear-cutting pasture. They also provided for a properly balanced agroecosystem, offering shade under which smaller coffee, cacao, tea, and nutmeg could flourish. Their roots and leaves regenerated organic life and restored nitrogen to the soil, filtered carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, diminished the risk of plagues, provided habitat for pest-eating birds, and conserved precious rainwater during the dry seasons.
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- 101 – The intermediaries to the divine work of God’s nature, priests of technical expertise, he charged, would produce a “harmonious plan, scientifically studied . . . which will allow us to reach the heights at which we have seen other nations [ pueblos ], less favored by nature than us.” 36 Favored by nature, the valley held the promise of a chosen land. State-sponsored agronomists would lead the way to its full realization.
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- “Communication for Change”: Radio Sutatenza/Acción Cultural Popular, the Catholic Church, and Rural Development in Colombia during the Cold War 114
- Cold War Scientific Exchanges Mary Roldán
- Challenging Climate and Geopolitics: Cuba, Canada, and Intensive Livestock Exchange in a Cold War Context, from the 1960s to the 1980s 137 Reinaldo Funes-Monzote and Steven Palmer
- A Tale of Four Laboratories: Animal Disease, Science, and Politics in Cold War Latin America 159 Thomas Rath
- NASA in Chile: Technology and Visual Culture 178 Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Hugo Palmarola
III. Infrastructures of the Built Environment
- Planning, Politics, and Praxis at Colombia’s Inter-American Housing Lab, 1951– 1966 199 Mark Healey
- 200 – Thus this chapter, like some intriguing work on postwar architecture and planning, is focused particularly on connections between the urban and the rural, and between the formal, state-sanctioned city of modernizing discourses and the two worlds that seemed to threaten it, the rapidly growing urban periphery and the declining world of rural settlements. In particular, CINVA was an important early space for thinking about the now-familiar practices of autoconstruction, and in ways historians are only beginning to explore, an early forum for attempts to deploy autoconstruction as a state-promoted strategy for development.
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- 204 – Drawing on a series of small-scale programs in Puerto Rico during the 1940s, where he had been a housing official, he proposed instead what he termed “aided self-help”—schemes for community development in which the state provided sites, materials, and basic infrastructure, but the housing itself was built by the group labor of community members.
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- 207 – These houses were a matter of transplanting urban models into the countryside, rather than building on the traditions, experiences, or capabilities of rural communities. Their outside design, expensive labor, and quality materials made them too costly for the vast majority of the rural population. Indeed, by the time the ICT turned to urban projects, it was beginning to make this explicit. In 1947, for example, the ICT held a design competition for a standardized “economical home.” Though the ICT specified attached housing, each home was also two stories, with multiple bedrooms and a carport. The winning entries came from all the leading young Colombian modernists;
- 1 – so they’ll be soliciting the labor of rural people for the production of the landscape but only using the knowledge of the urban educated elites
- Dams and Hydroelectricity: Circulation of Knowledge and Technological Imaginaries in South America, 1945– 1970 217 Fernando Purcell
- 217 – The analysis focuses on South America during the early Cold War, when the construction of hydroelectric plants surged to its greatest magnitude in the region. In order to explain the success of this revolution, the chapter studies the roles that experts and technical knowledge, as well as the circulation of ideas and cultural representations, had in terms of constituting imaginaries favorable to the dam-building process.
- 1, 2 – imaginaries as the linkage between who gets to know nature and who gets to produce it
- 222 – Moreover, technicians from the United States who provided technical assistance in other countries gained crucial knowledge from their experiences. The expertise consolidated in these American institutions derived from their accumulation of data throughout their country and the world, leading to what I would refer to as a dense internalization of local knowledge that was generated in different parts of the world; it was then spread in a universal sense through technical assistance.
- 1 – modernizing technocratic engineers come to know nature in universalizing ways through the agglomeration of individual localized labors
- 222 – Not all engineers played the same role. Although we should avoid simple notions of core– periphery diffusion and pay attention to the interactions between South Americans and North Americans— and to the historical forces and initiatives generated in South America— it is also important to recognize the clear asymmetry in the handling of complex technological knowledge that has to do with power imbalances.
- 1 – contests about who gets to know nature and decide how to intervene in it are primarily about power asymmetries
- 223 – This knowledge included relationships with geography, climate, geology, soil, and idiosyncrasies of the multiple local actors involved in the hydroelectric projects, including the residents of often remote construction areas who understood, better than anyone, rivers and the flow of water.
- 1 – this universalizing agglomeration of localized knowledge apparently also included the knowledge of the people resident in the locales
- As a result of vast and numerous projects related to the environment, the Cold War profoundly altered humans’ understanding and appreciation of the biosphere, leading to ambitions that ranged from efforts to “industrialize nature,” 36 as in the case of hydroelectric dams, to attempts to control the weather
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- 225 – The magazine defended the idea that “what Peru needs, now more than ever, are men of action, captains of industry, engineers and mathematicians, men who are able to build. In sum, leaders who combine intellectual and constructive capacities. They are the conductors of the economic revolution of our time.” 45 The industrialization of nature, then, was a job for engineers. It was highly valued; it represented the triumph of human interests over the environment.
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- Planning the Santiago Metro in Cold War Chile Fernando Purcell 237 Andra B. Chastain IV. Toward New Regimes of Expertise
- Middle Modernisms: Collecting and Measuring Nature in the Peruvian Amazon 261 Emily Wakild
- 262 – In addition to the larger trends of conservation biology and tropical field research development, the Manu area provides particular insight into the connection between expert and popular forms of science by exposing different ways of knowing nature exemplified in individual lives. To understand these connections, I borrow from the historian of science, Robert Kohler, who has articulated the importance of residential knowledge as a lens through which historians might understand the accumulation of expertise in one place over a long period of time.
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- 263 – This is not to say that the middle provides a pure space, simply that as sites of expertise and premier locales for experts, parks provided a place for middle-class individuals to engage in producing knowledge not directly tied to projects of low or high modernism.
- To understand the historical creation of these parks and the science within, we must set aside the mythic straw men of pristine nature and wilderness, the manufactured competition between conservation and development, and the skewed disciplinary historiography highlighting only cosmopolitan elites or enlightened native people; we must instead probe the center where scientists, collectors, and residents lived and contributed to the process of understanding how the natural world works.
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- 264 – For many field scientists, the more they could prove as new knowledge about monkeys, birds, plants, or the forest itself, the more they could speak for nature and morally resist development at all costs.
- 1, 2 – knowledge of environment as currency for right to produce environment: 1 —> 2
- Privatizing Expertise: Environmental Scientists and Technocrats in Chile’s Transition to Democracy 282 Javiera Barandiarán
Conclusion. New Narratives of Technology, Expertise, and Environment in Latin America: The Cold War and Beyond 303 Eden Medina and Mark Carey Contributors
- 305 – This body of scholarship works to refine narratives of Latin American landscapes, natural resources, and environments to show that the region was not simply the “backyard” for the imperialists from the North to conquer, contaminate, extract, and destroy— but rather were landscapes constructed and produced through complex interchanges among a host of historical actors, even when imperialism did, in fact, deplete physical environments.
- Knowledge politics and labor: how did different groups and individuals know nature through their labor (a la Richard White)? How did different actors develop knowledge and skills and what kinds of contests emerged among them over how to intervene in non-human nature? Who gets to decide what landscapes and waterscapes are produced? What were the consequences of these contests for nature itself?
- Human-non-human-nature relationship: how do people produce nature? what role does non-human nature play in these stories? Is it an actor, acted upon, co-production?
- Relationship between time and space.
- Declensionism: early environmental histories were often declensionist narratives, often about deforestation. How have these environmental historians of Latin America attempted to move beyond declensionism since the 1990s? | http://paulkelleyvieth.com/examprep/andra-chastain-timothy-lorek-itineraries-of-expertise/ |
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Key Environments MadagascarAuthor : A. Jolly
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In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment of continent a thousand miles long, wrenched loose from the side of Africa. In this Lost World, plants and animals have become a living museum of evolution. Aepornis, the largest bird which ever lived, became extinct on Madagascar in the last few hundred years. Many more Malagasy species are now following Aerpornis into extinction. This volume introduces Madagascar's unique fauna and flora to general readers - the first such handbook available in English, and the first book to combine articles by Malagasy, French, English and American scientists, writing in their own fields of expertise.
Conservation And Environmental Management In MadagascarAuthor : Ivan R. Scales
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Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and fauna is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and the island has been classified as one of the world’s highest conservation priorities. Drawing on insights from geography, anthropology, sustainable development, political science and ecology, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of conservation and environmental management in Madagascar. It describes how conservation organisations have been experimenting with new forms of protected areas, community-based resource management, ecotourism, and payments for ecosystem services. But the country must also deal with pressing human needs. The problems of poverty, development, environmental justice, natural resource use and biodiversity conservation are shown to be interlinked in complex ways. Authors address key questions, such as who are the winners and losers in attempts to conserve biodiversity? And what are the implications of new forms of conservation for rural livelihoods and environmental justice?
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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". The brand's mission is no different today - for its consumers, New Scientist reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.
Rethinking Environmental HistoryAuthor : Alf Hornborg
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This exciting new reader in environmental history provides a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world systems over time. Alf Hornborg has brought together a group of the foremost writers from the social, historical and geographical sciences to provide an overview of the ecological dimension of global, economic processes, with a long-term, historical perspective. Readers are challenged to integrate studies of the Earth system with studies of the World system, and to reconceptualize human-environmental relations and the challenges of global sustainability. Immanuel Wallerstein, renowned Yale sociologist and originator of the world-system concept, closes the volume with his reflections on the intellectual, moral, and political implications of global environmental change.
Natural Change And Human Impact In MadagascarAuthor : Steven M. Goodman
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Bringing together the work of the most innovative conservation and evolutionary biologists, geologists, and anthropologists currently working in Madagascar, this book provides the first overview in more than twenty years of how natural and human-induced changes have molded the island's ecosystems.
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Ecosystem ServicesAuthor : Mark Everard
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The concept of ecosystem services has emerged in recent years as one of the most powerful guiding principles for ecology, biodiversity conservation and the management of natural resources. It provides the basis of assessing the multiple values and services that ecosystems can provide to humankind, including such diverse issues as carbon sequestration, flood control, crop pollination and aesthetic and cultural services. This introductory textbook sets out the key aspects of ecosystem services. The book details the historical roots of ecosystem services in the second half of the twentieth century and through initiatives such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. It shows how ecosystem goods and services can be categorised and valued in economic as well as non-monetary terms, while also highlighting some of the difficulties and limitations of valuation techniques. The author describes how themes such as systems thinking, social-ecological resilience and natural capital relate to ecosystem services, and how these can contribute to more sustainable and equitable development. The book assumes limited prior knowledge and is aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience of students across the social, environmental and life sciences. It is illustrated by a wide range of international case studies and includes learning objectives and guidance for further reading.
Coastal Environments And Global ChangeAuthor : Gerd Masselink
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The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. Coastal environments harbour valuable ecosystems, but they are also hugely important from a societal point of view. This book, which draws on the expertise of 21 leading international coastal scientists, represents an up-to-date account of coastal environments and past, present and future impacts of global change. The first chapter of the book outlines key principles that underpin coastal systems and their behaviour. This is followed by a discussion of key processes, including sea level change, sedimentation, storms, waves and tides, that drive coastal change. The main part of the book consists of a discussion of the main coastal environments (beaches, dunes, barriers, salt marshes, tidal flats, estuaries, coral reefs, deltas, rocky and glaciated coasts and coastal groundwater), and how these are affected by global change. The final chapter highlights strategies for coping with coastal change. Readership: final year undergraduate and postgraduate-level students on coastal courses in a wide range subjects, including geography, environmental management, geology, oceanography and coastal/civil engineering. The book will also be a valuable resource for researchers and applied scientists dealing with coastal environments. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/masselink/coastal
Environmental Communication And Critical Coastal PolicyAuthor : Kerrie Foxwell-Norton
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The vast majority of the world’s population lives on or near the coast. These communities are an extraordinary and largely untapped resource that can be used to mitigate planetary disaster and foster environmental stewardship. Repeated waves of scientific fact and information are not inciting action, nor apparently producing enough momentum to change voting behaviour towards a progressive environmental politics. A critical coastal policy, underpinned by a deeper understanding of environmental communication, can offer something new to this status quo. Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal Policy argues that more science and ‘better’ communication has been largely responsible for the lacklustre response by citizens to environmental challenges. Foxwell-Norton asserts that the inclusion of a range of local meanings and cultural frameworks with which experts could engage would better incite participation in, and awareness of, local environmental issues. The value and possible role of ‘geo-community media’ (mainstream, alternative and social media) is examined here to illustrate and support the key argument that meaningful local engagement is a powerful tool in coastal management processes. This is a valuable resource for postgraduates, researchers and academics across environmental science and management, policy studies, communication studies and cultural studies. | http://www.nwcbooks.com/download/key-environments-madagascar-key-environment-series-/ |
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For many scientists, professional credibility historically hinged on the appearance of objectivity about their work: They could comment on the scientific value of their discoveries and, in applied science fields, develop recommendations—but rarely did they share personal opinions about how it should inform policy decisions. Increasingly, though, scientists are using their knowledge to not only educate the public, but also advocate for relevant social and environmental justice movements.
In an hour-long panel discussion on Zoom Thursday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. PDT, members of the Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA) heard from two scientists about navigating their relationship with their research in the real world: How they feel about increasing pressure and opportunity to be both public experts and advocates, the ethics around this, and what scientists’ broadening role in public discourse means for policy and reporting around their work.
Speakers include Dr. Deborah Giles, a research biologist specializing in orcas for the University of Washington Center for Conservation Biology, resident scientist for the UW Friday Harbor Labs, and science and research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca; and Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director of the COVID-19 Clinical Research Center at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and an assistant professor at the UW Department of Medicine’s Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases.
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