#Margaret Courtney-Clarke

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Noah’s ark in a sandstorm, Namibia, 2014 - by Margaret Courtney-Clarke (1949), Namibian

#Margaret Courtney-Clarke

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Margaret Courtney-Clarke

#Margaret Courtney-Clarke #photography

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The Caged Cats of Axab Pan. During the day Enkia Seonduru’s cats are a threat to her baby chickens. At night they are released to hunt mice. Omaheke Region, Namibia. 2019 © Margaret Courtney-Clarke

#margaret courtney-clarke #caged #namibia #cats #namib desert #africa

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Margaret Courtney-Clark. Caged Grass, 2019

#Margaret Courtney-Clark

[reasonsforhope]

"Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, and home to two of the world’s most ancient deserts, the Kalahari and the Namib. The capital, Windhoek, is sandwiched between them, 400 miles away from the nearest perennial river and more than 300 miles away from the coast. Water is in short supply.

It’s hard to imagine life thriving in Windhoek, yet 477,000 people call it home, and 99 per cent of them have access to drinking water thanks to technology pioneered 55 years ago on the outskirts of the city. Now, some of the world’s biggest cities are embracing this technology as they adapt to the harshest impacts of climate change. But Namibia leads the way.

How did this come about? In the 1950s, Windhoek’s natural resources struggled to cope with a rapidly growing population, and severe water shortages gripped the city. But disaster forced innovation, and in 1968 the Goreangab Water Reclamation Plant in Windhoek became the first place in the world to produce drinking water directly from sewage, a process known as direct potable reuse (DPR). 

That may sound revolting, but it’s completely safe. Dr Lucas van Vuuren, who was among those who pioneered Windhoek’s reclamation system, once said that “water should not be judged by its history, but by its quality”. And DPR ensures quality. 

This is done using a continuous multi-barrier treatment devised in Windhoek during eight years of pilot studies in the 1960s. This process – which has been upgraded four times since 1968 – eliminates pollutants and safeguards against pathogens by harnessing bacteria to digest the human waste and remove it from the water. This partly mimics what happens when water is recycled in nature, but Windhoek does it all in under 24 hours...

Pictured: These ultrafiltration membranes help to remove bacteria, viruses and pathogens. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

“We know that we have antibiotics in the water, preservatives from cosmetics, anti-corrosion prevention chemicals from the dishwasher,” Honer explains. “We find them and we remove them.”

Honer adds that online instruments monitor the water continuously, and staff ensure that only drinking water that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines is sent to homes. If any inconsistencies are detected, the plant goes into recycle mode and distribution is halted until correct values are restored. 

“The most important rule is, and was, and always will be ‘safety first’,” says Honer.  The facility has never been linked to an outbreak of waterborne disease, and now produces up to 5.5m gallons of drinking water every day – up to 35 per cent of the city’s consumption.

Namibians couldn’t survive without it, and as water shortages grip the planet, Windhoek’s insights and experience are more important than ever.

Interest from superpowers across the globe

In recent years, delegations from the US, France, Germany, India, Australia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates have visited Windhoek seeking solutions to water shortages in their own countries. 

Megadrought conditions have gripped the US since 2001, and the Colorado River – which provides 40 million people with drinking water – has been running at just 50 per cent of its traditional flow. As a result, several states including Texas, California, Arizona and Colorado are beginning to embrace DPR.

Troy Walker is a water reuse practice leader at Hazen and Sawyer, an environmental engineering firm helping Arizona to develop its DPR regulations. He visited Windhoek last year. “It was about being able to see the success of their system, and then looking at some of the technical details and how that might look in a US facility or an Australian facility,” he said. “[Windhoek] has helped drive a lot of discussion in industry. [Innovation] doesn’t all have to come out of California or Texas.”

Pictured: The internal pipes and workings of Namibia's DPR plant. As water becomes scarcer in some parts, countries are looking to DPR for solutions. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Namibia has also helped overcome the biggest obstacle to DPR – public acceptance. Disgust is a powerful emotion, and sensationalist ‘toilet to tap’ headlines have dismantled support for water reuse projects in the past. Unfortunately, DPR’s biggest strength is also its biggest weakness, as the speed at which water can re-enter the system makes it especially vulnerable to prejudice, causing regulators to hesitate. “Technology has never been the reason why these projects don’t get built – it’s always public or political opposition,” says Patsy Tennyson, vice president of Katz and Associates, an American firm that specialises in public outreach and communications.

That’s why just a handful of facilities worldwide are currently doing DPR, with Windhoek standing alongside smaller schemes in the Philippines, South Africa and a hybrid facility in Big Spring, Texas. But that’s all changing. Drought and increased water scarcity worldwide are forcing us to change the way we think about water. 

Now, the US is ready to take the plunge, and in 2025, El Paso Water will begin operating the first ‘direct to distribution’ DPR facility in North America, turning up to 10m gallons of wasterwater per day into purified drinking water – twice as much as Windhoek. San Diego, Los Angeles, California, as well as Phoenix, Arizona are also exploring the technology."

Of course, DPR is not a silver bullet in the fight against climate change. It cannot create water out of thin air, and it will not facilitate endless growth. But it does help cities become more climate resilient by reducing their reliance on natural sources, such as the Colorado River. 

As other nations follow in Namibia’s footsteps, Windhoek may no longer take the lead after almost six decades in front.

“But Windhoek was the first,” Honer reminds me. “No one can take that away.”"

-via Positive.News, August 30, 2023

#namibia #africa #desert #water shortage #water conservation #dpr #potable water #water recycling #clean water #drought #united states #colorado river #science and technology #sanitation #good news #hope

[vignellicenter]

Open Houses are back this week! Theme: Photography

Wed 3/22/2023-Thu 3/23/2023 10am-4pm each day. Free and open to all!

Want to see original artifacts from the archives but don’t know where to start? Now you can have a look! No appointment required.

Theme: Photography

The Vignellis’ archives is full of examples of photography. They partnered with photographers again and again in their designs for the artwork in posters, catalogs, and numerous monographs on nature, culture, and even photography itself. Vignelli Associates created graphic identities for photographers and photography exhibitions. We’ll display marketing photographs alongside their actual design artifacts and see for yourself how their thoughtful use of images showcased their designs. The archives contain numerous examples of photo formats from vintage Polaroids to digital images. In some cases, photography is all that survives as record of a design. Join us in highlighting the importance of photography and the Vignellis.

We will have a vintage slide projector straight from the Vignelli Associates office up and running! Stop by and see original slideshows assembled by the Vignellis’ themselves!

As always, our galleries are open to the public and feature the greatest hits of the design work of Massimo and Lella Vignelli. But for the Open Houses, our archivist will be digging deep into the archives to show you one-of-a-kind original sketches and other artifacts of the Vignelli design process. You can see the designs that you know and love, but expect many surprises even if you are a Vignelli “superfan!” Please drop in and stay for a few minutes or stay for hours.

More details about Open Houses can be found on the events page on our website: https://www.rit.edu/events/vignelli-center-open-house-1

 Image descriptions:

Irvin Blitz graphic identity (invitation on transparent plexiglass), c. 1986, Vignelli Associates (designer: Michael Bierut executed by: Tamar Cohen)

 Ndebele: Photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke book cover, 1986, book design by Massimo Vignelli

Portrait of Lella and Massimo Vignelli (35mm transparency), c. 1980s, Photographer: Luca Vignelli

NYC Subway Map Debate (b&w 35mm negative), 1978, Photographer: Stan Ries

Kroin graphic identity examples (35mm transparency), c. 1980s, Photographer: unknown

Hauserman Los Angeles showroom (35mm transparency), 1982, Photographer: Toshi Yoshimi

Knoll shopping bags being carried during Designer’s Saturday (35mm transparency), 1973, Photographer: Alessandro De Gregori

Knoll Bertoia poster, 1979, Photographer: Don Kennedy

Sasaki Colorstone dishware (4” x 5” color transparency), 1985, Photographer: Luca Vignelli

Compact stacking dishware (35mm transparency), 1964, Photographer: Norman McGrath

#vignelli #design archives #design history #photography #graphic design #product design #furniture design #interior design #architectural graphics #open houses #archives for all

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African Canvas Margaret Courtney-Clarke

source: archatlas via semtituloh

[libraryleopard]

Favorite books of 2022

In the order I read them

The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero edited by Anna F. Peppard

Spirit Abroad by Zen Cho

From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos

Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

Messy Roots by Laura Gao

The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

Lost and Found by Kathryn Schulz

Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann Xu

The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

¡Hola Papi! By John Paul Brammer

Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow

The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Sandman vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman and others

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan

Black Spring by Alison Croggon

What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola

Thrown in the Throat b Benjamin Garcia

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Sword Stone Table edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

R E D by Chase Berggrun

#lulu speaks #lulu reads #books #2022 reads

[strinak]

Author Statistics

For 10 authors, I read their works into the double digits: Alessandra Hazard (x11) Kiki Clark (x12) Kati Wilde (x13) Shelly Laurenston (x15) AJ Sherwood (x16) Onley James (x20) KL Noone (x24) Charity Parkerson (x31) Megan Derr (x40) Mary Calmes (x44)

For 24 authors, I read at least 3 and at most 9 works: Andrea K Host (x4), Anne Bishop (x4), Brigham Vaughn (x3), Bruce Sentar (x3), Deacon Frost (x3), Eric Ugland (x7), Gail Carriger (x1)/GL Carriger (x3), Ilona Andrews (x5), Jennifer Cody (x4), Jordan Castillo Price (x3), Louisa Masters (x6), Lucy Lennox (x5), Lyn Gala (x3), Mell Eight (x3), Michelle Diener (x4), Naomi Novik (x3), R Cooper (x5), RJ Moray (x2)/Robin Moray (x1), Sam Burns (x5), Shirtaloon (x7), Stella Starling (x4), TJ Land (x9), Vasily Mahanenko (x3), and Wen Spencer (x5).

For 25 authors, I read exactly 2 works: Alex Gilbert, Alice Winters, Amanda Meuwissen, Amy Crook, Andy Gallo, Bettie Sharpe, Claire Cullen, David North, Eli Easton, Eryn Ivers, Isabel Murray, Jessie Mihalik, KM Neuhold, LC Mawson, Luke Chmilenko, Macronomicon, Ofelia Grand, Robin Roseau, Ryan Rimmel ,Sam Burns & WM Fawkes (with Sam Burns), Shannon West, Skylar Jaye, Tara Lain, TS Snow, and Victoria Helen Stone.

For 87 authors, I read only a single work: A Catherine Noon & Rachel Wilder, AC Wiggen, Allie Brosh, Amanda Milo, Andrea Speed, Anyta Sunday (with Andy Gallo), April Jade, Arden Powell, August, Brea Alepou & Wren Snow, Brooke Matthews, Bryce O’Connor (with Luke Chmilenko), Cale Plamann, Casualfarmer, Catelyn Winona, Chace Verity, CJ Carella, CM Blackwood, Courtney Milan, Daniel Rose, Danny M Lavery, Darktechnomancer, Dassy Bernhard, Delaney Rain, Delmire Hart, Devon Vesper, DI Freed, DM Rhodes, Eden Finley & Saxon James, EJ Russell, Elliott Kay, EM Lindsey (with Kiki Clark), Hayden Hall, HJ Tolson, Jenny Lawson, Jesse Q Sutanto, JK Jeffrey, KA Merikan, Kaleb England, Kaydence Snow, Kou Delika, Lee Hadan, Liz Talley, May Archer (with Lucy Lennox), Macy Blake, Margaret Atwood, Marie Cardno & Kalikoi, Michele Notaro, Michelle Frost, Michelle Kathleen Hodgson, Natasha Hunter, Nazri Noor, Philip R Johnson & Justin C Louis, Raleigh Ruebins, Ravensdagger, Regine Abel, Riley Hart, RJ Scott, Robert Bevan, Ryn Bretcher, Sam Starbuck, Samantha Cayto, Sariah Wilson, Sasha L Miller, Scott Browder, SE Harmon, Sean Oswald, Sebastian Hansen, Seth Richter, Sienna Sway, Sierra Riley, SJ Himes, Stephanie Burgis, Stephen L Hadley, Stuart Grosse, Suki Fleet, Sunny Hart, SunriseCV, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tanya Chris, Toby Wise, Tom Watts, Toni McGee Causey, Travis Baldtree, Xander Boyce, Yamila Abraham, and Zile Elliven.

#books #books of 2022

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By Margaret Courtney-Clarke.

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by Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Namibia, 2014

[corneliastreethq]

any mwf + most wanted muses? this rp is PERFECTION! 🫶🏻

omg , tons ! i'd love to see gemma chan , adria arjona , emily vancamp, simone ashley , phoebe dynevor, jessica henwick, anya taylor joy, jessica chastain, gugu mbatha-raw, nathalie emmanuel, natalia dyer, zoe kravitz, aslihan malbora, rachel mcadams, shay mitchell, sadie sink, emma mackey, camila morrone, laura harrier, emilia clarke, naomi scott, tessa thompson, jenna coleman, courtney eaton, natasha liu bordizzo, teresa palmer, medalion rahimi, zendaya, antonia thomas, lily james, amita suman, aiysha hart, aisling loftus, beanie feldstein, margaret qualley, margot robbie, melisa pamuk as far as muses go, vigilante shit, the last great american dynasty, evermore, long live, the man, anti-hero, the lakes

members: any recommendations ?

#appless rp #appless rpg #oc rp #mature rp #town rp #city rp #mumu rp

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'African Canvas' Series 1986-1988. Photo: © Margaret Courtney-Clarke

[hiddenwashington]

@ofprxphecies​ said : Suggested fcs for the following characters? ( sorry there’s a few! ) Clara Oswald ( Doctor Who ), Rose Tyler ( Doctor Who ), Clarice Starling ( Silence of the Lambs ), Veronica Sawyer ( Heathers ), Arwen ( Lord of the Rings ), Sookie Stackhouse ( True Blood ), Galadriel ‘El’ Higgins ( A Deadly Education ), Beverly Brook ( Rivers of London series ), Yelena Zaltana ( Poison Study series )

so lemme just start this off with a note that we don’t normally answer suggestions for this many characters all at once, but we’ll make the exception this time around. this is gonna be a little long so bear with us. we will also note that some of these are overlap and could be used for multiple characters !! 

for suggestions -- clara : alba flores, ana de armas, brenda song, gemma chan, troian bellisario, aslihan malbora, benedetta gargari, rachel hilson lindsey morgan, margaret qualley, paulina singer, and rose williams !!! rose : billie lourd, halston, sage, josephine frida pettersen, skyler samuels, kathryn newton, kristine froseth, kiernan shipka, olivia holt, florence pugh, zoey deutch, brie larson, lucy boynton !!! clarice : emilia clark, lupita nyong’o, florence pugh, erin kellyman, zendaya, kathyrn newton, or naomi scott! !!! veronica : natalia dyer, alicia debnam carey, adelaide kane, sofia black-d'elia, kaya scodelario, naomi scott, medalion rahimi !!! arwen : alexandra daddario, bruna marquenzine, courtney eaton, daisy ridley, eleanor tomlinson, kaya scoderlario, medalion rahimi, naomi scott, poppy drayton, lucy boynton, rose williams, charlotte hope, ana de armas, angel coulby, claudia kim, constance wu, fan bing bing, gemma chan, heida reed, adelaide kane, holliday grainger, merve bolugur, sarah gadon, sofia boutella, sonam kapoor, yael grobglas, anna popplewell, caitlin stacey, nathalie kelley !!! sookie : lily james, olivia holt, aslihan malbora, conor leslie, emma mackey, jessica alexander, jinsoul, laura berlin !!!  galadriel : alia bhatt, anya chalotra, ashika pratt, banita sandhu, kelly gale, naomi scott, sobhita dhulipala, charithra chandran !!! beverly : tabria majors, rachel hilson, moses ingram, kiki layne, lovie simone, keke palmer, dewanda wise, china anne mcclain !!! and finally yelena : ayca aysin turan, belissa escobedo, brianne tju, christina nadin, helena howard, sasha lane, sydney park !!!

#fandom rp #multifandom rp #appless rp #mumu rp #au rp #admin maig #ofprxphecies #really should tag this with all the admin tags cause #this was a full team effort kgjfkg

[valiantwerewolfluminary]

Hello! Could you help me find a face-claim for Margaret Qualley's mother that isn't Andie McDowell? Her dad is Tom Hiddleston ( as Loki ) in the fanfiction. Thank you.

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[thrdnarrative]

Hand painting, “vernacular art and architecture in West Africa”, 1987-88 © Margaret Courtney-Clarke

#West Africa #Ghana #Nigeria #Burkina Faso #Mauritania #Africa #documentary photography #Margaret Courtney-Clarke #journal