“Make rain, clouds, wind and sun your ambassadors under the sky.”
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“Be curious about the diversity of the world, universe, flowers, languages and others. Be curious about our similarities and differences. Be curious about their universality. Not to control them, but to welcome them in yourself.”
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“From the peasant, listen the way of wisdom, for the voice of the earth whispers to those who can hear it the most beautiful teachings.”
117 Million Lakes estimated (2014)
"Using satellite photos and computerized mapping technologies, an international research team counted all of the lakes on Earth. They found about 117 million lakes, covering almost four percent of the world’s land surface, not counting the glaciers on Greenland and Antarctica, according to a new study. It is the first time the world’s lakes have been counted using a reliable method, the study claims." (source: blog.nationalgeographic.org)
Amanohashidate
Amanohashidate 天橋立 - An exceptional sandbar located in Miyazu Bay in Japan - "The bridge of the Sky"…
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos (310BCE -230BCE)- A Greek astronomer and mathematician advocating the heliocentrism of the solar system.
Australian Aboriginal Flag – Origin & meaning
The Australian Aboriginal Flag was designed in 1971 by Harold Thomas for the land rights movement - Then it became a symbol of the Australian Aboriginal people. The colors are said to represent: the Aboriginal people of Australia (black); the Sun, giver of life and protector (yellow); the earth (red).
Center of the world
The universe is a sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
continent
‘Abya Yala’ meaning “land in its full maturity” was suggested to replace America for naming the American continent. (Guna lg)
creationism
The belief that the universe and the various forms of life were created by God out of nothing (ex nihilo). We must distinguish Biblical or young-Earth creationism for which the story told in Genesis including six-day creation of all things and Adam as the first man is literally correct [for them the Earth is only a few thousand years old] and old-Earth creationism believing that the Genesis story is a literal history but often accepting fossils or geological evidence for the age of Earth, God using or not the big bang in the creation of the universe.
Distance of the Sun from Earth
The Sun is distant from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles).
earth
Tassili n'Ajjer طاسيلي ناجر or ⵜⴰⵙⵉⵍⵉ ⵏ ⴰⵊⵔ is an Algerian national park in the Sahara desert at the border of Libya, with very important prehistoric caves. (Arabic lg, Arabic wr or Tamazight lg, Tifinagh wr)
earth
Planet on which the human species developed, questioning its relation to other species as to itself. From the exploitation of its resources to its complex and sometimes chaotic management, the relationship with the earth testifies to the idea that human societies have of this balance of life, and of the place that man takes, ensuring or not the well-being of everyone, present or future, human or not. Questions the way in which human beings will be able to consider its primacy beyond their games of interest or conflict.
Earthenware pottery-making in Kgatleng
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 2012 "... women potters use clay soil, weathered sandstone, iron oxide, cow dung, water, wood and grass to make pots of different forms, designs and styles"
fjord
A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes, especially one shaped by a glacier.
Fujisan
Fujisan 富士山... one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains, the highest mountain in the country (3,776 metres).
Hạ Long Bay
Hạ Long Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) – A large and natural bay in Quảng Ninh Province - Vietnam, consisting of thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes - Its name means "descending dragon" - UNESCO World Heritage Site 1994 “Covering an area of 43,400 ha and including over 1600 islands and islets, most of which are uninhabitated and unaffected by humans, it forms a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and is an ideal model of a mature Karst landscape developed during a warm and wet tropical climate. The property’s exceptional scenic beauty is complemented by its great biological interest.”
