Thursday 19 March 2015

A Heart Touching Story of Blind Man and his Armless Friend Spend 10 Years Planting 10,000 Trees in his village in China



So, by looking at the lush, green, tree-filled stretch of land north of the Yeli Village in Sunzhuang Township, Jingxing County, Hebei, China, it is really hard to believe that just 12 years ago, these plains surfaces were filled with nothing, just with rocks and weeds. But this miraculous transformation is all due to the exorbitant hard working and dedication of duo have been planting thousands of trees in an effort to protect and preserve the natural ecology of the land surrounding their village. 

A blind man named “Jia Haixia” and his friend “Jia Wenqi”, a double amputee with no arms has spent over 10 years replanting trees to revive the once-barren environment. The brave man, Haixia was born blind in one eye and lost the other eye in 2000 in a work-related accident. However; Wenqi lost both of his arms in an accident when he was only 3 years old. Both are great friends and together, they’ve leased 8 acres of land from the government and have started replanting the land with trees to protect the village from flooding. We must say; in life there’s no excuse for us not doing things when these two do so much with so little. 

The power of the human spirit is incredible. It is really remarkable what God can do in us when we don't give up. Their tenacity and combined efforts to protect the environment put all of us who are physically normal but nothings do in fact. We must acknowledge their dedications & efforts in order to support in our prayers to get the required physical and financial and moral support. That is what we can do for the time being. After they went viral in China, Haixia may receive surgery for his blinding, congenital cataract.They’re such a wonderful pair of good companions.  They’re really heroes! Indeed they’re deserve a big salute and hurray to them. 

Wednesday 18 March 2015

A Massive Hammock between Cliffs above the 400 Feet in the desert of Moab, Utah.



A group of 50 BASE jumpers, slack-liners, and other daredevils built a colossal pentagonal hammock around 400 feet above the desert near Moab, Utah. The spectacular miracle produced by these enthusiastic people is the “Mothership Space Net Penthouse,” the hammock served as a platform for BASE jumpers and a destination for slack-liners, who walked up to 262 feet along lines tethering the hammock to surrounding cliffs. There’s undeniably dazzling view from there and you can get a lot a lot of adrenaline definitely. We’re sure, you’d like the efforts of these daredevils, check out photographs and enjoy!

Tuesday 17 March 2015

Enchanted Photographs of Siberian Huskies Playing on a Mirror-Like Frozen Lake in Russia



A Russian photographer who goes by Fox Grom has captured some superb photographs of his Siberian Huskies playing on a thawing frozen lake, which makes them seem like they are walking on a massive mirror or on the sky itself. Grom lives in Kirovsk in Murmansk Oblast, which is one of Russia’s northernmost regions. Therefore almost the whole area is north of the Arctic Circle, meaning that his robust dogs are no strangers to the cold frozen lake. The lake is well frozen solid but not entirely so, and the thin film of water on the ice’s surface supports make the magical mirror-like illusion in these photos. For some more spectacular photos of life in the harsh Arctic lands of Lapland, you must be make sure to check out his Vkontakte profile, where he has more astonishing photographs of his dogs and the stunning natural landscapes!

Thursday 12 March 2015

Urban Treehouse Uses Trees to Protect Residents from Noise & Pollution



The Italian architect Luciano Pia has a broad vision for how people and nature can live together even in a thoroughly urban landscape. 25 Verde, an apartment complex he designed in Turin, Italy, is a woven 5-story mix of lush trees and steel girders that let urban residents feels like they’re living in a huge urban tree-house. Therefore every step in the building’s design was taken with natural integration in mind. The organic and asymmetric shape of its terraces lets potted trees to “sprout” out from the building at random intervals. The beautiful ponds in the courtyard offers residents with a refreshing place to relax in the summer, and the 150 deciduous trees, which lose their trees in the winter, allow light to filter in to the building during the darker months. The building also assists to keep the city’s air cleaner and isolates the residents from the urban sounds and smells surrounding them. The modern building, which was completed in 2012, is located at Via Chabrera 25 in Turin, Italy. 

Well, this is indeed a valuable and different idea. The practical part appears not to be thought of. still construction is exposed and a matter of rust. The planting buckets are huge and heavy and cause a heavy structure, so the construction would be extra expensive. Accepting all this, it is a nice artistic planning totally agrees. Also the roots of these high trees cannot grow sufficient in these shallow buckets. This makes them standing unstable a vulnerable for wind. Although I agree that this is a beautifully visual concept. In practical it would probably demand to cut more trees to build this than there would grow in this building. Not even mentioning the production and transportation of the heavy steel girders. Although the subsequently emitted greenhouse gasses. Either way, it would not be a contribution towards a sustainable "green" environment love the idea. I love everything about the design and I like how strong and the trees, planters.