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Victor Solis was born in 1967 in Mexico City. He is a multidisciplinary artist whose work ranges from cartoons to puppetry design and theater, ceramic sculpture, photography and art installations. He began publishing cartoons at the age of 15.
Víctor Solís nació en 1967 en la Ciudad de México. Artista multidisciplinario que va del humor gráfico, al diseño y realización de títeres, escultura en cerámica, fotografía e instalación. Comienza a publicar cartón de humor a los 15 años.
Victor Solis was born in 1967 in Mexico City. He is a multidisciplinary artist whose work ranges from cartoons to puppetry design and theater, ceramic sculpture, photography and art installations. He began publishing cartoons at the age of 15.
Víctor Solís nació en 1967 en la Ciudad de México. Artista multidisciplinario que va del humor gráfico, al diseño y realización de títeres, escultura en cerámica, fotografía e instalación. Comienza a publicar cartón de humor a los 15 años. (more…)
Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Tecnología, Energía y Sustentabilidad CEMEX Armando J. García se incorporó originalmente a CEMEX por primera vez en 1975 como Ingeniero de Producción en la Planta Monterrey; en 1979 ingresó a CYDSA, S.A. como parte del equipo de nuevos proyectos, donde participó en el desarrollo de un Joint Venture (acuerdo de riesgo compartido) con Caterpillar Tractor Company CAT para la manufactura, venta y exportación de equipos para movimiento de tierra en México. Entre 1981 y 1985 ocupó la Dirección de Relaciones Externas de CONEK (Planta de Caterpillar en México) con la responsabilidad de la Administración de Proyectos con el Gobierno Mexicano y enlace con los vendedores de CAT. (more…)
Lisa Graumlich’s position as Director of the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona allows her to pursue her career-long goal of understanding of the impacts of climate change on mountains of world. She is currently collaborating with resource managers around the Western US to develop science-informed adaptation strategies for climate change. She is particularly interested in adaptation strategies that speak to the issue of how parks, protected areas and protected species might adapt to rapid climate change. Dr. Graumlich was recipient of the W. J. Cooper Award from the Ecological Society of America in 1988 and was elected as a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science in 2004.
Update from 10.29.09:
We didn’t plan to be in Monterrey tonight but we had map trouble and many helpful people tried to help us find our way. Tomorrow is a new day and we kind of hope to be close to Tampico on the Gulf coast.
We had several good chats with friendly people. One family wanted to have the WILD9 web site. A friendly man named Sylvester asked us to say hello to Presidente Calderon.
Wonderful people, really wonderful tamales, and the mountains to the south are spectacular. We had no idea they would be so great. We learned today about the bears in these mountains and local efforts to protect them.
Mexico! We’re loving it.
Updated maps to come……
Patagonia Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects – As Patagonia Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects, Rick Ridgeway is committed to the company’s mission of using business practices to solve the environmental crisis. Ridgeway helms Patagonia’s environmental grant-making and education programs. He also manages Patagonia Productions, the company’s book publishing and film-making division and oversees its special multi-year environmental projects. One project, Freedom to Roam, helps provide protection for wildlife corridors. (more…)
Career: PhD in Animal Ecology 1982, Research fellow at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 1979-1987, Director of Conservation, WWF Sweden, 1987-1991, Director of WWF Europe/Middle East Programme 1991-2007 at WWF International, and as of 2007 Independent Conservation Consultant (partly in association with the Stroming Bureau, the Netherlands, www.stroming.nl). (more…)
All the Federales say they could have had us any day.
They only let us slip away, out of kindness I suppose.
Words from Poncho and Lefty sang by Willie Nelson rattle around in my head constantly. No Federale problem on this trip. Smiling women and men at the border basically waved us through after helping us with the map. They didn’t ask for passports or anything to get into Mexico. May be harder coming back across.
On to Veracruz today and decide whether to swing up to Campeche or down to Chiapas for the next couple of days.
We found a hotel last night with internet access (it’s also the bus station, so very noisy) but no cell service. Connections are slow, weak.
Give a toast!! We made it to the Gulf Coast. We’ve traveled about 1300 miles out of Albuquerque already. Good miles. Every one of them.
We finally unwrap NOMKHUBULWANE and we met her, really she is beautiful, was worth the wait, is a pleasant surprise that causes the admiration who sees.
Tomorrow morning starts the journey, we leave Altamira at 9 o’clock course to Veracruz, I am going to try to get some scales on the road to share this wonderful experience.
The youth program participants began their three day trek in the Sian Kan wilderness, under the guidance of Outward Bound Mexico and Kat Haber (WILD’s Board of Directors).
In Merida, Yucatan, professional practitioners and leaders from 15 nations working in areas as diverse as Antarctica, the Southern Amazon, Canada, Romania, Kenya — including 5 indigenous communities – began their three day Wilderness management training, interacting with trainers from the US Forest Service and the Wilderness Action Group (South Africa).
Beginning in the most ancient prehistory, body adornment (clay, paints, shells) have been used on the human body for ritual, beauty, apparel, social distinction and other reasons. It is truly the oldest form of art. WILD9 now brings the ancient to the contemporary. Artists, models and photographers will create a gallery masterpiece at WILD9 on the evening of 12 November, in a special cultural experiment at an historic hacienda, using body art to communicate the feeling, importance and the goals of conserving wild nature.
A few of the renowned artists are Carmen Parra, Fernando González Gortázar and María Sada from Mexico, Emma Hack from Australia, and others. Several highly recognized photographers will document the process, including Urquiza (Mexico), Tom Manglesen, and Jack Dykinga (US), and some of their prints will be auctioned to raise funding for WILD9. Some of the artists and models gathered recently in Mexico City to prepare their techniques and ideas…view.
They came from the Tatshenshini, the Mighty Yukon, Up Elk Creek and Leeds.
Those Jaguars headed to Merida with the news Mounted on four iron steeds.
They had an early morning crossing at Del Rio And scorched in the noonday sun As they traced mechanical problems To make that Kawasaki run
The No-tell Motel in Monterrey
Was the only place the Jaguars had to stay But tamales by the dozen Were only a few steps away.
The folks back home heard they hit Tampico And they all gave a toast But those Jaguars quickly turned south As their minds raced along the coast.
Finally, and after a long day of formalities and maneuvers she was liberated by the Mexican customs office, the day was not good for pictures, bad weather and arrived late in to the carrier yard not permitted to uncover her, still the expectation, please be patient tomorrow morning she will be deviled.
Update from the riders, October 28th, “We are in Del Rio, TX, tonight, studying maps. We will cross into Mexico tomorrow.”
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