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Four scenes around a former lakeshore park in Toronto. A black-capped chickadee, a tree-lined path by a snow-covered pebble beach, three people walking along a snowy path, a mix of trees on a snow-covered slope.
Four scenes around a former lakeshore park in Toronto covered in snow. The Cinesphere viewed from across a channel of water, people walking along a path lined with willow trees, a mix of trees lining various trails by the water.
Four scenes around a former lakeshore park in Toronto covered in snow. A red-breasted nuthatch, a mix of trees on a slope surrounded a channel of water, a line of willow trees by a channel of water, a path along the waterfront lined with trees.
📍 Ontario Place, March 2023
A destroyed landscape. Miss it painfully.
Loved getting to work on this exhibit about the future of Toronto parks with Park People. It’s up for two months at the Urbanspace Gallery & the feedback will help inform their parks platform for the upcoming municipal election.
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper.
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative
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‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut
217 killed, 789 injured and 95,7773 forcibly displaced
At least 217 killed, 789 injured and 95,7773 forcibly displaced in Lebanon due to Israeli strikes already
via Megaphone News
The above project was conceived for this region in the south post-Israeli occupation in 2000.
The week is so heavy.
Once again, we’re here ⬇️
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide is titled “Ebel Es-Saqi: Important Bird Area” accompanied by a landscape photograph covered in images of common birds of the area.
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide is titled “Landscape as wildlife habitat - Ebel important bird area” accompanied by a table showing many bird species which can be found across a variety of geographic zones in the region.
Shared work with The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) @spnlorg.bsky.social who worked to establish Hima Ebel El Saqi as an Important Bird Area (IBA) due to its strategic location along a major migratory bird route.
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Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide is titled “Ebel-Es-Saqi ecological park: a post-occupation recovery project”, accompanied for a landscape photograph of the region in the south of Lebanon.
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide shows scenes in Ebel Es Saqi in the south of Lebanon: mountains, woodland, ebel spring, olive orchard, and a UN memorial.
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide shows photographs of community participation in a landscape project.
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi stands at a podium giving a lecture on landscape architecture. The projected slide is titled “landscape social/economic benefits” and a map of the Ebel Es Saqi ecological park development.
Dr. Jala Makhzoumi on overcoming landscape architecture’s colonial legacy by advancing ecology‑based, community‑rooted design in the Arab world.
Ebel-es-Saqi ecological park was an example in southern Lebanon of tying local conceptions of landscape, agricultural practices, and village identity ⬇️
March 12: Back by popular demand, a repeat screening of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, William H. “Holly” Whyte’s 1980 film about his seminal Street Life Project study of New York City’s plazas and the ways residents interact with urban environments. https://ow.ly/HqWn50Ym4yr
#IdeasAtWork in #TorontoDanforth
Ookwemin Minising + Biidaasige Park + McCleary District + #BikeTO + #WalkTO + #HousingNow + #ShopLocal + #xoTO x #PoliticalWill = The Future
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Israeli army just ordered all of Dahiyeh residents to evacuate. Yesterday the entire south, now all of Dahiyeh (Beirut's southern suburbs).
Still have yet to see comments on proportionality from the international community. Macron asked Israel not to launch ground invasion but seems too late
I am not saying this to be spicy or whatever
Do something today
To stop this
Make this stop
Make it stop
Mapped the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army in south Lebanon over the past two days. The March 03 order marks a significant expansion beyond the immediate border towns and well beyond the Litani River. I counted 105 villages so far.
Highly recommend Elia’s class ⬇️
As part of the Lebanese diaspora, these discussions especially helped me contextualize personal narratives and filters through which I connect to the country. But I also recommend for anyone looking to navigate and understand Lebanon’s recent history from an expert.
"Foreign-born Citizens" are actually just called citizens.
"Foreign-born voters" are just called voters
"non-citizen voters" (yes, this is a thing here in 🇬🇧) are just voters.
The Lebanese government has just issued a directive “banning” Hezbollah and criminalizing its members, granting authority to the army to go after them. And just like that, from Israeli war to potential civil war in the span of less than 12 hours
The Lebanese packing up leaving, is reminiscent of what many of these people have done their entire lives
Yes, a real harbinger of spring sound!
Poster for a show by John Kameel Farah “songs of liberation”. On Saturday, March 21, at 8pm, at Old St Paul’s Episcopalian Church in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh folk, I highly recommend this - saw John perform last summer in the Toronto Music Garden and it was special.
Experience Palestinian-Baroque-Futurism ⬇️ #Edinburgh
Rhiannon stands outside Lighthouse Books holding an advanced reader copy of HOME SICK. A list of events is written in chalk on a blackboard by the door. Thr new progress pride flag is pinned up in the window. Written in chalk elsewhere on the wall is Lighthouse Book's famous "LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER".
Then I visited the wonderful folk at @lighthousebks.bsky.social.
This is an incredibly important bookshop in Edinburgh, dedicated to championing marginalised voices, environmentalism, antiracism, and the queer community.
A group of five birders taking a selfie in front a sunken wetland area in a former quarry.
A Northern Jacana walking over lily pads. A wetland bird with huge long feet, dark chestnut back, black head, neck, and breast, and a bright yellow bill and frontal shield.
A snail kite perched on a bare branch. Medium-sized raptor with brownish heavy streaking on chest, white face with black eye stripe, and slender curved bill.
A Lesson’s Motmot perched on a branch. Colourful bird with bright blue centered crown, a bold black mask, green body, and a long tail with distinctive, small racquet-tipped feathers.
📍 Acuaparque, Mérida #Mexico
Wonderful morning with Colectivo Cardenales walking around a former quarry converted into a wetland and park. Among many highlights - the jacanas, snail kites, and a lesson’s motmot.
A Hooded Oriole peaks out from behind a leaf. Bright orange bird with a black neck and black pointed bill.
Two Black Vultures perched at the top of a yellow and blue tile cupola of a building.
A Social Flycatcher perched on wire. Large flycatcher with bright yellow belly, brown back, white face with prominent black eye stripe.
A Fork-tailed Flycatcher perched in bare branches. Slender bird with white belly, light grey back, black cap, and a deeply forked, black tail.
📍 Mérida #Mexico
(So many) birds of the city.
Large tree roots emerging from the shallow water of a mangrove in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Two American flamingos walking through shallow water.
A pool of crystal clear water within a mangrove area in the Yucatan peninsula.
A large group of American flamingos wading and feeding in shallow water.
📍 Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve #Mexico
Thousands of flamingos in the nutrient-rich, brackish waters by the mangroves of Celestún.
Sticker on a street window “menos-violencia mas techno”
Sticker on a wall with an illustration of a woman holding a flag which reads “#Yo Por Las 40 Horas” referencing a bill to incrementally lower the standard workweek from 48 to 40 hours.
Sticker on a mirror which reads NARRATIVAS DESDE LA MAYANIDAD.
Sticker on a wall with an outstretched bleeding hand surrounded by poppies, holding up a watermelon slice. Text reads “Comite de solidaridad con Palestine en Yucatan”. The Solidarity Committee with Palestine in Yucatan.
📍 Mérida #Mexico
Street stickers.
A open structure with seats shaped like a rail carriage in a park in Mérida.
Curved concrete supports around the exterior of Anfiteatro al aire libre La Plancha in Mérida.
Small circular islands with trees and plants in a large lagoon in the centre of a park in Mérida.
📍 Parque La Plancha #Mexico
Once an industrial site, now a huge new public space (with lots of nice play areas) on the site of a former railway station. The smart incorporation of the industrial heritage should be inspiration for Toronto.
Plus park merch.
A large-scale version of the famous white “confidant chairs” for two people, found around Mérida. In the middle of a public square.
📍 Mérida #Mexico
The iconic sillas confidentes have their own giant version as an attraction.
A public bicycle station and sign promoting free public WiFi in a park in Mérida.
A sign promoting free public WiFi on a street in Mérida.
A bike lane on a street in Mérida, separated from the road by a flowerbed.
Plaza Grande in Mérida. Large trees line walkways with many benches. A large cathedral is visible on one side of the plaza.
📍 Mérida #Mexico
Bikes, free wi-fi, shaded places to sit.
