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Freedom Fighters

Magnolia Lafleur — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:00:37 +0000

As much as we would like it to be, with 17,500 victims of human trafficking occurring in the United States alone every year, slavery is certainly not a thing of past. More than in any time in history, globally, woman, men and children are being forced to physical, emotional and mental exploitation with numbers rising...

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Power Circle

Magnolia Lafleur — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:24:36 +0000

Founded in 2006 in Alameda, California, by Saul Griffith Don Montague and late CEO Corwin Hardham, Makani has evolved from a corporation that once produced soft textile kites that can power a generator to high-performance to self-generated Airborne Wind Turbines. Although traditional wind turbines are sustainable, by exchanging their colossal towers with a wing that both generates...

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Surf’s Up

Magnolia Lafleur — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:34:08 +0000

As well as the book – co-authored by Frosty Hesson alongside Ian Spiegelman, Rick Hesson – a film titled Chasing Mavericks has just been released. It tells the life story of the surfing legend Frosty, played by Gerard Butler and his mentorship with Jay Moriarty, played by Johnny Weston, a then budding 12-year-old surfing novice...

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Painted Words

Magnolia Lafleur — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:11:05 +0000

Alexandra Grant, a Los Angeles based collaborative artist, uses the world as her muse and language as her galvanizing spring towards creating the most awe inspiring sculptures, paintings, drawings and videos. ‘I have ideas I feel should be expressed in paint. I have a voice and it’s about putting feeling into things,’ she explains. From books,...

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Storm Clouds & Icebergs

Magnolia Lafleur — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:20:20 +0000

Born in 1969 to a Native American father from the Shinnecock tribe and to an African American mother, it was Camille’s experiences growing up spending hours playing in the woods or at the shore with her cousins that began to pixelate the picture-perfect calling of a life destined to be spent behind a lens. Camille...

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Trash to Treasure

Magnolia Lafleur — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:22:39 +0000

Guerra de la Paz, the compounded name of Cuban born sculptors Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz – who we interviewed previously for our Regeneration issue – are two such artists take inspiration from the bulk of used clothes left by a clothing export business in the early years of growing up in their neighborhood. After...

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Mosaics of Gold

Magnolia Lafleur — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:43:35 +0000

Learning to mix paint before she could even write, Schimmels’ art work uniquely utilises the junk mail delivered daily to our mailboxes, which she transforms into a newly shaped image of beautifully painted mosaic portraits. From pop-art portraits of 60’s musicians, through to fashion icons and screen sirens; Schimmels’ work radiates an array of iconic...

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The Modern Cubicle

Magnolia Lafleur — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:37:18 +0000

Eco-friendly Architect Michael Jantzen has created a solution to the work cubicle problem with his new self-customised and completely green E-Space office desk. The office space is made from organic fabric, sustainably grown wood and curved wooden surfaces covered in rolls of individually customised fabric. Throughout the years, Jantzen has been on the cutting edge...

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A Summer Spent On The Farm

Magnolia Lafleur — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:40:11 +0000

Caroline Wild, 18, Andrew Hollyday, 16, Emily Harvey, 15 and Abrin Berkemeyer, 17, have been participating in the Teen Ag Crew Program at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, an educational summer and fall job experience that teaches teenagers the skills required to grow vegetation. “I applied because I wanted to learn about sustainable agriculture, help the food...

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A Green Hotel in a Foggy City

Magnolia Lafleur — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:33:19 +0000

Being the first LEED certified Green hotel in California, the Orchard Garden Hotel also leads in being the first hotel in San Francisco to utilize a guestroom key card that controls each room’s lighting and mechanical systems.

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