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...Currently Quijorna has about 285 members who fully accept the withered look of their playground, which consumes no more liters of water than an average household in a year. "At first sight, it's shocking. But at least you feel like a part of nature. It's not an artificial surface you're playing on. It's perfect," says Juan Martïn, who just joined the reduced-water golf course. He certainly doesn't view Quijorna's crunchy landscape as a handicap. tel: (34-628) 64 34 11; www. quijornagolf.com
...just say we're going back to the origins of golf. Natural surroundings, just like the conditions and design of the course." Currently Quijorna has about 285 members who fully accept the withered look of their playground, which consumes no more liters of water than an average household in a year. "At first sight, it's shocking. But at least you feel like a part of nature. It's not an artificial surface you're playing on. It's perfect," says Juan Martín, who just joined the reduced-water golf course. He certainly doesn't view Quijorna...
...turbines: 600?C compared to around 540?C in an older plant. Supercritical plants make more efficient use of the energy created by coal's combustion, so less carbon is emitted - around 25% less than the average coal plant. If biomass - an amalgamation of wood, crops, grasses, even household wastes - is mixed with the coal, carbon emissions can be cut by a further 20%. And the resulting electricity is still cheaper than gas-produced power. Supercritical - and now ultra-supercritical - boilers have an additional advantage: they can be retrofitted into older, dirtier plants. Another, slightly less efficient...
...Drawing on her diverse background?and a foundation art course in Britain?Magyar works with more than 90 small local producers and craftspeople who design a range of household items made from indigenous materials. The results are innovative and stylish. Bark cloth?"a wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing"?is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills are applied to banana-leaf and raffia place mats, palm-leaf cutlery trays and millet-stem and raffia lampshades and coasters...
...traditional local craftsmanship - basketry, weaving, leatherwork - with her own appreciation of designs that are both useful and attractive to Western sensibilities. Drawing on her diverse background - and a foundation art course in Britain - Magyar works with more than 90 small local producers and craftspeople who design a range of household items made from indigenous materials. The results are innovative and stylish. Bark cloth - "a wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing" - is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills...