Using aerial photographs that render imperiled landscapes almost abstract, Edward Burtynsky explores the consequences of human activity bearing down on the earth’s resources.
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Le BONHEUR comme indice d'épanouissement social et économique.
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Yesterday was Earth Day, a time set aside to increase awareness of the natural environment and the impact of our collective actions...
This is a gorgeous set of 39 images that are all view the Earth and captures images for above. These aerial photography and remote sensing images focus of a wide range of topics such as the cultural landscape, the environment, earth science, cultural ecology and urban systems. The photo above is of Mont-Saint-Michel, a tourist attraction and UNESCO world heritage site in northwestern France that is the world's premier example of the tombolo landform. 
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![World Supplies of Non-Renewable Resources, Visualized [Environmental Infographic] | Le BONHEUR comme indice d'épanouissement social et économique. | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/y_fy5mV9xF1s1xAJ39O8ijl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Politicians and oil companies might waste time debating whether or not we’ve reached peak oil. What they ignore is that we run out completely in under 40 years’ time, by which time a third of the planet’s biodiversity will be lost.
In the meantime, tantalum, that great mainstay of mobile telecoms, will last only a few years more and run out just in time to celebrate the planet breaking the 2oC barrier in 2060. Via Lauren Moss
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These images may be very useful for teaching the DCI's under the Human Impact topic.
Is this evidence of homgeniziation of landscapes?
People change landscapes. This is a great resource available as an iPad App also Called Burtynsky Water.