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Children in burns prevention campaigns

Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.

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Intertwined with air

Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.

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When the sun goes down

Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.

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A message from my skin

As wildfires threatened Seattle, resident Sydney Baker experienced corresponding flares of acne and rashes. Her skin was telling her something about the health of the world around her.

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  • John Burns. Pen drawing.
  • James Burns, a ventriloquist. Engraving, 1804.
  • Burns to shell of a tortoise
  • John Burns. Photograph by W. & D. Downey.
  • John Burns. Lithograph by L. Ghémar after S. Watson.
  • John Burns. Photograph after L. Ghémar after S. Watson.
  • John Burns. Photograph after a painting by J. Graham-Gilbert..
  • Five men: Robert Burns, Richard Baxter, Francis Bacon, Judge Blackstone, and James Beattie. Engraving, 1811.
  • Five men: Robert Burns, Richard Baxter, Francis Bacon, Judge Blackstone, and James Beattie. Engraving, 1811.
  • Lot and his family flee while Sodom burns. Engraving.
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