Marcela Villaseñor

San Diego, California, US

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@mvillasenor

Ukraine 2022

digital collage

The best example of resilience is found with the ukrainians who, despite the constant attack by the russians, continue to fight... meeting at key points and taking shelter underground for days and even weeks sharing public spaces, food, water, and electricity.

“…six foundations that appear necessary for community resilience-building efforts to be successful. And these are people, systems thinking, adaptability, transformability, sustainability, and courage.” Richard Heinberg

El mejor ejemplo de resiliencia lo encontramos en los ucranianos que, a pesar del constante ataque de los rusos, siguen luchando... reuniéndose en puntos clave para compartir espacios públicos, alimentos, agua y electricidad.

“…seis fundamentos que parecen necesarios para que los esfuerzos de construcción de resiliencia de la comunidad tengan éxito. Y estas son personas, pensamiento sistémico, adaptabilidad, transformabilidad, sostenibilidad y coraje”.
- Richard Heinberg
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Fusion 2022

digital collage

The resilience of the scientific community has given us the best gift in 2022. Having managed to use nuclear fusion to produce clean energy; in order to replace polluting fossil fuels . La resiliencia de la comunidad científica nos ha dado el mejor regalo en 2022. Ha conseguido utilizar la fusión nuclear para producir una energía limpia. Qué reemplazará en el futuro los combustibles fósiles contaminantes.

“…six foundations that appear necessary for community resilience-building efforts to be successful. And these are people, systems thinking, adaptability, transformability, sustainability, and courage.”
Richard Heinberg

“…seis fundamentos que parecen necesarios para que los esfuerzos de construcción de resiliencia de la comunidad tengan éxito. Y estas son personas, pensamiento sistémico, adaptabilidad, transformabilidad, sostenibilidad y coraje”.
Richard Heinberg
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

The Healer

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Healers use natural ingredients to cure people of physical or mental ailments. They use herbal remedies to purify their spirit. Also, they use incense, shells, and prayers to build resilience in their people.

Los curanderos utilizan elementos naturales para curar a los individuos de enfermedades, físicas, o mentales. Usan tratamientos herbolarios para purificar su espíritu. Para crear resiliencia en el individuo también utilizan Incienso, conchas y rezos .

“Building resilience at the community level makes practical sense because of how our political system is structured.” Richard Heinberg

“Crear resiliencia a nivel comunitario tiene sentido práctico debido a cómo está estructurado nuestro sistema político” Ricardo Heinberg
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2018
  • Marcela Villaseñor

The Land

digital photography
2022

Volunteers work together to improve a space in our community. We have to meet frequently to keep it clean. Because of the garbage that passers-by discard. This section had become a polluted place. We clear and plant to renew the land and create an example of what the community can do with community resilience.

Voluntarios trabajamos juntos para mejorar un espacio de nuestra comunidad. Tenemos que reunirnos frecuentemente para mantenerlo limpio . A causa de la basura que los transeúntes descartan .Esta sección se había convertido en lugar contaminado . Limpiamos y sembramos para renovar la tierra y crear un ejemplo de lo que la comunidad puede hacer con resiliencia.comunitaria.

“It’s both ethical and practical for community members to be at the heart of community resilience building work,” Richard Heinberg

“Es tanto ético como práctico que los miembros de la comunidad estén en el centro del trabajo de crear resiliencia en la comunidad” Richard Heinberg
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Sprouts / Retoños

digital photograph, fotografía digital
2022

This tree was cut seven years ago, but every year during the rainy season, his executioner prunes it down. The trees' resilience is no match for their human executioners. “Resilience is often thought of as the ability to withstand hard times or shocks, and to “bounce back” from a disaster” Richard Heinberg

Este árbol fue cortado hace siete años, pero cada año durante la temporada de lluvias su verdugo lo poda. La resistencia de los àrboles no es rival para sus verdugos humanos. "La resiliencia a menudo se considera como la capacidad de resistir a tiempos difíciles o conmociones y de "recuperase" de un desastre"
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Chacmool offering a new culture with constraints “The 4.a T”

2004-2022, digital collage.

“Creating new cultural stories in which high status and reward are attached to habits and behaviors that promote healing, sharing, giving, creating, growing, conserving and thriving within constraints?” Richard Heinberg

La 4.a Transformación de México por AMLO, plantea 20 principios:

Del respeto a la diferencia. De la vida . De la dignidad. De la libertad. Del amor. Del sufrimiento y el placer. Del pasado y del futuroDe la gratitud. De la gratitud. Del perdón. De la redención. De la igualdad. De la verdad, la palabra y la confianza. De la fraternidad. De las leyes y la justicia. De la autoridad y el poder.Del trabajo. De la riqueza y la economía.De los acuerdos. De la familia. De los animales, las plantas y las cosas.

"The 4th Transformation" of Mexico from AMLO It raises 20 principles:

From respect to difference. From life. of dignity. Of freedom. of love Of suffering and pleasure. Of the past and the future Of gratitude. Of gratitude. Of forgiveness. Of redemption. Of equality. Of truth, word and trust. From the fraternity. Of the laws and justice. Of authority and power. Of work. Of wealth and economy. Of agreements. Of the family. Of animals, plants and things.
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Rewire Yourself

2022, digital collage

“We humans are both selfish and sociable creatures. If we want to adapt successfully to a future of less energy per capita, and little or no economic growth, then we might be better off with a little more sociability and a little less selfishness.” Richard Heinberg
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2022
  • Marcela Villaseñor

From Best Dancers to Best Killers
De los Mejores Bailarines a los Mejores Asesinos

Digital collage

March 2022
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  • Marcela Villaseñor

700 years

Digital video
2021

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Recycling buildings is a permanent dynamic between destruction and construction. “Policies worldwide recognize that the construction sector needs to take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, tackle the climate crisis, and limit resource depletion, with a focus on adopting a circular economy approach in construction to ensure the sustainable use of construction materials The practices at the core of a circular economy, such as repairing, recycling, refurbishing, or repurposing, are equally novel. All of these strategies have the aim of keeping materials in use – whether as objects or as their raw components – for as long as possible. And all are hardly revolutionary.” Maikel Kuijpers
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  • Marcela Villaseñor

Witness – Arènes de Lutèce, Paris, France

digital photography
2021

Fall of Roman Empire in Lutetia (1st century AD to 5th century AD) Roman arena in Paris.
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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

“la Naturaleza es nuestra Religión”
“Nature is our Religion”

Digital photograph
2021

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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Cuernavaca México “Protesta 6/21”

Digital photograph
2021

“Un pueblo con libertad ejerce su democracia”
“A people with freedom exercises their democracy”

Protesta para el cierre definitivo del “Relleno Sanitario” Loma de Mejía, actualmente conocido como tiradero de Loma de Mejía, ubicada en las faldas de la reserva ecológica del Noroeste de Morelos. En esta zona se ubican mantos acuíferos vitales para el sur del estado de Morelos, una extensa biodiversidad y zonas residenciales.”

Protest for the definitive closure of the Loma de Mejia “Sanitary Landfill”, currently known as de “Loma de Mejia Dump” located on the slopes of the Northwest Morelos ecological reserve, in this area there are vital aquifers for the south of the state of Morelos, extensive biodiversity and residencial areas.”

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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Landscape-Timeline

digital photograph

Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) rule, owners or operators of facilities that contain glass production processes (as defined below) and that emit 25,000 metric tons or more of GHGs per year (expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents) from glass production processes, stationary combustion, miscellaneous use of carbonates, and other source categories.
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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Collapse

digital photograph

Ban the pesticides, nicotine culprits, Clorpyriphos, Cypermethrin, Deltamethrin, and Fipronil from Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, Dow, and Bayer.
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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Popocatépetl

Digital photograph

Regeneration, volcanoes, volcano energy, geothermal.
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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

The Roots

Digital photograph

Bermuda Triangle, 2020
Photo was taken in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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2021
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Luto (mourning)

Digital photograph

On September 9, I lost a beloved family member to COVID. It was a painfully personal understanding of the magnitude of suffering that currently exists in the world.

El 9 de Septiembre perdí a un amado miembro de mi familia a causa del COVID. Fue una pena personal que me hizo entender la magnitud del sufrimiento que actualmente existe en el mundo.
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2020
  • Marcela Villaseñor

“The Weight” 2020

Digital photograph

Ganjia, Gansu, China
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2020
  • Marcela Villaseñor

The Mountain

Digital photograph

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2020
  • Marcela Villaseñor

The Healing Power of Nature
El Poder Curativo de la Naturaleza

Digital photograph

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2020
  • Marcela Villaseñor

Articles from the MAHB

Nature Heals

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