Detail of the statue of the Maitreya (future Buddha) installed to commemorate the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to the monastery, Thiksey Gompa, Ladakh, Himalayas, India, Asia

Detail of the statue of the Maitreya (future Buddha) installed to commemorate the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to the monastery, Thiksey Gompa, Ladakh, Himalayas, India, Asia

Toy Boy, Peter Freeman's iconic light sculpture, installed on top of an NCP car park in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gimme Shelter by the artist Nathalie Talec, associated with architect A. Nossovski and designer S. Dwernicki, installed in front of the Cite du Design, Saint-Etienne, Loire department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, Europe

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

St. David's Battery, UNESCO, four guns installed 1910 by British to defend deep water channel leading to Royal Navy Dockyard and Hamilton, Bermuda

Gimme Shelter by the artist Nathalie Talec, associated with architect A. Nossovski and designer S. Dwernicki, installed in front of the Cite du Design, Saint-Etienne, Loire department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, Europe

Charging Bull sculpture, near to Wall Street, installed in 1989 and symbolises the Financial Markets, New York City, United States of America, North America

The Alliance sculpture outside Cardiff Library, created by Jean-Bernard Metais and installed in 2009, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Historic lighthouse where Marconi installed North America's first maritime radio station in 1904, Pointe-a-la-Renommee, Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada, North America

Turning the world upside down by Anish Kapoor, a newly-installed sculpture reflecting the earth and sky, at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Middle East

Telegraph pole being installed in the mountain village of Ping An, Longsheng, near Guilin, China

Telegraph pole with telephone and power lines installed in the mountain village of Ping An, Longsheng, near Guilin, China

Temenos sculpture installed in 2010, by Anish Kapoor, Middlesbrough, Teeside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hacienda Horse and Rider neon was originally installed at the Hacienda Hotel Hotel in 1967, Neon Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Exterior of the lighthouse, installed in 1941, moved from Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Reinga, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Temenos sculpture installed in 2010, by Anish Kapoor with Middlesbrough FC stadium in background, Middlesborough, Teeside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW

Asia's largest solar power station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW. Here workers wash dust off the panels to increase their efficiency.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the solar air conditioning for the Ashram's hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

Morocco, Marrakech, Djemaa El Fna Square At Dusk, Eating And Drinking Stalls Being Installed

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW

Footbridge installed by the army to reconnect the two halves of the town. and named the Barker Crossing after PC Bill Barker who lost his life when Workington's main road bridge was destroyed, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flower bed in Dubai with a watering system installed, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Frauenkirche, main portal with the famous Maennleinlaufen Seven Electors, mechanical clock (installed 1506)

Photovoltaic cells, solar panels installed on a roof, Guenthersbuehl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Photovoltaic cells, solar panels installed on a roof, Oberruesselbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Solar panels on a red tiled roof

A dummy hangs where condemned prisoners were hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary before an electric chair was installed; the prison was constructed in 1866 and closed in 1995 after a court ruled that the prison's 5x7-foot cells were cruel and unusual

Assembly vehicles for the installation of transmission lines for power supply

Assembly vehicles for the installation of transmission lines for power supply

The 2011 Dodge Avenger on the assembly line at Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant which plant had been scheduled to close following Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy, but the company now says it will bring new car models and new jobs to the plant, Sterli

Construction of a large photovoltaic system on several rooftops, 16000 square metres, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Technician, mechanic with orange helmet mounting a refrigeration line bracket, Austria, Europe

Technician, mechanic with orange helmet mounting a refrigeration line bracket, Austria, Europe

Couple playing with their feet water

Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Permanently installed diving- and snorkelling station in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

New bells mounted in the belfry, St, Johannis church, Neunhof, Mittelframken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Installation of a solar collector, near Freiburg in Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

Hightech windmills, some standing 500 feet high when their blades are vertical, hum on the Altamont Pass of California as they produce clean electricity. Wind energy is the world's fastest growing energy source, expanding 25, 35 percent each year. In 2001, roughly 6000 megawatts of new wind capacity was installed around the world, enough to power 2 million American homes.

Artist installed swing set at Bombay Beach in the Salton Sea; Bombay Beach, California, United States of America

Along The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Perimeter Electrified Barbed Wire Was Installed 4 M High, Oswiecim, Malopolska, Poland

Photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of a farm building against a blue sky with light clouds, France

Planting a honeysuckle: filling the hole and setting

Planting a honeysuckle: watering

Cutting of autumn sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile) from leaf cuttings, in summer.

Planting a honeysuckle: setting up the subject

Realization of a mini garden of crevice garden in pot, in step by step.

Frame installed in a centrifuge, around Cluny, France

Transplanting cabbage in a vegetable garden, in winter

Planting a conifer hedge. Planting an Italian cypress 'Stricta'.

Planting a conifer hedge. Step 5: planting an Italian cypress 'Stricta'.

Cutting of the pineapple lily (Eucomis) step by step. Place in a pot

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting of 'Gariguette' strawberry plants on a mulch sheet, also preventing cats from scratching the soil, Pas de Calais, France

Establishment of oyster spat at an oyster farmer Etang de Thau, France

Cutting root of Thistle (Echinops ritro) step by step. 3: Put in pot

Photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of a farm building against a blue sky with light clouds, France

Creation of a passage in a garden. Step 4: spreading of gravel (pozzolan).

Planting a sage step by step: placement of the plant in its planting hole.

Planting a conifer hedge. Step 6: watering a freshly planted Italian cypress 'Stricta' on mulch cloth.

Cutting the bignone (Campsis radicans) 4. Putting the cutting in its pot.

Cutting of autumn sedum from leaf cuttings, in summer. Pour vermiculite into a terrine for sowing and cuttings.

Creation of a passage in a garden. Step 3: lining with textile (mulch cloth).

Researcher setting up a net to capture hummingbirds as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Planting a honeysuckle: adding a layer of mulch

Planting a honeysuckle: laying the support.

Strawberry planting on plastic mulch film, in three stages.

Realization of a mini garden of crevice garden in pot, in step by step.

Potting a bonsai olive tree in a pot, step by step. Positioning the tree in the bonsai pot.

Potting a pruned bonsai olive tree in a pot, step by step. Filling with bonsai substrate.

Planting a conifer hedge. Step 3: Laying a mulch cloth. It is wedged in place by burying the edges with the spade iron.

Planting a conifer hedge. Step 4: Cutting the mulch cloth crosswise with a cutter.

Realization of a mini garden of crevice garden in pot, in step by step.

Cutting of autumn sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile) from leaf cuttings, in summer.

Creating a passage in a garden. Step 2: Laying the borders.

Installation of a sign on a hiking trail indicating the presence of nets to capture bats as part of a pollination study, rainforest of the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Ricardo

Planting of 'Gariguette' strawberry plants on a mulch sheet, also preventing cats from scratching the soil, Pas de Calais, France

Realization of a mini garden of crevice garden in pot, in step by step.

Cutting of autumn sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile) from leaf cuttings, in summer.